you smelled his chair? interesting :-P On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 5:57 AM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > I smelled his chair at OSDL during an invitation to compete for a > contract and I partied with him at LinuxCon: > http://events.linuxfoundation.org/lc09p2 > > That's me in the front row:  http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2009/09/22/linuxcon2009/ > > There was a rumor that Linus has been replaced by look-alikes: > http://digg.com/linux_unix/Will_The_Fake_Linus_Torvalds_Please_Stand_Up_VIDEO > > > On 12/29/09, Joshua Zeidner wrote: >>   I saw this on slashdot I think. >> >>   Long Live Linus. >> >>   -jmz >> >> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Mike Schwartz wrote: >>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:52 PM, Mike Schwartz wrote: >>>> >>>> from >>>> >>>> http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/12/28/1438232/Happy-Birthday-Linus?art_pos=11 : >>>> [quote:] >>>>
>>>> >>>> Linux: Happy Birthday, Linus >>>> >>>> Glyn Moody writes"Today is the birthday of Linus. Just under 19 years >>>> ago, >>>> on the first day the shops in Helsinki were open after the holidays, >>>> Linus >>>> rushed out and spent all his Christmas and birthday money on his first >>>> PC: a >>>> DX33 80386, with 4 Megs of RAM, no co-processor, and a 40 Megabyte hard >>>> disc. Today, the kernel he wrote on that system powers 90% of the fastest >>>> supercomputers, and is starting to find its way into more and >>>> more smartphones — not to mention everything in between. What would the >>>> world look like had he spent his money on something else?" >>>>
>>>> -- >>>> Mike Schwartz >>> >>> It appears that some of the above text, is actually from >>>  http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/happy-birthday-linus -- (which is >>> pointed to, by the first underlined (clickable) hyper-link in the /. >>> article quoted above -- that is, the "Just under 19 years ago" link). >>>       I just read that longer item (from http://www.linuxjournal.com/). >>>  Pretty interesting. >>> -- >>> Mike Schwartz >>> Glendale  AZ >>> schwartz@acm.org >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > -- > Skype: (623)239-3392 > AT&T: (503)754-4452 > www.it-clowns.com > http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/User:LisaKachold > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss