On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Stephen wrote: > you smelled his chair? were all wondering: what did it smell like? -jmz > > 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 There was a rumor that Linus has been replaced by look-alikes: 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 > --------------------------------------------------- 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