On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Joshua Zeidner wrote: > On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Stephen wrote: >> you smelled his chair? > >  were all wondering: what did it smell like? penguins is not an acceptable answer here btw. -jmz > >  -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 There was a rumor that Linus has been replaced by look-alikes: 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