Re: Super Kernel Sunday!
On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:58:39 +0100 (MET) Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > >VERSION = 2 > >PATCHLEVEL = 6 > >SUBLEVEL = 20 > >EXTRAVERSION = > >NAME = Homicidal Dwarf Hamster > > Bah! And I had expected "Super Sunday Kernel" here. :> > > BTW: is @osdl.org still valid? Yes, the email address will be forwarded to linux-foundation.org for the foreseeable future. -- Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Super Kernel Sunday!
On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:58:39 +0100 (MET) Jan Engelhardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, VERSION = 2 PATCHLEVEL = 6 SUBLEVEL = 20 EXTRAVERSION = NAME = Homicidal Dwarf Hamster Bah! And I had expected Super Sunday Kernel here. : BTW: is @osdl.org still valid? Yes, the email address will be forwarded to linux-foundation.org for the foreseeable future. -- Stephen Hemminger [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Super Kernel Sunday!
Somehow, this image seems appropriate to go along with the release name... http://homepage.mac.com/whymme/WFRP/misc/warhamster/warhamster.html On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 18:58 +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > Hi, > > > >VERSION = 2 > >PATCHLEVEL = 6 > >SUBLEVEL = 20 > >EXTRAVERSION = > >NAME = Homicidal Dwarf Hamster > > Bah! And I had expected "Super Sunday Kernel" here. :> > > BTW: is @osdl.org still valid? > > > Jan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Super Kernel Sunday!
Hi, >VERSION = 2 >PATCHLEVEL = 6 >SUBLEVEL = 20 >EXTRAVERSION = >NAME = Homicidal Dwarf Hamster Bah! And I had expected "Super Sunday Kernel" here. :> BTW: is @osdl.org still valid? Jan -- ft: http://freshmeat.net/p/chaostables/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Super Kernel Sunday!
Linus Torvalds wrote: Geeks outside the US were just confused about the whole issue, and were heard wondering what the big hoopla was all about. Some of the more culturally aware of them were heard snickering about balls that weren't even round. Ah, they're playing rugby. Funny, must be the Seven Nations Championship [1] now, and I'd not noticed. Eeep eep, Jonathan [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Nations_Championship - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Super Kernel Sunday!
Linus Torvalds wrote: Geeks outside the US were just confused about the whole issue, and were heard wondering what the big hoopla was all about. Some of the more culturally aware of them were heard snickering about balls that weren't even round. Ah, they're playing rugby. Funny, must be the Seven Nations Championship [1] now, and I'd not noticed. Eeep eep, Jonathan [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Nations_Championship - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Super Kernel Sunday!
Hi, VERSION = 2 PATCHLEVEL = 6 SUBLEVEL = 20 EXTRAVERSION = NAME = Homicidal Dwarf Hamster Bah! And I had expected Super Sunday Kernel here. : BTW: is @osdl.org still valid? Jan -- ft: http://freshmeat.net/p/chaostables/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Super Kernel Sunday!
Somehow, this image seems appropriate to go along with the release name... http://homepage.mac.com/whymme/WFRP/misc/warhamster/warhamster.html On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 18:58 +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: Hi, VERSION = 2 PATCHLEVEL = 6 SUBLEVEL = 20 EXTRAVERSION = NAME = Homicidal Dwarf Hamster Bah! And I had expected Super Sunday Kernel here. : BTW: is @osdl.org still valid? Jan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Super Kernel Sunday!
On Feb 4, 2007, at 1:40 PM, Bauke Jan Douma wrote: Linus Torvalds wrote on 04-02-07 20:10: Walter Dickweed I know, but who is this Superbowl Sunday? bjd Doesn't it have something to do with the World Series or World Cup? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Super Kernel Sunday!
On Sunday 04 February 2007 14:40, Bauke Jan Douma wrote: >Linus Torvalds wrote on 04-02-07 20:10: > >Walter Dickweed I know, but who is this Superbowl Sunday? > >bjd See what Linus meant, folks? Chuckle... -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2007 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Super Kernel Sunday!
On 2/4/07, Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In a widely anticipated move, Linux "headcase" Torvalds today announced the immediate availability of the most advanced Linux kernel to date, version 2.6.20. Before downloading the actual new kernel, most avid kernel hackers have been involved in a 2-hour pre-kernel-compilation count-down, with some even spending the preceding week doing typing exercises and reciting PI to a thousand decimal places. The half-time entertainment is provided by randomly inserted trivial syntax errors that nerds are expected to fix at home before completing the compile, but most people actually seem to mostly enjoy watching the compile warnings, sponsored by Anheuser-Busch, scroll past. As ICD head analyst Walter Dickweed put it: "Releasing a new kernel on Superbowl Sunday means that the important 'pasty white nerd' constituency finally has something to do while the rest of the country sits comatose in front of their 65" plasma screens". Walter was immediately attacked for his racist and insensitive remarks by Geeks without Borders representative Marilyn vos Savant, who pointed out that not all of their members are either pasty nor white. "Some of them even shower!" she added, claiming that the constant stereotyping hurts nerds' standing in society. Geeks outside the US were just confused about the whole issue, and were heard wondering what the big hoopla was all about. Some of the more culturally aware of them were heard snickering about balls that weren't even round. Ha. And you wouldn't have thought there was someone who - was born and raised and lives in old europe - builds and tests 100+ kernels a year - has already built 2.6.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.20 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.1.1 20070105 (Red Hat 4.1.1-51)) #1 Sun Feb 4 20:41:13 CET 2007 ...because... there's the SUPERBOWL to watch in front of a 32" LCD screen !! (yes, I took tomorrow off work of course ;) --alessandro "but I thought that I should let you know the things that I don't always show might not be worth the time it took" (Steve Wynn, 'If My Life Was An Open Book') - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Super Kernel Sunday!
Linus Torvalds wrote on 04-02-07 20:10: Walter Dickweed I know, but who is this Superbowl Sunday? bjd - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Super Kernel Sunday!
Linus Torvalds wrote on 04-02-07 20:10: Walter Dickweed I know, but who is this Superbowl Sunday? bjd - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Super Kernel Sunday!
On 2/4/07, Linus Torvalds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a widely anticipated move, Linux headcase Torvalds today announced the immediate availability of the most advanced Linux kernel to date, version 2.6.20. Before downloading the actual new kernel, most avid kernel hackers have been involved in a 2-hour pre-kernel-compilation count-down, with some even spending the preceding week doing typing exercises and reciting PI to a thousand decimal places. The half-time entertainment is provided by randomly inserted trivial syntax errors that nerds are expected to fix at home before completing the compile, but most people actually seem to mostly enjoy watching the compile warnings, sponsored by Anheuser-Busch, scroll past. As ICD head analyst Walter Dickweed put it: Releasing a new kernel on Superbowl Sunday means that the important 'pasty white nerd' constituency finally has something to do while the rest of the country sits comatose in front of their 65 plasma screens. Walter was immediately attacked for his racist and insensitive remarks by Geeks without Borders representative Marilyn vos Savant, who pointed out that not all of their members are either pasty nor white. Some of them even shower! she added, claiming that the constant stereotyping hurts nerds' standing in society. Geeks outside the US were just confused about the whole issue, and were heard wondering what the big hoopla was all about. Some of the more culturally aware of them were heard snickering about balls that weren't even round. Ha. And you wouldn't have thought there was someone who - was born and raised and lives in old europe - builds and tests 100+ kernels a year - has already built 2.6.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.20 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.1.1 20070105 (Red Hat 4.1.1-51)) #1 Sun Feb 4 20:41:13 CET 2007 ...because... there's the SUPERBOWL to watch in front of a 32 LCD screen !! (yes, I took tomorrow off work of course ;) --alessandro but I thought that I should let you know the things that I don't always show might not be worth the time it took (Steve Wynn, 'If My Life Was An Open Book') - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Super Kernel Sunday!
On Sunday 04 February 2007 14:40, Bauke Jan Douma wrote: Linus Torvalds wrote on 04-02-07 20:10: Walter Dickweed I know, but who is this Superbowl Sunday? bjd See what Linus meant, folks? Chuckle... -- Cheers, Gene There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2007 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Super Kernel Sunday!
On Feb 4, 2007, at 1:40 PM, Bauke Jan Douma wrote: Linus Torvalds wrote on 04-02-07 20:10: Walter Dickweed I know, but who is this Superbowl Sunday? bjd Doesn't it have something to do with the World Series or World Cup? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
