Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 4 Feb 2007 20:56:51 +0100 | From | "Alessandro Suardi" <> | Subject | Re: Super Kernel Sunday! |
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On 2/4/07, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 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
[asuardi@sandman ~]$ cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.20 (asuardi@sandman) (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"
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