Audio Download: Linux Kernel to be on Radio

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday February 2, 2002 @11:27PM from the at-every-mistake-they-have-to-drink dept.

cyber_rigger writes: "The Linux Kernel is to have a (spoken) reading on Radio Free Linux and some other regular radio station throughout the world. http://radioqualia.va.com.au/freeradiolinux/ I guess this makes Linux offically 'free as in speech.' 'The Linux kernel contains 4,141,432 lines of code. Reading the entire kernel will take an estimated 14253.43 hours, or 593.89 days. Free Radio Linux begins transmission on February 3, 2002, the fourth anniversary of the term "Open Source."'" If only the mysterious numbers stations would open their source as well.

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link for numbers station by odaiwai · 2002-02-02 23:45 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Why is the link for the 'numbers station' pointing to slashdot.org?

dave
OT: Your sig is a lie by partingshot · 2002-02-03 01:36 · Score: 1, Offtopic

I believe that quote belongs to Tannenbaum.
Its from Computer Networks: Third Edition.

"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway."

See ERCB: Computer Networks X 2 for more info.

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