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Penguins Stuck In Infinite Loop

Posted by Hemos on from the faster-and-faster-they-go dept.

mjd writes "All dressed up and nowhere to swim! ABC News reports that "the penguin pool at the San Francisco Zoo has been a daily frenzy of circle swimming by all of the 52 birds at once. The penguins start swimming in circles early in the day and rarely stop until they stagger out of the pool at dusk.""

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  1. Linux Penguins by bartjan · · Score: 2, Funny
    We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds.

    -- attributed to Linus Torvalds

  2. Tux, of course by AtariAmarok · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isn't this the place for a lot of comments about the Linux community going around in circles?

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  3. Word Association by ahknight · · Score: 5, Funny

    I saw the headline and immidiately thought "Linux and Apple?" Sad, I know.

    1. Re:Word Association by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I saw the comment and immediately thought, "Dumbass can't spell?" True, I know.

  4. Re:2.4.42.pre1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Have you ever watched any other captive animal? Horses will gallop across the field for no visible reason, dogs will run around the back yard, cats will suddenly run full tilt from room to room.

    Some humans do this as well... suddenly putting on trainers and running around outside. Bizarre I call it!

  5. Oh my God! by orkysoft · · Score: 2, Funny

    "She's stuck in an infinite loop and he's just stupid!" - Prof. Farnsworth.

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  6. Re:Penguin Webcam by SpaceLifeForm · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought he was flipping off SCO.

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  7. Linux is so fast... by 42forty-two42 · · Score: 1, Funny

    it runs infinite loops in 12 hours!

  8. For a minute there... by Paul+Burney · · Score: 2, Funny

    Anyone else think from the headline that the story was about Linus Torvalds not being able to find his way out from a meeting at Apple headquarters....

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  9. Re:2.4.42.pre1 by shadowbearer · · Score: 3, Funny

    RTA. This behavior wasn't shown by them until a new group of penguins was introduced to the pool. It's apparently some kind of "copycat" behavior.

    Although I agree with you about strange primate behavior :-) Some of them even sit and stare at moving images on electronic devices for hours at a time ...

    Heh.

    SB

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  10. I've got the same problem... by Muad'Dave · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wake up in the morning, drag myself to work, go home exhausted, and do it all over again, day after day. I don't even get free fish!

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  11. Re:Did anyone read the date on this story? by FroMan · · Score: 2, Funny

    Problem was that slashdot has been in an infinite loop for a while. But, since they are running linux, it's finished already.

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  12. hhgttg by hitchhacker · · Score: 2, Funny


    It's just the penguins way of saying "So long and thanks for all the fish."

    oh crap. :(

    -metric

  13. Re:2.4.42.pre1 by flewp · · Score: 2, Funny

    What is this "outside" you speak of?

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