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Linus Sighted At LCA2004
leonbrooks writes "Yes! Third year in a row! The penguinmeister has entered the building! Posting from lecture theatre LG28 at the University of Adelaide, we have confirmed that Linus Torvalds has once more blessed us with his presence. Solid proof that Australia truly is The Lucky Country. (-:" And an anonymous reader adds: "Linus will be here for a week at linux.conf.au but not presenting anything. If you want to see him, maybe you guys should come down to South Australia and register for linux.conf.au 2004."
Linus is at location X!
This is news folks, make no doubt about it.
He's not the messiah. He's a very naughty boy..
Even the smilies are upside down in Australia
A decayed and rotten Elvis was seen attempting to enter the same conference without a pass. When questioned by security staff, the King was reportedy upset that such a "square" could become such a celebrity. "What is the world ocming to? Where are my fans?" He reportedly sobbed and he was led away by Australian police officers.
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"If you want to see him, maybe you guys should come down to South Australia and register for linux.conf.au 2004."
What about the gals? Surely linux.conf.au 2004 is a chick magnet, ain't it?
Solid proof that Australia truly is The Lucky Country.
:)
I thought it's because of all the topless sheila's on the beaches
That right now the entire planet is between me and Linus, as I am in Belgium...
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Charles Schultz is dead dammit! Unless you caught a reprint, there's no way you could've seen Linus!
And what the fuck does this have to do with penguins?
Until Slashdot fixes the funny modifier, use insightful or interesting. The poster knows your intentions.
Sure, and plane tickets from europe to australia cost virtually nothing, and the plane trip is short. :)
But now to be the target of a worldwide real life 'Wheres Waldo' like geek game must be a little too much!
Beep beep.
I can go to Australia, meet Linus at a bar, and outdrink a peron of worldwide importance, in the nude! Schweet.
...we have confirmed that Linus Torvalds has once more blessed us with his presence.
Anybody touched him yet? No, of course... nobody could be THAT lucky.
This starts to sound like the Elvis sightings... Linus has published a book already, but when will we see the first album?
Why does the kernel go through stable and then unstable forks? Can't it always be a stable build, like with Windows?
The shock occurance of linus at Adelaide has made it's popularity amoung other Australians soar through the roof. Its believed all the skits and parody's of Adelaide being Australia's most borring city will stop right here
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I know you're posting from the land downunder, but there's still no excuse for the backwards smilie!
Cool, I'm only 15 minutes away from there!! I'm starting to regret my decision not to attend the conference... WHAT WAS I THINKING!!! Still, it's not too late, just I think it costs more now.
On a side note, I hope he doesn't happen to wander into our CS department that would be enough to destroy any computer lover's soul...
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Linus sighted?
This puts Linus right up there with the Yeti, UFO's and Elvis.
I saw Linus buying hair shampoo at the local 7/11!!!
hmm, I wonder how a AC looks in real life? Would (s)he/it wear a scramble suit (A Scanner Darkly)?
(Private Adelaide joke) Wow, as an Adelaidian I can confidently say this Slashdot article is the most exposure our little town has had since Melbourne stole our Grand Prix.
What the hell sort of list is that? You put Trent Lloyd and Jeremy Malcolm amongst that list? All they are is the who's who of Perth nerds yet to hit puberty.
McBride will be there to collect too!
Shitzenfaced?
/.?
Is that fake German or is Snoop Dogg posting on
I will know we're in trouble if we start seeing kernizzle updates...
Spotted him at a gas station in Santa Clara when we both worked in that town. Was pulling away when I saw him. My thought process was as follows:
"That guy looks familiar."
"Hey, that's Linus!"
(about 1.3 seconds of staring in disbelief later)
"Hey, I'm about to run over a gas pump!"
(heavy braking, Linus glances at me quizzically)
So yeah, Linus, if you see this, that was me in the white Grand Am that day.
=)
-BK
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