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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..
Havoc of Red Hat/Gnome/freedesktop/ex-Debian fame will be there too delivering the keynote AFAIK. He has some interesting things to say, so people listen up. :)
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.
Stick Men
Yes, i seen him too. He is running SuSE linux 9.0 on a Sony VAIO laptop. Me too. He is working on some patches for Kerenel 2.4.25 when I seen him. There are a lot of people here, with all sorts of computers and laptops. Some running Windows, Some running BSD, some even running Mac OS 9, but I didn't see OSX.
This place is great. I will update you with more details over the next few days here at LCA2004.
Nero-burning ROM for Linux!
"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
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.
But now to be the target of a worldwide real life 'Wheres Waldo' like geek game must be a little too much!
Beep beep.
When people poke fun at /. they make up stories just like this.
...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.
OTOH, that's only Day One.
First photos (no, not just of the chix, settle down!) and a walkthrough going up on the site in the next 12 hours or so.
The Audio Miniconf has been a hoot, and ain't over yet. Also, educationaLinux has (sometimes) had the audience riveted, and even sessions as specialised as IPv6 are drawing an attentive crowd. Turn up to educationaLinux tomorrow and you not only get to see lil' ol' me present, but also Lindsay Holmwood's security talk has been pushed back into Tuesday.
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...free icecreams and the beaches someone mentioned above. Could be worth it in the Northern Hemisphere's midwinter. (-:
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...that he has any rights to those images.
With specificity. (-:
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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
Giving IE users a taste of their own medicine since 2005 - http://pods.-is-a-geek.net/
I know you're posting from the land downunder, but there's still no excuse for the backwards smilie!
B'dale Garbee is here too, and Rusty, and Tridge, and Conrad Parker, Russell Coker, Chris Yeoh, Jon Oxer, Maddog, Job Corbet, Nick Bannon, James Henstridge, Malcolm Tredinnick, Sylvia Pfeiffer, Con Zymaris, Glen Turner, Ananth Mavinakayanahalli, Hugh Blemings, Janis Johnson, Jeremy Allison, Groggy Lehey, Jeff "jdub" Waugh, Rasmus Lerdorf, Trent "Lathiat" Lloyd, Jeremy Malcolm, Mark Tearle, Bernard Blackham, it's turning into a regular who's who.
And here's a postcard of Tux climbing the "Heroin Needle/Crashed Spaceship" communications tower Godzilla-style, telling us that Canberra have the 2005 conf. And they certainly have the balls for it: big concrete ones along the edges of some of their roads.
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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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Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves. -- AE
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 22:49:01 -0800 (PST)
From: Linus Torvalds [email blocked]
To: Kernel Mailing List [email blocked]
Subject: Linux-2.6.1
Ok, the diffs from -rc3 are minimal, most noticeably the (very _very_ hard
to trigger, but nasty if you ever did) fork() race that Ingo found.
I'm going to be in Australia (and on airplanes) for the week, but we're
all in the capable hands of Andrew, so why worry? The fact that I'm
fleeing the country should in no way be construed as anything sinister at
all, no siree. Nope. I'm innocent, and nobody saw me do it.
The full changelog is getting uploaded right now along with the release,
and the BK trees have already been pushed.
Up up and away,
Linus
...somewhere in Cali? So wouldn't that make the US a lucky country? And wouldn't it be waaaaaaaaay cheaper to get a flight to the US than to australia (unless you're fortunate enough to live near Australia)?
Just correcting my spelling before some other Nazi does.
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"Proudly Posting Without Reading The Article"
Let me tell you, it's great to have guys like Miguel and Nat at conferences. They're natural crowd-pullers, and unlike most geeks who like to avoid contact with humans as much as possible, these guys are very crowd-friendly, willing to take extra time out to answer people's questions, etc. People who were at the conference can tell you how these two monkeys sold Mono to the crowd--effortlessly and in style
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)?
All you Linux geeks, don't forget that on Friday and Saturday is the annual Schutzenfest! Head west along the River Torrens to Bonython Park (or alternatively, along North Terrace and Port Road... you'll know you're on the right track as the concentration of drunk people increases =]
For those of you who don't know, schutzenfest is german for "shooting festival". The one held in Adelaide each summer is the largest in the southern hemisphere. Though of course, being aussies, we've turned it into a mostly piss drinking festival, hence why a lot of people (like me) say they're going to get 'shitzenfaced'. Either way, it's a bloody great time... plenty of german culture and food and beer for all!
Hopefully it'll be stinking hot again - you can get smashed really quickly because you'll be sweating so much and you gotta drink that huge stein of beer before it warms up!
I was going to volunteer at the conference on Saturday, but then I remembered Schutzenfest was on. Beer and babes: 1 Linux: 0. Though of course, if I happen to see Linus I'll shout him a round, as I'd expect everyone else would.
=D
(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.
Indeed Linus is here, as well as Bdale and others. We got together for a meal at one of Adelaide's fine resturants. Lots of great conversations were had, the ususal stuff. Discussions of dumb vendors, brilliant past innovations and at other end of the table invisible Rabbits were mentioned. See the usual stuff... An image for you gratification... The really interesting thing is that this is being posted from a pub on Rundle street via free wifi! Ahhh yes, this Linux.conf will be good. Oh and it's the Second year in a row that Linus has attended, not the third... But where is Hemos ???
Getting ready to stop now boss. Sunrise is circa 6:30, beautiful and clear, and sunset circa 19:30. As I go about my daily business, I shall treasure the comfort of knowing that I'm not living where you are. (-:
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Suffice to say, Trent has indeed hit puberty good and hard, and Jeremy is way north of that. There are other names in there you should have complained about and didn't.
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Perhaps we can get you a spot in Perth, where summer never really ends. If you really do like hot and dry, we'll see if we can get you a research posting in Pannawonica or Paraburdoo or Marble Bar. (-:
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"...we have confirmed that Linus Torvalds has once more blessed us with his presence."
PRAISE THE LORD. What the fuck is wrong with you? He's, only, human.
HAD
1. The Queen is HM, not a lowly HRH. 2. Isn't Australia a kingdom already? After all, why would it else have a queen. (I suppose it could be a queendom, but I don't think that word exists, and, in any case, if there is such a word as "queendom", it sounds more like some kind of sexual preference.)
I have a life. I really do. I've just chosen to ignore it.
So what, we know he exists.
Come on people, he's not fucking BigFoot or anything. How in the hell is this News For Nerds?
What's next, Linus sighted at public rest room...it has been confirmed that his shit does NOT stink....
Can I get an eye poke?
Dog House Forum
Seriously, is it such a big threat compared to frostbite, freezing to death if your car breaks down, roads covered in snow, slush, salt and sometimes ice, or driving on the French side of the road? (-:
Don't spend your life sunbaking, do eat fresh food and exercise a bit and your odds against skin cancer are good. In short, be sensible. It's nothing like the ad in the leaders before Terminator 2. (-:
Also, if you like cold, perhaps we could find you a job at Mawson Station?
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If I knew Bill Gates were "slumming it" with the regulare techie folks I'd contact the local pro-Microsoft media outlet so hords of Microsofties would bug him all the time.
Really want to hurt someone throw fanatics at them. Pies clean off with a towl and a good sense of hummor.
I don't actually exist.
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That's an old joke? I can't believe I haven't heard that one before because it's a bloody good one! Gonna pass this one on for sure.
2. Isn't Australia a kingdom already? After all, why would it else have a queen.
Australia is a Constitutional Monarchy and our queen is the English Queen Elizabeth II. However she is nothing more than a figurehead and exercises no political power at all. In fact most Australians don't recognise her as our queen, I feel dirty just saying "our queen". I'm not really sure how the referendum for us to become a republic didn't pass.
Bikie warning at nightclubs
The warning follows several incidents in the city after midnight on Friday night when a busload of up to 50 Finks motorcycle club members bombarded venues, assaulting staff and refusing to pay for drinks.
Boring ? Just got to know where to go.
An eyewitness, who refused to be named, told the Sunday Mail the Finks first went to Heaven nightclub on West Tce, then to Cargo in Hindley St, Traffic in North Tce, and The Garage, in Waymouth St - where a violent brawl involving the Finks occurred in October.
The bar manager who suffered serious facial and head injuries in that incident was again punched in the face early yesterday, resulting in stitches to his mouth.
Was introduced to this guy a week ago, and he bought me a drink. He is a good guy. Hope he gets better soon.
The Internet's nature is peer to peer - 20050301_cs_profs.pdf
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
Chemical Blog
Where is the Linus GPS Tracker Homepage again?
A Slashdot story about this, or a third Slashdot story about Speak Freely.
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"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
Just left Australia on Friday the 9th and I was there for 3.5 weeks in Adelaide and Whyalla both! DOH! Missed my chance. :(
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Elvis has left the building...
Manipulate the moderator system! Mod someone as "overrated" today.
Seeing Linus Torvalds: Australian for "geek"
bp
Someone sees Linus in Australia and it makes a /. story. We make many attempts to anounce Idlelo, the first OSS conference ever held in Africa and attracting no less than Richard Stallman, but fail to make the cut.
For those of you who care, it is currently running at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town/Bellville, South Africa (http://idlelo.uwc.ac.za).
And those of you that watch proper sport will know what the heading means.
...I forgot the infamous Davyd "pr0xy" Madeley, bane of secure networks, and our unofficial harmonic balancer, Anne Busby, amongst others.
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I'm not really sure how the referendum for us to become a republic didn't pass
It's the constitution, stupid.
Did you ever read the proposed new constitution?
All references to the queen were to be replaced by "the government".
As useless as she is now, the queen is one of our checks and balances.
To summarise the current Australian constitution: All our base are belong to politicians (that's right no rights - it's up to the government to protect us) - but the politicians belong to the queen.
To summarise the proposed new constitution: All our base are belong to the government - the government belongs to the government & politicians are spared the need to obey any laws they were involved in passing.
Jeezus - get a clue! If it's not already too late, it will be soon.
Get the Hell off my planet, you slimy mobster Bush!
I hope Linus earns millions as well for loosing his privacy...
The answer is yes, me.