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Linus Torvalds Moving to the Silicon Forest
Evilive writes "According to KATU News, Linus Torvalds and family will be moving to Portland, Oregon so he can oversee the Open Source Development Labs. Torvalds says he and his family will make the move after his children finish school next week. Sayeth Linus: 'The plan was to try to acclimatize and have time to grow webbed feet (although I'm told there are implants available) by moving during the summer.'"
Who gives a crap where Linus lives. I mean really FFS.
Give the man a break.
Regarding your statement about bicyclists and pedestrians: I live in the Northwest, and I'm frankly tired of the pedestrian friendliness. I went to San Francisco about a year ago and found a refreshingly different attitude. Cars go first!
Once I pulled out of a parking space in Seattle in front of an oncoming bicyclist, and she had the gall to shake her head at me as if to say "that's a no no". Dammit, she even had plenty of room. Oh man, sometimes this place is oppressive. I need to spend more time outside of the Northwest, it's nice to see a change of pace every once in a while.
You had me at "dicks fuck assholes".
So I must be all alone in thinking that someone (Alan Cox?) should just oust linus and become head of kernel development. Then perhaps we can have less of this "community of morons from XXX company" kernel development that has been getting worse lately.
The way Linux has been going over the last year it looks more and more like BSD is going to be the better OS soon. (at the rate linux is going no action is required from BSD, linux will just keep getting worse)
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." --Albert Einstein
Fuck off. We hate it when people move here.
Offtopic? Off freaking topic? What dickless linus worshipper modded this down?
Front page news - man moves house. If I had mod points, my friend, you would have one.
The pathetic sycophancy rampant through this thread - and any other in which his name is mentioned - must make Mr Torvalds' toes curl whenever he sees it. The recent "man says perhaps man didn't write all of computer program" saga almost turned me off Slashdot for good. Bleeurgh.
Mod me down bitches.
Based on the fact that concealed carry tends to drop crime rates. And that the incidence of problems with persons who have such permits is extreemly low. I'd say your thinking would be incorrect.
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I heard from a reliable source that Linus' main box is a Windows ME machine, so all of you Linus sycophants can stop dreaming of the day when you'll get him to autograph your pocket protector.
The gas pumping law says that the reason is "safety" but everyone knows the reason is "employing the unemployable."
That's not to say that everyone who pumps gas in Oregon is a moron or anything. Just a lot of them. Everytime I go to Oregon I have to get out of the car anyway, to watch in case the pumper slides the nozzle along my paint, or to clean the gas cap after they put it inside-down on a pile of muddy dust on the pump.
And to the person who said it doesn't add anything to the cost of gas... we knew Portlanders smoked that stuff!!!
Basically the Oregon and Portland governments can't decide whether they're Arizona or San Francisco.
Careful if you're buying a rural spread, Linus. The state may decide to call it "farmland" and forbid you to live on it!!!