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FreeBSD June-December Status Reports

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what-did-you-do-last-quarter dept.

An anonymous reader wrote in to say that "FreeBSD just published status reports covering June to December '04 with many interesting details about the work that went into 5-STABLE and a look ahead on plans and projects for 6-CURRENT."

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  1. Text here by grub · · Score: 2, Funny


    Site is already slashdotted, here's the compete text:

    June, 2004: Patient is complaining of pain in side. 4th time here this month. Hypochondria a possibility.
    July 2004: Pain is severe, admit to hospital. Recommend morphine drip.
    August 2004: Kidneys failing, urea levels high. Recommend immediate dialysis.
    September 2004: Patient delusional, calls for "grandpa AT&T"
    October 2004: Grand mal seizures, complete kidney failure. Heart and lung congestion worsen.
    November 2004: Patient in coma. Total brain death, recommend removing from life support and issuing a DNR.
    December 2004: Patient dies. Awaiting full autopsy report from Dr. Netcraft.

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    1. Re:Text here by Triumph+The+Insult+C · · Score: 2, Funny

      January 2005: Patient miraculously recovers, thanks to the Amazing Kreskin!
      February 2005: PROFIT!!

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  2. Nice, but in need of better wording by Anonymous+Cowherd+X · · Score: 1, Funny

    Nice overview, although the wording may have been chosen with some more thought, take for example this entry on ifconfig:

    The ifconfig program used to configure network interfaces

    OMG, but now it's been relegated to kitchen duty?! ifconfig dishwasher0? How will I configure network interfaces now?

    was overhauled.

    *whew* Damn you for scaring me like that!

    1. Re:Nice, but in need of better wording by Brandybuck · · Score: 2, Funny

      Those of us who can actually read to the end of a sentence without having to stop to take a breath had no problem with it at all.

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  3. raised from the dead by millahtime · · Score: 2, Funny

    January 2005: The stone is rolled away and behold the might FreeBSD has raised from the dead.

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

    Good idea :) That video brought to you courtesy of Fort Garry Dark Ale

  5. Oh... for a second I thought... by eno2001 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... they were refering to some kind of twisted BSD based romance chick flick. You know what I mean, the whole May-December romance plot. Oh... you don't? I should have figured. ;P

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  6. Today, by AtariAmarok · · Score: 2, Funny

    Today, I booted up my FreeBSD install and received a system message that Netcraft was dying.

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