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1,234,567,890 Seconds Since Unix Time Began

os2man was one of many readers to let us know that later on today, at 23:31:30 UTC (30 seconds after this story went live), the number of seconds since January 1st 1970 will be exactly 1234567890. January 1st, 1970 marks the start of the clock for the Unix operating system and many other operating systems. Here is a list of celebrations of the moment around the world.

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  1. Holy smokes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I think I just came

    yup, your mother confirms it: I just gave you all a pearl necklace

  2. Slow news day... by 278MorkandMindy · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...well expect for the fanboys..

    So I don't get "trolled"

    Imagine that many linux machines in a beowulf cluster!

  3. Re:Wow by geekoid · · Score: 0, Troll

    I am spending it drinking alone on a Friday night

    I cant imagine why you don't ahve a girl friend.

    You want a girlfriend you need to be social and meet some. I mean, drink alone all you want, but don't complain about.

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    The Kruger Dunning explains most post on /. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
  4. Fucking aspie slashdotters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Linux the fucking penguin will be 18 years old this year and still won't be able to get laid. You may have got your silly pooboontoo mini laptops but you still can't out eXPerince the Vista of Seven!

    a -1 mod won't fix your kernel recompiler.

    Trolls, telling the Truth since Linus Torvalds was in nappies!

  5. Re:FIRST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Linux just isn't ready for the desktop yet. It may be ready for the web servers that you nerds use to distribute your TRON fanzines and personal Dungeons and Dragons web-sights across the world wide web, but the average computer user isn't going to spend months learning how to use a CLI and then hours compiling packages so that they can get a workable graphic interface to check their mail with, especially not when they already have a Windows machine that does its job perfectly well and is backed by a major corporation, as opposed to Linux which is only supported by a few unemployed nerds living in their mother's basement somewhere. The last thing I want is a level 5 dwarf (haha) providing me my OS.

  6. Re:FIRST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You fail it. That post is a very old cut-and-paste troll.