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Paleontologists Unearth Giant Fossilized Penguin
Ponca City, We Love You writes "The BBC reports that scientists have discovered the 36-million-year-old fossil of a penguin nearly five feet tall and almost twice the weight of an Emperor Penguin, the largest living species. 'The heavier the penguin, the deeper it dives,' says Julia Clarke, a palaeontologist at the University of Texas. 'If that holds true for any penguins, then the dive depths achieved by these giant forms would've been very different.' The bird, named Inkayacu paracasensis, or water king, lived during the late Eocene period and had a long, straight beak, much longer than that of its modern relatives. But, most surprisingly, the giant penguin's feathers were brown and gray, distinct from the black 'tuxedo'"
Reader SpuriousLogic notes that it's also getting easier to keep an eye on modern penguins, since Google has extended Street View to Antarctica.
Lets face it, Apple with a bite out of it might be a clever logo but it is hardly going to get "Awh's" from the girls is it. And the windows logo? Most people don't even know what it is. Those who know fear to mention it afraid of any linkage between broken windows, the fragility of glass and MS software.
But Linux, we got the tuxedoed one. And every single time penguins are in the news, we can link it to linux. And giant killer penguins are awesome things!
Oh yeah, I forgot the BSD people. A naked underaged devil. Least said...
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You may solo them, I prefer them in a group.
It's the easiest way to put a picture of a penguin in the summary. Why put a special picture of a penguin in when linux automagically gives you a penguin picture?
So, basically we need a beowulf cluster of killer penguins?
Similar to the upcoming US election results
With fricken lasers attached to their heads!
War as we knew it was obsolete
Nothing could beat complete denial
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The kernel is pure Linux, no GNU involved there. It's the operative system that uses GNU.