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Linux 3.12 Codenamed "Suicidal Squirrel"
First time accepted submitter noahfecks writes "After the Linux 3.11 kernel was codenamed 'Linux for Workgroups' in memory of Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Linus Torvalds is using 'Suicidal Squirrel' as the Linux 3.12 kernel codename." Seems only fitting. (The list of kernel names should reflect this soon.)
Oh gosh, we need to call it TRIGGER WARNING suicidal squirrel, because if there is one thing I've learned in technology the last three years, it's that you have to say TRIGGER WARNING every time you talk about almost anything.
I was driving my tank off a range, when a squirrel ran out in front of us. We weren't going fast, so it took us a while to catch it. It zigzagged back and forth, and finally ran off the trail. At the last second, it dove back under our track. We then warned everyone to watch out for suicidal squirrels.
Is driving a tank as fun as it looks?
Hey, it's just this scandinavian guy's 'quirky sense of humour'
No, really, this is a mature platform that will run all our stuff really well with a big saving for the business.
Doesn't sound so mature to me......
After yesterday's story about how 3.12 had to stop accepting patches (temporarily) because Linus' SSD died, we should name this one "the dead SSD" instead of secret squirrel or some silly thing.
There are other kinds of squirrels?
Q: What did the mother squirrel say to the little squirrels?
A: Be sure to run both ways when you cross the street.
Around our area, there are squirrels running across the street all the time. We call them suicidal squirrels. But those that survive, we call amateurs. When we see a carcass, we say it's the mark of a professional. I'm happy to say, all the ones that make an attempt in front of my car have been amateurs.
Thank God they didn't name it after a candy bar. That would be something sleazy and commercial....something Steve Ballmer would do.
So Linux 3.14 will be codenamed... Pi. amiright?
I never knew until I heard about the 3.11 "Linux for Workgroups" thing...
Rumor is, they're breaking off from the animals after S for the next one and just going with Linux: Tonka Tough!
You, Squirrel, are walking across the suspension bridge when you realize a Crazed Snow-Weasel, Homicidal Dwarf Hamster, Nocturnal Monster Puppy, Killer Bat of Doom, Man-Eating Seals of Antiquity, Sheep on Meth, Flesh-Eating Bats with Fangs and a Saber-toothed Squirrel are behind you.
To stand and fight, turn to Page 87 of DOOM!
To squeal like a little school girl, turn to Page 91 of PAIN!
To jump off the bridge and hope for the best, close book and cry.
Squirrel has had a rough life, no wonder he wants to end it.
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
Good job, at least marketing isn't going to pick up these code names and use them for crap they shouldn't.
Persistent Volume manager for Kubernetes - https://github.com/dwimsey/openshift-pvmanager
You'd think the guy would call it Piece of Shit Jackoff Suicidal Squirrel or Suicidal Squirrels in Your Sorry Excuse For a Programmer's Mother's Anus or something similar.
"Stratigraphically the origin of agriculture and thermonuclear destruction will appear essentially simultaneous" -- Lee
and had no idea I hadn't escaped the tech world for my commute home!
In SOVIET RUSSIA... erm...NSA AMERICA, the Internet logs onto YOU!
people who don't back up their ssd drives
Mississippi Squirrel Revival
US Government = Ms. Bertha Better-Than-You
Onion Headline from 2002: "Road-Kill Squirrel Remembered as Frantic, Indecisive"
Evil Mutant Attack Squirrel of Death
I never dreamed that slowly cruising on my motorcycle through a residential neighborhood could be so incredibly dangerous! Little did I suspect....
I was on Brice Street- a very nice neighborhood with perfect lawns and slow traffic. As I passed an oncoming car, a brown furry missile shot out from under it and tumbled to a stop immediately in front of me. It was a squirrel, and must have been trying to run across the road when it encountered the car. I really was not going very fast, but there was no time to brake or avoid it- it was that close.
I hate to run over animals, and I really hate it on a motorcycle, but a squirrel should pose no danger to me. I barely had time to brace for the impact.
Animal lovers never fear- squirrels, I discovered, can take care of themselves! Inches before impact, the squirrel flipped to his feet. He was standing on his hind legs and facing my oncoming Valkyrie with steadfast resolve in his beady little eyes. His mouth opened, and at the last possible second, he screamed and leaped! I am pretty sure the scream was squirrel for, “ BANZAI!” or maybe, “Die, you gravy-sucking heathen scum!” The leap was nothing short of spectacular...
He shot straight up, flew over my windshield and impacted me squarely on the chest. Instantly, the set upon me. If I did not know better, I would have sworn he had brought 20 of his little buddies along for the attack. Snarling, hissing and tearing at my clothes, he was a frenzy of activity. As I was dressed only in alight t-shirt, summer riding gloves, and jeans this was a bit of a cause for concern. This furry little tornado was doing some damage!
Picture a large man on a huge black and chrome cruiser, dressed in jeans and a t-shirt, puttering at maybe 25 mph down a quiet residential street, and in the fight of his life with a squirrel. And losing... I grabbed at him with my left hand. After a few misses, I finally managed to snag his tail. With all my strength I flung the evil rodent off to the left of the bike, almost running into the right curb as I recoiled from the throw.
That should have done it. The matter should have ended right there. It really should have. The squirrel could have sailed into one of the pristine kept yards and gone on about his business, and I could have headed home. But, this was no ordinary squirrel. This was not even an ordinary angry squirrel.
This was an EVIL MUTANT ATTACK SQUIRREL OF DEATH!!
Somehow, he caught my gloved finger with one of his little hands and, with the force of the throw, swung around and with a resounding thump and considerable impact landed squarely on my back. There he resumed his rather anti-social and extremely distracting activities. He also managed to take my left glove with him! The situation had not improved. Not improved at all.
His attacks were continuing, and now I could not reach him. I was startled, to say the least. The combination of the force of the throw, only having one hand (the throttle hand) on the handlebars, and my jerking back unfortunately put a healthy twist through my right hand into the throttle. A healthy twist on the throttle of a Valkyrie can only have one result: TORQUE. This is what the Valkyrie is made form and she is very, very good at it. The engine roared and the front wheel left the pavement.
The squirrel screamed in anger.
The Valkyrie screamed in ecstasy.
I just plain screamed.
Now picture a large man on an huge black and chrome cruiser, dressed in jeans, a slightly squirrel-torn t-shirt, wearing only one leather glove, and roaring at maybe 50 mph and rapidly accelerating down a quiet residential street on one wheel, with a demonic squirrel of death on his back. The man and the squirrel are both screaming bloody murder. With the sudden acceleration, I was forced to put my other hand back on the handlebars to try to get control of the bike.
This was leaving the mutant squirrel to his own devices, but I really did not want to cras
2.6.21 Nocturnal Monster Puppy.
Why is it so hard to only have politicians for a few years, then have them go away?
Random outbursts, excess 'Finnish humor', violent threats, lackadaisical backup management, and now this - putting the word 'suicidal' right in the name of Linux.
Dude needs to take a few years off.
I was hoping for a Novell Netware reference. No one else remember 3.12? None of your remote server support in those days!
Moore's law is not a law. Theory, yes; Predictable trend, certainly; Law, no.
Nice to see that a Phoronix-link is now submitted non-anonymously and it this trend continues, one can filter these if so pleases. On a tablet one can not see if the link clicked was to a goats..phoronix before clicking.
About once a year a kamikaze squirrel takes out a transformer here and takes out power to a few blocks. It hit us when we moved in. The power failure ruined a new fridge worth of food for our neighbors
Linux 3.14 should be Codenamed "Pi"
Great, now what are they going to call it? It's only a few letters away now.
Unless for kicks Ubuntu is going to bundle 3.12 with their S version...
We had a squirrel take out a transformer next to our building, thus taking the power to the server room. It was a glorious time to perform an impromptu UPS test!
This name is offensive to anybody who takes offense to it. My brother drowned, and should Linus choose to call a future release "Drowned Rat", I don't think I will lose a single minute of sleep over it, or think any differently of the product.
I am literally 3000 tokens away from the chaotic crossbow --Stephen
I take it 'Lemming' was deemed to not have enough dramatic flair. Leaping Lemming?
:wq
Was it named "Suicide Squirrel" in memory of his insistence that hard drives are the devil and from satan and SSD drives are all the rage only to have his SSD die a couple days ago taking most of his kernel work with it? Karma can be a bitch especially if you don't have a RAID setup or some other method of backing up your work.
Here's the accompanying picture of a suicidal squirral on
an obstacle course.
Note this the extremely shy European red squirrel, not your
average USA chipmunk.
Enjoy.
http://bjdouma.home.xs4all.nl/eekhoorntje.png
is this even news????? who cares about linux codename?
I'm not usually a big proponent of what might be called 'political correctness' but I am a proponent of not being a cad.
In small circulation, you know everyone and they can tell you upfront if a name like this bothers them. But for wide circulation, it seems in slightly bad taste to name it after a pretty tragic act. I guess I would see the names Genocidal Giraffe, Raping Raccoon, or Junkie Jellyfish in a similar light.
Yes, I had fun coming up with those names, but I'm not naming a kernel version!
Ah well. Controversy brings attention I suppose.
The cutesy names don't erase the abusive personality.
On my tablet I can long press to see the target URL.
That or Sony owns the name "Lemmings" (and other names that are similar enough) for software.
Speaking as somebody who has lost family to suicide, while I won't be "losing sleep" over the codename, it is definitely insensitive and childish and having a release with that codename isn't going to do Linux any favors in terms of publicity.
It should have been named "Suicidal SSD"
What's insensitive about small animals apparently lacking in self-preservation department and darting across the road right in front of cars, climbing in the powerlines, diving in the chimneys et cetera?
Somehow I don't think you, or anyone else, lost your family to a senseless battle with lawnmower. Get off your high horse.
Next up - people like you showing up in comments about Nokia's (say) suicidal behaviour and demanding to retract the s-word.
What's insensitive about small animals apparently lacking in self-preservation department and darting across the road right in front of cars, climbing in the powerlines, diving in the chimneys et cetera?
Nothing. On the other hand, calling your kernel release "suicidal squirrel" is definitely insensitive.
"Definitely"? You are unable to discern between squirrels not being sticklers to traffic laws and people who couldn't bear it anymore, so you try to project it on others?
I'll ask again, how far are you going to stretch you willingness to get offended on some unknown people's behalf? You sure as hell aren't voicing my opinion, and I did lose cousin to that.
My brother lost a battle to a lawnmower you insensitive clod!
Seriously, who cares? What kind of terrified individual would be offended by suicidal squirrel. I have mental issues and have been fighting suicidal thoughts for 15 years and counting and couldn't care less.