Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 20 Sep 1996 11:35:52 -0400 | From | Phil Edwards <> | Subject | Re: Linux's 5th birthday |
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> > > In America we have a tradition, birthday licks (better known as spanking). > > > Soooo.., Linus? Quick, someone grab him, I'll get the paddle!! > > > > Take it to alt.sex.bondage, guys. > > Gack, you guys are pulling me into the gutter. :P > > Ok, let me clarify that this was not the "American tradition" that > I was referring to. I hope my harmless post doesn't turn into headlines: > > "In other news, a little known programmer was charged with a sexual > harassment suit by the genius kernel hacker, Linus Torvalds. This > is the first known example of ICSA (Inter-Continental Sexual Harassment). > Bill Gates comments, '" This is the sort of thing that proves freeware > OS hacking is deteriorating our moral fiber, if Linus had been using > the Microsoft Network this would not have happened...."'"
Only because Linus' audience would consist of whichever 8 other people had been able to log onto MSN before it throttles, and those 8 people would have only been able to answer with "Kernel? Uh... ME TOO!"
All seriousness aside, I would like to join in the well-wishing and congratulating. Thanks to Linus and the rest of the hackers for giving us a /reason/ to purchase Wintel machines!
Luck++; Phil
-- pedwards@cs.wright.edu http://www.cs.wright.edu/people/students/pedwards/ The gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools. -Larry Niven
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