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On Wednesday 25 March 2009 05:51:30 pm Thanasis wrote: |
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> on 03/25/2009 11:04 PM Alan McKinnon wrote the following: |
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> > On Wednesday 25 March 2009 22:50:46 Thanasis wrote: |
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> >> Has anyone seen the boot logo in 2.6.29-gentoo sources? |
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> >> usr/src/linux/drivers/video/logo/logo_linux_vga16.ppm |
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> >> Why did they substitute the penguin with this ugly disguised mouse? |
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> > It's not a mouse, it's a Tasmanian Devil which isn't a rodent but the |
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> > worlds only surviving predatory marsupial. The animal population is under |
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> > threat from the only cancer known to science to be transmitted via |
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> > biting. It affects the devils around the mouth and jaw (where they |
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> > routinely bite each other) and is fatal in every known case within 3 to 9 |
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> > months. |
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> > The most recent Linux Dev Conference was in Australia and included a |
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> > drive to raise awareness and funds to help protect this endangered |
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> > animal. |
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> > Our devil has a name - Tuz. |
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> OK. :-) |
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> But I must say, I was a bit shocked, when I first saw it,...I |
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> thought...hey, has my system been compromised ? :-) |
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I feel sorry for the animal... but I have to have my penguin back... I changed |
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it myself... |
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From the desk of: |
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Jerome D. McBride |
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20:21:44 up 99 days, 1:31, 5 users, load average: 1.16, 1.03, 1.01 |
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