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Old 04-01-2010, 12:50 AM   #1
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y i need a military colonel to run an OS??/

so i was talking 2 a friend of mine and he was like
"linux is so great, it uses a good colonel to run the system"

wtf???? y i need a military supervisor to run an os?
i bet its because linux is probably illegal!11

every1 knows that software always costs $$$ so it must meen ur all pirates!!!

im reporting all of u!
 
Old 04-01-2010, 12:56 AM   #2
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Old 04-01-2010, 12:58 AM   #3
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First! Its kernel not colonel.
Second! you are not very smart, you do not belong on LQ if you are going to insult Linux.
 
Old 04-01-2010, 12:58 AM   #4
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its april 1st of course
 
Old 04-01-2010, 01:00 AM   #5
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OOPS I just got fooled.
 
Old 04-01-2010, 01:00 AM   #6
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plzzz u alsO must haev l33T haxxor sklzzz n fone # 4 LINUs TORVALSd at ur haxxor hxxorr hlp ???? plzzzzzzzzzz

email me now plz!!! HELp canDsPAM@MAPsDnac.com i'm rhce sysadmin
 
Old 04-01-2010, 01:20 AM   #7
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Can I have sub-titles ?
 
Old 04-01-2010, 03:24 AM   #8
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So that's Nova Scotian, is it, Sasha?
 
Old 04-01-2010, 03:26 AM   #9
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So that's Nova Scotian, is it, Sasha?
Not all of N.S. -- only the backwoods parts, plus probably Meat Cove, Cape Breton
 
Old 04-01-2010, 05:04 AM   #10
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Meat Cove?? Do you have a Bacon Bay too?
 
Old 04-01-2010, 05:26 AM   #11
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No but we have Ecum Secum, and Musquoidoboit.. And here's a few more, from Here
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In Nova Scotia, they seem to have a lot of foolish folk with some odiferous challenges:

-- Bangs Falls, Beaver Harbour, Coddle Harbor, Garden of Eden, Gore, Lapland, Malignant Cove, Meat Cove, Nuttby, Old Sweat, Pugwash, Sackville, Shag Harbor, Sugar Loaf, and Upper Big Tacadie.
 
Old 04-01-2010, 06:40 AM   #12
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I think she just meant "kernel", as in this kind of kernel:

www.kernel.org
 
Old 04-01-2010, 07:04 AM   #13
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No but we have Ecum Secum, and Musquoidoboit.. And here's a few more, from Here
Excellent names. We have a few funny names in the UK, but people keep trying to modernise them.
 
Old 04-01-2010, 08:16 AM   #14
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Moved to General
 
Old 04-01-2010, 08:33 AM   #15
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The Colonel will no doubt be happy with the promotion. Champagne all around!!!
 
  


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