The Three Giants of Linux

catkin · 03-04-2010, 09:44 PM

On the subject of age, a group of us at the pub bar were discussing how long we would like to live. By the general consensus of happy drunks the world over, we agreed we would not like to see 91. An old boy, at the end of the bar croaked up: "You would if you were 90". Point taken

brianL · 03-05-2010, 06:38 AM

The only time I actually think about my age is on birthdays, then it's (this year, it will be): "**** me! I'm 65!". Next day, I'm back to being ageless.

H_TeXMeX_H · 03-05-2010, 06:47 AM

Do you ever forget your age ? I do, even tho I'm not old. I have to remember the year I was born and then subtract it from the current year (which I sometimes also forget). If I guess, I'm usually off by no more than 2 years on each.

XavierP · 03-05-2010, 09:00 AM

I do that too. Glad I'm not the only one with a duff memory!

GazL · 03-05-2010, 09:16 AM

Yep, that makes 3 of us.

unSpawn · 03-06-2010, 01:21 AM

On page two there's a reference to a listing at the Fedora Wiki about Red Hat contributions to the kernel and OSS. Does anyone know of a similar listing for the other two distributions mentioned in the article?

catkin · 03-06-2010, 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by GazL

Yep, that makes 3 of us.

+1

Good to be in company. When people ask my age and I start doing arithmetic they act surprised like its something everybody just knows -- like the Pope knows when it's Sunday.

DragonSlayer48DX · 03-08-2010, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by brianL

Well, life begins at 40, so they say. You have to watch out around the 55 mark, after that the years seem to fly past too fast.

Hehehe... Just wait til you hit the triple-digits.

pixellany · 03-08-2010, 10:36 PM

I'm there!! Octal 104

I was surprised to learn that Barbara Walters is 120

brianL · 03-09-2010, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by pixellany

I'm there!! Octal 104

Ah, but you're only 44 in hexadecimal. A mere youth!

On the other hand, you're an ancient relic of 2112 in ternary.

H_TeXMeX_H · 03-09-2010, 10:17 AM

Yeah, and I must be really old at 11001.

sycamorex · 03-09-2010, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by brianL

Ah, but you're only 44 in hexadecimal. A mere youth!

On the other hand, you're an ancient relic of 2112 in ternary.

...or LXVIII in roman

brianL · 03-10-2010, 06:01 AM

The Mods are immortal, so their ages are irrelevant in any number base.