On Fri, 01 Apr, 2005 at 9:25 AM someone posing as Linux Torvaldz said:
Rule #1 Posting content format All posts to the list from this point forward must be set to have a fixed display width of 4,317 inches (or the metric equivalent, 6 millimeters).
Although the rest of this seems reasonable (for an arbitrarily large value of reasonable), I think someone needs to review his imperial to metric conversions. 4,317 inches (or 4.317 as we would say here in the good ol' USA) is closer to 10.97 cm.
Hey, wait a minute, if Linus really wrote that, he would have spelled millimeters as millimetres. Is this a joke? ;)
On Apr 1, 2005 10:38 AM, Henry Hartley henryhartley@westat.com wrote:
On Fri, 01 Apr, 2005 at 9:25 AM someone posing as Linux Torvaldz said:
Rule #1 Posting content format All posts to the list from this point forward must be set to have a fixed display width of 4,317 inches (or the metric equivalent, 6 millimeters).
Although the rest of this seems reasonable (for an arbitrarily large value of reasonable), I think someone needs to review his imperial to metric conversions. 4,317 inches (or 4.317 as we would say here in the good ol' USA) is closer to 10.97 cm.
Hey, wait a minute, if Linus really wrote that, he would have spelled millimeters as millimetres. Is this a joke? ;)
-- Henry
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The elder gods, manifesting through Henry Hartley, recently decreed:
On Fri, 01 Apr, 2005 at 9:25 AM someone posing as Linux Torvaldz said:
Rule #1 Posting content format All posts to the list from this point forward must be set to have a fixed display width of 4,317 inches (or the metric equivalent, 6 millimeters).
Although the rest of this seems reasonable (for an arbitrarily large value of reasonable), I think someone needs to review his imperial to metric conversions. 4,317 inches (or 4.317 as we would say here in the good ol' USA) is closer to 10.97 cm.
Hey, wait a minute, if Linus really wrote that, he would have spelled millimeters as millimetres. Is this a joke? ;)
It wasn't the real Linus. Sheesh. According to CNN, the *real* Linus is considering relicensing Linux to a closed proprietary model.
It wasn't the real Linus. Sheesh. According to CNN, the *real* Linus is considering relicensing Linux to a closed proprietary model
Richard S. Crawford (AIM: Buffalo2K)
Now THAT'S news, if it isn't an April Fools Day joke. Richard can you elaborate?
Marc
Henry Hartley wrote:
On Fri, 01 Apr, 2005 at 9:25 AM someone posing as Linux Torvaldz said:
Rule #1 Posting content format All posts to the list from this point forward must be set to have a fixed display width of 4,317 inches (or the metric equivalent, 6 millimeters).
Although the rest of this seems reasonable (for an arbitrarily large value of reasonable), I think someone needs to review his imperial to metric conversions. 4,317 inches (or 4.317 as we would say here in the good ol' USA) is closer to 10.97 cm.
Hey, wait a minute, if Linus really wrote that, he would have spelled millimeters as millimetres. Is this a joke? ;)
The source email address "aprilthefirst@gmail.com" is what suggested that to me...