KernelTrap Interview With Rusty Russell 150
Jeremy Andrews writes "KernelTrap has interviewed Rusty Russell, a humorous and productive contributer to Linux Kernel development. Author of ipchains, netfilter/iptables, futexes, per-cpu counters, hot pluggable CPU support, and the new in-kernel module loading code, Rusty's efforts have had a significant impact on the upcoming 2.6 kernel. For a humorous sample of Rusty's wit, one only needs to look at his email signature which reads, 'Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.'" Rusty is a great guy, and this is a worthwhile read.
Plagarist! (Score:4, Funny)
We all know SCO/Caldera did that!
Sig (Score:1, Funny)
For a humorous sample of Rusty's wit, one only needs to look at his email signature which reads, 'Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.
Now that's a perfect sig:Rusty (Score:4, Funny)
no I was left out in the rain as a child
Looking at the photo of Rusty begs the question: (Score:1, Funny)
Hot pluggable CPU support (Score:0, Funny)
Let me rephrase then: After looking at the ... (Score:2, Funny)
Confess now, was it you? (Score:3, Funny)
Rusty Russell: The joys of working in an office: Chris Yeoh told me someone quoted me in their sig, on slashdot. Well obviously, I went and checked it out, and the guy had misspelled my name.
From this sample size of one, I determined that everyone who quotes me in their sig is mentally deficient.
Okay, who was the idiot?:-)
Re:Confess now, was it you? (Score:4, Funny)
Found it.
Re:Plagarist! (Score:1, Funny)
Magic? (Score:3, Funny)
Now, that is what I call a technological advance! You can execute code in the kernel and THEN, afterward, plug in the cpu. Does somebody knows how they do this?!?
I think the quote: "Any technology indistinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced." applies well in this case
Re:Magic? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Plagarist! (Score:2, Funny)
Worse, it's like a Beowulf cluster of SCO jokes.
Re:Hot pluggable CPU support (Score:3, Funny)
I'm guessing where you grew up you didn't come across very many electric horse fences, did you?
humorous signatures (Score:4, Funny)
No pun intented towards Rusty, I do concider him to be a great chap, but to offer a signature as a proof of that?
I've seen tons of humorous sigs here after completely witless posts. And now that I think about it, this post is yet another proof of that concept.