Linus Sighted At LCA2004

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Posted by timothy on Monday January 12, 2004 @06:04AM from the punchbuggy-finnish dept.

leonbrooks writes "Yes! Third year in a row! The penguinmeister has entered the building! Posting from lecture theatre LG28 at the University of Adelaide, we have confirmed that Linus Torvalds has once more blessed us with his presence. Solid proof that Australia truly is The Lucky Country. (-:" And an anonymous reader adds: "Linus will be here for a week at linux.conf.au but not presenting anything. If you want to see him, maybe you guys should come down to South Australia and register for linux.conf.au 2004."

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Awesome! (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @06:05AM (#7950852)

Linus is at location X!

This is news folks, make no doubt about it.

Linus (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @06:06AM (#7950855)

He's not the messiah. He's a very naughty boy..

Apparently (Score:5, Funny)

by Xel'Naga ( 673728 ) writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @06:07AM (#7950862)

Even the smilies are upside down in Australia

In other news... (Score:5, Funny)

by turgid ( 580780 ) writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @06:08AM (#7950866) Journal

A decayed and rotten Elvis was seen attempting to enter the same conference without a pass. When questioned by security staff, the King was reportedy upset that such a "square" could become such a celebrity. "What is the world ocming to? Where are my fans?" He reportedly sobbed and he was led away by Australian police officers.

Just the guys? (Score:5, Funny)

by agwis ( 690872 ) writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @06:14AM (#7950890)

"If you want to see him, maybe you guys should come down to South Australia and register for linux.conf.au 2004."

What about the gals? Surely linux.conf.au 2004 is a chick magnet, ain't it?

Lucky country?? (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @06:15AM (#7950892)

Solid proof that Australia truly is The Lucky Country.

I thought it's because of all the topless sheila's on the beaches :)

This means... (Score:0, Funny)

by Dilbert_ ( 17488 ) writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @06:15AM (#7950896) Homepage

That right now the entire planet is between me and Linus, as I am in Belgium...

Linus spotting? (Score:5, Funny)

by illuminata ( 668963 ) writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @06:16AM (#7950898) Journal

Charles Schultz is dead dammit! Unless you caught a reprint, there's no way you could've seen Linus!

And what the fuck does this have to do with penguins?

To Oz? (Score:0, Funny)

by CoolVibe ( 11466 ) writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @06:21AM (#7950914) Journal

If you want to see him, maybe you guys should come down to South Australia
Sure, and plane tickets from europe to australia cost virtually nothing, and the plane trip is short. :)

Re:Linus spotting? (Score:1, Funny)

by 3lb4rt0 ( 736495 ) writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @06:21AM (#7950915) Homepage Journal

Time to re-print the Waldo books with Linus instead.

Sell'em to geeks and make a fortune :-)

Hero worship must be bad enough... (Score:3, Funny)

by Realistic_Dragon ( 655151 ) writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @06:22AM (#7950921) Homepage

But now to be the target of a worldwide real life 'Wheres Waldo' like geek game must be a little too much!

Awesome! (Score:0, Funny)

by teledyne ( 325332 ) writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @06:25AM (#7950930)

I can go to Australia, meet Linus at a bar, and outdrink a peron of worldwide importance, in the nude! Schweet.

OMG (Score:5, Funny)

by Nightreaver ( 695006 ) writes: <lau...l@@@uritzen...dk> on Monday January 12, 2004 @06:35AM (#7950960) Homepage

...we have confirmed that Linus Torvalds has once more blessed us with his presence.

Anybody touched him yet? No, of course... nobody could be THAT lucky.

Re:Linus (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @06:44AM (#7950986)

that's the first time I've heard Monty Python fandom equated with going out more.

I have however heard the two used in one sentence.

as in:

Stop watching that Monty Python and get some fresh air.

Spooky (Score:4, Funny)

by laa ( 457196 ) writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @07:05AM (#7951046) Homepage

This starts to sound like the Elvis sightings... Linus has published a book already, but when will we see the first album?

Big Boost For Adelaide (Score:4, Funny)

by POds ( 241854 ) writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @07:05AM (#7951047) Homepage Journal

The shock occurance of linus at Adelaide has made it's popularity amoung other Australians soar through the roof. Its believed all the skits and parody's of Adelaide being Australia's most borring city will stop right here

Aww, c'mon! (Score:2, Funny)

by NemesisStar ( 619232 ) writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @07:07AM (#7951052)

I know you're posting from the land downunder, but there's still no excuse for the backwards smilie!

That's my uni! (Score:2, Funny)

by Joel Carr ( 693662 ) writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @07:15AM (#7951076)

Cool, I'm only 15 minutes away from there!! I'm starting to regret my decision not to attend the conference... WHAT WAS I THINKING!!! Still, it's not too late, just I think it costs more now.

On a side note, I hope he doesn't happen to wander into our CS department that would be enough to destroy any computer lover's soul...

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*Old Joke Alert* (Score:-1, Funny)

by Gleng ( 537516 ) writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @07:19AM (#7951083)

This one's been doing the rounds for ages. I've no idea where I first heard it.

~ring ring~

JH: Hello, your Majesty, it's John Howard, Prime Mister of Australia. I've been giving it some thought, and I'd like to declare Australia an Empire.

HRH: Mr Howard, you are not an Emperor.

JH: Err, OK then, how about we call it a Kingdom?

HRH: Mr Howard, you are not a King.

JH: Hmmm, well, would it be alright to declare Australia as a Principality?

HRH: Mr Howard, you are not a Prince.

JH: Well, what then?

HRH: Judging by your character, I would suggest that you continue to call Australia a country.

Re:Just the guys? (Score:5, Funny)

by Gleng ( 537516 ) writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @07:27AM (#7951104)

Just tell them you've got 2.6 up and running. Their knickers fall off.

Linus sighting??!! (Score:5, Funny)

by kiwioddBall ( 646813 ) writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @07:44AM (#7951149)

Linus sighted?

This puts Linus right up there with the Yeti, UFO's and Elvis.

I saw Linus buying hair shampoo at the local 7/11!!!

Re:In other related news... (Score:1, Funny)

by Patrik_AKA_RedX ( 624423 ) writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @07:46AM (#7951155) Journal

hmm, I wonder how a AC looks in real life? Would (s)he/it wear a scramble suit (A Scanner Darkly)?

Adelaide Alive (Score:3, Funny)

by HSpirit ( 519997 ) writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @08:02AM (#7951195)

(Private Adelaide joke) Wow, as an Adelaidian I can confidently say this Slashdot article is the most exposure our little town has had since Melbourne stole our Grand Prix.

Re:Why stop there? (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @08:02AM (#7951200)

What the hell sort of list is that? You put Trent Lloyd and Jeremy Malcolm amongst that list? All they are is the who's who of Perth nerds yet to hit puberty.

Darl too! (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @08:20AM (#7951245)

McBride will be there to collect too!

Re:Just the guys? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @08:41AM (#7951293)

This has been discussed on LKML and is scheduled to be fixed in the next release.

Re:OMG (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @10:14AM (#7951781)

"Anybody touched him yet? No, of course... nobody could be THAT lucky."

Yes, some Windows users touched him, and they were HEALED!

Re:Get Linus Shitzenfaced! (Score:0, Funny)

by Wun Hung Lo ( 702718 ) writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @10:40AM (#7951999)

Shitzenfaced?

Is that fake German or is Snoop Dogg posting on /.?
I will know we're in trouble if we start seeing kernizzle updates...

I spotted Linus once (Score:5, Funny)

by bkocik ( 17609 ) writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @11:47AM (#7952533) Homepage

Spotted him at a gas station in Santa Clara when we both worked in that town. Was pulling away when I saw him. My thought process was as follows:

"That guy looks familiar."
"Hey, that's Linus!"
(about 1.3 seconds of staring in disbelief later)
"Hey, I'm about to run over a gas pump!"
(heavy braking, Linus glances at me quizzically)

So yeah, Linus, if you see this, that was me in the white Grand Am that day.

=)

Re:In other news... (Score:2, Funny)

by sharkey ( 16670 ) writes: on Monday January 12, 2004 @12:19PM (#7952943)

Where are my fans?
You misspelled "donuts". This is Elvis, after all.

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