On Sun Jan 15, 2006 11:09PM, Patrick wrote: > On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 15:26 -0500, Jesse Keating wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 20:18 +0000, Matt Carter wrote: > > > Just installed FC5 T2 and well it gets as far as Udev and then does > > > nothing, wondering if anyone else has it installed yet? > > > > So... where'd you get test2? Inquiring minds wish to know... > > I guess he got it, as usual, from one of the uhm less managed mirrors. > Has happened almost every time now with a new (test) release. Imagine > the discussion going back and forth soon on #fedora :) > > Some Dude: Hey I just got FC5T2 and it rocks! :) > Other Dude: Wot you got FC5T2 already?! Where did you get it > 99999 Other Dudes: Yeah, where did you get it? > Fedora Dude: Some Dude: if you paste a link here I will make sure > you go to Hell and have to use Microsoft till the end > of time > Some Dude: Uhm, ok, I'm not telling. But it rocks! > 99999 Other Dudes: Please, please, please, please tell us where you got > Some Dude: Eastern-European mirrors rock :) > Fedora Dude: Fedora Dude has kicked Some Dude of #fedora > Fedora Dude: It's not out officially so everybody stay calm > Many Other Dudes: Found it :) > Fedora Dude: Many Other Dudes: if you paste a link here I will > make sure you go to Hell and have to kiss Bill's > pinkish parts till the end of time > Some Bold Dude: http://www.tinyurl.ca/edDSrs98 > More dudes: Thank you so much Some Bold Dude > Fedora Dude: Fedora Dude has kicked Some Bold Dude of #fedora > Fedora Dude: It's not out officially so everybody stay calm > Many Dudes Fedora Dude: but if it is already out there, why not > release it? > Fedora Dude: Because FC5T2 is scheduled for official release at > 10:00 AM <insert some wildly unknown timezone > abreviation most of the world doesn't understand> > Too Many Dudes: 10:00 AM <insert weird timezone>?! When the hell is > that?! > Fedora Dude: sigh, www.timeanddate.com > Many Other Dudes: Fedora Dude: you mean that I have to wait another > 12 hours because you insist on your own timezone?! > 10:00 AM is 10:00 AM and it is 10:00 AM here so start > serving the goodies :) > > Meanwhile bandwidth saturation of the 2x E1 backbone to Eastern-Europe > skyrockets and the less well funded Eastern-European NSA in Fort Meadski > get their work cut out for the next 60 years checking ethereal traces on > thousands of refurbished 4.5Gb SCSI-2 disks trying to figure out what > the hell was going on and why their pr0n downloads suddenly halted. > > Fedora Dude: Everybody stay calm. It will be released shortly > Another Bold Dude: <whisper>.tw lalalalala .tw lalalalala</whisper> > More Dudes: Thanks Another Bold Dude. Nice fast mirror :) > Fedora Dude: Fedora Dude has kicked Another Bold Dude of #fedora > Late Dude has joined #fedora > Late Dude: Hi all, the bittorrent download of FC5T2 at <url> > is really fast. Great work! > Many More Dudes: Thanks Late Dude :) > Fedora Dude: sigh > Fedora Dude: Fedora Dude has kicked Late Dude of #fedora > > Meanwhile back at FC HQ the inevitable "we're loosing the battle again" > discussion has already started. <snip a lot of talk about standing firm > and not giving in because several roque mirror admins have no clue about > timezones> > > Fedora Lead Dude: Ok, since this release is available from several > sites and is already up on Bittorrent I guess we > really should open the floodgates > Other Fedora Dude: I will have a firm talk with those pesky mirror > admins! > Fedora Lead Dude: Yes, give them a firm rattling like last time and > the one before and... sigh... never mind > > And so the floodgates were opened and the community rejoiced. > > Regards, > Patrick > ps. FC5T2 was a pleasure to install :) > That was frickin' hilarious! Thanks for the late Sunday laugh :-D -- Cheers, Trey ---- I have learned To spell hors d'oeuvres Which still grates on Some people's n'oeuvres. -- Warren Knox Linux chameleon 2.6.13-15-default i686 GNU/Linux 6:58pm up 1:22, 4 users, load average: 0.37, 0.53, 0.62
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