Linus Torvalds: Pearls before swine

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Post by brianwillis » Mon, Feb 28, 2011, 8:45 PM UTC

Linus Torvalds: Pearls before swine
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Re: Linus Torvalds: Pearls before swine

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Post by danh » Mon, Feb 28, 2011, 9:26 PM UTC

"Tove pissed off Warren Beatty by asking his name not just once, but twice" is the funniest thing I've read in quite a while.

Re: Linus Torvalds: Pearls before swine

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Post by lanstein » Mon, Feb 28, 2011, 9:30 PM UTC

danh wrote: post #2

"Tove pissed off Warren Beatty by asking his name not just once, but twice" is the funniest thing I've read in quite a while.

Reminds me of when a fanatical Mariners fan friend of mine came across Alex Rodriguez and another player. She promptly went running up to the pair and exclaimed "Oh my God!! Dan Wilson!!!!!"

Re: Linus Torvalds: Pearls before swine

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Post by juiceandjuice » Mon, Feb 28, 2011, 9:37 PM UTC

"Hi, I'm Linus"

"Nice to meet you Linus. What do you do?"

"I don't know how to put this, but I'm kind of a big deal"

"Really?"

"People know me."

"Well I'm very happy for you."

"I'm very important. The internet runs off my software and my apartment smells of rich mahogany."

Re: Linus Torvalds: Pearls before swine

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Post by peregrine » Mon, Feb 28, 2011, 9:46 PM UTC

This post put a big stupid grin on my face, just imagining him walking around, and nobody knowing who he is. Him being far more influential and more important than most people in the room, and yet having trouble explaining what he does.

It sounds like a family reunion trying to remember people names and telling everyone you make web sites for a living.

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Post by ulf » Mon, Feb 28, 2011, 9:47 PM UTC

"So here's a shout-out to my new BFF's Jon Hamm and DJ."

Can someone please make it happen that Linus gets an appearance in Season 5 of Mad Men? He could play an IBM salesman or something like that...

Re: Linus Torvalds: Pearls before swine

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Post by jonknee » Mon, Feb 28, 2011, 9:53 PM UTC

peregrine wrote: post #5

This post put a big stupid grin on my face, just imagining him walking around, and nobody knowing who he is. Him being far more influential and more important than most people in the room, and yet having trouble explaining what he does. It sounds like a family reunion trying to remember people names and telling everyone you make web sites for a living.

Though it's getting easier to explain what he does--Android phones are everywhere these days.

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Post by johngalt » Mon, Feb 28, 2011, 9:54 PM UTC

Think of every crucial system running Linux... It seems that this story is backwards. He should be the celebrity, all these idiots were just in front of a camera at some point.

Re: Linus Torvalds: Pearls before swine

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Post by Splines » Mon, Feb 28, 2011, 9:59 PM UTC

johngalt wrote: post #8

Think of every crucial system running Linux... It seems that this story is backwards. He should be the celebrity, all these idiots were just in front of a camera at some point.

Please. I agree that our celebrity-focused culture is idiotic, and Linus has accomplished more than most of us ever hope to, but calling actors "idiots" is insulting. Most of them work hard just like we do (some harder), and are quite good at their job.

After all, are you not entertained?

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Post by rm445 » Mon, Feb 28, 2011, 10:07 PM UTC

danh wrote: post #2

"Tove pissed off Warren Beatty by asking his name not just once, but twice" is the funniest thing I've read in quite a while.

I think I've fallen into an alternate universe. I could swear Warren Beatty died just after 'Dick Tracy' came out.

Who did die at about that time?