"Spaghetti growing on trees..." Kind of dating yourself aren't you? :) Mike ------------------------------------------------- Cleary_Mike@emc.com x6033 ------------------------------------------------- A redneck's famous last words: "Hey y'all, watch this...." -----Original Message----- From: Dave Smith [mailto:Dave.Smith@st.com] Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 10:40 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] The Linus Letter On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 10:07:57AM -0500, dep@linuxandmain.com wrote:
begin John B's quote:
| Is that letter *really* an april fool's thing or not? This | shouldn't be allowed to be kept unclear too long, too many times | jokes have proved they can do amazing damage. | So, if anyone can give us enough info on it to let us give a sigh | of relief, please do so.
there's a pretty good rundown of it -- and of the nifty new qt -- in the top story at http://www.linuxandmain.com/news/
it's a big day for the community, that's for sure.
Guys, credit us with *some* intelligence... (Well, maybe not all of us) Of course it's an April Fool. Do you really think that Linus would choose to quit Linux development at midnight on April Fools' Day? Of course, I have no proof, but I'd be willing to bet a crisp tenner on it... (GBP, no new-fangled euro things round 'ere) As to whether it's posted by Linus or a spoof, I won't comment... And spaghetti *does* grow on trees. -- David Smith Work Email: Dave.Smith@st.com STMicroelectronics Home Email: David.Smith@ds-electronics.co.uk Bristol, England -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com
On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 02:57:50PM -0500, Cleary_Mike@emc.com wrote:
"Spaghetti growing on trees..." Kind of dating yourself aren't you? :)
No, the 'Spaghetti Incident' was 18 years before I was born, but it's so famous... Anyway, I thought it might be fun to see how many people understood the comment... -- David Smith Work Email: Dave.Smith@st.com STMicroelectronics Home Email: David.Smith@ds-electronics.co.uk Bristol, England
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 02 April 2002 8:31 am, Dave Smith wrote:
On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 02:57:50PM -0500, Cleary_Mike@emc.com wrote:
"Spaghetti growing on trees..." Kind of dating yourself aren't you? :)
No, the 'Spaghetti Incident' was 18 years before I was born, but it's so famous...
Anyway, I thought it might be fun to see how many people understood the comment... I'm quite lost?? 'Spaghetti Incident'????
Tom - -- While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8qhNkAEYnIVU7X9IRApjrAJ4/YaTZSvQ5DXXjdNvZqPJZZUHbRQCcD/xV LYImLPK7F7OfYFRGeLgoFSo= =tjD9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 08:24:04PM +0000, tawesley@yahoo.com wrote:
I'm quite lost?? 'Spaghetti Incident'????
Bingo. Got one. :-) There is a long-running BBC current affairs documentary series called "Panorama". I'm trying to think of a foreign equivalent; I guess "60 Minutes" is probably closest. Anyway, back in 1957 when this happened, Panorama and BBC journalism in general was considered to be the utmost height of journalistic integrity. At the time, the programme was presented by the highly respectable Richard Dimbleby. On April Fools' Day, they broadcast a film about how good the Spaghetti Harvest was in the Alps on the Swiss/Italian border - including very convincing pictures of spaghetti growing on trees. Anyway, AIUI, they had to broadcast a retraction later because so many people were more willing to believe that spaghetti grew on trees, than were willing to believe that Panorama would broadcast a false story. It probably goes down as one of the most successful April Fools' jokes ever played. (don't forget that this was in 1957, when I believe that people were generally much less cynical about the media...) -- David Smith Work Email: Dave.Smith@st.com STMicroelectronics Home Email: David.Smith@ds-electronics.co.uk Bristol, England
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