FC5 T2
Trey Sizemore
trey at fastmail.fm
Mon Jan 16 00:00:04 UTC 2006
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
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