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
----
 
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
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://listman.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/attachments/20060115/29837b2e/attachment.sig>


More information about the fedora-test-list mailing list