Serious Linux bug! - Democratic Underground

qnr

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Sun Jan-09-05 08:55 PM
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Poll question: Serious Linux bug!

According to Pavel Machek, he has discovered a serious bug in the 2.4 kernel. On January 1st, 9,223,372,034,708,485,227, every single computer running the 2.4 kernels will stop processing commands!

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Solon

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Sun Jan-09-05 08:59 PM
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1. Hah!!!!

No need to worry, I got 2.6 kernel, so I don't have to worry about any of that till the cold death of the Universe.

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qnr

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Sun Jan-09-05 09:01 PM
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2. Me too. And 2.2 on one of my Ataris, so I'm safe, no 2.4 kernels anywhere

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Deja Q

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Sun Jan-09-05 09:04 PM
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3. Mmmm... kernels. Popcorn! ROTFLMAO!

Edited on Sun Jan-09-05 09:05 PM by HypnoToad

:D

Oh, I can't vote. I upgraded to Kernel 2.6 some time ago. :7

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qnr

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Sun Jan-09-05 09:41 PM
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7. actually, I just made some. Wonder where I got the idea? n/t

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Lithos

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Sun Jan-09-05 09:07 PM
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4. Sounds like a good reason to go to 2.6

Oh, wait, maybe I'll have time to go to 2.8 if I'm lucky.

L-

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qnr

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Sun Jan-09-05 09:16 PM
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5. Gonna be tight, not a lot of time left... n/t

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RoyGBiv

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Sun Jan-09-05 09:39 PM
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6. Some people ...

...have WAY too much free time. :-)

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qnr

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Sun Jan-09-05 09:44 PM
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8. Really! Um.... wait... who was that directed at? :) n/t

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RoyGBiv

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Sun Jan-09-05 10:11 PM
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9. The other guy ...

The one who thought it might actually be useful to let us know that a few trillion years from now, our copies of Linux might not work.

:-)

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Commie Pinko Dirtbag

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Mon Jan-10-05 10:15 AM
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10. Oh NO! Linux is UTTERLY FLAWED! Windows XP, here I go! (nt)

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qnr

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Mon Jan-10-05 01:09 PM
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11. I feel SO embarrassed for advocating it n/t

Edited on Mon Jan-10-05 01:10 PM by qnr

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WannaJumpMyScooter

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Mon Jan-10-05 07:21 PM
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12. I predict the silcon in the chips will decay to something else

long before that happens.
Still, I am glad I have 2.6.... TLP might be up to 3.0 before that, but then, maybe not.

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