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+ - Release of Raring melts Ubuntu servers->

Submitted by Provocateur
Provocateur writes "The release of Raring Ringtail has brought a decent sized slashdotting to Ubuntu, even their home page Ubuntu.com connection times out. And having a data center experience technical difficulties at the same time, all add up to a really bad Monday night."
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Comment: Some things you just DON'T want to know (Score 1) 98

by Provocateur (#43578659) Attached to: Experiment Will Determine Dinosaur's Skin Color

That way no myths are shattered, and I would always enjoy being terrified watching Jurassic Park

Otherwise, I'd have to lean over and tell my kids, They're probably out-of-work dinosaurs that hang out in empty Hollywood lots, waiting for the pickup truck to come get them. Same as those out-of-work 'bad ass' bikers waiting for a different pickup, but still waiting for that same type of call, for their next walk-on role.

Comment: Re:Does anyone read books like this anymore? (Score 2) 81

The printed page comes in handy as 'bathroom' reading material, especially when stumped by a problem that can be solved with a few lines of script. One can then do half of the research online because you can only spend so many hours gazing at the screen. My linux book became dog-eared even after the CD it came with became obsolete, but I learned to appreciate having root as a second user instead of a sudo byword.

This could lower the signal-to-noise ratio by uncluttering the forums; I see many n00bs still being challenged by 'Why won't xxx run?' when a browse thru the meaning of $PATH will lead them to the right, erm path.

If you learn one useless thing every day, in a single year you'll learn 365 useless things.

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