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Comment Re: An Eclipse with a bag in the side (Score 1) 39

by oso on Friday March 27, 2026 @04:03PM (#66065096) Attached to: Tracy Kidder, Author of 'The Soul of a New Machine', Dies At 80

Typo! Should be An Eclipse with a bag on the side

by oso on Friday March 27, 2026 @03:58PM (#66065078) Attached to: Tracy Kidder, Author of 'The Soul of a New Machine', Dies At 80

One of my absolute favorite quotes

by oso on Monday January 13, 2020 @11:48PM (#59618268) Attached to: 'We're Approaching the Limits of Computer Power -- We Need New Programmers Now'

what is old is new again.

Will the Real Mel please come back... Itâ(TM)s time to train youngsters.

by oso on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @10:45AM (#43794007) Attached to: Debian GNU/Hurd 2013 Released

"What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux."

Wow. This statement is absolute proof that marketing spin works.

by oso on Monday April 08, 2013 @03:12PM (#43394051) Attached to: Why French Govt's Attempt to Censor Wikipedia Matters

Can't stop the signal Mal