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Old 02-02-2022, 02:32 PM   #1
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Question Is this a hint? "I will be finished tomorrow"


fortune -m "I will be finished tomorrow" fortunes2

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Code:
Wed Feb 2 08:21:48 UTC 2022
a/kernel-generic-5.15.19-x86_64-2.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-5.15.19-x86_64-2.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-5.15.19-x86_64-2.txz: Upgraded.
d/kernel-headers-5.15.19-x86-2.txz: Upgraded.
k/kernel-source-5.15.19-noarch-2.txz: Upgraded.
       -RTC_SYSTOHC_DEVICE "rtc0"
       RTC_SYSTOHC y -> n
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
testing/source/linux-5.16.5-configs/*: Rebuilt.
       -RTC_SYSTOHC_DEVICE "rtc0"
       RTC_SYSTOHC y -> n
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
+--------------------------+
Wed Feb 2 04:17:39 UTC 2022
fortune -m "I will be finished tomorrow" fortunes2
a/kernel-generic-5.15.19-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-5.15.19-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-5.15.19-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/screen-4.9.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
       Patched possible denial of service via a crafted UTF-8 character sequence.
       For more information, see:
       https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-26937
       (* Security fix *)
d/kernel-headers-5.15.19-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
k/kernel-source-5.15.19-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
       RTC_INTF_DEV_UIE_EMUL y -> n
       RTC_SYSTOHC n -> y
       +RTC_SYSTOHC_DEVICE "rtc0"
l/lcms2-2.13-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
       [PATCH] Fix for optimization error on grayscale.
       Thanks to Aaron Boxer for reporting this issue.
       Thanks to gmgf.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
testing/source/linux-5.16.5-configs/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
 
Old 02-02-2022, 02:37 PM   #2
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i saw that too this morning - left me wondering too...
 
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Old 02-02-2022, 02:37 PM   #3
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Yes, the release is nigh unless something comes up to push it back! He really liked the date 02-02-2022. There is a lot of 2s there to enjoy!
 
Old 02-02-2022, 02:41 PM   #4
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I really wasn't expecting Pat to be that succinct about the release of 15.0 so I have my doubts that it is true. But I know the release is nigh.
 
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Old 02-02-2022, 02:42 PM   #5
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fortune -m "I will be finished tomorrow" fortunes2

Basically, this is a story about a programmer who never finishes his job (a program).

I've ran this fortune for your pleasure.

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root@darkstar:~# fortune -m "I will be finished tomorrow" fortunes2
%% (fortunes2)
        A manager asked a programmer how long it would take him to finish the
program on which he was working.  "I will be finished tomorrow," the programmer
promptly replied.
        "I think you are being unrealistic," said the manager. "Truthfully,
how long will it take?"
        The programmer thought for a moment.  "I have some features that I wish
to add.  This will take at least two weeks," he finally said.
        "Even that is too much to expect," insisted the manager, "I will be
satisfied if you simply tell me when the program is complete."
        The programmer agreed to this.
        Several years slated, the manager retired.  On the way to his
retirement lunch, he discovered the programmer asleep at his terminal.
He had been programming all night.
                -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming"
root@darkstar:~#

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Old 02-02-2022, 02:43 PM   #6
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i admit - albeit sadly - that the first thing i keep disabling after each new install are those fortune cookies under bsd-games-login-fortune.*
 
Old 02-02-2022, 02:43 PM   #7
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I do hope the release is on 02/22/2022
 
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Old 02-02-2022, 02:46 PM   #8
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that's right, that was anyway the fallback date...
 
Old 02-02-2022, 02:48 PM   #9
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Maybe is time to start rolling in floor for Plasma 5.24.x ?

Who's with me in the choir?

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Old 02-02-2022, 02:49 PM   #10
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Talking

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Basically, this is a story about a programmer who never finishes his job (a program).
Drat, so it is a hint after all. LOL
 
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Old 02-02-2022, 02:50 PM   #11
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Rumor has it that the Slackhog did not see its shadow this morning
 
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Old 02-02-2022, 02:52 PM   #12
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Rumor has it that the Slackhog did not see its shadow this morning
Hope Slackhog didn't die too.
 
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Old 02-02-2022, 02:54 PM   #13
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Hope Slackhog didn't die too.
Haha! It was only the fake New Jersey groundhog that died. Probably from all the pollution.
 
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Old 02-02-2022, 02:57 PM   #14
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Haha! It was only the fake New Jersey groundhog that died. Probably from all the pollution.
Poor Phil...
 
Old 02-02-2022, 03:01 PM   #15
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Poor Phil...
Phil is fine. At least the current incarnation of Phil, anyway.
 
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