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    Linus Torvalds facts

    A friend sent me it, thought it was funny so i decided to post it.

    1. Linus Torvalds can program without a keyboard

    2. Since 1969, the year Linus Torvalds was born, software quality has increased 19.000 percent.

    3. The commonest definition of the word programmer is Linus Torvalds

    4. Linus Torvalds didin't learn from the University of Helsinki the University of Helsinki learned from Linus Torvalds.

    5. Linus Torvalds finished the Linux Kernel the day before he started on it.

    6. Linus Torvalds once developed a programming language so good that it makes python look like punch cards.

    7. Linus Torvalds doesn't need to boot.

    8. Linus Torvalds first written program had artificial intelligence.

    9. Linus Torvalds doesn't receive error messages.

    10. There is no theory of probability, just a list of events that Linus Torvalds allows to occur.
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    Re: Linus Torvalds facts

    haha thats quality.

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    Re: Linus Torvalds facts

    Is it just me, or is it some connection between those statements and those found here: http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com/
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    Re: Linus Torvalds facts

    Looks like a variant on Bruce Schneier facts, that may be a play on Chuck Norrris facts. Bruce is a top encryption/security expert.

    Still fun though.

    Here's mine:

    Linus Torvalds doesn't use a monitor. He can read the video signals from a VGA cable with his finger.
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    Re: Linus Torvalds facts

    Here's one:

    Linus Torvalds has the same birthday as my daughter (see the avatar).
    Some people say I'm a man of few words, but the fact is that most people talk too much without actually saying anything.

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    Re: Linus Torvalds facts

    Linus Torvalds can write to ntfs.

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    Re: Linus Torvalds facts

    2. Since 1969, the year Linus Torvalds was born, software quality has increased 19.000 percent.
    Not true. Linus wasn't born, he was developed.

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    Re: Linus Torvalds facts

    Linus Torvalds does not sleep. He hacks.

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    Re: Linus Torvalds facts

    well according to linus book his first program print HELLO endless in the screen and the second
    SARA IS THE BEST endless. Using BASIC.

    point 8. needs to be changed: artificial goes bold, intelligence goes size 6.
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