Linus provides 10 funny quotes, mostly developer/linux based funnies.
“Dijkstra probably hates me”
(in kernel/sched.c)
“How should I know if it works? That’s what beta testers are for. I only coded it”
(somewhere in a posting)“I’m an idiot.. At least this one [bug] took about 5 minutes to find..”
(in response to a bug report)
Fiber Optic Table Illuminates Your Dining - Deepa writes "We highly doubt LumiGram's Luminous Fiber Optic Tablecloth was designed with power outages in mind, but why hook up a boring string of lamps or fiddle with half melted candles when you can plug this bad boy into the generator? The cloth, which has fiber optics woven throughout, cotton borders, and a Europlug mains adapter, proves most useful when the lights are dimmed, and should prove quite the centerpiece at your next get-together. The illuminating device is available in a trio of sizes, comes in a variety of color schemes."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Sleazy lawsuit of the week! - A Dutch woman has lost her compensation claim for mental distress she suffered from missing out when her neighbors won a lottery windfall. [Dvorak]