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  1. LH's Avatar
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    (Original post by rahaydenuk)
    They come from the world-famous Linux fortune database of quotes. You know the quotes displayed everytime you log on to your Linux box (if you have it set to anyway). I assume you
    do
    have a Linux box, don't you? :eek:
    What's a Linux box?
  2. Ollie's Avatar
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    the best thingabout the quote is that they are never repeated!
  3. thefish_uk's Avatar
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    (Original post by Lord Huntroyde)
    What's a Linux box?
    **sniggers at a comment like that from a "senior" member**

    A computer ("box") running Linux, the alternative open-source operating system often used by computer geeks and server admins.

    http://www.linux.org/
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    (Original post by Ollie)
    the best thingabout the quote is that they are never repeated!
    I thought that, but have since found i was incorrect...sadly. Oh well, they're great. Long live the "little" quotes in the top right hand corner!
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    (Original post by serendipity)
    I thought that, but have since found i was incorrect...sadly. Oh well, they're great. Long live the "little" quotes in the top right hand corner!

    Which one's your favourite?

    I think mine, for sheer weirdness, has to be: "Quark! Quark! Beware the quantum duck!"
  6. GH's Avatar
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    Where do they get their quotes from?
  7. serendipity's Avatar
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    (Original post by MadNatSci)
    Which one's your favourite?

    I think mine, for sheer weirdness, has to be: "Quark! Quark! Beware the quantum duck!"
    Heehee!! Just think of the person who had to input them all into a system somewhere... :eek:
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    (Original post by MadNatSci)
    Which one's your favourite?

    I think mine, for sheer weirdness, has to be: "Quark! Quark! Beware the quantum duck!"
    I like:

    "Tomorrow's computers here in a month"
  9. curryADD's Avatar
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    (Original post by Jonatan)
    I like:

    "Tomorrow's computers here in a month"
    hello jonaton!
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    (Original post by curryADD)
    hello jonaton!
    Hello curryADD
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