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by: The Doctor - Tue, 26 Dec 2023 15:31 UTC

When does Linus turn 54?
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by: Marco Moock - Tue, 26 Dec 2023 15:52 UTC

Am 26.12.2023 um 15:31:51 Uhr schrieb The Doctor:

> When does Linus turn 54?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds

Born Linus Benedict Torvalds

28 December 1969 (age 53)

Now use your calculator.

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by: Lew Pitcher - Tue, 26 Dec 2023 16:01 UTC

On Tue, 26 Dec 2023 16:52:19 +0100, Marco Moock wrote:

> Am 26.12.2023 um 15:31:51 Uhr schrieb The Doctor:
>
>> When does Linus turn 54?
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
>
> Born Linus Benedict Torvalds
>
> 28 December 1969 (age 53)
>
> Now use your calculator.

Or your computer:

date -d @$(($(date -d '28 December 1969 + 54 years' '+%s') - $(date '+%s'))) '+Torvalds 54th birthday is in %j days'

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by: The Doctor - Tue, 26 Dec 2023 16:12 UTC

In article <umesrk$3hgpn$1@dont-email.me>,
Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> wrote:
>Am 26.12.2023 um 15:31:51 Uhr schrieb The Doctor:
>
>> When does Linus turn 54?
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
>
>Born Linus Benedict Torvalds
>
>28 December 1969 (age 53)
>
>Now use your calculator.
>

2 days from now!
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by: The Doctor - Tue, 26 Dec 2023 16:14 UTC

In article <umetc6$3hc5b$1@dont-email.me>,
Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> wrote:
>On Tue, 26 Dec 2023 16:52:19 +0100, Marco Moock wrote:
>
>> Am 26.12.2023 um 15:31:51 Uhr schrieb The Doctor:
>>
>>> When does Linus turn 54?
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
>>
>> Born Linus Benedict Torvalds
>>
>> 28 December 1969 (age 53)
>>
>> Now use your calculator.
>
>Or your computer:
>
> date -d @$(($(date -d '28 December 1969 + 54 years' '+%s') - $(date
>'+%s'))) '+Torvalds 54th birthday is in %j days'
>

And we get

>
>
>--
>Lew Pitcher
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by: Lew Pitcher - Tue, 26 Dec 2023 16:30 UTC

On Tue, 26 Dec 2023 16:14:45 +0000, The Doctor wrote:

> In article <umetc6$3hc5b$1@dont-email.me>,
> Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> wrote:
>>On Tue, 26 Dec 2023 16:52:19 +0100, Marco Moock wrote:
>>
>>> Am 26.12.2023 um 15:31:51 Uhr schrieb The Doctor:
>>>
>>>> When does Linus turn 54?
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
>>>
>>> Born Linus Benedict Torvalds
>>>
>>> 28 December 1969 (age 53)
>>>
>>> Now use your calculator.
>>
>>Or your computer:
>>
>> date -d @$(($(date -d '28 December 1969 + 54 years' '+%s') - $(date
>>'+%s'))) '+Torvalds 54th birthday is in %j days'
>>
>
> And we get
>
> date: illegal option -- d
> usage: date [-jnRu] [-I[date|hours|minutes|seconds]] [-f input_fmt]
> [ -z output_zone ] [-r filename|seconds] [-v[+|-]val[y|m|w|d|H|M|S]]
> [[[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]MM[.SS] | new_date] [+output_fmt]
> linus: line 2: date+%s: command not found
> linus: line 2: -: command not found
> date: illegal option -- d
> usage: date [-jnRu] [-I[date|hours|minutes|seconds]] [-f input_fmt]
> [ -z output_zone ] [-r filename|seconds] [-v[+|-]val[y|m|w|d|H|M|S]]
> [[[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]MM[.SS] | new_date] [+output_fmt]
>
>

11:28 $ date --version
date (GNU coreutils) 8.25
Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by David MacKenzie.
11:29 $ date -d @$(($(date -d '28 December 1969 + 54 years' '+%s') - $(date '+%s'))) '+Torvalds 54th birthday is in %j days'
Torvalds 54th birthday is in 002 days

>>--
>>Lew Pitcher
>>"In Skills We Trust"

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by: Lew Pitcher - Tue, 26 Dec 2023 16:33 UTC

On Tue, 26 Dec 2023 16:01:10 +0000, Lew Pitcher wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Dec 2023 16:52:19 +0100, Marco Moock wrote:
>
>> Am 26.12.2023 um 15:31:51 Uhr schrieb The Doctor:
>>
>>> When does Linus turn 54?
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
>>
>> Born Linus Benedict Torvalds
>>
>> 28 December 1969 (age 53)
>>
>> Now use your calculator.
>
> Or your computer:
>
> date -d @$(($(date -d '28 December 1969 + 54 years' '+%s') - $(date '+%s'))) '+Torvalds 54th birthday is in %j days'

I should have added...

NB: depends on features available in GNU date 8.25. There may be substitutions for other versions
of date(1). Your mileage may vary. Always read the label. Not valid in Quebec.

;-)

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by: Lew Pitcher - Tue, 26 Dec 2023 16:42 UTC

On Tue, 26 Dec 2023 16:14:45 +0000, The Doctor wrote:

For what it's worth, at least part of the problem is that, while I posted
the command "unfolded", somewhere along the line it folded (perhaps in your
reader?) and you now have a command split across two lines, without a
line-continuation character.

I dont know why your date(1) does not support the GNU -d option; who's
date(1) are you running? (It can't be a POSIX date(1); POSIX date(1) only
recognizes the -u option, and none of the others that your date(1) (or mine)
provide. See https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/date.html)

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by: Charlie Gibbs - Wed, 27 Dec 2023 04:06 UTC

On 2023-12-26, The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:

> In article <umesrk$3hgpn$1@dont-email.me>,
> Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> wrote:
>
>> Am 26.12.2023 um 15:31:51 Uhr schrieb The Doctor:
>>
>>> When does Linus turn 54?
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
>>
>> Born Linus Benedict Torvalds
>>
>> 28 December 1969 (age 53)
>>
>> Now use your calculator.
>
> 2 days from now!

Thank goodness someone else can figure it out in his head.

http://archive.org/download/TheFeelingOfPower/The%20Feeling%20of%20Power.pdf

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by: The Natural Philosop - Wed, 27 Dec 2023 11:10 UTC

On 26/12/2023 16:33, Lew Pitcher wrote:
> Not valid in Quebec.

What is?

--
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Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

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by: The Doctor - Wed, 27 Dec 2023 16:44 UTC

In article <OoNiN.7315$Wbff.1994@fx37.iad>,
Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>On 2023-12-26, The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:
>
>> In article <umesrk$3hgpn$1@dont-email.me>,
>> Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Am 26.12.2023 um 15:31:51 Uhr schrieb The Doctor:
>>>
>>>> When does Linus turn 54?
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
>>>
>>> Born Linus Benedict Torvalds
>>>
>>> 28 December 1969 (age 53)
>>>
>>> Now use your calculator.
>>
>> 2 days from now!
>
>Thank goodness someone else can figure it out in his head.
>
>http://archive.org/download/TheFeelingOfPower/The%20Feeling%20of%20Power.pdf
>

Tomorrow!

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>\ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | it has plenty of bright lights and
> X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | excitement, but also dark alleys
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by: The Natural Philosop - Wed, 27 Dec 2023 19:52 UTC

On 27/12/2023 16:03, David W. Hodgins wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Dec 2023 06:10:57 -0500, The Natural Philosopher
> <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 26/12/2023 16:33, Lew Pitcher wrote:
>>> Not valid in Quebec.
>>
>> What is?
>
> That's a joke/comment about a phrase that is common in labels in Canada. In
> Quebec, provincial laws are based on the French civil code, while in the
> rest
> of Canada it's based on English common law.
>
> The "Not valid in Quebec" statement is present on many labels, usually in
> reference to restrictions on guarantees. While the U.S. and the rest of
> Canada allow the restrictions, Quebec law does not. It's also commonly
> present
> in references to chances to win something, due to tighter restrictions
> in laws
> regarding games of chance.
>
> Regards, Dave Hodgins
Ah. Like the labels tattooed on Scandinavian babies heads: 'Fragile:
This side up' and 'open other end'...

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by: Andreas Kohlbach - Thu, 28 Dec 2023 00:45 UTC

On Wed, 27 Dec 2023 11:03:30 -0500, David W. Hodgins wrote:
>
> On Wed, 27 Dec 2023 06:10:57 -0500, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 26/12/2023 16:33, Lew Pitcher wrote:
>>> Not valid in Quebec.
>>
>> What is?
>
> That's a joke/comment about a phrase that is common in labels in Canada. In
> Quebec, provincial laws are based on the French civil code, while in the rest
> of Canada it's based on English common law.
>
> The "Not valid in Quebec" statement is present on many labels, usually in
> reference to restrictions on guarantees. While the U.S. and the rest of
> Canada allow the restrictions, Quebec law does not. It's also commonly present
> in references to chances to win something, due to tighter restrictions in laws
> regarding games of chance.

Tarbanak! ;-)
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Andreas

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by: Robert Komar - Thu, 28 Dec 2023 20:57 UTC

Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> wrote:
> Am 26.12.2023 um 15:31:51 Uhr schrieb The Doctor:
>
>> When does Linus turn 54?
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
>
> Born Linus Benedict Torvalds
>
> 28 December 1969 (age 53)
>
> Now use your calculator.
>

Huh! He was born just a few days before the Unix Epoch began.

Cheers,
Rob Komar

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by: The Doctor - Thu, 28 Dec 2023 22:45 UTC

In article <63416k-mtu.ln1@robpc4.robk-home.org>,
Robert Komar <robk@robpc4.robk-home.org> wrote:
>Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> wrote:
>> Am 26.12.2023 um 15:31:51 Uhr schrieb The Doctor:
>>
>>> When does Linus turn 54?
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
>>
>> Born Linus Benedict Torvalds
>>
>> 28 December 1969 (age 53)
>>
>> Now use your calculator.
>>
>
>Huh! He was born just a few days before the Unix Epoch began.
>
>Cheers,
>Rob Komar

Happy birthday Linus!
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by: Charlie Gibbs - Fri, 29 Dec 2023 01:00 UTC

On 2023-12-28, Robert Komar <robk@robpc4.robk-home.org> wrote:

> Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> wrote:
>
>> Am 26.12.2023 um 15:31:51 Uhr schrieb The Doctor:
>>
>>> When does Linus turn 54?
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
>>
>> Born Linus Benedict Torvalds
>>
>> 28 December 1969 (age 53)
>>
>> Now use your calculator.
>
> Huh! He was born just a few days before the Unix Epoch began.

So _that's_ why we can't find any baby photos online!

Subject	Author
Torvals	The Doctor
Re: Torvals	Marco Moock
Re: Torvals	Lew Pitcher
Re: Torvals	The Doctor
Re: Torvals	Lew Pitcher
Re: Torvals	Lew Pitcher
Re: Torvals	Lew Pitcher
Re: Torvals	The Natural Philosopher
Re: Torvals	The Natural Philosopher
Re: Torvals	Andreas Kohlbach
Re: Torvals	The Doctor
Re: Torvals	Charlie Gibbs
Re: Torvals	The Doctor
Re: Torvals	Robert Komar
Re: Torvals	The Doctor
Re: Torvals	Charlie Gibbs