<starlady> ok gang, let's go ahead and get started
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<starlady> here's the deal :)
<starlady> I'll be asking questions 1 at a time
<starlady> then unmoderating the channel
<starlady> the first person with the correct answer gets a point
<starlady> at the end of 20 questions, the person with the most points gets a nifty prize package from ThinkGeek
<andy> can we cheat?
<andy> oh wait... nm
<starlady> you can /msg search trivia rules
<starlady> and get the rules
<starlady> Linux.com and VA/OSDN staff are advised not to play ;)
<starlady> influx will be keeping score
<starlady> oh, and you can answer more than once, if no one gets the correct answer right away keep guessing
<influx> and i bribe easily ;)
<influx> j/k
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<starlady> any questions?
<mge_> lets go
<joshua> why is the sky blue
* cdlu looks disappointed
<[Xerithane]> how tight on spelling?
* cdlu is osdn employee
<Kha0S> whee. let's go yo.
<andy> yea... let's do it
<zilch> go go
<nate37> goo
* squirrel looks around *
<Twilight1> cdlu: Too bad. :P
<andy> hehe
<starlady> [Xerithane]: when spelling counts I'll be sure to say that it counts, otherwise it doesn't matter
* Starfox blinks
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<starlady> ok, here we to
<starlady> go
<starlady> first questionL
<starlady> Who created Samba? (SPELLING COUNTS)
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<joshua> me
<XFire> Andrew Tridgell
<Starfox> jeremy allison
<DarkReap1> crap..
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<starlady> XFire: got it
<starlady> Linus Torvalds holds an honorary doctorate from what university?
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<zilch> kth
<Kha0S> mit
<cube25m> u of sweden
<[Xerithane]> Helsinski
<zilch> kungliga tekniska högskolan
<labisso> Helinski U
<psypete> harvard
<ElCoronel> Penn state
<vandyke> Bridget Fonda
<psypete> stanford
<rebelpacket> the answer is Helinski university
<mge_> mit
<ElCoronel> Auburn
<joshua> newark community
<zarfleen> oxford
<rebelpacket> University Of Finland
<[Xerithane]> Helsinki University in Finland
<DarkReap1> somewhere in Finland
<DarkReap1> :)
<psypete> FAU
<ElCoronel> Alabama ROLL TIDE
<vandyke> university of moscow
<trj> Stockholm
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<starlady> trj: got it
<starlady> In which country does Alan Cox live?
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<trj> Wales
<[Xerithane]> England
<vandyke> Nowary
<Starfox> england
<Johnath> denmark
<Kha0S> .ca
<rebelpacket> Enlgland
<ElCoronel> England
<fsm> Englad
<cube25m> usa
<zarfleen> england
<[Xerithane]> UK
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<starlady> trj: got it again
<influx> trj takes the lead.
<starlady> What's Rasterman's real name? (SPELLING COUNTS)
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<psypete> damnit they have preset answers! is the answer 4?
<vandyke> YOU GIB ME SOJ??????
<joshua> mandrake
<Stric> Carsten Heizler
<joshua> hah
<seva> Eric
<trj> Harrison
<Kha0S> carsten
<psypete> crazy ed
<labisso> Carsten Haitzler
<nate37> heh
<Kha0S> gr
<Stric> Carsten Haitzler
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<starlady> labisso: got it
<starlady> What does the sed command do?
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<vandyke> ACT4 DIA KILL GOGOGO
<nate37> stream editor
<Johnath> edit text
<Kha0S> streing editing
<trj> replaces text.
<XFire> Stream editor
<seva> stream editor
<zarfleen> stream editor
<psypete> the frankfurter
<bnf> Stream editer
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<starlady> nate37: got it
<starlady> What's OctobrX's real name?
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<ElCoronel> heh
<Kha0S> trae mccombs
<[Xerithane]> Trae McCombs
<psypete> bob
<seva> who cares
<rebelpacket> Trae Mcombs
<psypete> ed
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<andy> santa claus
<starlady> Kha0S: got it
<starlady> What is the name of Linus' wife?
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<sangr> who's OctobrX ?
<Kha0S> tove
<psypete> sage
<zilch> töve
<Bakemono> joan
<cube25m> alison
<seva> Tove
<rebelpacket> dove
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<starlady> zilch: got it, and bonus points for knowing how to do the o thingy
<starlady> *grin*
<starlady> Name the two people who founded Slashdot. (Nicknames or real names)
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<psypete> that is SO unfair! damn ascii
<Kha0S> rob malda
<Kha0S> and
<Kha0S> er
<Johnath> rob malda and hemos
<[Xerithane]> rob maldo hemos
<XFire> CmdrTaco and Hemos
<Starfox> hemos tacos
<Stric> Rob Malda hemos
<joshua> satan abd bill gates
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<starlady> Johnath: got it
<starlady> In December of 1999, which GNOME developer won the FSF Free Software
<starlady> Award?
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<psypete> this is preppy trivia. ask what the perl slogan is!
<vandyke> THIS IS SO UNFAIR
<zarfleen> more tech questions :P
<zilch> miguel de incaza
<DarkReap1> ill take, what happened to linux trivia, for 100
<[Xerithane]> Miguel
<Johnath> de icaza
<trj> Miguel de icaza
<Kha0S> that guy
<Stric> Miguel de icaza
<fsm> Miguel de Icaza
<Kha0S> with the thing
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<starlady> zilch: got it
<starlady> What does UCITA stand for?
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<Bakemono> united crapers in that attic
* zarfleen yawns
<Salazar> hmm
<Bakemono> ...
* XFire boggles
<[Xerithane]> uniform computer information transactions act
<zarfleen> ... chirp, chirp ...
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<starlady> good job [Xerithane]
<starlady> In what month and year was the XFree86 project initiated?
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<zilch> 1991
<bnf> May
<Stric> june 97
<Bakemono> 1998 may
<rebelpacket> 9/82
<andy> 1992
<Andre> Mary 1991
<fsm> The Epoch
<Andre> May*
<zilch> May 1991
<cube25m> june 98
<joshua> AD 640
<Bakemono> 1995 jan
<Kha0S> 1994
<labisso> may 92
<Kha0S> jan 1994
<trj> 1994
<nate37> june 1992
<Salazar> jesus
<Bakemono> 2002 jan
<starlady> oops
<nate37> june 1994
<Bakemono> hehe
<Starfox> dec 1994
<labisso> jum 92
<cube25m> july 1991
<andy> 1989
<andy> 1988
<zilch> mars 1994
<Salazar> october 1988
<Stric> may 94
<Starfox> dec 1995
<joshua> 1492
<zilch> september 1994
<andy> 1987
<labisso> june 93
<Kha0S> jul 1994
<Andre> June 1991
<bnf> May 1988
<cube25m> august 1991
<andy> :P
<starlady> still haven't seen it
<Stric> july 94
<zilch> december 1994
<Andre> June 1992
<trj> 1993
<cube25m> dec 1991
<labisso> june 94
<Starfox> aug 96
<Stric> march 94
<zilch> july 1994
<trj> 1992
<Kha0S> nov 1994
<cube25m> nov 1991
<zilch> januari 1994
<seva> may 88
<trj> 1990
<labisso> jaugust 94
<minus> 1994
<cube25m> oct 1991
<Stric> october 94
<ElCoronel> 86
<Starfox> sep 95
<Andre> May 1990
<Kha0S> mar 1994
<cube25m> sept 1991
<Bakemono> 94 jan
<labisso> Feb 94
<ElCoronel> it's older than that huys
<Bakemono> 94 feb
<bnf> may 82
<cube25m> may 1991
<cube25m> july 1991
<Andre> May 1986
<rebelpacket> 92 october
<Bakemono> 94 mar
<fsm> 94 Jun
<Starfox> 93 may
<labisso> Feb 90
<Bakemono> 94 something
<[Xerithane]> Aug 94
<andy> it's something 1994
<bnf> june 82
<rebelpacket> 90 febuaray
<Stric> august 94
<exact> part
<bnf> jul 82
<seva> may 89
<Stric> august 1994
<nate37> june 1989
<[Xerithane]> Sep 94
<joshua> 89 OctobrX
<rebelpacket> 1994 august
<Starfox> may 94
<zarfleen> may 94
<seva> may 1990
<labisso> jul 90
<Bakemono> 94 june
<seva> may 1991
<zarfleen> june 94
<seva> may 1992
<[Xerithane]> Oct 94
<seva> may 1993
<Bakemono> 94 dec
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<andy> September 1994
<starlady> ok, let's do another question
<starlady> cause obviously no one knows that one *G*
<starlady> the answer was april 1992
<starlady> On what day was kernel 2.4.0 released?
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<zilch> 3 jan
<Kha0S> a week ago
<zilch> 3 jan 2001
<joshua> tuesday
<Starfox> jan 2
<trj> Wdnesday
<andy> 2001
<cube25m> jan 7 2001
<trj> THursday
<Andre> 3 jan
<zilch> 2 jan 2001
<nate37> 4 jan 2001
<trj> Friday
<trj> Saturday
<Andre> 4 jan
<nate37> 5 jan 2001
<joshua> monday
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<starlady> nate37: got it
<starlady> In what year did work begin on GNU Emacs?
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<Johnath> 1982
<trj> 1984
<Kha0S> 1973
<nate37> 1986
<[Xerithane]> 1974
<seva> 1984
<rebelpacket> 1982
<cube25m> 1989
<Andre> 1991
<zilch> 1984
<zarfleen> 82
<XFire> 1978
<joshua> 79
<labisso> 81
<[Xerithane]> 78
<nate37> 1985
<[Xerithane]> 79
<psypete> 1992
<zarfleen> 83
<andy> 1981
<Andre> 1992
<nate37> 1984
<alpha> eek
<zarfleen> 84
<seva> 1981
<zilch> 1983
<Stric> 23
<zarfleen> 81
<Stric> 3
<cube25m> 1973
<Stric> 56
<Stric> 867
<rebelpacket> 72
<Andre> 86
<andy> 1983
<Stric> 89
<[Xerithane]> 1980
<nate37> 1973
<trj> 1979
<zarfleen> 80
<andy> 1982
<zilch> 1986
<cube25m> 1978
<Andre> 87
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<andy> 1979
<starlady> not quick enough on the +m there *G*
<starlady> trj got it
<influx> trj takes the lead again with 3
<starlady> Who created the Enlightenment window manager? (name or nickname)
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<zilch> raster
<[Xerithane]> Rasterman
<Stric> raster
<trj> Mandrake
<XFire> Raster
<rebelpacket> Rasterman
<seva> mandrake
<Johnath> rasterman
<zilch> rasterman
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<starlady> rasterman is the name we were looking for there so [Xerithane] got it
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<starlady> What command would you use to check a filesystem for errors?
<zilch> fsck
<[Xerithane]> fsck
<Kha0S> fsck
<zarfleen> less name questions
<Stric> fsck
<trj> fsck
<XFire> fsck
<Johnath> fsdk
<Starfox> fsck
<seva> fsck
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<starlady> zilch: got it
<starlady> interesting to see all those fsck's in the channel ;)
<starlady> Who originally wrote the gcc compiler?
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<[Xerithane]> rms
<zilch> rms
<trj> Stallman
<Stric> rms
<joshua> g
<Johnath> stallman
<Kha0S> rms
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<starlady> [Xerithane]: got it again
<starlady> What Gimp artist created Tux, the Linux mascot?
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<psypete> is it my fault my keyboard sucks??? 1970! poland! mount -t dick /dev/hardon /mnt/ass !
<trj> Ewing
<Andre> Linus?
<Stric> lewing
<Kha0S> larry ewing
<zilch> tuomas kuosmanen
<Johnath> larry wall
<[Xerithane]> larry ewing
<alpha> Lary ewing
<Stric> larry ewing
<seva> larry ewing
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<starlady> trj: got it
<starlady> In what year was the code for Samba first
published?
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<nate37> 1992
<zilch> 1994
<Johnath> 1995
<rebelpacket> 1992
<[Xerithane]> 1994
<Stric> 1996
<cube25m> 1997
<Stric> 1995
<Kha0S> 1995
<zarfleen> 96
<Stric> 1994
<psypete> sowwy (potty mouth)
<cube25m> 1993
<XFire> 1993
<Stric> 1993
<zilch> 1993
<seva> 1996
<Stric> 1992
<labisso> 92
<Bakemono> 1992
<Starfox> 1996
<cube25m> 1990
<joshua> 2
<rebelpacket> 1997
<Stric> 1991
<fsm> 1996
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<starlady> nate37: got it
<starlady> What does 'GNU' stand for?
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<[Xerithane]> Gnus not ujnix
<trj> GNU's not unix
<zilch> gnu's not unix
<Johnath> gnu not unuix
<Kha0S> gnu's not unix
<rebelpacket> Gnus not unix
<Salazar> gnu not unix
<XFire> Gnu's not unix
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<starlady> give [Xerithane] a point for getting it, and zilch a point for being the first to spell it right ;)
<starlady> Who wrote the Python language? (SPELLING COUNTS)
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<joshua> Good News Unichs!!
<zarfleen> guido
<zilch> guide von rossumn
<rebelpacket> Rossi
<[Xerithane]> guido von rossum
<Kha0S> guido van rossum
<zilch> guide von rossum
<nate37> gerido
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<starlady> Kha0S: got it
<starlady> What was the code name for Red Hat's 5.0 release?
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<zilch> hurricane
<[Xerithane]> cartman
<seva> biltmore
<zarfleen> crap
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<starlady> zilch: got it
<starlady> influx: that's 20
<starlady> do we have a winner?
* influx runs sort
<influx> 1 - Johnath
<influx> 1 - labisso
<influx> 1 - XFire
<influx> 2 - Kha0S
<influx> 3 - nate37
<influx> 4 - trj
<influx> 4 - [Xerithane]
<influx> 5 - zilch
<influx> zilch is the winner
<starlady> congratulations zilch! :)
<influx> with 5 points
--- starlady gives voice to zilch
<zilch> wow!
<zilch> thanks all!
<starlady> zilch wins a prize pack from ThinkGeek
* zilch jumps up and down
<starlady> trj and [Xerithane] get a SuSE Linux boxed set and t-shirt for getting second places
<starlady> zilch, trj, and [Xerithane]: please /msg me your name and address
<starlady> thanks to everyone who played
<starlady> we'll be doing this again tomorrow at 10 am and 6 pm PDT if you didn't win this time around
<influx> good game *
<starlady> see linux.com for more info and have fun! :)