<starlady> ok gang, we're about to get started
<influx> errr
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<starlady> please /msg search trivia rules
<starlady> and i'll clarify the rules somewhat
<starlady> poor search
<starlady> :(
<starlady> haha
<Beret> doh
<Matt> oh dear :&/
<Beret> so much for that one
<starlady> ok, I guess I'm exlpaining the rules then *G*
<starlady> ok, the event is 20 questions
<starlady> I'll post a question in channel and unmoderate
<starlady> the first person to get a the right answer gets a point
<starlady> whoever has the most points at the end wins
<starlady> pretty simple :)
<starlady> and by request, I'm on forward.opn just so you know
<starlady> if no one gets the answer you can keep guessing
<starlady> the first person with the right answer gets it
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<starlady> any questions?
<JALH> w00t
<nr5> -> except knowlege to win you need to have faster connection and be a faster typer?
* lazarus already /server'd :)
<Rias> when's pee break?
<muks> search is back btw, but :-)
<search> is back btw, but :-): http://feedback.interplay.com/bgsoa1/msg1/10.html
<nate37> WB SEARCH!
<muks> ew
<JALH> hehe
<ziga> mhh
<Beret> Rias: keep it clean
<t-mp> starlady do u get anything for writing for linux.com?
<t-mp> a tshirt or something?
<JALH> Beret: he wants to keep them clean, that's why he was asking
<Rias> :)
<JALH> ;)
<starlady> t-mp: honor, glory, an @linux.com email alias, and sometimes the odd prize or two
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<starlady> ok, here we go
<starlady> In what year was the first version of the GPL published?
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<JALH> 1980
<nate37> 1994
<rpenguin> 1985
<jcore> 1987
<nate37> 1994
<JALH> 1981
<dett> 1981
<cube25m> 172
<infi> 1991
<ziga> 1979
<Kilroy> 1984
<nate37> 1984
<Rias> 1989
<miro> 1980
<t-mp> 1984
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<starlady> Rias: has it
<starlady> Name two of of Linus' three daughters...
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<rpenguin> Ana
<rpenguin> oh that's one.
<lazarus> alpha, beta
<MysticOne> Linus 2.0!
<cube25m> alison and ana
<flatric> hans und detlef
<MysticOne> :)
<bobj> v2.0
<t-mp> Cathleen & Ana & Alison
<miro> lol
<Rias> heh
<rpenguin> patricia miranda
<flatric> detlef, dieter und hans
<starlady> keep trying
<nate37> Patricia Daniela
<rubberpaw> Patricia and Daniela
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<starlady> nate37: has it
<starlady> they are Patricia Miranda, Daniela, and Celeste
<starlady> What date was 'Windows Refund Day?'
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<rpenguin> may 30
<cube25m> May 29
<Wu> nov 26
<nate37> may 15
<bobj> april 1
<nate37> may 14
<lazarus> 01/01/200 ;)
<dett> may 30 199
<JALH> april 1st
<Wu> XDD
<jcore> this isn't Linux!
<nate37> may 12
<darkworm> march 29
<Rias> jan 21 1999
<flatric> 28 may
<nate37> may 11
<miro> may27
<lazarus> 200 even
<ziga> 15 1999 february
<rpenguin> Jan 30
<Kilroy> feb 14th
<lazarus> 2 0 0 0 sheesh
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<starlady> ziga: got it
<starlady> Who originally wrote the GNU Emacs editor?
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<JALH> ESR
<dett> RMS
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<starlady> dett: has it
<influx> 4 way tie with 1 pt :)
<starlady> What does NFS stand for?
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<dett> Network Fiel sysytemn
<infi> network file system
<nate37> network file system
<rpenguin> network file system
<Kilroy> Network file system
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<starlady> give dett a point for getting it and infi a point for being
the first to spell it right
<starlady> :)
<starlady> On what date was Kernel 2.2.0 released?
<influx> got it
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<xim> 6 feb 1999
<jcore> January 20, 1999
<ILWM> too late, imho
<rpenguin> Jan 21 1999
<b> jan 99
<infi> heh
<rubberpaw> jan 21 1999
<t-mp> ILWM has it
<lazarus> no pres'?
<Rias> heh
<darkworm> feb 4th 1999
<ziga> 09/30/1996
<jcore> Feb 2 1999
<ziga> arg
<infi> 29 dec 1998
<dett> Jan 21, 1999
<darkworm> feb 9th 1999
<rpenguin> Jan 26 1999
<Rias> 26 jan 199
<Rias> 1999
<jcore> Jan 27 1999
<dett> Jan 21, 1999, 11:07 UTC
<t-mp> somewere in the last 3 years
<rpenguin> december 1998
* tesmako notes that he should have googled for it. Would have had plenty of time if he had started in time.
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<starlady> ok, I've got conflicting dates on that one
<starlady> so we're going to throw it out and replace it
<starlady> What does DMCA stand for?
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<lazarus> [ ] [167]linux-2.0.tar.gz 08-Jun-1996 17:00 5.6M
<MysticOne> Digital Meillenium Copyright Act
<rpenguin> digital millenium copyright act
<infi> digital millineum copyright act
<jcore> digital millenium copyright act
<Kilroy> Digital milennuim coyriht act
<MysticOne> Millenium
<cutnpaste> digital music copywrite act
<rubberpaw> digital millennium copyright act
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<starlady> MysticOne: got it
<starlady> What Gimp artist created Tux, the Linux mascot? (first and last name, spelling counts)
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<rubberpaw> larry ewing
<bkenoah> garrett
<nate37> larry ewing
<Kilroy> larry wall
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<starlady> rubberpaw: got it
<starlady> On what date was the first User Friendly comic strip posted?
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<influx> dett still in the lead with 2 pts
<Kilroy> oct 15th 1991
<TomK32> hi there
<info> what's up, tomk32
<ILWM> i need cable
<jcore> 1997
<miro> 1998
<rpenguin> a day that will live in infamy
<Kilroy> nov 17 1997
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<starlady> Kilroy: got it
<starlady> When was version 1.0 of the Linux kernel released?
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<miro> 91
<rpenguin> 1994
<infi> 1991
<miro> 1991
<lazarus> [ ] [16]linux-1.0.tar.gz 12-Mar-1994 16:00 1.2M
<starlady> (what date)
<rpenguin> 1995
<jcore> 1995
<nate37> march 14 1994
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<starlady> nate37: got it
<starlady> What does UCITA stand for?
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<d0pp1er> lazarus: nice
<rpenguin> don't give info for 12 year olds
<cube25m> uniform computer information transactions act
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<starlady> cube25m: got it
<starlady> Name the two people who founded Slashdot. (Nicknames or real names)
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<nate37> cmdrtaco hemos
<lazarus> starlady: how does ftp.kernel.org have it timestamped two days earlier?
--- You are now known as xeon42
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<starlady> nate37: got it
<influx> nate37 pulls into the lead with 3
<starlady> lazarus: I don't know, this is the date all the publications I looked at said
<starlady> you know, when I asked that question yesterday
<starlady> (the slashdot one)
<starlady> everyone knew rob malda
<starlady> but no one knew hemos' real name
<starlady> twas pretty funny *G*
<starlady> Where did the name 'Debian' come from?
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<Kilroy> debian and ian
<ILWM> dceborah ian
<cutnpaste> deb and ian
<lazarus> deb and ian
<ziga> debby and ian
<TomK32> Debby Ian
<pinto> Deb and ian
<dett> Ian Murdock and his wife
<Rias> deborah and ian
<cube25m> daughter
<jcore> deb ian
<xim> debby ain
<d0pp1er> ian and his wife debra
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<starlady> uhhh
<starlady> ILWM got it
<starlady> What does the 'S' in Eric S. Raymond stand for?
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<Kilroy> Steven
<rpenguin> stuart
<TomK32> Stephan
<rubberpaw> Stephen
<cube25m> stallman
<jcore> Stephen
<miro> Simon
<infi> scary
<jcore> haha
<b> stepehn
<bobj> lol
<tesmako> Steven
<jcore> superman
<cube25m> simpson
<miro> scot
<darkworm> sucker
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<starlady> tesmako: got it
<starlady> oooop
<starlady> sosrry
<starlady> Kilroy: got it
<starlady> sorry sorry
<starlady> went right by me
<starlady> What's OctobrX's real name?
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<bkenoah> trae
<t-mp> john
<bkenoah> mccombs
* jcore thinks this game is rigged
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<starlady> bkenoah: got it
<starlady> On what date was the first Halloween document
released?
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<rubberpaw> halowwen
<jcore> October 10th
<cube25m> may 2 1999
<lazarus> oct 31 :)
<darkworm> oct 11th 200
<zarfleen> oct 31 96
<xim> 31/09/1998
<TomK32> 1998
<d0pp1er> october 31st 1999
<cube25m> oct 1999
<jcore> October 15
<Kilroy> Oct 31st 1998
<zarfleen> oct 31 97
<jcore> 1999
<infi> wtf is octobrx?
<cube25m> oct 31 1999
<Twilight1> Christmas!
<dett> 1998.11.02
<cube25m> oct 31 2000
<rpenguin> nobember 2 1998
<cube25m> oct 31 1998
<miro> oct 11 1997
<nate37> aug 11 1998
* jcore guffaws
<zarfleen> more tech questions :P
<rpenguin> August 11 1998
<lazarus> not oct 31 ??
<darkworm> oct 18th 2000
<jcore> this is gay
<nate37> oct 11 1997
<dett> Fri, 6 Nov 1998
<Twilight1> jcore: Then /leave
<jcore> most of these questions have nothing to do with Linux
<ILWM> last week of october 1998
<rpenguin> October 29 1998
<pinto> My BitchXSpeak is suffering in here.
<miro> oct 12 1997
<t-mp> how about:waht is the superior OS
<rpenguin> October 28 1998
<bkenoah> October 1998
<zarfleen> BSD, baby, BSD!
<rubberpaw> doh. opensource took down the halowween doc page ;-)
<Rias> August 11 1998
<rpenguin> October 27 1998
<freax> 1 november 1998
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<starlady> freax: got it
<starlady> (finally)
<starlady> ok, gang
<starlady> (1) no one is making you play
<starlady> (2) it's linux TRIVIA, not linux technical knowledge
<starlady> Linus Torvalds holds an honorary doctorate from what university?
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<Kilroy> Stockholm uni
<zarfleen> stockholm
<nate37> haronisk
<infi> stanford
<miro> helsinki
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<starlady> Kilroy: got it
<influx> Kilroy and nate37 tied at 3 for the lead
<starlady> How many architectures did the Linux 1.0 kernel support?
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<zarfleen> 2
<rubberpaw> 1
<Kilroy> 1
<miro> 1
<nate37> 1
<dett> 3
<Rias> 1
<darkworm> 1
<cube25m> 4
<ziga> 2
<Rias> 5
<ziga> 5
<cube25m> 9
<tesmako> If we are to complain about the questions I would like to mentio