Re: 2.0, loggings, cpu quotas, 2.1 issues, etc.

Matthias Urlichs (smurf@smurf.noris.de)
Fri, 14 Jun 1996 08:44:02 +0100

In linux.dev.kernel, article <Pine.SOL.3.91.960611175106.16534C-100000@=
gamera.syr.edu>,
"Mark E. Levitt" <melevitt@mailbox.syr.edu> writes:
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> Also, in this issue, there's a letter about Linux being used on the=
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> Shuttle mission STS-75. They've got it loaded on a Thinkpad and used=
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> to run a program for controlling an experiment ported from Digital Un=
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> to Linux. "Penguins in SPAAAAAAAAAACE!" (It's a Muppet reference fo=
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> those of you who missed it.:)
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We definitely need to convince the PC clone makers to add auto-eject
floppies, like there are on the Mac.

For those who don't know: Once upon a time, there flew an actual Mac
Portable (I think) on a Shuttle mission. It ejected a disk. There being=
no
gravity to speak of, the disk continued to proceed horizontally, until
somebody caught it.

(I saw the video.)
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