Havin_it Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 (edited) 'ning Any readers of Linux Format (UK-based, don't know if it travels) magazine come across this gem in the current issue [LXF71]? Don't wanna spam the whole thing here (too lazy and legally questionable), but essentially it's a 'journal' - sent from the future - of the period 2006-2019 in the computing world and beyond. I do not expect such crap-yourself-funny content in a tech mag, dammit! People around me thought I was dying (which was close to the truth, definitely choking hard on tears of merriment). Here's a couple of small snips: January 20, 2009Number of Linux distros: 802 Beagle version number: 0.0.99.99.29 Well, after his landslide victory last year, Bush is back for a third term as President of the USA. This isn't too surprising given that his approval rating is at an all-time high following the US victory in Iran - putting Ann Coulter in as Grand Ayatollah seems to have won him much political capital. More worrying is his choice of vice president: who would have thought Bill Gates cared about politics? In other news, Google's Gmail has finally come out of beta testing. February 20, 2012 Number of Linux distros: 1,490 Number of pages in Gnome Human Interface Guidelines: 1012 Linux-powered robots attempt to find out if androids really do dream of electric sheep. Answer: no. $500 billion well spent. Other highlights include Microsoft buying SCO and releasing MicroSCOft Linux; IBM's CEO (Carly Fiorina!) selling the server division to Lenovo in 2010; Emacs reaching 2.0 milestone in 2013 (new feature: Vim keybindings as default)... I won't tell you how it ends but it is fricken PRICELESS. /just me? :lol: Edited September 16, 2005 by Havin_it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fissy Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 The beagle version number just went past that (Beagle version number: 0.0.99.99.29) yesterday ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havin_it Posted September 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 The beagle version number just went past that (Beagle version number: 0.0.99.99.29) yesterday ;-) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Maybe the Beagle team read it too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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