A riddle

knurpht · June 28, 2010, 9:52am


knurpht@Knurpht-Laptop:~> uname -r
Linux KnurPhT 2.6.50-default #1 SMP 1960-06-28 06:15:39 +0100 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

knurpht@Knurpht-Laptop:~> uptime
09:43am up 18262 days 3:31, 1 user, load average: 0.05, 0.07, 0.03

hcvv · June 28, 2010, 10:43am

Please post the output of

/bin/uname -a

and put computers text between CODE tags (select that text and use the # button in the toolbar). This maks it easie to read. rotfl!

knurpht · June 28, 2010, 11:04am

Henk, I followed your suggestions, still the riddle remains unsolved.

user · June 28, 2010, 12:22pm

Knurpht wrote:

>
> knurpht@Knurpht-Laptop:~> uname -r
> Linux KnurPhT 2.6.50-default #1 SMP 1960-06-28 06:15:39 +0100 x86_64
> x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Kernel 2.6.50 - you’re way ahead.

–
Per Jessen, Zürich (23.8°C)

DenverD · June 28, 2010, 1:00pm

Knurpht wrote:
> knurpht@Knurpht-Laptop:~> uname -r
> Linux KnurPhT 2.6.50-default #1 SMP 1960-06-28 06:15:39 +0100 x86_64
> x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> knurpht@Knurpht-Laptop:~> uptime
> 09:43am up 18262 days 3:31, 1 user, load average: 0.05, 0.07, 0.03

i got the answer!!

Knurpht’s date of birth is June 28, 1960 and he is the one user up for
18262 days!

funny boy!

hcvv · June 28, 2010, 1:56pm

Hey, very good DenverD!

And congrats to you Gertjan! In the region I live you would most probably have a big Abraham sitting before you door by now.

DenverD · June 28, 2010, 2:24pm

hcvv wrote:
> Hey, very good DenverD!

well, i cheated kind’a…i could see his birth date on his facebook
page… (WHAT, you are not his friend there…na na na na na na nah!)

–
DenverD

ken_yap · June 28, 2010, 3:09pm

Rather modern x86_64 processor for 1960. I’d expected something like IBM 7000 series.

Vrolijke verjaardag!

knurpht · June 28, 2010, 9:37pm

Just my luck…they gave me a big jar of mustard instead, since mustard is one of my few cravings. So no embarrassing doll in my front yard!!! I guess the mustard thing is not translatable, at least not if you don’t know that the dutch associate your 50th birthday with Abraham/Sarah, and the dutch expression where the name Abraham is associated with mustard (comes from a 1920’s advertisement).

Anyway, thanks people.

DenverD · June 28, 2010, 10:35pm

Knurpht wrote:

> 50th birthday

wow, you are THAT old?
i didn’t get out my slide rule to calculate your age

dang dude, can you still see the screen?

where is that thread about old people??

–
DenverD

knurpht · June 29, 2010, 8:44am

I like to see it as ‘halfway’ which means that I have a full life ahead, no matter what age. My mother in law moved from the Hague to Groningen at 86 years old. She reasoned: “If I’m going to be 102, there’s still 16 years to go”.