Interview of "Bjarne Stroustrup" to the "IEEE's 'Computer' magazine".

[helios]

"Lunix Tarballs" (or, my favorite, "Loonix Tarballs") is a well-known nickname to use when talking about (not to) Torvalds. Particularly around the chans.
Other examples include RMS -> Rimmis and (because I can't think of any other examples from programming) Tim B^Uckley.

[chrisname]

I guessed that he meant Torvalds; but "Tarballs"? That just seems a strange thing to call him...

Helios sucks^H^H^H^H^H^H is awesome.

[QWERTYman]

Yeah. Helios. Highest post count on the forumz is no joke, eh?

Being the...1...2...lower than 20th, I must say he out ranks me.

[chrisname]

Having lots of posts != high rank. You have less posts than me...

[graciano]

Cool ... a pissing contest :)))

[z05DSL3A]

My money is on Helios. :0)

[chrisname]

What???

[helios]

I don't know what's going on, anymore.

[z05DSL3A]

It's probable quantum fluctuations in the space-time continuum.

[chrisname]

Yes it did.

[z05DSL3A]

Did the answer come before the question, because of it?

[chrisname]

No that isn't.

[z05DSL3A]

Nostradumbass didn't predict that one.

[chrisname]

What are you doing?

[helios]

Stop this. This is getting silly.
http://tinyurl.com/5ap6lc

[chrisname]

I have to agree...

[z05DSL3A]

{Looks at floor and kicks an imaginary stone} Sorry.

[chrisname]

Did the answer come before the question, because of it?

was pretty clever though.

[wachtn]

Did the answer come before the question, because of it?

Is it not an answer that inspires most, if not all, question?

[helios]

Of course not.