Re: Tsunami moving from Samoa to NZ
...and the link to Linux is... - if the North Island gets washed away, the damage to corporate NZ and therefore Microsoft's profitability will be such that FOSS will be all that survives... - the Tsunami warning system is served by Linux servers... - 'Tsunami' is an African word for 'Freedom'... - the local Dive Centre uses a linux-based point of sale system... I'm struggling here, but thanks anyway Ryan for the heads up ;-) - DL On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Ryan McCoskrie ryan.mccosk...@gmail.comwrote: This morning a magnitude 8.3 earthquake in Samoa caused a tsunami. A one meter wave has already hit the east cape in the North Island and is expected to hit Lyttelton at 11:55 am today. It is doubted that it will affect the South Island's east coast but be prepared for the possibility and stay off the beaches until the danger has passed. -- Quote of the login: To understand a program you must become both the machine and the program.
Re: Tsunami moving from Samoa to NZ
On Wed, September 30, 2009 08:26, David Lowe wrote: ...and the link to Linux is... - if the North Island gets washed away, the damage to corporate NZ and therefore Microsoft's profitability will be such that FOSS will be all that survives... - the Tsunami warning system is served by Linux servers... - 'Tsunami' is an African word for 'Freedom'... - the local Dive Centre uses a linux-based point of sale system... I'm struggling here, but thanks anyway Ryan for the heads up ;-) The warning for NZ has been lifted. Keep calm and carry on. A
Re: Tsunami moving from Samoa to NZ
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:26:07 David Lowe wrote: ...and the link to Linux is... - if the North Island gets washed away, the damage to corporate NZ and therefore Microsoft's profitability will be such that FOSS will be all that survives... - the Tsunami warning system is served by Linux servers... - 'Tsunami' is an African word for 'Freedom'... - the local Dive Centre uses a linux-based point of sale system... I'm struggling here, but thanks anyway Ryan for the heads up ;-) I should have tagged it as OT. I just wanted to get the message out quickly to as many people as possible. -- Quote of the login: The question of whether computers can think is just like the question of whether submarines can swim. -- Edsger W. Dijkstra
Re: Tsunami moving from Samoa to NZ
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:29:03 Andrew Errington wrote: On Wed, September 30, 2009 08:26, David Lowe wrote: ...and the link to Linux is... - if the North Island gets washed away, the damage to corporate NZ and therefore Microsoft's profitability will be such that FOSS will be all that survives... - the Tsunami warning system is served by Linux servers... - 'Tsunami' is an African word for 'Freedom'... - the local Dive Centre uses a linux-based point of sale system... I'm struggling here, but thanks anyway Ryan for the heads up ;-) The warning for NZ has been lifted. Keep calm and carry on. And it has been reinstated. -- Quote of the login: The question of whether computers can think is just like the question of whether submarines can swim. -- Edsger W. Dijkstra
Re: Tsunami moving from Samoa to NZ
On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 12:34 +1300, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:29:03 Andrew Errington wrote: On Wed, September 30, 2009 08:26, David Lowe wrote: ...and the link to Linux is... - if the North Island gets washed away, the damage to corporate NZ and therefore Microsoft's profitability will be such that FOSS will be all that survives... - the Tsunami warning system is served by Linux servers... - 'Tsunami' is an African word for 'Freedom'... - the local Dive Centre uses a linux-based point of sale system... I'm struggling here, but thanks anyway Ryan for the heads up ;-) The warning for NZ has been lifted. Keep calm and carry on. And it has been reinstated. The first wave was invisible at Lyttelton. -- Steve Holdoway st...@greengecko.co.nz http://www.greengecko.co.nz MSN: st...@greengecko.co.nz GPG Fingerprint = B337 828D 03E1 4F11 CB90 853C C8AB AF04 EF68 52E0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Tsunami moving from Samoa to NZ
On Wed, September 30, 2009 08:34, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:29:03 Andrew Errington wrote: On Wed, September 30, 2009 08:26, David Lowe wrote: ...and the link to Linux is... - if the North Island gets washed away, the damage to corporate NZ and therefore Microsoft's profitability will be such that FOSS will be all that survives... - the Tsunami warning system is served by Linux servers... - 'Tsunami' is an African word for 'Freedom'... - the local Dive Centre uses a linux-based point of sale system... I'm struggling here, but thanks anyway Ryan for the heads up ;-) The warning for NZ has been lifted. Keep calm and carry on. And it has been reinstated. Really? The last message I can find about this here: http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages/pacific/2009/ ...is bulletin number 004, http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages/pacific/2009/pacific.2009.09.29.213453.txt ...which states the warning has been lifted. There are no later bulletins I can see. If there is a NZ-generated warning then it is independent of the NOAA/NWS warning. A
