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  • she knew how to use her personality

    From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Johnny Mercer on Sun Jul 26 01:40:42 2026
    Hej Johnny!

    <Esc>:read !/lib/libc.so.6
    GNU C Library (GNU libc) stable release version 2.44.
    Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
    There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
    PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
    Compiled by GNU CC version 16.1.1 20260725.
    libc ABIs: UNIQUE IFUNC ABSOLUTE
    Minimum supported kernel: 5.10.0
    For bug reporting instructions, please see: <https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/bugs.html>.

    One down, one to go. For the record;

    <Esc>:read /proc/version
    Linux version 7.1.5 (root@europoint) (gcc (GCC) 16.1.1 20260725, GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.46.1) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat Jul 25 15:31:51 UTC 2026

    Awesome!

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

    o- -o -o -o -o o- o- o- o- o- o- o- -o -o -o o-
    /) (\ (\ (\ (\ /) /) /) /) /) /) /) (\ (\ (\ /)
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
    ... Wenað samwise þæt hi on ðis lænan mægen life findan soða gesælða.
    The unwise think they can find true joy in this transitory life.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.3.15(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint @ (2:280/464.113)
  • From Mortar M.@1:124/5016 to Maurice Kinal on Tue Jul 28 09:21:39 2026
    Re: she knew how to use her personality
    By: Maurice Kinal to Johnny Mercer on Sun Jul 26 2026 01:40:42

    o- -o -o -o -o o- o- o- o- o- o- o- -o -o -o o-
    /) (\ (\ (\ (\ /) /) /) /) /) /) /) (\ (\ (\ /)
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^

    No doubt this has been mentioned before, but I noticed that the number of penguins equals a word (two bytes). Is that coincidence or is it tied to your system?
    --- SBBSecho 3.37-Linux
    * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (1:124/5016)
  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001 to Mortar M. on Tue Jul 28 15:17:38 2026
    Hey Mortar!

    I noticed that the number of penguins equals a word (two bytes).

    Number of penguins equals nproc, which is according to 'nproc --help';

    Print the number of processing units available to the current process,
    which may be less than the number of online processors.

    Note that in this reply it is equal to the number of online processors, 12. The msg you replied to was posted from the Europoint which has 16 online processors. Individual penguin orientation is random and is limited to right or left facing. So far that is all there is to what I am calling the 'Penguin Matrix'.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

    -o -o o- o- -o o- o- o- o- -o -o o-
    (\ (\ /) /) (\ /) /) /) /) (\ (\ /)
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
    ... Help, help, I'm being repressed!
    --- GNU bash, version 5.3.15(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's Brain - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001)
  • From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Maurice Kinal on Tue Jul 28 16:20:18 2026
    Hej Maurice!

    -o -o o- o- -o o- o- o- o- -o -o o-
    (\ (\ /) /) (\ /) /) /) /) (\ (\ /)
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^

    The msg you replied to was posted from the Europoint which has 16
    online processors.

    See evidence below.

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

    o- o- o- -o -o -o -o -o o- o- o- -o -o o- -o -o
    /) /) /) (\ (\ (\ (\ (\ /) /) /) (\ (\ /) (\ (\
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
    ... Bilwitne monn ne forsioh [þu]; oft stille wæter staðu breceð.
    Don't scorn a gentle person; often still water breaks at the shore.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.3.15(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint @ (2:280/464.113)
  • From Andy Alt@1:153/757 to Maurice Kinal on Wed Jul 29 17:47:32 2026
    Maurice Kinal wrote to Mortar M. <=-

    Note that in this reply it is equal to the number of online processors, 12. The msg you replied to was posted from the Europoint which has 16 online processors. Individual penguin orientation is random and is limited to right or left facing. So far that is all there is to what I
    am calling the 'Penguin Matrix'.


    -o -o o- o- -o o- o- o- o- -o -o o-
    (\ (\ /) /) (\ /) /) /) /) (\ (\ /)
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^

    I feel like I missed something. Did you write a new program that emits Penguins

    based on the proc num, and they get auto-inserted when you send netmail?

    --
    -Andy
    Website: https://andy5995.github.io


    ... NoCarrierMail, the new multi-platform, multi-format offline reader!
    -+- NoCarrierMail/Linux v0.54

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-7
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)
  • From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Andy Alt on Thu Jul 30 01:51:14 2026
    Hej Andy!

    Did you write a new program that emits Penguins based on the proc num

    Not a program but a bash routine that calls up 'nproc', which is provided by the coreutils package.

    <Esc>:read !nproc --version
    nproc (GNU coreutils) 9.11
    Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
    There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

    Written by Giuseppe Scrivano.

    and they get auto-inserted when you send netmail?

    Not netmail but echomail. It could be netmail but it isn't. There is little fun in netmail.

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

    o- o- o- o- -o -o o- -o o- -o o- -o -o o- -o o-
    /) /) /) /) (\ (\ /) (\ /) (\ /) (\ (\ /) (\ /)
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
    ... Wyrd bið ful aræd.
    Fate is greatly fixed.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.3.15(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint @ (2:280/464.113)