OT (Sort Of): My mom predicts new Fedora releases with kPoker...

[Rick Stevens]

On 11/10/2009 07:52 PM, Christopher A. Williams wrote:
> Kinda funny, but I called my mom tonight and, out of the blue, she asked
> me if there was a new version of Fedora coming out soon. I hadn't spoken
> to her about it, so I was curious. I told her yes, in just a few days.
>
> She said, "I thought so. Do you want to know why?"
>
> I bit on it.
>
> It turns out she plays kpoker (the KDE card game) on her fedora system
> and saves her "winnings". Every time she hits $10,000 in winnings, it's
> within a week of a new release of Fedora coming out, and she asks me if
> I'm going to help her upgrade. She then starts over at $0.00 with her
> poker game.
>
> She had just hit $10,000...

That's a little disturbing.  You mean Fedora releases are dependent on
Chris' mom winning $10,000?  I mean running Fedora is already a gamble!
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