I remember staying up late (uk time), watching the seconds on my 17" 4x3 cry running on Debian tick over to 1e9 back in September 2001, with slashdot open on th

I remember staying up late (uk time), watching the seconds on my 17" 4x3 cry running on Debian tick over to 1e9 back in September 2001, with slashdot open on the side. Now, 500 million seconds later I'll be watching the counter on an ubuntu laptop. Not quite as late as I'm in Washington DC on business, and I abandoned /. a couple of years ago. It amazes me how much changes, but also how little things change.