Thou shalt not print on Tuesdays - S1E05
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The wife of a Ubuntu user complained that she could not print on Tuesdays… This episode discusses the case of the printers who seemed to have minds of their own and would not print on Tuesdays. Incriminating line of code: CreationDate: (Tue Mar 3 19:47:42 2009) Sources: Original Bug Report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cupsys/+bug/255161 “file” command bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file/+bug/248619 Music from https://filmmusic.io "Deadly Roulette" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) "Covert Affair" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) "Lobby Time" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) "Cool Vibes" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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