Thought it would come yesterday

[bananasdoom]

Well dam I had a ice cream on the line, I was sure that the raspberry pi would be here yesterday So when do you think it will come? Next week or even later?

[grumpyoldgit]

Keep up. They were coming off the production line in China Yesterday. Still a few days to go.

[bananasdoom]

At the end of raspberry pi's fedora blog post I read

We hope the Raspberry Pis from the first batch will be out of testing by the end of Thursday, and on their way to freight.
I assumed that that meant that they would have them in the UK and were going to ship them off after testing, unless there were issues with the pi's

[Joe Schmoe]

Ever hear the expression "A watched pot never boils" ??

[bananasdoom]

Joe Schmoe said:


Ever hear the expression "A watched pot never boils" ??



so true, but as a counter argument The ignored pot boils dry

[kevco]

This doesn't really fit the analogy but there are so many people watching this pot that it will go from boiling to dry almost immediately.

[bananasdoom]

more reason to watch the pot

[abishur]

"A watch pot never boils" proof that grandmothers everywhere knew about Quantum Physics for *years*

And yes, the boards were supposed to get done with being tested today today (key word, of course, being "supposed" which is not any where near "are" or "will") but even in the event that they finished being tested, were all packaged *and* miraculously made it to the shippers, I've never heard of a shipping company that delivers from China to the UK on the same day, especially when it would have already been late in the evening by the time they got them all packaged up!

[Chromatix]

My guess is that the mailing list will get an e-mail once the bulk shipment has a definite arrival date/time.

Then, once it actually reaches the fulfilment warehouse (or is due to), the shop will go live.

That's just my guess of course, but an educated one.

[oninoshiko]

bananasdoom said:


Joe Schmoe said:


Ever hear the expression "A watched pot never boils" ??



so true, but as a counter argument The ignored pot boils dry



This is true as well, I once burned the teflon off the bottom of a pot this way...

(who knew teflon could burn?)

[bananasdoom]

I thought the testing was done in the UK not at the suppler, but in retrospect that makes sense. Anyway my bad for being impatient, as for burning Teflon I was surprised at how low the melting point is (327 °C) considering it is used for cooking.

[Tass]

Joe Schmoe said:


Ever hear the expression "A watched pot never boils" ??



A watch Pi never bakes?

[bananasdoom]

Tass said:


Joe Schmoe said:


Ever hear the expression "A watched pot never boils" ??


A watch Pi never bakes?



encore.... encore....

[timgiles]

A Pi left the window sill will likely be taken by someone else

I think Monday, 9am.

[welshblob]

Joe Schmoe said:


Ever hear the expression "A watched pot never boils" ??


That's before they invented inductions hobs .... boy do they boil so quickly you gotta watch em!

[Wooloomooloo]

Joe Schmoe said:


Ever hear the expression "A watched pot never boils" ??



Nonsense. It boils at roughly 2519 °C, whether you watch it or not, as long as it's made of aluminium, for instance (note to the maintainers of Firefox's spell checker: there's no such thing as "aluminum").

[Jongoleur]

bananasdoom said:


Well dam I had a ice cream on the line, I was sure that the raspberry pi would be here yesterday So when do you think it will come? Next week or even later?


I don't care when it arrives, I just hope its not like the hurried lover…..



Edit for insanity....

[Tass]

Wooloomooloo said:

(note to the maintainers of Firefox's spell checker: there's no such thing as "aluminum").

Isn't there?  I thought it was metal that is a gray color?

[Jongoleur]

Tass said:


Wooloomooloo said:


(note to the maintainers of Firefox's spell checker: there's no such thing as "aluminum").


Isn't there?  I thought it was metal that is a gray color?



Its just a word that some people use to wind others up.

Like nookillar.

[walney]

Tass said:


Wooloomooloo said:


(note to the maintainers of Firefox's spell checker: there's no such thing as "aluminum").


Isn't there?  I thought it was metal that is a gray color?



No such word as "gray" either

[steviewevie]

Pedants of the world, untie ! 

[Tass]

walney said:


Tass said:


Wooloomooloo said:


(note to the maintainers of Firefox's spell checker: there's no such thing as "aluminum").


Isn't there?  I thought it was metal that is a gray color?


No such word as "gray" either



Oh, come on - next you're going to tell me there's q in check!!

[walney]

Tass said:


walney said:


Tass said:


Wooloomooloo said:


(note to the maintainers of Firefox's spell checker: there's no such thing as "aluminum").


Isn't there?  I thought it was metal that is a gray color?


No such word as "gray" either


Oh, come on - next you're going to tell me there's q in check!!



Well, actually, I spell it Czech.

[Jongoleur]

walney said:


Tass said:


walney said:


Tass said:


Wooloomooloo said:


(note to the maintainers of Firefox's spell checker: there's no such thing as "aluminum").


Isn't there?  I thought it was metal that is a gray color?


No such word as "gray" either


Oh, come on - next you're going to tell me there's q in check!!


Well, actually, I spell it Czech.



Wellllll...

I checked the cheque you sent me, but it was drawn on a Czech bank.

[nick.mccloud]

Time flies like an arrow.  Fruit flies like a banana.