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(yeah I should finish up on that UFie wars thing. Thing is I've stopped for such a long time writing it, I can't seem to be inspired to pen down something disorganized and cool and finish the story... *sigh* Also, I have been away from userfriendly for so long, I would definately need some time to adjust to the crazy people that comment on the stories. Oh. to UFies that happen onto this: No I haven't forgotten you. I'll probably be moseying along your way soon. Watch out... I'll be lurking...)

Well, Iliad has weighed in on the subject...

LOL. You forgot a few things: the screen displays green characters on a black background., with a huge blinking cursor.

And the monitor displays 40 characters per line.

This new OS featured in User Friendly some time ago.

I think this might be a more precise answer:

User Friendly, July 29, 2000

Userfriendly.org comic explains it all. Check it out.

Indiana Jones style or somethink

Great comic about this story, here.

A la this?

Yes, but there are new developments... specifically, UserFriendly's take on the matter. Clearly this is enough for /. to post the story again...

this was what I ment blah

I thought AJ hired you!

User Friendly dot org /a

A song by Voltaire springs to mind. I first discovered this song in a prior /. post, although I can't seem to remember what it was. He's got a few other ST-related songs that you'll find if you scroll down sufficiently. They range from highly amusing to highly twisted.

On a quasi-related note, I was watching TNG last night on the Star Trek & White Trash network, and I happened upon an episode from the first season, called "Justice". In this episode, Wesley is condemned to death for falling into some flowers on a planet ruled by half-naked nymphomaniac hippie love-children. It made me realize just how much the show managed to improve over the years.

As for you, Wil, I really gotta hand it to you. I remember in your interview, you said that you had little to no say over the lines you were given. Watching that episode, it became clear to me that whoever wrote the script either didn't realize you were over the age of ten, or rather was himself somehow spawned on a rockbed, skipping adolescence entirely. I've done some improv and other acting through college myself, and one of the most difficult things for a young actor to do is to swallow his pride and follow his director, however inane that direction might be. Personally, I think you did a terrific job with what you were given. I've been in that position on stage plays, with all my friends and family sitting in the audience, waiting for them to pounce on me later for something that was the product of poor writing/direction.

I'll admit, when I first watched TNG as a relatively wee lad, I didn't much like Wesley's character. Still, I did know the difference between actor and character, and I was secretly jealous as hell, watching someone who was only a few years older than me and got to work on Star Trek!! I was also pleased to see the writers wise up and let Wesley start kicking some ass in later episodes, culminating with his eventual transubstantiation to deity-hood with an intergalactic "elder on the hill". I was kinda scratching my head at that one for a while, but concluded that it was a better way to go than being killed by a an greasy sentient Hefty bag in the middle of a living puddle of muck, as was the case with Denise Crosby. Best, I can figure from the special effects, the cause of death was "fatal birthmark on face".

Anyway, it's always interesting to see how it was for you on the show, especially since you're the member of the cast to which most /.-ers can most easily relate. And I'm pleased to see you popping up in User Friendly these days. Will wonders never cease...

/* Steve */

Close, but you spelled PEBKAC wrong and it's funnier when you spell it ID10T. Here is the original ID10T and PEBKAC cartoons where you stole them from.

Close, but you spelled PEBKAC wrong and it's funnier when you spell it ID10T. Here is the original ID10T and PEBKAC cartoons where you stole them from.

Already been done

How about pong with elevators and hallway lights?

What a lightweight!

I think that was the point. The RIAA is a 300lb gorilla that thinks it is an 800lb gorilla. If it doesn't be careful it is going to get squished by a REAL 800lb gorilla. I have this vision in my head of one of those little rat dogs barking at your heels trying to intimidate you when I think of the RIAA trying to influence one of these huge telecommunications providers. They're practically invincible! Nothing can ever bring down AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, SBC, Worldcom... err.. hmm.. on second thought, forget it. Maybe the RIAA just needs to sick auditors on them.

...just maybe the folks at userfriendly.org did a strip not only inspiring laughter but also envisioning the future with this piece...

Don't you just love network spyware for corporations? It's fitting for Network Solutions, though:

Network Solutions: The Dot Commie People

Broadband will help people get their spam faster, as noted by User Friendly

Vim is much better than that six editor.

:-)

These guys must've been using that magic 8-ball :) Thumbs up for userfriendly!

I am sure this is the start of a huge slew of lawsuits. UserFriendly had a strip about this on Sunday. You can view it here. It raises an interesting point. The comic implies that anyone with a big enough footprint can ignore/swat the RIAA if they want.

That said, I think that the banning of the RIAA from networks is a start. Now they need to ban the spoofers and companies like MediaDefender who spend all of their bandwidth downloading files from YOUR computer to keep other people off.

I am sure this is the start of a huge slew of lawsuits. UserFriendly had a strip about this on Sunday. You can view it here. It raises an interesting point. The comic implies that anyone with a big enough footprint can ignore/swat the RIAA if they want.

That said, I think that the banning of the RIAA from networks is a start. Now they need to ban the spoofers and companies like MediaDefender who spend all of their bandwidth downloading files from YOUR computer to keep other people off.

It does, especially NT.

At least his brother, Dark Side Dave is.

And the dirty thing with feet is Crud Puppy.

Da. The Comick you are lookink for is here. Enjoy your plannink for world domination.

The deal with Pitr is hardly racist. He is a perfect fit among the cast, except for the fact that his native language is russian.

No it isn't - Pitr is a native english speaker who thinks that to become an evil overlord, one must speak with a russian accent. He doesn't understand russian at all. (oh gawd, not that strip...)

UF is not as amusing as it has been, but it's generally nice, intelligent and witty. What more do you need?

One of the best strips was from September last year

Tom.

UF is not as amusing as it has been, but it's generally nice, intelligent and witty. What more do you need?

One of the best strips was from September last year

Tom.

It's the 'Dust Puppy,' born from the dust and bits of other things that were inside of a server. :)
Check this comic for his birth.

Obligatory Dell-bashing UserFriendly link...

Sit and have things thrown at them?

They'd better be prepared for that.

At the Veterans Club.

...to the day I can do this to someone.

I prefer Illiad's version.

Bruno and Sexy Losers (talk about opposites) and User Friendly. Bruno in particular has several "dead trees" editions available at the moody cow cafe (link on page), and definitely tells a story better paced than MT (not to diss Piro too much, I like MT just fine). Chris Baldwin is a hella nice guy to boot.

• Dilbert
• User Friendly
• Sinfest
• Penny Arcade
• MegaTokyo
• Real Life
• PvP

Well... you had not even the first post but anyway... here is something just for you...

I am not a lawyer. Please click here to accept that. Otherwise you are not allowed to read this post.

Back to my previous speaker: Agreed.

What if book gives you bad advise? Can you sue the author?
Do I have to explicitly accept anything when buying in a shop?

Please also consider other jurisdictions. I read that click-wrap licenses here in Germany are considered a one-sided statement, not an agreement or even contract.

Another big reason against click-wrap licenses: Almost nobody reads them. Considering that, claiming that the user agreed to them by clicking "OK" or checking "Yes, I have read it" is unfair to the user at best, simply wrong and a lie at worst. This is the main reason why I reject click-wrap licenses.

(Thinking of it, my software happens to have a click-wrap license, because it's the default in the installer. I think I will follow my own argument and remove it.)

As for "other media": It is only a matter of time until the RIAA and MPAA force authorized players to let the user agree to a contract for the music he listens to. I don't want to sign a contract to listen to orinary music!

If you outlaw spam. Only criminals will have spam?!

Is thanks to the new game, Neverwinter Nights.

FYI, User Friendly's latest cartoons are about a game of AD&D...

http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20020623% 26mode=classic

That's another userfriendly link to an RIAA centric cartoon.

~Will

If anyone is wondering, this is what he is the comic he is talking about.

Userfriendly link for those who didn't see it :)
A tragic irony isn't it?
I wonder if we can start a campaign to keep the RIAA DoSed off the net. Not that I'd ever condone such a thing, but there are times when a little net abuse is so poetic.

Happy SysAdmin Day

...but it had to be done.

I did not come up with the following, but found it somewhere in here.

Our yellow sun yields to the dark
as I begin my web based lark
Flowing, turning, through the pipe
I grep for text and dump the hype...

But as I ride the fiber trail
I test my faith as I read my mail,
Even as my bandwidth fattens,
I question life and 1-click patents...

Although I ask, and though I query,
I know the truth, I grock the theory
Life is a multimedia of sins
so he who collects the most pr0n wins.

(must not laugh ...)

The techies who know the passwords here are going for an extended lunch after powering down the servers :)