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  1. UserFriendly said it better by TeXMaster · · Score: 2, Funny · on Skype Blames Microsoft Patch Tuesday for Outage

    http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20070819

  2. Re:Nethack by pAnkRat · · Score: 1 · on The State of Play - Violence and Videogames

    reminds me of the userfriendly story line with A.J. locked in nethack:
    http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20060522

  3. They're still missing one form... by B1ackDragon · · Score: 5, Interesting · on FCC to Develop 'Super V Chip' To Screen All Content

    You know, the real tragedy here is that we've had movable type printing presses for some 600-800 years, and still no one has come up with a rating system for books! How am I supposed to know what books are appropriate for my children or school district without some sort of letter grade system!? I am supposed to actually read all these books? Why, there must be 10's of thousands of them out there.

    Obligatory User Friendly Strip

  4. Inserting Ads by NeoTerra · · Score: 3, Funny · on Tool Detects "In-Flight" Webpage Alterations

    A certain ISP in Canada delt with this not long ago...

  5. I imagine the comments will be filled with spoiler by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Deathly Hallows / OOTP Movie Discussion

    Too late. Userfriendly has already given it away.

  6. Re:I beg your pardon by NeilTheStupidHead · · Score: 1 · on Möbius Strip Riddle Solved

    But if most everyone thinks it does, it might as well. After a quick survey of my immediate associates (about 15 people, so not a statistically large sample to be sure), the only one who thought 'begs the question' might be correct is the only one in the group that hasn't graduated high school (a 17yr old). As far as your actual attitude regarding language, I say to you: "You're right because clearly cabbage soppy wankel ebbeh gruntsponge." ^>^
  7. Toxic dust by AYeomans · · Score: 1 · on Ultimate iPhone Review — Will It Blend?
    ... everything they but into their blenders ends up as toxic dust!!!

    Toxic dust? Surely that's the magic smoke!

  8. Re:Bombula by achurch · · Score: 1 · on Deathbed Confession Says Aliens Were at Roswell

    Not necessarily. There's only so many variations on relative sensory organ placement, and many of them will not work as well in a variety of environments as ours does. If your eyes are below your nose, for example, then your breathing passage has to go down past the eyes, while your optic nerve has to wend around the breathing passage.

    This is, of course, assuming the presence of a head with the brain at the top of the head. Why not, for example, stick all the critical stuff in the middle? Like a big central mass with some number of appendages sticking out. That would have the additional advantage of reducing worst-case neural lag. (Ever misstep, realize you're about to stub your toe, and not be able to stop your foot in time? I hate that.)

    Hmm, fluffy balls with limbs. Now where have I seen those before . . .

  9. Re:Antartica by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Dell To Sell Advanced Server Cooling Systems

    Why don't we just start building datacenters in Antartica ?

    Cause you don't want this to happen:
    http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20050417

  10. Re:Hooray! by red_dragon · · Score: 1 · on Giant Microwave Turns Plastic Back to Oil

    Illiad foresaw this over eight years ago. Just don't try to do the same with Windows NT CDs.

  11. One page - karma whoring for fun by tqft · · Score: 1 · on The United States Space Arsenal

    http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/ 4218443.html?do=print

    And if you need a laugh
    http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20070627 [proof al gore invented the internet]

  12. Not stopping myth by a9db0 · · Score: 1 · on Zap2It Labs Discontinuing Free TV Guide Service

    It will slow it down, perhaps making it more cumbersome to use until an alternative is developed, but it won't kill MythTv. Far from it.

    And, as a longtime MythTv user I'd cheerfully cough up $50/year for access to the data. Zap2it has been reliable and accurate for me, and I'd support them. But then I'm weird - I subscribe to comics and journals.

  13. Re:And here comes the *AA to sue them by ppc_digger · · Score: 1 · on Will AT&T Start Filtering Your Connection?

    http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20020818

  14. Repaint, thou thinner by smittyoneeach · · Score: 1 · on Navy Now Mandated To Consider FOSS As an Option

    with a mandatory UserFriendly appearance: http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20020428

  15. Game Box Design by NeoTerra · · Score: 5, Funny · on Establishing A Beachhead In A Crowded Genre

    I think UserFriendly already answered this.

    http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20021009& mode=classic

  16. Ah yes, the vi editor ... by jets42 · · Score: 1 · on GNU Coughs Up Emacs 22 After Six Year Wait
    Clean, elegant, efficient, flexible,
    (oops, I mean) cryptic, frustrating, limited, WYSI-NOT, relic from the 70's
    When I first moved to unix from VAX/VMS, ( circa 1989 ) I was used to working in pure text mode with the "EDT" editor, so straight text didn't bother me...
    But, that blasted 'vi' editor: [ begin rant ]
    I recall thinking: What does 'vi' stand for anyway: VIolent, VIcious, VIctomize, VIcerate, VIlan, VIce-versa, VIrus, or just plain VILE !
    I was used to plain-text editors that understood function keys, numeric keypad options, and would behave when you pressed the Page-Up key.
    In "vi" under older SunOS, even arrow keys didn't work! Who decided that h-j-k-l should be used instead of arrows !?!? Except, of course that you had command mode, and insert mode, so when you forgot where you were, and started typing text, (while looking at the keyboard, since I'm a lousy touch typist), it really messed up your source code. And may the gods be merciful if you accidently hit the caps lock key! [ end rant ]

    So, I found other software for my editor, called SEDT and was happy (for a while).
    But, then I began working on dozens of different unix machines, and couldn't compile my nice new editor and install it on all of them, so I had to go back to learning 'vi' enough to survive in unix.

    After a while, I noticed that working 'vi' actually got faster, and when my fingers got used to the keys, I actually had more flexibility than using the old cursor & function keys that I had been used to. (mind you, I still long for some of them)

    But for most folks, I would say, keep going with 'vi' for now, and even try a few of these: clicky

    As I said: Sometimes I like vi, sometimes not. On the other hand, when trying to post vi "command strings" above, slashdot's post review algorithm complained and told me

    "Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted! Reason: Please use fewer 'junk' characters."
    ...and I had to remove the "vi" examples as 'junk characters'.
    I'm thinking this says something about the occasional cryptic "vi" key combinations.

    Tho other people comment: "If you want a real editor, go for emacs"
    I haven't tackled that one enough to be fluent/comfortable...
    ~
    ~
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    ~
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    ~
    :wq
    $ exit

    Logged out on Fri Jan 25 14:10:42 EST 2002
  17. Re:Obviously... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1 · on Is Email 'Bankrupt'?

    Email is dead in Korea as the old people are too busy playing Starcraft and watching the Starcraft 2 movie. :P

  18. Re:it's tghe next Y2k by Antique+Geekmeister · · Score: 1 · on IPv4 Unallocated Addresses Exhausted by 2010

    If Starcraft 2 comes out first, do I win the bet? (See http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20070523) .

  19. The most important issues ... by qaz2 · · Score: 2, Funny · on Where Do You Get Your IT News?

    The most important news is also available in http://ars.userfriendly.org/.

    As there is only one cartoon a day you can be sure the news is adequately filtered.

  20. Re:It's not the content that's being restricted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Windows Media Center Restricts Cable TV

    I think it's time for me to get some of that Consumer Choice Enhancement.

  21. Consumer Choice Enablement - by Userfriendly by DrYak · · Score: 1 · on HBO Exec Proposes DRM Name Change

    I'm not going to call it piracy anymore. I prefer Consumer Choice Enablement. CCE allows consumers


    Userfriendly's take on Consumer Choice Enhancement.
  22. Re:pretty by 0v3rj0y3d · · Score: 1 · on A "Bill of Lights" to Restrict LEDs on Gadgets?

    Funny, I thought of this one: http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20040904

  23. Missing Option by trianglman · · Score: 1 · on Digg.com Attempts To Suppress HD-DVD Revolt

    As a Sudoku puzzle.

  24. With apologies to Douglas Adams by Tackhead · · Score: 4, Funny · on Criminalizing The Consumer - Where DRM Went Wrong
    > Where DRM Went Wrong

    ...had been obvious to all of us reading Slashdot, even between the 500/503 errors, but that didn't stop the Economist from making a small fortune when they used it in their trilogy of editorial blockbusters including:

    Some More of DRM's Greatest Mistakes, Well That About Wraps It Up for DRM, and What Is This DRM Shit Anyway?

  25. yo pitr by marafa · · Score: 0 · on Glitch Has Users Fuming, Google 'Frantic'

    enuf is enuf!
    you got your world domination now go back to work at columbia internet

  26. The Real Reason by Fujisawa+Sensei · · Score: 3, Funny · on Possible Clue On Saturn's Hexagon?

    The real reason for the hexagon: http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20070408

  27. Re:Slashdot followed by... by Phreakiture · · Score: 1 · on What's Your Site Rotation?

    Of these entries, RISKS, Cryptome, Slashdot, Ask Slashdot, Worse Than Failure, and the Sidebar WTF section of Worse than Failure are all also subscribed in my RSS feed reader, along with BBC News, the Public Daily Brief and some select search terms in Google News.

  28. My daily links by ay2b · · Score: 1 · on What's Your Site Rotation?

    http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?mode=classic
    http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
    http://www.slashdot.org/
    http://www.chiefdelphi.com/

  29. exactly by dominious · · Score: 1 · on Communicating Persuasively, Email or Face-to-Face?

    http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=19991118
    read the next 2 strips as well.

    i am not funny! i am informative!

  30. Re:A step in the right direction. by morkk · · Score: 1 · on Judge Strikes Down COPA, 1998 Online Porn Law
    Surfing the comments at level 5 means I miss most of the gems like this:

    Except that kind of reasoning is the job of legislators, not judges. Like many judges, he has forgotten his role and taken the job of dictator for life.
    I'd like to refer you to this cartoon and point out that you, sir, are a mollusc and should not be using the internet.
  31. Re:and how many people will wreck their finances t by Corporate+Troll · · Score: 4, Informative · on Unlimited Wireless Plans Coming

    At least link to the Userfriendly comic strip, will ya?

  32. Some devices still didn't get it right! by MadHungarian · · Score: 1 · on Is Daylight Saving Shift Really Worth It?

    I have a Cingular 8125 phone/PC. I got one voice mail and one text message telling me I needed to upgrade. I downloaded and installed the latest ActiveSync and the patch and installed both as per the instructions. Lo and behold, Sunday morning, the time on my phone jumped ahead 2 (two!) hours!
    I think the Sunday http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20070311 Userfriendly's cartoon got it right.

  33. i bet it was... by pohl · · Score: 1 · on $100k For Kenobi's Cloak

    ...ESR.

  34. Re:Oh boy. by lanc · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft Attacks Google on Copyright


    do you think so? let me try to inspire :)

  35. Re:Oh boy. by lanc · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft Attacks Google on Copyright


    and here we go again.

  36. Re:Disappointing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Ramanujian's Deathbed Problem Cracked

    What, coverage in UserFriendly and XKCD's maths jokes aren't good enough for you?

  37. UserFriendly by VEGETA_GT · · Score: 4, Funny · on Microsoft Apologizes for Serving Malware

    Reminds me of a UserFriendly comic

    http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20050130

  38. Re:OS X Intel? by lanc · · Score: 1 · on Visual Basic on GNU/Linux


    argh! This has happened already once, see the Ultimate Documentary and the One and Only Culture Source

  39. Re:OS X Intel? by lanc · · Score: 1 · on Visual Basic on GNU/Linux


    argh! This has happened already once, see the Ultimate Documentary and the One and Only Culture Source

  40. Nuke the spammers! by AndroidCat · · Score: 1 · on US Planning Response To a Cyber Attack

    Yes, at last!

  41. Re:Predictions from the past ... by Trogre · · Score: 1 · on Remote Exploit of Vista Speech Control

    You missed my favourite.

  42. Re:Pitr? by Midnight+Thunder · · Score: 1 · on Defused Googlebombs May Backfire

    For the uninformed: http://www.userfriendly.org/

  43. Re:Pitr? by spellraiser · · Score: 3, Funny · on Defused Googlebombs May Backfire

    Yes, it's kind of hard to reconcile.

  44. Predictions from the past ... by Gopal.V · · Score: 4, Funny · on Remote Exploit of Vista Speech Control

    Userfriendly had predicted the fate of voice recognition six years ago - rm -rf / and yet again !.

  45. Predictions from the past ... by Gopal.V · · Score: 4, Funny · on Remote Exploit of Vista Speech Control

    Userfriendly had predicted the fate of voice recognition six years ago - rm -rf / and yet again !.

  46. Evil? by PineHall · · Score: 1 · on Google "Loses" Gmail in Europe
    This quote

    Giersch, who said in an interview last year that "Google's behavior is very threatening, very aggressive and very unfaithful, and to me, it's very evil."
    reminds me of a UserFriendly cartoon
  47. And good riddance! by pecosdave · · Score: 1 · on Farewell To the Floppy Disk

    I'll share some of my past rants about floppies.

    Here's one on Userfriendly.org.

    A statement to be thankful it's going away.

    I can't find all my old rants, they're not all indexed.

    I've done my best to avoid putting them into newer systems with one exception, when building a computer for someone else I used to put 5.25" drives from the junk pile in just to be a jerk. They would ask me if they needed that drive. I would say no. They asked if it was good for anything, I would say no. They would ask why I put it in their system. I would say because I have extras. They would ask if I would take it out. I would say no. Hey, if I'm building them a free computer they can take what I give them, if they pay me I'll leave crap like that out.

  48. Re:TPM is anti-virtualization by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on AACS Hack Blamed on Bad Player Implementation

    I'd love to see a few dozen guys with machine guns just break down the TCPA's front door and steal the damn keys the old-fashioned way.

    The Canadians already thought about that.
  49. Re:TPM is anti-virtualization by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on AACS Hack Blamed on Bad Player Implementation

    I'd love to see a few dozen guys with machine guns just break down the TCPA's front door and steal the damn keys the old-fashioned way.

    The Canadians already thought about that.
  50. Re:TPM is anti-virtualization by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on AACS Hack Blamed on Bad Player Implementation

    I'd love to see a few dozen guys with machine guns just break down the TCPA's front door and steal the damn keys the old-fashioned way.

    The Canadians already thought about that.