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Windows in 2020

sasha328 writes: "I came across this article on LA Times while I was reading the LinuxToday news site. It is very funny, and points out the in layman's language, the problem with homogeneity in computer OSes. Well worth reading."

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  1. Bugs?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Kill the bugs! Kill them now!

    Nasty bugs spread death and disease and make it hard to sleep. I wish we could just exterminate all bugs.

  2. CmdrTaco & Jon Katz in an outhouse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OK, so CmdrTaco and Jon Katz walk into an outhouse. (Why they go in together is something I don't want to speculate on, but rest assured, it happened.)

    They see a quarter at the bottom of the pit. CmdrTaco immediately takes out his wallet and throws in a $100 bill.

    "Why in the world did you do that?" asked Jon Katz.

    "You didn't think," said CmdrTaco, "that I was going down there for a quarter did you?"

    1. Re:CmdrTaco & Jon Katz in an outhouse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      takes out his wallet and throws in a $100 bill

      It figures. That's quite a bit like buying VALinux stock.

  3. I love Scottish women! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Especially those with red hair, freckles and asharp, pointy nose!

  4. Re:still the windows metaphor by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Windows TNT
    Windows SUX
    Windows COX
    Windows ASS

  5. Lies! Damn lies! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Where do you think Hemos could find six beautiful women?!

  6. CmdrTaco and Baked Beans by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    One little known fact about CmdrTaco is that he has a maddening passion for baked beans.
    He loves them but unfortunately they always have a very embarrassing and somewhat lively reaction to him.

    Now, this understandably annoyed Hemos and Jon Katz, so he decided that in order to keep peace in the Geek Compound, he had to to make the supreme sacrifice and give up baked beans.

    Well, after several months his birthday came around. He was out buying some beverages to celebrate, when his car broke down. He called the Geek Compound and informed Hemos and Jon Katz that he would be home much later than expected, because he had to walk home.

    On the way, he passed a small diner and the odor of the baked beans was more than he could stand. Since he still had miles to walk, he figured that he would walk off any ill effects by the time she reached home. So he went in, promising himself "only one bowl." Well, he practically inhaled the bowl of beans and decided "what the heck, I'll just have one more bowl." By the time he left the diner, he had consumed 6 large bowls of baked beans!

    All the way home he putt-putted. On arriving at the Geek Compound he was reasonably sure that he could contain it from there on out. When Hemos saw CmdrTaco walking up the steps, he rushed to the door with a blindfold. "Hey Taco," he said, "I have a surprise for your birthday! Put this on and follow me." After blindfolding CmdrTaco,
    he lead him to the table and sat him down.

    Just as Hemos was about to remove the blindfold from CmdrTaco, the phone rang. It turned out to be Roblimo from Andover.net, who wanted to talk business. CmdrTaco knew that it would be a long call, so this gave him the opportunity he needed to release the extra pressure. He shifted his weight to
    one leg and let it go. It was not only loud, but it smelled like a fertilizer truck running over a skunk in front of pulpwood mill. He took his napkin and vigorously fanned the air around him. Then he shifted to the other cheek and ripped three more, reminding him of rotten eggs. Keeping his ear tuned to the conversation in the other room, he went on like this for another ten minutes.

    When Hemos started saying farewell, he knew his freedom was about over. So he made sure his
    arse was good and tight and with much extra vigor he fanned the air. He looked like a mad monkey
    he was fanning so hard! Then he folded up the napkin and placed it on his lap.

    He was the picture of innocence when Hemos returned. Hemos asked him if he had peeked, and he assured him that he had not. Then he removed the blindfold. Around the table, to wish him a happy birthday, were seated six beautiful young geek women that Hemos had wanted him to meet!!!!

  7. Nerds spread bugs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm pretty sure that if the room I'm in were dark, I still wouldn't have bugs on my screen. It's clear to me that the bugs are leaping out of his lank, greasy hair and beast-beard, not to mention scuttling from between the folds of torso flab and from underneath his man-boobs. Nerds are little more than a mobile home for bugs. In order to eradicate the bug problem, you must eradicate the nerd problem. You bring the Zyklon-B, I'll start building the ovens!

  8. Windows HUJ. (-) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nt

  9. Re:What I can't figure out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Is this a result of American education and coldwar brainwashing?

    I don't think so, since I'm not from America...

    But, nice try. It even got you a karma point.

  10. What I can't figure out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is why every little troll here uses the Communist comparision as some kind of insult. Of course Open Source development (Especially under GPL and GPL like licences) is inherintly Communist. Of course RMS's ultimate goal is to wipe out proprietery software.

    Is this a result of American education and coldwar brainwashing? Almost certainly. Is it an insult? No, 'fraid not.

  11. Top 5? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fifth maybe? please? stupid bugs are landing on my screen because the room is dark.