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Linux Not Supported For Democratic Convention Video
bucketoftruth writes "If you browse to the Democratic Convention website and attempt to check out any of their upcoming streams, you bump into the following limitation: 'We're sorry, but the Democratic Convention video web site isn't compatible with your operating system and/or browser. Please try again on a computer with the following Compatible operating systems: Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista, or a Mac with Tiger (OS 10.4) or Leopard (OS 10.5). Compatible browsers: Internet Explorer (version 6 or later), Firefox (version 2), or, if you are on a Mac, Safari (version 3.1) also works.'"
I'm no fan of Ted Stevens—far from it—but I just don't understand the longevity of this riff on the "tubes" thing. My guess is someone had given him the talking points using the accepted industry term "pipes", and he got it mixed up during his speech and it came out as "tubes". How was what he was saying incorrect? His point was that there is limited bandwidth and some applications end up hogging it all. Why do people still think this is funny, years later? Tubes, pipes—for your average codger, what's the difference?