Just to be at the same time informative and to the point, the 7 replies so far have been as positive as this patch [iu.edu] is in the linux kernel mailing list a few years ago.
OMG, is that guy for real?? I mean, I haven't still read through all of the replies, but... trying to un-UNIX Linux? Either he is one of the biggest morons to ever roam the earth, or he deserves a special place in the Trolls hall of fame...
Maybe a big discovery, but quite a big deception, too. I mean, extraterrestrial life, living or having lived millions of miles away from what we consider known.
While I still find your post interesting, I see the possibility of life on Mars as something a lot more exciting.
Mammon slept. And the beast reborn spread over the earth and its numbers grew legion. And they proclaimed the times and sacrificed crops unto the fire, with the cunning of foxes. And they built a new world in their own image as promised by the sacred words, and spoke of the beast with their children. Mammon awoke, and lo! it was naught but a follower.
Or the good ol' common sense that tells ya not to open those.exe and.scr that your MSN buddies try to send you as "my funny holiday pics" (in another language, of course)...
But since we can't really trust the average Joe to take preventive measures such as safe browsing, or using antivirus and firewalls, I'm not too convinced that your idea is gonna be as popular as one may expect...
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Well... for distribution, actually.
Just as the GP pointed out.
How appropriate for the French to be submitting... their personal data, I mean.
My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!
OMG, is that guy for real?? I mean, I haven't still read through all of the replies, but... trying to un-UNIX Linux? Either he is one of the biggest morons to ever roam the earth, or he deserves a special place in the Trolls hall of fame...
Ditto for Ubuntu Hardy on x86_64... Maybe he's using an out-of-date processor ;)
Ok, now I mistook cluster for core... I need coffee stat...
Well, maybe if we imagine a beowulf core of those...
If anyone asks, I'll be in my corner.
That's what she said!
(Sorry, hadn't ever done it before...)
The front connectors of my computer will allow me to plug a USB cable upside down. I'm two flash drives down already...
To be fair, he said it wouldn't work...
I guess it takes one to know one...
Ceci n'est pas une dupe
+1 Modpoints for explaining joke
We call it "canchair" in Redmond.
Take two... Extinguish!
I was just about to reply that. Thanks for saving me the trouble.
Maybe a big discovery, but quite a big deception, too. I mean, extraterrestrial life, living or having lived millions of miles away from what we consider known.
While I still find your post interesting, I see the possibility of life on Mars as something a lot more exciting.
My mom's been using it for ages, I don't really get all the hassle now...
Cause it's Saturday, and I hate to stray from my daily routine.
Yeah, too bad he hardly ever signed using the ending slash :( He was a visionary
You're not telling it subtlely enough:
Kinda like STDs, I guess. They're not a problem unless you know they're there or you get one...
... or bribing them! Hah! Foiling their plans of locking peoples files down! Oh, wait...
Or the good ol' common sense that tells ya not to open those .exe and .scr that your MSN buddies try to send you as "my funny holiday pics" (in another language, of course)...
But since we can't really trust the average Joe to take preventive measures such as safe browsing, or using antivirus and firewalls, I'm not too convinced that your idea is gonna be as popular as one may expect...