[ale] OT: humor - XKCD

[aaron]

On 2009, Aug, 08, , at 1:50 AM, Richard Bronosky wrote:

> I can see the humor in that, but cannot empathise. I've never
> understood why guys have a hard time with that. I can understand why
> it's hard for a woman to undo her own, but not from a 3rd party. I can
> undo my wife's left handed while brushing my teeth with my dominant
> hand. I would expect an EMACS user could undo a bra with a broken
> thumb.

:-)
Sure you can unhook the bra left handed, but lets not gloss over how
you practiced all those years on a Rubics cube with the colors sanded
off!
:-)
peace
aaron


> On 8/7/09, adam <prozaconstilts at gmail.com> wrote:
>> john anderson wrote:
>>> Or, how about this recent one:
>>> http://xkcd.com/619/
>>>
>>
>> I have issue with this particular strip.
>>
>> Didn't Randall Munroe get it wrong? Why is this lack of working flash
>> video Linux's fault? Is this not the vendor's fault?
>>
>> One could even claim he's referring to bad drivers, but is this  
>> Linux's
>> fault? Isn't it the fault of poorly written drivers, failure to  
>> properly
>> support the platform, and lack of vendor interest?
>>
>> In terms of what Linux does well, and where it gets used most, I  
>> can see
>> the need to support a bajillion CPUs before supporting good flash.  
>> When
>> I need a thousand-node cluster to churn over protein strands, you  
>> better
>> believe I want an OS that can use all of my resources.
>>
>> </rant>
>>
>> In general, xkcd makes me lol on a regular basis.
>>
>> http://xkcd.com/457/
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