[ale] OT: humor - XKCD

[adam]

aaron wrote:
> On 2009, Aug, 07, , at 11:38 PM, adam 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>
> 
> I agree with the rant and was a little put off by the
> very points you make, which is why I didn't forward
> #619 myself when my partner sent it to me. Comes back
> to the sore point that all these compressed media
> formats are proprietary crap, and every difficulty in
> supporting them is the failure of the commercial
> computer software industry and no fault of GNU Linux
> or Free Software or the Open Source community.
> 
>> In general, xkcd makes me lol on a regular basis.
>>
>> http://xkcd.com/457/
> 
> Thanks... now my vision is blurred with laughter tears
> again. Hope I dindt fan fitger anything in this post...
> '-)
> 
> peace
> aaron
> 
> 
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And now I see this morning that I have a flash update. Conspiracy?!

Adam