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Postby JesterJ. » 15 Mar 2009, 13:43

Bizzity bump with an article from Gizmodo. Someone should mention this video in the comments! It looks like someone just planted "www.loadingreadyrun.com" in their comment but...nothing more?
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Postby Lyinginbedmon » 15 Mar 2009, 13:50

How would you go about adding the comment though? Just saying "See this video by LoadingReadyRun, it's kinda like this!" seems a bit bland.

Personally, I'm tempted to just post "All you need is Phailinite" :P

Point of note: I get the feeling that installing Linux on a satellite would cause more problems than it would solve...though I can see the logic in it.
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Postby Graham » 15 Mar 2009, 14:00

JesterJ. wrote:Someone should mention this video in the comments! It looks like someone just planted "www.loadingreadyrun.com" in their comment but...nothing more?

Actually that IS in fact a link to the video.
Also, Matt already posted a link.
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Postby JesterJ. » 15 Mar 2009, 14:21

Graham wrote:
JesterJ. wrote:Someone should mention this video in the comments! It looks like someone just planted "www.loadingreadyrun.com" in their comment but...nothing more?

Actually that IS in fact a link to the video.
Also, Matt already posted a link.


...Oh. Epic failure, I hadn't noticed. Well done Matt (and the other Matt who beat him to it)!
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Postby MegaDaffy » 25 Mar 2009, 20:21

So, how's that Linux system working out for you Graham? Paul fix your eyes yet :lol:?

*ahem* Sorry. This was a hilarious (*and educational*) video! Great job! :D
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Postby Splunge » 29 Apr 2009, 01:16

...oh wow, linked from User Friendly.
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Postby Tim » 29 Apr 2009, 09:33

What's "User Friendly"? Is it a webcomic?
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Postby Lyinginbedmon » 29 Apr 2009, 10:53

I think it's a geek news blog, haven't visited in a while though so it may very well be a new webcomic now.
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Postby Splunge » 30 Apr 2009, 00:24

...*twitch*

User Friendly is a daily webcomic that has been running since 1997.
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Postby Graham » 30 Apr 2009, 01:00

Awesome!
That's great to hear.

...I know what User Friendly is.
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Postby Lyinginbedmon » 30 Apr 2009, 01:14

Wow...that is a seriously poor website, looks like it was made in maybe the mid nineties at best.
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Postby JesterJ. » 30 Apr 2009, 09:52

Lyinginbedmon wrote:Wow...that is a seriously poor website, looks like it was made in maybe the mid nineties at best.


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Postby Lyinginbedmon » 30 Apr 2009, 10:43

Well I just got served there...


I'ma go startle some chickens.
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Postby Zivlok » 04 May 2009, 23:09

That's our Lyinginbedmon!

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Postby gospodyina » 22 Aug 2009, 09:54

So I was heating frozen pierogis on ye olde George Foreman grill just now, and my brain was all "I'm pretty sure you're supposed to boil them" and I was all "shut up shut up I'm too hungry to boil water."
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Postby Lyinginbedmon » 22 Aug 2009, 10:31

What a coincidence, I just finished turning my brother into a network web server.
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Postby Mad Madam Mimm » 22 Aug 2009, 12:58

True story, when I got my scanner/printer/monolith, it came with several CDs worth of bundle software. I sat on the sofa gleefully exhibiting the fact that I'm a tech wizard compared to the rest of my family. My mum was shaking her head in pity and said "you shouldn't be finding it that much fun"
And I just claimed I had installation anxiety, laughed at the joke she would never get, and continued playing with bundle software.
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Postby iamafish » 22 Aug 2009, 14:00

mimm, what household appliances did you install your printer software on?
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Postby Mad Madam Mimm » 24 Aug 2009, 10:07

.... I'm not at liberty to discuss it.

I'll say this though; against all logic, phone+printer does not equal fax machine.
Likewise washing machine plus printer does not equal clothes-press. Who knew?
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Postby JULinux » 09 Oct 2009, 17:11

I have to say really quick that this does not just apply to Linux. What about the big companies that only sell Windows computers on the shelf? Aren't they forcing us all to use Windows?

I've seen people on both sides promoting their software in this sick way. The first one ever documented to do it was Bill Gates in his Open Letter saying that if the software was not funded by a giant corporation it would fail and the computer using hobby software like Linux is wasted.

I've also seen crazy kids that have just discovered Linux and think everyone has to use it for everything and that if they don't it's a sin. Sort of like spreading the word of God or Christianity. People don't realize just how close the concepts of Christianity and Free Software are. On one side you have Jesus who selflessly gave his life for others so all may receive it, on the other side you have Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds who sacrificed making profit on software to help others. For this reason you can also see how a Linux crusade might come into being. While Linus and Richard may not have condoned such blind stupidity it happens just like how Jesus never inspired the crusades.

The other horrible fact is that many distributions of Linux are just too geeky and most humans can't use them. Then there are the geeks that are afraid of changing Linux to be more Windows user friendly. I don't get that?

So I created my own Linux Distribution with a tutorial video as well at http://www.justuselinux.com for people who are using Windows and want to be able to do things like open Microsoft Office 2007 documents, click a start button, Have a My Documents icon and My Computer icon, Play Microsoft Games as well as Linux ones, etc.

So go to http://www.justuselinux.com and give it a try and then tell me that using Linux has to be like in this video.
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Postby Tim » 09 Oct 2009, 18:06

...?

That's some pretty specific spam.
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Postby Vigafre » 09 Oct 2009, 18:07

I was thinking the same thing.
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Postby Lyinginbedmon » 09 Oct 2009, 18:10

Indubidably...
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Postby Arius » 09 Oct 2009, 18:46

More proof that my hypothesis is correct: Spam bots are becoming self aware.
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Postby Tim » 09 Oct 2009, 21:05

Lyinginbedmon wrote:Indubidably...

IndubiTably.

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