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A wheelchair-bound friend sent me this[^] some time ago.
[edit] Caffeine deficiency alert. MRI not CAT [/edit]
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
modified 8-Mar-17 15:56pm.
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50 cents to the first person to get a good and relevant giraffe pun in this thread.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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"only 1500 light-years away"
Our planet really is just an insignificant spec in this vast and wonderful universe.
Even if we did blow it up it really wouldn't matter in the big picture.
Sin tack
the any key okay
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Indeed - when people talk about "the end of the world", they really mean the end of humanity. Earth would go on just fine without us.
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Women just can't make up their minds[^] on anything. And wizards are real nerds, who are the only men innocent enough to survive something like this. 
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Well you know in real life it is always the man's fault for not listening [properly].
(Yeah it's fine to be literal in the lounge, not so much with 'er indoors.)
Sin tack
the any key okay
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Sooner or later she will learn that you take everything literally. You must remain strong until then.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Sorry, but I think that the woman is right to complain. If you start a business in a certain field (cosmetics, in this case), the least you should do is learn the accepted terminology.
(BTW, the first two "teaser" panels are even funnier than the rest)
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Must we not first establish wether that stuff falls under cosmetics or alchemy?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Yeah, as a matter of fact, I did manage to convert my hip tea kettle mat into a fully functional Ubuntu notebook, late last night at 1 AM. 
Everything seems to work except one silly thing. Sound is fine in the browser from Youtube. But my favourite radio station Radio Paradise is mute in Firefox. Prolly some codec stuff I need to check tonight.
I Googled and experimented meself blue with secure boot BIOS settings. The secure boot options did not seem to matter. What did the trick (after 5 hours) was to disable UEFI and go into legacy mode as Nelek and Mark  were quick to suggest.
The leap of faith was not a huge one. I saw several "success stories" involving similar models. And even if this or that shipment of "Acer Cloudbook 11" could have different chipsets I expected a low risk of complete failure, chipset-wise. And at that price the mat alternative was no tragedy.
As for Ubuntu reboots/updates, mentioned by Nathan Minier I have never seen one on any machine.
Anyway, it's a bit of geeky fun, and it makes me feel quite special, to not own a Wookie Notebook!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
modified 8-Mar-17 9:50am.
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megaadam wrote: it makes me feel quite special, to not own a Wookie Notebook!
luddite!
Burn the witch!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Fanboi!
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Command-line script kiddie!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Forced updater!
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Multiple config-file fiddler!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Registry janitor!
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Package junkie!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Metro liker!
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Desktop abominator!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Desktop abominator!
If only you knew what I'm working on right now...
IE compatibility believer!
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Best flame war I've had in years!
Distro dancer!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mickeysoft marketing victim!
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Wine addict!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mickeysoft gullibility award nominee!
Too bad, it's time for bed. Good night!
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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