Amelia Posted December 18, 2004 Posted December 18, 2004 UNIX Airways Everyone brings one piece of the plane along when they come to the airport. They all go out on the runway and put the plane together piece by piece, arguing non-stop about what kind of plane they are supposed to be building. Air DOS Everybody pushes the airplane until it glides, then they jump on and let the plane coast until it hits the ground again. Then they push again, jump on again, and so on ... Mac Airlines All the stewards, captains, baggage handlers, and ticket agents look and act exactly the same. Every time you ask questions about details, you are gently but firmly told that you don't need to know, don't want to know, and everything will be done for you without your ever having to know, so just shut up. Windows Air The terminal is pretty and colorful, with friendly stewards, easy baggage check and boarding, and a smooth take-off. After about 10 minutes in the air, the plane explodes with no warning whatsoever. Windows NT Air Just like Windows Air, but costs more, uses much bigger planes, and takes out all the other aircraft within a 40-mile radius when it explodes. Linux Air Disgruntled employees of all the other OS airlines decide to start their own airline. They build the planes, ticket counters, and pave the runways themselves. They charge a small fee to cover the cost of printing the ticket, but you can also download and print the ticket yourself. When you board the plane, you are given a seat, four bolts, a wrench and a copy of the Seat-HOWTO.html. Once settled, the fully adjustable seat is very comfortable, the plane leaves and arrives on time without a single problem, the in-flight meal is wonderful. You try to tell customers of the other airlines about the great trip, but all they can say is, "You had to do what with the seat?" Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p>
Stan Posted April 10, 2006 Posted April 10, 2006 This should be reread at least once a year.... <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Quote If you receive benefit to being here please help out with expenses. https://www.paypal.me/clubadventist Administrator of a few websites like https://adventistdating.com
bevin Posted April 10, 2006 Posted April 10, 2006 At home I run Windows-XP, keeping it up to date with the official update mechanism. I don't run wacky programs from weird suppliers. I run the latest Norton anti-virus and have a firewall. I shut the machine down properly, but of course there are power-failures. I have not had a software-caused crash in years. Windows used to be as bad as this joke implies, but Microsoft has done an amazing job of fixing their problems. These days I have no doubt that a properly installed and managed Windows system is fully usable for bet-your-business applications. Where I work at Intel our huge corporate networks is all Windows - remotely-managed with software updates being pushed onto my machine without my doing more than clicking 'do it now'. It is absolutely amazing how well it works. Our Linux boxes are not quite as solid, but they are pretty close. However, when you try to join them with shared disks etc the result is still very flakey - because neither side is motivated to fix it. The joke is funny - but it no longer reflects reality. /Bevin Quote
Moderators Bravus Posted April 10, 2006 Moderators Posted April 10, 2006 Well, and it's kinda old, given that it refers to NT. And I think a lot of the liabilities from the Mac side have been fixed since then too: if you really want to assemble your own seat in OS X, you can. Still funny though. <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Quote Truth is important
Moderators Jeannieb43 Posted July 18, 2006 Moderators Posted July 18, 2006 </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr /> bevin said: At home I run Windows-XP, keeping it up to date with the official update mechanism. I don't run wacky programs from weird suppliers. I run the latest Norton anti-virus and have a firewall. I shut the machine down properly, but of course there are power-failures. I have not had a software-caused crash in years. /Bevin <hr /></blockquote><font class="post"> Sometimes I get an error reading because Windows XP seems not to allow access by Norton's anti-virus. My ISP installer told me I don't need Norton because the ISP has its own anti-virus. So right now I keep getting a reminder pop-up window from Norton telling me my subscription has expired. But I don't want to spend the money renewing Norton if Windows XP will prevent it from doing its work. Any ideas?? Quote Jeannie<br /><br /><br />...Change is inevitable; growth is optional....
Moderators Jeannieb43 Posted July 19, 2006 Moderators Posted July 19, 2006 Sorry. My post should have been under the computer questions thread. I don't know how to move it.... sorry. Quote Jeannie<br /><br /><br />...Change is inevitable; growth is optional....
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