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Webcomic: Why I use Windows XP

SO whats the PointCan u break it down, doesnt seem to make much sense.Welcome to the New QualityThat seems to be the trend these days. Manufacturers, developers, whoever, seem to know that the masses WANT what they want and are willing to put up with the "best of the bad"...

Tags: fiifi, Webcomic, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-10-05

Webcomic: The secret origin of Windows ME

History repeating itselfVista is the new ME?RE: Webcomic: The secret origin of Windows MENo doubt others have noticed that Windows XP recovery starts from a Windows ME shell ... (I'd suggest B.O.B. turned up when Bill took all the whiskey for a party and Ballmer had to give the programmers...

Tags: tech@..., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows ME, Webcomic, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-10-03

Webcomic: Linux tech support

Google=Linux Tech supportWhy would anyone want to wait in a que for a half hour listening to Dells crappy music?Just google it!(and go download some crappy hold que music while your at it to get the full effect of Real Tech support!)Cartoon not at all accurate....the support tech is not...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Hacking, bradgalliford@..., Dell Computer Corp., Linux, Linux Tech Support, Webcomic, Dell Linux

Discussion threads 2007-06-18

Webcomic: Windows heartbreak vs. Linux love

It's better to have loved and lost......than to put all your eggs in one basket or operating system as the case may be.RE: Webcomic: Windows heartbreak vs. Linux loveWell I guess its right as I spend more time here now in front of my Computer not re booting

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, wmlundine@..., Webcomic, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-06-15

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Webcomic: Real programmers use...

Horrible article... This article is still horrible. You do even again a grin form the comic-relief cartoon. The article has no usefule content.Errr...Dude seriously...did you look at the title of the "article" in question before reading it? You want useful content, go to wikipedia...????and "...do even again a grin form..."?Well,...

Tags: xkcd, Webcomic, grin form, programmer

Discussion threads 2008-02-01

Webcomic: Why you should never use the GOTO command

Not all GOTO's are badBesides that some languages aren't powerful enough to get around it without like old BASIC, commands like return and break are hidden GOTO's IMHO.hidden GOTO'sreturn and break are certainly a form of GOTO, but they are predictable. Anyone reading code using these should be able...

Tags: mszs2@..., Goto

Discussion threads 2007-07-27

Webcomic: How to win a flame war

heheLove it. "Yo' mama.""Yeah well yo' mama only has 4 years left to live, enjoy that over the holidays."RE: Webcomic: How to win a flame warI once answered an abusive flammer with a nice calm email, ended by "If you have trouble with the big words, get your keeper to...

Tags: E-mail, flame war, Webcomic, punch

Discussion threads 2008-10-28

Webcomic: The power of PCs versus Macs

Ever wonder exactly why the unmitigated animosity betwixt Windows and Macintosh users is so supremely important to both technology and the economy? The answer is brought to you in Webcomic form by the hilariously underappreciated Aaron Williams and his online funnypage Full Frontal Nerdity. (I took the rude liberty of...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, PC, Blog, Blogging, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Jay Garmon

Blog posts 2007-02-15

Webcomic: Practice what you preach

A little parable about members of the IT staff being subject to the rules of the IT policy, courtesy of the world's most IT-centric Webcomic, User Friendly. If you aren't reading UF, you aren't really an IT pro (well, not a funny one, anyway). by Jay Garmon

Tags: Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Jay Garmon

Blog posts 2007-04-12

Webcomic: Irrational iPhone exuberance

RE: Webcomic: Irrational iPhone exuberanceThe world runs on software and software is as good as the hackers let us make it.It's true you never see the real software design.Yes, yes there is.10:1 it flops, anyone wanna get in on some $$$?I'll take that bet!.I'll take that bet! (in virtual dollars...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Handhelds, bradgalliford@..., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2007-06-19

Webcomic: The secret origin of Windows ME

Behold the dark secret of the mysterious Ballmer Peak, and its most insidious consequence, Windows ME--courtesy of the indispensable Webcomic xkcd. by Jay Garmon

Tags: Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Jay Garmon

Blog posts 2007-10-03

Webcomic: A very tech support Christmas

You aks me......any user that falls for this *deserves* it.RE: Webcomic: A very tech support ChristmasMost people are so gullible you probably could tell them their lights are interfering with their computer and they'd believe it. I can imagine a host of bogus 'explanations' that would probably go undetected. Alas...

Tags: Help desk, Call centers, tech support, Webcomic

Discussion threads 2008-12-08

Webcomic: The 'power' of Internet forums

So that's how it happens...Oh course, that wouldn't be true of TR. BTW the 'Troll' link just went to CAD latest commic. And I was interested in finding out about some of my ancestors too. ;) -dRE: Webcomic: The 'power' of Internet forumsSo that how Something Awful Goons are...

Tags: CAD, Internet Forum, Webcomic, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-02-28

Webcomic: Politically correct kilobytes

Kilobyte is 1000 bytesKilo = 1000 , kibi = 1024In 1998 the International Electrotechnical Commission approved new prefixes for the powers of 2. These prefixes are as follows:kibi- Ki-2^10 = 1,024 mebi- Mi-2^20 = 1,048,576 gibi- Gi- 2^30 = 1,073,741,824 tebi- Ti- 2^40 = 1,099,511,627,776 pebi- Pi- 2^50...

Tags: Kilobyte, BIOS

Discussion threads 2008-03-10

Webcomic: How to make money on the Internet

So true, why can't people seem to get educated...Why can't people get educated, you would think that with all this access to information people would actually learn something. I can't wait for the baby boomers to go away and have the new up and coming generation step in. All the...

Tags: Internet, Webcomic

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

Webcomic: The known universe (abridged)

I had been wonderingjust exactly where the boundaries of the Romulan Neutral Zone are. Star Trek didn't give it away, at all. :DFor that matter, it's good to know the location of bupkis.Geeminy. Also good to know where those WMD's are. Talk about relief!etuUm. Is...

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

Webcomic: The piracy paradox

This comic is right onI hate to agree with a notion that piracy is a inevitable, however I would not purchase media with DRM protection on it because i've run into issues in the past with DRM measures - remember sony's mini-disc? I thought it was a great format but...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Piracy, Digital media, Digital music, Advertising & Promotion, piracy paradox, digital-rights management, Webcomic

Discussion threads 2008-10-16

Webcomic: When coders get "free time"

Gopher!!!!!!I almost fell out of my chair laughing when I read the one about Gopher.Then I wondered how many people would know what that is, and felt old. BTW, I'm only in my 30's, but that is ancient in computer time.RE: Webcomic: When coders get Love this strip. When...

Tags: Webcomic

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

Heroes happen {here}. From Microsoft.

Microsoft has a new groove for you to fall into: Heroes happen {here}. The site focuses on Windows server 2008, Visual Studio 2008, and SQL Server 2008. Oh, and {your story}. Be a hero in the Portrait Gallery. You'll need to install Silverlight and register for the honor.You can also...

Tags: Rootkits, PRODUCTIVITY, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, WTH, computer, Microsoft Silverlight, rootkit, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-15

World's Greatest Webcomic adds tags

From PvP creator Scott Kurtz: "The PvP website is getting a major overhaul and facelift courtesy of the professionals over at Thin Slice.The archive system is going to be transformed using 'tags'. The guys at Thin Slice were trying to help me understand exactly what...

Tags: Tagging, Jay Garmon

Blog posts 2006-04-12