Saturday, February 24, 2007

If Operating Systems Ran The Airlines...

A bud of mine ran across this link and I though it was so head on I just had to share.... To me this is laugh out loud funny, but then again I not all that normal.......


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 colourful, 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.

Windows XP Air

You turn up at the airport,which is under contract to only allow XP Air planes. All the aircraft are identical, brightly coloured and three times as big as they need to be. The signs are huge and all point the same way. Whichever way you go, someone pops up dressed in a cloak and pointed hat insisting you follow him. Your luggage and clothes are taken off you and replaced with an XP Air suit and suitcase identical to everyone around you as this is included in the exorbitant ticket cost. The aircraft will not take off until you have signed a contract. The inflight entertainment promised turns out to be the same Mickey Mouse cartoon repeated over and over again. You have to phone your travel agent before you can have a meal or drink. You are searched regularly throughout the flight. If you go to the toilet twice or more you get charged for a new ticket. No matter what destination you booked you will always end up crash landing at Whistler in Canada.


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?"

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Two weeks since the move.......

Well, it has been two full weeks plus some since the move into our house. Things have settled down quite a bit. We still have some boxes to put away and all but the worst is over. I got my office all set up upstairs and let me say, it looks pretty sweet. We got the blinds installed which in case you haven't had the experience yet, a house that has 20 windows and no blinds or curtains sucks. I've use the whirlpool tub a few times, gotta work on the hot water tank or something as the water turns cold before it fills the tub..... We got ourselves a patio set that has a fire pit in it and the thing liked to smoked us out of the house. My sis told me that there is stuff made to burn in those that do not smoke quite so bad. You live and you learn. I haven't seen as much of John as I would like to since the move. It seams that one of us is always upstairs on the puter. we will have to work on that. Sorry that it has been so long since I have written, will try to do better. Later...


Oh, by the way.... Happy Mardi Gras!!!!!!!!!

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Mac Mini Upgrading......

Hi all... This is my first post as I have just purchased me a mini... 1.83 Ghz Core Duo, but it only had like half a gig of ram.... I got me 2 - 1 gig sticks and was all planning on installing it tomorrow as we were having friends over. Well, 1 drink led to about I can't count and in my drunken state... What the heck... I had already watched the video on OWC 's site... I say to myself, that is easy... Right... So, I had already got myself a couple of 4" putty knife's and I decided it was a sound idea for me not to wait until morning. Long story short, the first time, I left the fan cable off and did not get the second stick all the way in so I cracked the second time. I had seen an earlier post that a guy used some of his kids glue to help with the screws. Those are a real pain and I had some (I joke not) Elmer's glue and used that to make my tools a bit sticky and it worked. The second time I remembered to connect the fan wire and did get the second stick fully inserted. Hey guess what?

Machine Name: Mac mini
Machine Model: Macmini1,1
Processor Name: Intel Core Duo
Processor Speed: 1.83 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per processor): 2 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MM11.0055.B08
SMC Version: 1.3f4

I know that it was prob not the best idea, but if I can do it drunk.... well you can take it from there....

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Dixie Chick's are the coolest chicks ever!!!

I love that the Dixie Chicks basically kicked Ass at the Grammy's. The three of them have been through so much bad stuff, it's really good to see them back on top. I can really give a rats ass that "Main Stream Country" is still harboring some ill conceived grudge, there are loads of peeps like me who don't really live in any "genre" to speak of. I like the music I like and don't really care what type of music that is. Not a big country fan in general, but there are several acts that I love, same could be said for rap and for that matter all types of music. Don't worry girls, you keep doing your thing and I'll keep buying your music.

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