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30 points by getp 18y ago

smanek 18y ago
This is pretty funny as usual. Ironically, Randall uses a Windows XP tablet PC. He said he couldn't switch to Linux cause he needs Photoshop (I told him about Wine). By the way, did they every figure out which dev was responsible for commenting out the relevant lines? smanek asks innocently without waving around around a big beating stick or anything
- thaumaturgy 18y ago
  | (I told him about Wine) What about Gimp?
  - astrec 18y ago
    Ya know, as much as I love Gimp; Photoshop it ain't.
- gabriel 18y ago
  It isn't much of a secret in free softwar :) According to the LWN write-up (http://lwn.net/Articles/281434/ http://lwn.net/Articles/281434/) the culprit was a Debian developer Kurt Roeckx, though obviously this patch never swam upstream and he didn't seem to get much help from the OpenSSL developers in assessing the patch in the first place. See also: http://lwn.net/Articles/281436/ http://lwn.net/Articles/281436/
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- 0x28aa1f185a6b4 18y ago
  Try virtualbox, 100% free in every way for all the features you'll need. Install and setup are extremely streamlined (way better than vmware). Just a few clicks. Fast also.
  - aneesh 18y ago
    Well, not exactly 100% free. VirtualBox itself is free -- but you need a copy of Windows to install on it (which is most certainly not free!) I use VirtualBox, and highly recommend it.
tdavis 18y ago
xkcd is consistently awesome... and consistently lost on most people.
- michael_dorfman 18y ago
  That's cool, though-- because it isn't aimed at "most people." Part of what makes xkcd so consistently awesome is how (unconsciously) tuned in it is to its target audience. What's always surprised (and scared) me, on the other hand, is that the readership of "Dilbert" scaled so well....
  - edw519 18y ago
    "What's always surprised (and scared) me, on the other hand, is that the readership of "Dilbert" scaled so well...." With what I've seen, it would have surprised me if it didn't. I'm one of those who never really laughed at Dilbert. I just said, "Yea, I've seen that before." Sad, but true. I have to admit, thought, I've never really seen a feline human resource director. I've seen many that were dumber, but never feline.
    - Xichekolas 18y ago
      I've found that when I start laughing at Dilbert cartoons it means I need to quit my job. That rule of thumb has worked well twice for me. Hopefully I won't have to apply it too many more times.
  - tdavis 18y ago
    Oh, it is most certainly cool. It's one of the reasons I love the comic so much.
SamReidHughes 18y ago
Webcomics belong on the comics subreddit.
jpeterson 18y ago
Lame.

30 points by getp 18y ago

This is pretty funny as usual. Ironically, Randall uses a Windows XP tablet PC. He said he couldn't switch to Linux cause he needs Photoshop (I told him about Wine). By the way, did they every figure out which dev was responsible for commenting out the relevant lines? smanek asks innocently without waving around around a big beating stick or anything

thaumaturgy 18y ago
| (I told him about Wine) What about Gimp?
- astrec 18y ago
  Ya know, as much as I love Gimp; Photoshop it ain't.
gabriel 18y ago
It isn't much of a secret in free softwar :) According to the LWN write-up (http://lwn.net/Articles/281434/ http://lwn.net/Articles/281434/) the culprit was a Debian developer Kurt Roeckx, though obviously this patch never swam upstream and he didn't seem to get much help from the OpenSSL developers in assessing the patch in the first place. See also: http://lwn.net/Articles/281436/ http://lwn.net/Articles/281436/
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0x28aa1f185a6b4 18y ago
Try virtualbox, 100% free in every way for all the features you'll need. Install and setup are extremely streamlined (way better than vmware). Just a few clicks. Fast also.
- aneesh 18y ago
  Well, not exactly 100% free. VirtualBox itself is free -- but you need a copy of Windows to install on it (which is most certainly not free!) I use VirtualBox, and highly recommend it.

tdavis 18y ago

xkcd is consistently awesome... and consistently lost on most people.

michael_dorfman 18y ago
That's cool, though-- because it isn't aimed at "most people." Part of what makes xkcd so consistently awesome is how (unconsciously) tuned in it is to its target audience. What's always surprised (and scared) me, on the other hand, is that the readership of "Dilbert" scaled so well....
- edw519 18y ago
  "What's always surprised (and scared) me, on the other hand, is that the readership of "Dilbert" scaled so well...." With what I've seen, it would have surprised me if it didn't. I'm one of those who never really laughed at Dilbert. I just said, "Yea, I've seen that before." Sad, but true. I have to admit, thought, I've never really seen a feline human resource director. I've seen many that were dumber, but never feline.
  - Xichekolas 18y ago
    I've found that when I start laughing at Dilbert cartoons it means I need to quit my job. That rule of thumb has worked well twice for me. Hopefully I won't have to apply it too many more times.
- tdavis 18y ago
  Oh, it is most certainly cool. It's one of the reasons I love the comic so much.

SamReidHughes 18y ago

Webcomics belong on the comics subreddit.

jpeterson 18y ago

Lame.