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madcharlie  
2009-02-25 3:44:06 PM  
They should try the Gentoo restaurant up the road. Much leaner and more personally tailored to individual taste, but preparation takes quite a bit longer.
 
z_gringo  
2009-02-25 3:50:42 PM  
heh..
 
dj_bigbird  
2009-02-25 3:54:19 PM  
And they have to go to a store to buy an ingredient that none of the cookbooks mention but the recipe won't work without.
 
madcharlie  
2009-02-25 3:57:38 PM  
I also heard that people were complaining that although the food tasted the same, they didn't like it because it looked different than what they were used to. Also, they couldn't believe that anybody would just give away perfectly good food for free.
 
PainInTheASP [OhFark]  
2009-02-25 3:57:42 PM  
Does anyone in the thread know how to get wireless working on my duck l'orange?
 
madcharlie  
2009-02-25 4:00:21 PM  

PainInTheASP: Does anyone in the thread know how to get wireless working on my duck l'orange?


Run:

apt-get --resinstall install fresh_flat-leaf_parsley_sprigs

Then try it again.
 
xenophon10k  
2009-02-25 4:00:27 PM  
You could also eat at Debian's - the food's not as fresh, but you'll never get indigestion.
 
Artmageddon  
2009-02-25 4:11:56 PM  
Screw you guys, if I share my recipe for Chili con Carne, how will I ever make money? If you want to test it you can just come to me and I'll make some for you
 
Guy Innagorillasuit  
2009-02-25 4:14:16 PM  

madcharlie: They should try the Gentoo restaurant up the road. Much leaner and more personally tailored to individual taste, but preparation takes quite a bit longer.


Nah, the customers there are all insufferable and don't ever shut up about the mundane details of the food preparation.
 
wil [TotalFark]  
2009-02-25 4:20:52 PM  
You know, the biggest problem with this place is the waiters.

They never bring you your food; they just tell you how great it is and how you can do anything you want with it once it arrives.
 
Gonz  
2009-02-25 4:24:25 PM  
Are you saying that this linux can run on a computer without windows underneath it, at all ? As in, without a boot disk, without any drivers, and without any services? That sounds preposterous to me.

If it were true (and I doubt it), then companies would be selling computers without a windows. This clearly is not happening, so there must be some error in your calculations. I hope you realize that windows is more than just Office ? Its a whole system that runs the computer from start to finish, and that is a very difficult thing to achieve. A lot of people don't realize this.

Microsoft just spent $9 billion and many years to create Vista, so it does not sound reasonable that some new alternative could just snap into existence overnight like that. It would take billions of dollars and a massive effort to achieve. IBM tried, and spent a huge amount of money developing OS/2 but could never keep up with Windows. Apple tried to create their own system for years, but finally gave up recently and moved to Intel and Microsoft.

Its just not possible that a freeware like the Linux could be extended to the point where it runs the entire computer from start to finish, without using some of the more critical parts of windows. Not possible.

I think you need to re-examine your assumptions.
 
PainInTheASP [OhFark]  
2009-02-25 4:27:56 PM  

madcharlie: PainInTheASP: Does anyone in the thread know how to get wireless working on my duck l'orange?

Run:

apt-get --resinstall install fresh_flat-leaf_parsley_sprigs

Then try it again.


Thanks! Some guy on alt.linux.with.a.touch.of.thyme told me to use a tarball of dried_watercress and after I did, everything turned black.
 
wil [TotalFark]  
2009-02-25 4:33:13 PM  

PainInTheASP: Thanks! Some guy on alt.linux.with.a.touch.of.thyme told me to use a tarball of dried_watercress and after I did, everything turned black.


Just make sure you're using the right fork.
 
PainInTheASP [OhFark]  
2009-02-25 4:41:06 PM  

wil: PainInTheASP: Thanks! Some guy on alt.linux.with.a.touch.of.thyme told me to use a tarball of dried_watercress and after I did, everything turned black.

Just make sure you're using the right fork.


So is that the left one, then?

/Linux newb.
//Tried using the man pages, but Betty Crocker is a woman....
 
Weaver95 [TotalFark]  
2009-02-25 4:41:11 PM  

wil: PainInTheASP: Thanks! Some guy on alt.linux.with.a.touch.of.thyme told me to use a tarball of dried_watercress and after I did, everything turned black.

Just make sure you're using the right fork.


And recompile the condiments. for some reason, they're interfering with the drinks menu.
 
xenophon10k  
2009-02-25 4:41:14 PM  
Why is all the food at this restaurant brown?
 
dillenger69  
2009-02-25 5:00:48 PM  
The recipes are hard to follow too. They explain all the ways you can combine the ingredients, but don't give any clear step-by-step examples of actually putting a recipe together. Not to mention, everyone you ask for help has the disposition of Gordon Ramsey and yells at you for even being in the kitchen.
 
GAT_00  
2009-02-25 5:09:11 PM  
How to know you're a nerd: you're laughing your ass off at this thread.
 
WhyteRaven74  
2009-02-25 5:17:55 PM  
I'll just wait for the person who says "What idiot names their restaurant after Linux distro?"
 
ju66l3r  
2009-02-25 5:23:05 PM  
I heard you can usually find Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce hanging out there.
 
thereadlines  
2009-02-25 5:25:41 PM  

PainInTheASP: Does anyone in the thread know how to get wireless working on my duck l'orange?


RTFMenu n00b.
 
Sin_City_Superhero  
2009-02-25 5:25:47 PM  
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LibertyFirst  
2009-02-25 5:25:51 PM  
2005 Year of Linux on the desktop!
2006 Year of Linux on the desktop!
2007 Year of Linux on the desktop!
2008 Year of Linux on the desktop!
2009 Year of Linux on the desktop?

/Ubuntu user
 
wingnutx  
2009-02-25 5:25:52 PM  
Vegetarian? I was hoping they'd serve penguin.
 
saneyman  
2009-02-25 5:27:24 PM  
thats just about as exciting as sky diving !!
 
busy chillin'  
2009-02-25 5:27:50 PM  
Sit Ubuntu, sit. Good dog.
 
Born Slippy  
2009-02-25 5:28:30 PM  

GAT_00: How to know you're a nerd: you're laughing your ass off at this thread.


people think my "Got Root" hat has something to do with drugs.

/prefers my penguin with a touch of Mint
 
saneyman  
2009-02-25 5:28:45 PM  
i am damned, for I posted on the wrong thread
 
Hender  
2009-02-25 5:29:04 PM  

GAT_00: How to know you're a nerd: you're laughing your ass off at this thread.


Crap.

Oh, who am I kidding? I even follow Wil on Twitter. Wil is our leader.
 
technomuse [TotalFark]  
2009-02-25 5:30:19 PM  

PainInTheASP: Does anyone in the thread know how to get wireless working on my duck l'orange?


That's not duck...it's tux l'orange.

I want to see a restaurant called /dev/null
 
borland502  
2009-02-25 5:31:16 PM  
If cooking the food yourself isn't to your liking I hear Chef Jobs at OSX has the same delicious food, but prepared for you with much better presentation. Still, the food tends to be overpriced, the clientele tend to be pretentious, and the selection is limited. Also, there are rumors the chef has died.
 
djh0101010  
2009-02-25 5:32:10 PM  

dj_bigbird: And they have to go to a store to buy an ingredient that none of the cookbooks mention but the recipe won't work without.


1997 called, it wants its anti-linux FUD back.
 
bdub77 [TotalFark]  
2009-02-25 5:32:17 PM  
At least the corn was well prepared, they really found a great way to perfect each kernel. But the rest of the vegetables were just a bit too GUI.

/thank you I'll be here all night
 
buzzvert  
2009-02-25 5:33:50 PM  
I, um, ordered the... uh. cat. But they brought a man.

/can I be cool Linux guy now too?
 
Sudo_Make_Me_A_Sandwich  
2009-02-25 5:34:48 PM  

Gonz: Are you saying that this linux can run on a computer without windows underneath it, at all ? As in, without a boot disk, without any drivers, and without any services? That sounds preposterous to me.

If it were true (and I doubt it), then companies would be selling computers without a windows. This clearly is not happening, so there must be some error in your calculations. I hope you realize that windows is more than just Office ? Its a whole system that runs the computer from start to finish, and that is a very difficult thing to achieve. A lot of people don't realize this.

Microsoft just spent $9 billion and many years to create Vista, so it does not sound reasonable that some new alternative could just snap into existence overnight like that. It would take billions of dollars and a massive effort to achieve. IBM tried, and spent a huge amount of money developing OS/2 but could never keep up with Windows. Apple tried to create their own system for years, but finally gave up recently and moved to Intel and Microsoft.

Its just not possible that a freeware like the Linux could be extended to the point where it runs the entire computer from start to finish, without using some of the more critical parts of windows. Not possible.

I think you need to re-examine your assumptions.


5/10

/it might fool some people not familiar with operating systems
//writing from Firefox running Ubuntu
/Okay, so I do have a Windows partition around here somewhere...
 
Steve132  
2009-02-25 5:34:53 PM  

Gonz: Are you saying that this linux can run on a computer without windows underneath it, at all ? As in, without a boot disk, without any drivers, and without any services? That sounds preposterous to me.

If it were true (and I doubt it), then companies would be selling computers without a windows. This clearly is not happening, so there must be some error in your calculations. I hope you realize that windows is more than just Office ? Its a whole system that runs the computer from start to finish, and that is a very difficult thing to achieve. A lot of people don't realize this.

Microsoft just spent $9 billion and many years to create Vista, so it does not sound reasonable that some new alternative could just snap into existence overnight like that. It would take billions of dollars and a massive effort to achieve. IBM tried, and spent a huge amount of money developing OS/2 but could never keep up with Windows. Apple tried to create their own system for years, but finally gave up recently and moved to Intel and Microsoft.

Its just not possible that a freeware like the Linux could be extended to the point where it runs the entire computer from start to finish, without using some of the more critical parts of windows. Not possible.

I think you need to re-examine your assumptions.


7.5/10. Your bad information and bad computer science is offset just slightly by enough historical fact to make this one juicy enough to grab at.
 
Stay Cool Babylon  
2009-02-25 5:35:00 PM  

PainInTheASP: Does anyone in the thread know how to get wireless working on my duck l'orange?


Winner.

Although most recent releases have been running great, out of box. In fact, I've hard a harder time getting wireless and other drivers running on new Win installs. Seriously.
 
internutthead  
2009-02-25 5:35:04 PM  
I tried the Slackware shack up the road - but I had to ./configure my GPS to get me there and then I had to make the waitstaff serve(r) me. They gave me a bunch of packages of tar. So I had to make clean my hands in the restroom.

/I'll be here all week
//Try the vEAL
 
drjekel_mrhyde  
2009-02-25 5:35:12 PM  

wil: You know, the biggest problem with this place is the waiters.

They never bring you your food; they just tell you how great it is and how you can do anything you want with it once it arrives.


THISX1000
 
madgonad [OhFark]  
2009-02-25 5:36:32 PM  

LibertyFirst: 2005 Year of Linux on the desktop!
2006 Year of Linux on the desktop!
2007 Year of Linux on the desktop!
2008 Year of Linux on the desktop!
2009 Year of Linux on the desktop?

/Ubuntu user


Change that to 2009 Year of Liunx on the Netbook and it isn't a gag anymore.
 
boozehat  
2009-02-25 5:36:34 PM  
the dessert is great i hear. the waitress greps your manpage.
 
Issor  
2009-02-25 5:36:38 PM  
Oh, okay.
 
buckler  
2009-02-25 5:36:44 PM  
WTF? I brought my own fork, and it won't work with this salad.
 
Jedekai [OhFark]  
2009-02-25 5:37:03 PM  
So it reeks of pretentiousness and supposed usability but it can't really do anything unless you dress it up real pretty?

Fark that.
 
buckler  
2009-02-25 5:42:09 PM  

technomuse: PainInTheASP: Does anyone in the thread know how to get wireless working on my duck l'orange?

That's not duck...it's tux l'orange.

I want to see a restaurant called /dev/null


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Pretty close.
 
rulego66  
2009-02-25 5:42:17 PM  
I lol'd through most of this thread. Was that wrong?
 
drjekel_mrhyde  
2009-02-25 5:42:23 PM  

madgonad: LibertyFirst: 2005 Year of Linux on the desktop!
2006 Year of Linux on the desktop!
2007 Year of Linux on the desktop!
2008 Year of Linux on the desktop!
2009 Year of Linux on the desktop?

/Ubuntu user

Change that to 2009 Year of Liunx on the Netbook and it isn't a gag anymore.


But the return rate
Link (new window)
 
dj_bigbird  
2009-02-25 5:42:43 PM  

djh0101010: dj_bigbird: And they have to go to a store to buy an ingredient that none of the cookbooks mention but the recipe won't work without.

1997 called, it wants its anti-linux FUD back.


Just went through this very thing installing 8.09 on a 5 yr old laptop.
 
fonik  
2009-02-25 5:43:32 PM  
You could eat at Slack's. Everything is cheap and tasty, but you have to make it yourself while the cook smokes a pipe and stares at you the entire time, smiling.
 
TheJoeY  
2009-02-25 5:44:34 PM  

madgonad: LibertyFirst: 2005 Year of Linux on the desktop!
2006 Year of Linux on the desktop!
2007 Year of Linux on the desktop!
2008 Year of Linux on the desktop!
2009 Year of Linux on the desktop?

/Ubuntu user

Change that to 2009 Year of Liunx on the Netbook and it isn't a gag anymore.


mmm Eeebuntu
 
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