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- inactive, on 10/19/2007, -119/+747Vista is the new windows ME *waits on the fan boys to digg him down*
- Senn, on 10/19/2007, -44/+479Not only has ME been explained, but Vista too.
- scoobycarolan, on 10/15/2007, -16/+388that explains why the Mac is so different, pot & lsd
- listrophy, on 10/12/2007, -12/+333"...you can't just give a team of coders a year's supply of whiskey and tell them to get cracking."
Yes you can. - Dchandaman, on 10/10/2007, -6/+279way to ruin the punch line
- Krumm, on 10/10/2007, -1/+219ME was Day to Day, you just had to spend the nights re-installing...
- NewChar, on 10/15/2007, -65/+282Not a fanboy, but you're plain wrong. Vista is actually usable as a day-to-day OS. ME was not.
- chrisxkelley, on 10/12/2007, -4/+198"developers, developers, developers!"
... i believe this sentence may have been said just a little too far to the right of the peak.
:) - totorototoro, on 10/19/2007, -1/+173Remember it? I'm running it righ
- arobar, on 10/12/2007, -11/+152Anyone who says that Vista is the same as ME *clearly* never used ME. That's like saying Bush is the same as Hitler... Sure, they're both bad. But one is clearly worse.
- vamper, on 10/10/2007, -10/+107incorrect... vista is the spawn of meth addiction ms is moving it up a notch
- NeoCortex, on 10/10/2007, -15/+107And in related news, XKCD performs another scheduled update of its comic strip. If only there was some way to predict when new comics would be posted. How are we supposed to know what day of the week it is without the help of Digg submissions such as this.
Thank you, sir. If it wasn't for your timely submission, I would have completely forgotten it was a Monday. - StingerMS, on 10/10/2007, -10/+92Microsoft fanboys? On Digg? NEVER!
- DefaultGen, on 10/10/2007, -9/+86And to think, in 5 years XKCD will probably make a Vista homage to this comic.
- UNL1M1T3D, on 10/10/2007, -5/+68Also known as the "Jobs effect".
- Smiley09, on 10/10/2007, -2/+59Come on, ME was great.
A virus was going around at a 700 person lan party, and I never got the virus, either because 1 - my OS was so outdated or 2 - the virus took pity on me for still using ME. - OnoTadaki, on 10/10/2007, -5/+61Why did you replace the letters 'y' with 'i'? It's not like it saves you valuable characters, or is even easier to type, and you effectively look like a moron.
- goflyers, on 10/10/2007, -3/+58I also discovered this during college when I'd do shots for errors and drinks of beer for warnings. Definitely taught me to remember my semi-colons. Toward .25 you end up with a bunch of spaces from your forehead being on the keyboard.
- picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -5/+55you know what's funny? Just think how many Linux programmers have added stuff drunk.... Don't flame me now- I love Linux- I just think it's funny because probably 99% of MS's work I'm sure is all sober.....
- zaren, on 10/10/2007, -2/+47Didn't read the rollover text, did ya?
- UNL1M1T3D, on 10/10/2007, -2/+41The Ballmer effect enables me to play video games better.
- kingkilr, on 10/10/2007, -6/+41ME prevented high speed internet from working on my Mom's PC, no idea how, but it did, I installed 2000 and it magically worked :(
- meez, on 10/10/2007, -4/+38But Linux developers kept to the Ballmer peak.
- andywebb95, on 10/10/2007, -0/+33Good point.
Working on code in your spare time in the comfort of your own home has environmental factors that (from what I have seen) are seldom discussed.
But I think the good results speak for themselves.
Comfortable, happy, and challenged developers = good code - drizzlelicious, on 10/10/2007, -2/+34He just listened to a little too much Avril Lagvine
- Kitsune818, on 10/10/2007, -2/+34The graph is much more complex. You need a vector for blood caffination and one for time of day (night). Also, programming ability seems to be inversely proportional to social life.
- TTimo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+32I have reasons to believe this is actually true :)
- Nevuk, on 10/10/2007, -1/+31So as a programmer... I'd be able to drink on the job? Awesome.
- aaryn, on 10/10/2007, -7/+37Everyone who dugg it
- kineticarl, on 10/10/2007, -0/+29you win.
- IllBeBack, on 10/10/2007, -1/+28As long as the pizzas and Mountain Dew keep coming under the door, I'm in.
- Moskie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+27I can personally attest this to be true. It's 3am, your Data Structures project is due in 4 hours, and you're nowhere near to getting the output right.
Then you hit 0.129% BAC and *poof* that ***** gets DONE. - seraph582, on 10/10/2007, -3/+30i dugg you up for your effort, and yes, vista does suck, but you have obviously forgotten the kick in the teeth that was ME
- FreakTrap, on 10/10/2007, -1/+26You mean, such programs as EXPLORER.EXE and RUNDLL32.EXE?
- Dumbledorito, on 10/10/2007, -8/+33I've been using Vista for almost 4 months now. No problems at all, no backwards compatability issues (and I use some pretty old stuff), and it's stable.
YMMV, but comparing it to Windows ME is like comparing any modern-day car to a Yugo. - picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -3/+27wouldn't that be sweet?! But I insist on donuts also.
- Brabus, on 10/12/2007, -46/+68Vista = Windows ME Reloaded
- aadnk, on 10/10/2007, -1/+22Microsoft fanboys? In MY Digg?
- caerwyn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+21You mean you set things up and then never touched the computer again for fear of it exploding due to attempting to run Notepad?
- thcobbs, on 10/10/2007, -18/+38Yes, that points to duggmirror.com....
Do you want a ***** cookie or something? - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -5/+25Maybe that is why OS2 was killed off. Ultra stable and protected system and no revenue generated from tech support. I am cynical but I think the virus and hacking community are part of the establishment, set up to sell tech support packages to illiterate computer users. Think about it viruses and hacks are one step ahead of the solution. As soon as the viruses and hacks are fixed the next generation appear.
IF BUILDERS BUILT HOUSES LIKE PROGRAMMERS WROTE PROGRAMS; THE FIRST WOODPECKER THAT CAME ALONG WOULD DESTROY CIVILISATION! - growler1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19Windows Me.
The horror, the horror.
The same pc that ran Me for me fitfully and crashing every other day in 99 now runs linux effortlessly. If it hadn't been for 2000 and XP, MS would've run themselves into the ground. - Camann, on 10/10/2007, -1/+20If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 0.129% BAC, you're gonna see some serious *****.
- aaryn, on 10/10/2007, -2/+21I dugg this story just for you
- dsmx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+20I thought it was called Mistake Edition
- inactive, on 10/19/2007, -1/+20***** ME!
- Dongvid, on 10/10/2007, -1/+20its more likely than you think.
- GeoBjorn, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21K umm im gonna go with Godwin's law on this one...
- sexybobo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+19Ohio Linuxfest afterparty. Lol I bet that was swarming with ladies.
- Moskie, on 10/10/2007, -1/+19But maybe this particular strip will spur discussion here on Digg, so why not submit it? If people like it and start posting some interesting (or just fun) comments on it, then great. Who cares if it's not a special event or something.
(and yes, I do realize that there's a forum on XKCD. but who cares, I wanna talk about the strip here.) -
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