On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 20:33:35 GMT, Sinister Midget wrote:
> On 2006-08-06, Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted something concerning:
>> On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 17:14:11 GMT, Sinister Midget wrote:
>>
>>> On 2006-08-06, Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted something concerning:
>>>> On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 13:26:03 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> http://www.geek24.com/g/funny-picture-of-the-day-microsoft-windows-vista-is-backwards-compatible-with-blue-screen-of-death
>>>>
>>>> Fake.
>>>>
>>>> That's a Windows 9x blue screen. These are very different form an NT based
>>>> bluescreen which will show a stack dump as part of the trace.
>>>>
>>>> Someone has photoshopped a Windows 9x bluescreen on top of the image.
>>>
>>> Joke.
>>>
>>> I'm probably wrong. But I thought having "funny-picture-of-the-day" in
>>> the URL was a dead giveaway that it wasn't on the up and up.
>>>
>>> (I wonder if there's an exploit in Outhouse Excrement that gets
>>> triggered when a subject line is too long.)
>>
>> Then perhaps Roy shouldn't be reporting it as "news"?
>
> You followed the tradition. Maybe you should eat a little of your own
> dog food, too.
Huh?
>> Further, just because something is funny, doesn't mean it's automatically
>> implied that it's fake.
>
> That's true. But context means everything. So does appearance. And this
> particular one was sloppy enough to notice.
It sure fooled Roy.
> So I imagine you believe all of those other things on there. Like
> these:
>
> http://www.geek24.com/g/top-10-reasons-dogs-dont-use-computers
It's a joke.
> http://www.geek24.com/g/top-10-excuses-made-by-programmers
Actually, those are all true. I've hear (and even used) most of them at
some time or another.
> http://www.geek24.com/g/2006/06/13/absolutely-hilarious-computer-quotes
Quotes people have made, which makes them real.
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