Genius

[Fonzy]

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/density.png

[Zerg]

You're 2 days late :V

[Fonzy]

You're 2 days late :V

Thank you, Big Ben, for reminding us all that, yes, comedy does indeed have an expiration date.

[Tidal Kraken]

*posts internet-srsbusiness.jpg*

[Jenius]

I think one of my favorite comics by them ever was the one about nice guys being dishonest douchebags.

Fake edit: found it http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/friends.png

I pretty much want to post this every time I ever see someone whining on the internet that their female friends won't randomly come onto them.

[mrs_bun]

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/density.png

:rofl:

Omg, awesome. +reps.

EDIT: I can rep Fonzy again! :O

[Kant]

I think one of my favorite comics by them ever was the one about nice guys being dishonest douchebags.

Fake edit: found it http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/friends.png

I pretty much want to post this every time I ever see someone whining on the internet that their female friends won't randomly come onto them.

I wish the dude had posted it 1-2 years ago, back when it was about me, instead of something that I get angry about.

But yeah, if that was his only comic XKCD would still be a great human achievement.

[mrs_bun]

I wish the dude had posted it 1-2 years ago, back when it was about me, instead of something that I get angry about.

But yeah, if that was his only comic XKCD would still be a great human achievement.

:rolleyes:

[Kant]

:rolleyes:

:V

[Jenius]

:rolleyes:

To be fair I think most insecure guys made this mistake at some point in their life. It's not really hard to fault a nerdy high schooler for being afraid to make the first move while still being angsty that they're still single.

I just appreciate the comic because it outlines so clearly what makes that stance retarded.

[LegendShark]

Fuck, I'm just a nice guy and do that kind of shit anyway without expecting jack...

No wonder I don't get any ass. :V

[mrs_bun]

To be fair I think most insecure guys made this mistake at some point in their life. It's not really hard to fault a nerdy high schooler for being afraid to make the first move while still being angsty that they're still single.

I just appreciate the comic because it outlines so clearly what makes that stance retarded.

I can fault Kant for anything, it's his superpower. :P

It is a good comic tho.

[Zerg]

Thank you, Big Ben, for reminding us all that, yes, comedy does indeed have an expiration date.Maybe it doesn't, but I look 30% cooler when I declare something 2 days old as old news. :V

[Fonzy]

Maybe it doesn't, but I look 30% cooler when I declare something 2 days old as old news. :V

This much is true.

[Jesus Christ]

This much is true.

And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

[mrs_bun]

Oh snap, banned in the face. :P

[Regret]

Hail Caesar!

[mrs_bun]

1000 years of awesome
???
Profit!

[Zindaras]

I really liked Jenius's, but the latest one is also one of my favourites.

http://high5.net/comic/XKCD/correlation.png

[Naga]

I really liked Jenius's, but the latest one is also one of my favourites.

http://high5.net/comic/XKCD/correlation.png

I looked at that on my phone when it came out early Friday morning, and I missed the last panel. I laughed, but now its even better.

[Zerg]

ITT we link every new xkcd comic because everyone else is clearly too lazy to click their bookmark/type in the URL.

[Fonzy]

ITT we link every new xkcd comic because everyone else is clearly too lazy to click their bookmark/type in the URL.

More like ITT, Zerg continues to act like a douche, amirite?

[.Rikku.]

More like ITT, Zerg continues to act like a douche, amirite?
QTF

[Naga]

Zerg reminds me more and more of a friend of mine.

[mrs_bun]

This is one of my faves.

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/piano.png

[Zerg]

Correction: ITT we post completely random xkcd comics :V

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/windows_7.png

[mrs_bun]

Mine wasn't random! Also Vista jokes are silly. :P

[Fonzy]

This is one of my faves.

<snip>

That one made me chuckle because I used to tell that joke at bars.

--

I've been considering getting a signed print of one of these two for my office:

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/exploits_of_a_mom.png

or

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/compiling.png

I'm leaning towards the first one, since it fits my job more specifically, but the second one sometimes applies too, even though I'm usually waiting for a query to refresh instead of code compiling.

[Tidal Kraken]

Correction: ITT we post completely random xkcd comics :V

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/windows_7.png

uuuuuugh

xkcd can be funny sometimes but then he has to ruin it with this shit

[Van]

Today's comic kinda missed the mark.

I mean, I get the joke, and it's clever, but not really funny. Hover text was alright :V

[BlaineTog]

uuuuuugh

xkcd can be funny sometimes but then he has to ruin it with this shitYou mean, the truth?

[Van]

You mean, the truth?

It's just a painfully obvious and easy stab at Microsoft and Vista. Given that XKCD is known for being creative and fairly original with it's work, it's incredibly disappointing when they stoop to CTRL-ALT-DEL levels of humor.

Spot the hypocrisy and win a prize

[Jenius]

And realistically, Vista isn't even that bad. It's main problem was that it was created too soon. If you ran it on a higher end PC it supposedly can use your specs more efficiently/better, but the problem is it sucks on low ends because it's a memory hog in itself. So when retarded people decided to sell 1-2gig ram pc's with vista and it seemed to function much worse than xp, obviously you ran into problems.

[Van]

And realistically, Vista isn't even that bad. It's main problem was that it was created too soon. If you ran it on a higher end PC it supposedly can use your specs more efficiently/better, but the problem is it sucks on low ends because it's a memory hog in itself. So when retarded people decided to sell 1-2gig ram pc's with vista and it seemed to function much worse than xp, obviously you ran into problems.

Hell, I've actually gotten used to Vista. I saw my older brother's XP laptop and was confused for a good 10 minutes. And yeah, my laptop doesn't even run it so well, with the amazing 2 gigs of ram. Though I still have this complaint: I need to upgrade my version of Vista if I want more than 3 gigs of RAM, because otherwise it just won't read it. What the fuck?

[Zerg]

Vista was released either waaay too soon, or it's simply a shitty idea with poor optimization.

Even if it were released now, I'd still call it too soon for the kind of resources it uses because I'm willing to bet most office PCs in 2009 don't have over 2 gigs of RAM. A good portion of home PCs doesn't have that either.

In fact, pretty much only gaming PCs come with 4+ gigs and 300-dollar video cards. An OS shouldn't be catering to top 25%.

[Purser The Guy]

Hell, I've actually gotten used to Vista. I saw my older brother's XP laptop and was confused for a good 10 minutes. And yeah, my laptop doesn't even run it so well, with the amazing 2 gigs of ram. Though I still have this complaint: I need to upgrade my version of Vista if I want more than 3 gigs of RAM, because otherwise it just won't read it. What the fuck?
Needs moar 64 bit Vista. :V

[Purser The Guy]

And realistically, Vista isn't even that bad. It's main problem was that it was created too soon. If you ran it on a higher end PC it supposedly can use your specs more efficiently/better, but the problem is it sucks on low ends because it's a memory hog in itself. So when retarded people decided to sell 1-2gig ram pc's with vista and it seemed to function much worse than xp, obviously you ran into problems.

This is actually true. I found Vista to be more responsive on my PC than XP with 2 GBs of memory.

[Van]

Needs moar 64 bit Vista. :V

Yes, but that costs money :V

[Keeper]

Vista
costs money :V

HAUAHAUhaauhuAHAUHSUAHSUHUAHUAHAUHA

[Kant]

There are also a lot of little annoyances (it's hard to connect to the internet via wireless, lots of games not being made for Vista, slight tendency to crash) that annoy me, mostly because I'm so used to using XP, which has been refined a shit ton of times.

The way I see it, complaining about Vista now is like complaining that a game is buggy when you buy it on opening week-yeah, it's a legitimate complaint, they should've given you a full game, but rest asssured, for it'll be fixed eventually.

[Jenius]

The main thing I don't understand about Vista hate is who it's coming from. Yeah, the uneducated masses can have a problem with it, that was MSoft's fault for not waiting a bit till computers were better to release it. But why does XKCD and other more nerdy places take shots at it? From what I've read from people who know what they're talking about, if you have a good computer, vista is probably better.

My computer's too old to run it (1 gig of ram and such), but if I got a new one with more modern specs I'd probably be willing to give vista a shot.

[Zerg]

The way I see it, complaining about Vista now is like complaining that a game is buggy when you buy it on opening week-yeah, it's a legitimate complaint, they should've given you a full game, but rest asssured, for it'll be fixed eventually.UNLESS IT'S AGE OF CONAN LOLOLOLOLO

[Fonzy]

UNLESS IT'S AGE OF CONAN LOLOLOLOLO

Boy was that ever a hideous letdown. Or so I hear.

[Van]

I'd rather post this here than make a new thread:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208404
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231156

Is 7 dollars worth going 6400 over 5300? :V

[Fonzy]

I'd rather post this here than make a new thread:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208404
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231156

Is 7 dollars worth going 6400 over 5300? :V

IMO, yes. Depends how attached you are the extra $7 though.

[BlaineTog]

The main thing I don't understand about Vista hate is who it's coming from. Yeah, the uneducated masses can have a problem with it, that was MSoft's fault for not waiting a bit till computers were better to release it. But why does XKCD and other more nerdy places take shots at it? From what I've read from people who know what they're talking about, if you have a good computer, vista is probably better.Because if you're good enough with computers to be able to handle Vista, you should be using your favorite Linux distribution!

[Van]

Because if you're good enough with computers to be able to handle Vista, you should be using your favorite Linux distribution!

Being able to turn off annoying security features and getting used to a new Start menu does not mean that you're capable, or willing, to get an OS that requires you to use a console for 90% of it's actions :V

Plus, Linux is terrible with games, and Wine is buggy as hell.

[Jenius]

Because if you're good enough with computers to be able to handle Vista, you should be using your favorite Linux distribution!

To be honest, I'm thinking about switching to something Linux based, but everytime I think I might I don't really see a reason to other than obligatory "I use linux" comments. I really don't want to dig for drivers every time I want to open notepad.

[notallama]

3 gigs of RAM
yeah.
that's due to physical limitations of your computer.
(it can use more than that, but it's slow and crappy to do so)

basically, 32 bits can address 2^32 memory addresses. 4gb.
with windows, presumably 3gb of that is for ram, and 1gb is for other things.

other things being anything else that you plug in that needs to act as though it's regular memory (monitors, usb stuff, pretty much anything, really).

so yeah. without a 64 bit os, you're pretty much fucked.

and you could use say, 2 32 bit words to address more memory in a 32 bit computer, but it's not very useful.
memory is the main bottleneck in computer speed. the last thing you want is more work to access it. (and if you need that much ram, chances are you don't want it to be slow)


also, this reminds me:
if any of you guys are getting a computer, make sure the ram/bus is fast.
you really don't need to give a shit about anything else.
(well, graphics card too, i guess. but that still takes a fairly distant second place)
cpu doesn't matter at all except for bus speed. (well, cache size matters, but they're determined by bus speed, as far as i know)

[notallama]

To be honest, I'm thinking about switching to something Linux based, but everytime I think I might I don't really see a reason too other than obligatory "I use linux" comments. I really don't want to dig for drivers every time I want to open notepad.
if you have any intent to do programming, do it. the tools for that are several orders of magnitude better than windows ones.
(the most basic "notepad" style programs do text hilighting, for example.)

and the main issue is getting it installed. after that, it's not awful.
and sometimes it will install fine with no need to track down and compile a driver. depends on your hardware. (i had no such luck.)

if you're not going to do any programming, i don't really see the point of switching.
hopefully there will come a day when everything works cross-platform, but that day is not here yet. games and photoshop and such generally won't work.

[Jenius]

This is one of my faves.

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/piano.png

I really don't get it.

[BlaineTog]

Being able to turn off annoying security features and getting used to a new Start menu does not mean that you're capable, or willing, to get an OS that requires you to use a console for 90% of it's actions :V

Plus, Linux is terrible with games, and Wine is buggy as hell.It claims you can run GuildWars on it with few, if any, problems, so bring it on!

[notallama]

It claims you can run GuildWars on it with few, if any, problems, so bring it on!
tried it.
the result was it crashing my window server.

[Zerg]

I really don't get it.It's pretty obscure, and even more obscure without the alt-text.

He asked for a 12-inch pianist, but the genie misheard.

[Van]

It claims you can run GuildWars on it with few, if any, problems, so bring it on!

tried it.
the result was it crashing my window server.

I lol'd heartily :V

Wine can run MMO's alright, but try to get something like TF2 on there and you're fucked :V

[Jenius]

It's pretty obscure, and even more obscure without the alt-text.

He asked for a 12-inch pianist, but the genie misheard.

I think I probably would have gotten it had he phrased it this way. I hadn't heard the original joke before.

On hindsight that's kind of funny but the humor was probably lost in the explanation.

[Fonzy]

Ubuntu is a pretty nice OS. I'd recommend trying it out for anyone who has an interest in computers. I'm pretty much back on XP 100% now, but it's because I can't work from home whilst booted in Ubuntu and there are many other times where I don't feel like fucking with it in the event something goes wrong, so it's easier just to have an OS I know will work with just about everything I use.

Also, it is a good OS for programmers, because it's far more versatile and a lot of things wound up being written using Linux tools, but if you just need something to "set and forget", Windows is still the way to go.

[Jenius]

Ubuntu is a pretty nice OS. I'd recommend trying it out for anyone who has an interest in computers. I'm pretty much back on XP 100% now, but it's because I can't work from home whilst booted in Ubuntu and there are many other times where I don't feel like fucking with it in the event something goes wrong, so it's easier just to have an OS I know will work with just about everything I use.

Also, it is a good OS for programmers, because it's far more versatile and a lot of things wound up being written using Linux tools, but if you just need something to "set and forget", Windows is still the way to go.
Yeah that's kinda why I haven't switched to it. I think I'm computer savvy enough to use it and I know some programming, I just don't really see the point as I wouldn't be doing stuff that would benefit from running Linux. I'd just be one of those annoying people who talk about their use of linux when all they use their computer for is the internet/open office.

[Crouch]

http://www.flashasylum.com/db/files/Comics/Kris/medieval.png

amidoinitrite?

[mrs_bun]

I barely get it.

[Van]

I barely get it.

the lance is in his ass.

It's a gay joke :V

[mrs_bun]

I meant it was so obvious that I didn't realize I had already gotten it for a sec.

[notallama]

i don't get it. :(

i thought i got it, but then i read that it was supposed to be a gay joke.

[Van]

i don't get it. :(

i thought i got it, but then i read that it was supposed to be a gay joke.

The joke is that you are a moron and I am so goddamn happy at it.

[mrs_bun]

On hindsight that's kind of funny but the humor was probably lost in the explanation.

Also, this is the way to go with jokes, jokes that reference other jokes, so you sort of create a public domain inside joke that like a bunch of random ppl will get.

[Van]

Also, this is the way to go with jokes, jokes that reference other jokes, so you sort of create a public domain inside joke that like a bunch of random ppl will get.

So then I says, "Rectum? Damn near HERPIES!"

:V

[mrs_bun]

My fave is from Futurama. A robot is onstage doing standup, an its jsut a throwaway joke, which makes it even better "so the other robot says 'supercollider? i just met her'"

XP

[Van]

My fave is from Futurama. A robot is onstage doing standup, an its jsut a throwaway joke, which makes it even better "so the other robot says 'supercollider? i just met her'"

XP
I like mine because it's so goddamn obscure and old.

[LegendShark]

Mr. Dillo, what are you doing under a snowmobile?

[Fonzy]

That's the problem with Cyanide and Happinness: when it's good, it's ok, but when it's bad (which is most of the time), it's just fucking stupid.

[Tidal Kraken]

Cyanide and Happinness: it's just fucking stupid.

.

[Van]

Mr. Dillo, what are you doing under a snowmobile?

Holy shit someone else got it :V

[LegendShark]

Holy shit someone else got it :V

I knew that would surprise you.

Also: Waterman is old as fuck. Like, it was from the time when flash videos were the coolest things you could find on the internet.

Edit: Or maybe it just seemed like that because I was so young... In any case, random flash videos were 20x cooler than they are now.

[Van]

I knew that would surprise you.

Also: Waterman is old as fuck. Like, it was from the time when flash videos were the coolest things you could find on the internet.

Edit: Or maybe it just seemed like that because I was so young... In any case, random flash videos were 20x cooler than they are now.

Ahh, I remember that time. I actually had an account on Newgrounds, I kept up with my Strong Bad Emails...

now I'm on the source, playing WoW, or watching porn all the time :V

[Zerg]

NewgroundsWow... I haven't heard of that place in at least 3 years.

[Kant]

That's the problem with Cyanide and Happinness: when it's good, it's ok, but when it's bad (which is most of the time), it's just fucking stupid.

http://www.flashasylum.com/db/files/Comics/Dave/comicdia.png[/URL]
Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net (http://www.explosm.net/)

That's the problem with Cyanide and Happinness: when it's good, it's ok, but when it's bad (which is most of the time), it's just fucking stupid.

[Keeper]

http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20020907-2.gif