Dudley's dungeon -- Friday, 16 May, 2008

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5	2	1	18	7

Average rating: Good
Number of ratings: 33

Comments

Slowpoke	May 16, 2008 00:03
First comment: 27 February, 2007	239 comments written
Patently unfair bashing of Micro$oft. I heartily approve.
Wellan	May 16, 2008 00:12
First comment: 27 November, 2007	247 comments written
Segmentation fault. Core dumped. Rating automatically set to G.
Lecksand	May 16, 2008 01:30
First comment: 16 May, 2008	1 comments written
Didn't solicit a smile from me, but not bad. Fair
gneek	May 16, 2008 02:11
First comment: 18 January, 2008	159 comments written
I just installed Zenwalk. Dude, it's so freaking awesome. And oh yeah, good comic too. :P
cpu200hz	May 16, 2008 06:21
First comment: 16 May, 2008	1 comments written
wait, isn't ubuntu 8.04 out? get the scrollAnd I was gazing on the surges prone, With many a scalding tear and many a groan, When at my feet emerg'd an old man's hand, Grasping this scroll, and this same slender wand. I knelt with pain--reached out my hand--had grasp'd Those treasures--touch'd the knuckles--they unclasp'd-- I caught a finger: but the downward weight O'erpowered me--it sank. Then 'gan abate The storm, and through chill aguish gloom outburst The comfortable sun. I was athirst To search the book, and in the warming air Parted its dripping leaves with eager care. Strange matters did it treat of, and drew on My soul page after page, till well-nigh won Into forgetfulness; when, stupefied, I read these words, and read again, and tried My eyes against the heavens, and read again. [ Endymion, by John Keats ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. of charging...
Eskimo	May 16, 2008 08:55
First comment: 14 April, 2004	166 comments written
ScrollAnd I was gazing on the surges prone, With many a scalding tear and many a groan, When at my feet emerg'd an old man's hand, Grasping this scroll, and this same slender wand. I knelt with pain--reached out my hand--had grasp'd Those treasures--touch'd the knuckles--they unclasp'd-- I caught a finger: but the downward weight O'erpowered me--it sank. Then 'gan abate The storm, and through chill aguish gloom outburst The comfortable sun. I was athirst To search the book, and in the warming air Parted its dripping leaves with eager care. Strange matters did it treat of, and drew on My soul page after page, till well-nigh won Into forgetfulness; when, stupefied, I read these words, and read again, and tried My eyes against the heavens, and read again. [ Endymion, by John Keats ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. of charging, ROFL. But since Commodore Basic V2 isn't mentioned it will have to be mediocre (I can bash too :).
Nameless Fairy	May 16, 2008 09:48
First comment: 26 September, 2007	22 comments written
You hit the dead horseKing Richard III: A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! Catesby: Withdraw, my lord; I'll help you to a horse. King Richard III: Slave, I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die: I think there be six Richmonds in the field; Five have I slain to-day instead of him. A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! [ King Richard III, by William Shakespeare ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.! You hit the dead horseKing Richard III: A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! Catesby: Withdraw, my lord; I'll help you to a horse. King Richard III: Slave, I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die: I think there be six Richmonds in the field; Five have I slain to-day instead of him. A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! [ King Richard III, by William Shakespeare ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.! -More-
Medardo	May 16, 2008 12:19
First comment: 5 December, 2007	23 comments written
Aye, good.
	May 16, 2008 12:59
First comment: 1 April, 2004	431 comments written
I don't like Microsoft bashing. Nor do I like Ubuntu as a distro, but still it's an F.
Mighty Tater	May 16, 2008 16:35
First comment: 8 February, 2007	15 comments written
Nameless Fairy's comment pushed to "G"... Made me laugh.
blindcoder	May 16, 2008 17:33
First comment: 21 March, 2005	27 comments written
Shouldn't have been amber"Tree sap," Wu explained, "often flows over insects and traps them. The insects are then perfectly preserved within the fossil. One finds all kinds of insects in amber - including biting insects that have sucked blood from larger animals." [ Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. on Ubuntu with all that OpenSSL crap they blindly inherited from Debilian.
zem	May 16, 2008 18:12
First comment: 5 December, 2005	64 comments written
G for the comic, E for nameless fairy!
Blackened	May 16, 2008 19:05
First comment: 14 May, 2008	31 comments written
Well, maybe that wasn't fair, but it made me laugh anyway.
Antheridium	May 16, 2008 21:17
First comment: 17 May, 2007	442 comments written
So silly. I like it anyway.
Armv	May 16, 2008 22:45
First comment: 5 October, 2006	28 comments written
Rated G because it gave me a chuckle. But... Over the course of my life I've used a number of distros, and frankly every version of Ubuntu that I have used ranks in about the middle. I love linux but the mantra that something is popular doesn't automatically make it good. Same is true for pop culture. The new versions Ubuntu is to the open source community as Paris Hilton is to pop cultures. Both have rabid fans, both can insue in a flame war[Pestilence:] And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. [War:] And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. [Famine:] And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. [Death:] And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. [ Revelations of John, 6:1-8 ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details., and frankly I don't see any real worth in either. There I said it. Ubuntu is over rated (I'm pretty sure this counts as nerd suicide, so goodbye world).
	May 16, 2008 23:30
First comment: 1 April, 2004	431 comments written
Ubuntu ain't bad. But there are better. The good thing though is that when app makers start to port software to linux (Ubuntu in their minds) it mostly runs on other distros as well. Ubuntu is not like a Windows or something.
Drizhen	May 16, 2008 23:46
First comment: 21 February, 2008	20 comments written
Ehh... so-so. I'll give it a G (partially for the comments). "Ubuntu ain't bad. But there are better." Agreed. And really, we shouldn't be that nasty to Mr. Gates. After all, with vista, he's helping persuade people to come over to Linux...
@	May 17, 2008 02:20
First comment: 26 July, 2004	155 comments written
Ubuntu, in my experience, is the easiest to use, meaning it'll probably be the main receptacle for ppl trying to escape from vi$ta's tentacles. That's why I used it in the comic. Also, can Dion please fix my typo in panel 7 where I say the object is 'd' when I've already used that letter? It's driving me crazy... Also, no one seems to have noticed the nod to Newegg.com
Antheridium	May 17, 2008 07:11
First comment: 17 May, 2007	442 comments written
I agree that Ubuntu isn't quite all it's cracked up to be... what it is is entry-level Linux. I apologize if that sounds elitist, but really; their goal is to make themselves accessible to anybody and everybody, and that requires adapting the system so that it's simple, easy to use, and, dare I say, idiot-tolerant. This requires sacrificing some things that are mostly of interest to advanced users. What's more, they seem to have a philosophy of design and operation that's different from the rest of the open-source world. On some levels it doesn't even seem like it's Linux. Personally, I quite dislike it, and am thinking about moving to some other distribution. But... Ubuntu is the one that's popular, and has the name recognition. Probably because it's so easy to use... (So easy to use, no wonder it's number one!) Like it or hate it, it's become the face of Linux to the rest of the world. Here's just hoping its philosophy doesn't take over everywhere else.
acheron	May 17, 2008 20:01
First comment: 1 June, 2004	63 comments written
One of the points in favor of Linux is that you aren't locked into one company/organization's view of how your OS should be. If you like Ubuntu, great; if you don't, there are a ton of other distros you can try instead. Personally, I used Mandrake for awhile, back in the day when it was still called that, then I abandoned Linux altogether and used FreeBSD for many years. (I discovered Nethack by looking through the FreeBSD ports directory!) Within the past year I've rejoined the Linux fold and I use Debian now. (Though with the Debian OpenSSL thing I wonder if I should just go back to BSD, heh.)
Grey Knight	May 17, 2008 21:55
First comment: 20 October, 2005	116 comments written
There is a brilliant actinic white flash as a Symbolics machine hits the altarAltars are of three types: 1. In Temples. These are for Sacrifices [...]. The stone top will have grooves for blood, and the whole will be covered with _dry brown stains of a troubling kind_ from former Sacrifices. [ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ] To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods? [ Lays of Ancient Rome, by Thomas B. Macaulay ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.. Your movements are now unencumbered.
TK	May 18, 2008 00:05
First comment: 11 August, 2007	69 comments written
Personally, I don't get what people's problem is with Windows. I've used Windows all my life, and never have I run across any real problems - and usually the problems are traceable to a specific program rather than the OS itself. I figure when it starts to become a problem, I'll switch to something else. I'll concede that Linux OS's may be better for those who know how to use them (I'm not one of these), but I don't think that Windows deserves all the crap it gets.
Antheridium	May 18, 2008 21:23
First comment: 17 May, 2007	442 comments written
The main argument against Windows is that it's bloated and inefficient. One can argue underpowered too. And then there's the fact that it's made by Microsoft, a company that everybody hates because they seem to enjoy restrictive licensing, DRM, and otherwise treating users like the enemy. In short, people think Windows is crap that's just made to make money without really caring about the users. At least, that's the impression I get. This is probably a discussion we don't want to get (too deep) into, though.
Dani	June 24, 2008 22:35
First comment: 7 June, 2008	39 comments written
G for the comic, E for the scrollAnd I was gazing on the surges prone, With many a scalding tear and many a groan, When at my feet emerg'd an old man's hand, Grasping this scroll, and this same slender wand. I knelt with pain--reached out my hand--had grasp'd Those treasures--touch'd the knuckles--they unclasp'd-- I caught a finger: but the downward weight O'erpowered me--it sank. Then 'gan abate The storm, and through chill aguish gloom outburst The comfortable sun. I was athirst To search the book, and in the warming air Parted its dripping leaves with eager care. Strange matters did it treat of, and drew on My soul page after page, till well-nigh won Into forgetfulness; when, stupefied, I read these words, and read again, and tried My eyes against the heavens, and read again. [ Endymion, by John Keats ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. of charging comment.
MadDawg2552	October 10, 2008 16:03
First comment: 6 October, 2008	69 comments written
I was expecting the Mac to be the one that was cursed, not another Windows program. This comic fails on every level.
Nate879	October 14, 2008 13:29
First comment: 11 October, 2008	8 comments written
The only reason you don't notice the problems with Windows is that you haven't used anything else.

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