> On Thu, 08 May 2008 10:14:49 -0600, High Plains Thumper wrote:
>

>> Bob Tennent wrote:

>>> Hadron wrote:
>>>

>>>> I have to laugh - originally the Dilbert team released a simplified UI
>>>> version of their daily page because of slow connections and older
>>>> installs not being up to date with Flash etc.
>>>>
>>>> Now they have named it "Linux/Unix"
>>>>
>>>> http://dilbert.com/fast/
>>>>
>>>> Look at the link to it at the bottom of the page. What a slap in the
>>>> face!

>>>
>>> Why is this a "slap in the face"? Why does it "diss" Linux? My Linux
>>> installation can cope with the Flash stuff OK but I prefer the "fast"
>>> version; I'm sure lots of people on other platforms will too. The web
>>> designers obviously think otherwise, but that's their problem.

>>
>> It is not. [H]adron is spouting his usual anti-Linux / pro-Microsoft
>> gobshite, which is why many have him meticulous and deservedly placed in
>> the kill bin. However, Dilbert slipped this good analogy out:
>>
>> http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2008-05-08/
>>
>> Dilbert: I didn't have any accurate numbers so I just made up this one.
>> Studies have shown that accurate numbers aren't any more useful than the
>> ones you make up.
>>
>> Pointy-Haired-Boss: How many studies showed that?
>>
>> Dilbert: Eighty-seven.
>>
>> Thus spoketh Hadron.
>>
>> BTW, the flash page above shows up fine in Ubuntu and FireFox.

>
> Shows up fine in Mandriva & Firefox too.