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- Subject: Another "If OSes were..." - now it is "planes"
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- From: <desnick@msvax.mssm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 17 May 94 12:29:44 EST
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- I've just received this funny message and immediately decided to share it
- with my a.f.c. buddies ;-)
- Enjoy!
- From: William Howell <howell@cs.unc.edu>
-
- Here is the airline joke I read at the NCSA meeting in May. A
- number of you asked me to send it.
-
- ___
-
-
- IF OPERATING SYSTEMS RAN AIRLINES
-
- DOS Airline: Everybody pushes the airplane until it glides, then
- jump on and let the plane coast until it hits the ground again,
- then push again, jump on again and so on.
-
- DOS with QEMM Airline: The same thing but with more leg room to
- push.
-
- Mac Airline: All the stewards, stewardesses, captains, baggage
- handlers, and ticket agents look the same, act the same, and talk
- the same. Every time you ask questions about details, you are
- told you don't need to know, don't want to know, and everything
- will be done for you without you having to know, so just shut up.
-
- OS/2 Airline: To board the plane, you have your ticket stamped
- ten different times by standing in ten different lines. Then you
- fill out a form showing where you want to sit and whether it
- should look and feel like an ocean liner, a passenger train, or a
- bus. If you succeed in getting on board the plane and the plane
- succeeds in getting off the ground, you have a wonderful
- trip...except for the times when the rudder and flaps get frozen
- in position, in which case you have time to say your prayers and
- get yourself prepared before the crash.
-
- Windows Airline: The airport terminal is nice and colorful, with
- friendly stewards and stewardesses, easy access to the plane, an
- uneventful takeoff...then the plane blows up without any warning
- whatsoever.
-
- NT Airline: Everyone marches out on the runway, says the
- password in unison, and forms the outline of an airplane. Then
- they all sit down and make a whooshing sound like they're fly-
- ing.
-
- Unix Airline: Everyone brings one piece of the plane with them
- when they come to the airport. They all go out on the runway
- and put the plane together piece by piece, arguing constantly
- about what kind of plane they're building.
-
- Alexandre Pechtchanski, GCRC system manager system@vaxa.crc.mssm.edu
-