I typically interact with X-many OSes per day:
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Define "Interact" And "OS" (Score:5, Funny)
Define "interact." The bits that represent the letters I am typing into this field have passed from my iMac, through my router, through my cable modem, up through my ISP's machines, up until it finally reached the Slashdot data center, with all its web servers, load balancer, firewalls, etc.. How many different OSes were on the machines in the journey of those bits? Linux? Solaris? Windows?
And the numerous interactions only get more tangled when sending email, what with multiple MX machines, DHCP lookups, etc.
And what's an OS? Is my router running its own OS? My cable modem?
It could be hundreds without even talking about my iPhone or TV...
Sounds like.. (Score:5, Funny)
Does "x=2" read as "I typically interact with too many OSes everyday"?
Re:3 or 4 depending (Score:5, Funny)
Except Linux isn't an OS, it's a kernel. You must be thinking of GNU/Linux. You didn't hear any heavy breathing behind you or see a shadow of a fat bearded guy with a sword or anything while you typed that, did you? Because that usually happens.
Re:Surprisingly many... (Score:2, Funny)
"OSX on my wife's laptop"
wife? LOL
Re:2 Windowsws, a *Nix and an /OS (Score:5, Funny)
...and z/OS.
A real computer can crush a human like a grape if it fell over.
Re:Counting minor variations... (Score:4, Funny)
So, you run a computer museum?