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I was with you until you suggested 4chan as a center of internet culture.

Actually, I'm relatively sure that in practice that's precisely what it is. Although more familiarity with similar systems/interfaces (in the real world too) than with the actual OS/program in question.

Personally I prefer XP over Win7 for the most part.

I would be somewhat reluctant to mention Acrobat and efficiently in the same sentence.

I'm pretty sure prior art is still a thing even under first-to-file.

In fairness, it's called Agile Development, not Agile Software Engineering.

Maybe this is regional variation, but in NZ it seems the kind of person who wants to be called a Software Engineer is exactly the kind of person who thinks everything fits into their pet methodology. Which is often some inflexible misunderstanding of OO.

But you can bet a large portion of that 99% will answer "What's a linux? Is it like a meerkat?"

I thought the humour came from the fact that it's true.

I believe it was a reference to soma. Brave New World is generally seen as being more "bread and circuses" whereas 1984 leans more towards oppressive governmental control[1] (see, eg, Amusing Ourselves To Death by Neil Postman). Television is fairly Huxley-esque in that it's about people voluntarily distracting themselves from the burden of political involvement, rather than being forcibly put in their place by something like Miniluv.

[1]: That's not to say that the majority of the population in 1984 isn't kept under control by the media, it's just a less prominent theme.

I'm relatively sure "they" has a long history of being used for a set of people without implying they're a specific group with any sort of organisation.

For instance: "Bakers are excellent. They make delicious things for me to eat."

If you think bakers are a more concrete group than Anonymous then you're kidding yourself. Anonymous is simply "anyone who identifies as Anonymous in some context".

I'm perfectly capable of getting upset about Anonymous vandalism and drone strikes thank-you-very-much.

It'll be a V for Vendetta movie reference, more accurately.

Which is sort of derived in part from the whole Guy Fawkes thing, but I bet most of Anonymous have very little idea about anything outside of that film[1].

[1] I initially meant "anything about Guy Fawkes outside of that film", but I'll leave it as it stands.

I do get the impression, though, that you guys have been choosing between death and death.