I want to mod this "+1 Thank you".

Why do people assume otherwise?

I think just emacs and you could probably say your computer does everything. Not efficiently or beautifully mind you, but it does everything nonetheless.

Our Intrepid Admin should have taken a few notes from the BOFH and stopped trying to "convince the users" as much as he should have been trying to "inflict upon the users." Then again our Intrepid Admin is probably an overgrown PFY so we can't really expect much, now can we?

More like, "Why won't this executable virus I got off facebook run!? Linux is shit, going back to windows!"

So I'm pretty sure my linux machine is malware free.

I'm going to try this right now. I'm going to break into my neighbour's house, and change all the locks on all their doors and windows. Each one will require a different key. It may be expensive, but it'll be interesting.

I suppose I could booby trap the home and steal the TV remote for good measure, but I'd like to see how they cope. I'll leave a key to each room hidden somewhere and they can start with a key that I'll tape to their back door. They have to unlock every single door in order to solve the final puzzle. Hell, I think I just came up with a way to have endless fun.

All I'll need now is to video stream it using a Raspberry Pi and I can make an entire story on Slashdot about it too!

Obligatory TED links, that might actually be a bit more insightful than TFA.

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/hans_rosling_religions_and_babies.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_on_global_population_growth.html

While I am skeptical that we'll have enough resources either way, I think that humans are going to have to adapt hard or the entire race will just fade away. This won't necessarily be a problem for a few generations, but there is very little left in this world that is untouched, or that we can leave untouched. Solutions to the energy crisis aside, food and water are still major concerns, and we can't infinitely increase the amount of farming, because we'll also need to increase our living spaces; however, this is unless we go full Tokyo and build above and below ourselves and learn to live in cramped situations. Even still, it will be an incredibly difficult feat to convince most Westerners that they aren't allowed cars anymore and that they need to walk or use trains to go to work. I don't mind myself, since I'm a student who uses trains and busing all the time, but few people want to give up the luxury of driving to work in favour of using a subway system (similar to how most east asian countries operate).

In the meantime, I'm going to be developing my zombie formula so that I can do my part to end overpopulation. Call me if you can help, I'm trying to put a patent together so I can sue others who want to destroy the Earth while the zombies and lawyers (?difference) take over.

Between this and the lawyer that was behind theOatmeal vs FunnyJunk I'm getting this funny impression that lawyers outside silicon valley are actually pretty nice people.

I must be getting brainwashed. Where's my tinfoil hat?

OH!!!! A WIFE!!!!

Now here I thought you said you'd be giving me girlfriends. I thought that if they're in an endless supply I could use the same life expectancy model on the relationship that silicon valley uses on technology nowadays. Planned obsolescence anyone?

Yes, actually. This is exactly what I propose.

If you send beautiful women my way, I'm not going to complain.

Don't be ridiculous. There are no girls on the internet.

Quite frankly, as an undergrad student in the middle of his degree, I'm more interested in the benefits, such as on the job training, or networking.

That said, I'm working in research right now, so any pay is probably more than what I'm making.

It is simple. We build our malls out of plastic and we'll navigate just fine.

Another plus is that you'll be able to use this to find your kid in the ball pit at McDonalds next time they disappear.

I would argue the opposite, actually. Most Adobe stuff just simply cannot keep up with Linux.

Why would they even try when the end product comes out like garbage anyways? I'm looking at you Flash.

So you're telling me that they're just as harmful as cellphones, and are just as much of a privacy invasion as cellphones?

Why don't we just strap a cellphone to the sides of our houses? Sounds like the general public would be more impressed if there was an android app that measured power usage.