Updates, postings and placeholders, plus some geeky silliness.

[loveslashangst]

Hi all, ophymirage here. The Kitty is down with a rather nasty virus, so the trying-to-be-regular Sunday night fic update is not happening till probably Tuesday. We're working on the next chapter of Ecstasy (it's partly roughed and partly beta'ed), but she's been instructed to get better and not exhaust herself. Send get-well wishes her way, because no smut till she's better! :)

In the meantime, I'd been digging through our chat archives looking for a particular conversation (still haven't found it, but that's beside the point), and came across this piece of dialogue. We agreed that it was funny enough to share with a wider audience. (Though our sense of funny leans toward the seriously geeky sometimes..)



MK: I'll have a think [about how best to get the OT3 ZOMG! into bed.]
OM: if Jack doesn't get shagged, temper flares that much quicker.
OM: since he's not getting 'rebooted'
OM: omg omg, HAHAHAHA
MK: What?
OM: Jack = Windows XP. Pretty interface; deceptively simple to use; blows up suddenly for obscure and complex reasons, with neither warning nor comprehensible error message; requires rebooting at least once every 3 days, if not more.
MK: *giggles*
MK: *ROFL*
MK: YES!!!!!!!!!
MK: <= HouseMate and Me = laughing our asses off
MK: HM sez, " That analogy FTW!!"
MK: (HM never uses NetSpeak, BTW)
OM: Ianto = Mac
OM: Lovely interface: simple and comprehensible to use, able to perform complex calculations or heavy graphics editing seamlessly. Base operating system: obscurer than the Da Vinci Code unless one is a skilled programmer/able to pay attention over long periods
OM: Never needs rebooting, but appreciates the thought.
MK: *grins*
OM: however, when it fails, which is rare, it fails EPICALLY
MK: FTW FTW FTW FTW!!!!
OM: and is non-patchable, and must be rebuilt from scratch.
MK: *falls down and worships*
OM: *grins* *bows*
OM: I have no idea what Hart is though.
MK: Unix
MK: OH!!!
MK: No
MK: AMIGA
MK: Ahead of its time
OM: amiga?
MK: Rendered fallow early.
OM: completely ignored?
MK: Inspires great love in those who know it well.
MK: And great hatred among those who don't understand it.
MK: Capable of feats of tremendous beauty.
MK: Or disturbing strangeness.
MK: Subject to severe prejudice
MK: Though not completely without reason.
OM: hmm...
MK: And, though frequently imitated, is impossible to duplicate.
OM: John = Difference Engine
OM: incredibly complex
OM: built to do one thing
OM: but adaptable to others
OM: mechanically beautiful
MK: Gwen = Windows Vista
MK: Like XP, but even MORE annoying
MK: Ooooooooh
OM: sucks? and completely reorganized so that not only can you not find the original command options, the ones they've given you are completely useless?
OM: *LOL*
MK: HM, "Windows Vista: completely volatile, pretty to look at, falls apart frequently without reason, overly paranoid, and completely incompatible with most things."
OM: most standard programs, anyway. ;D
MK: *grins*
OM: oh, and refused by the user community
MK: And utterly DESPISED by Mac
OM: literally
MK: Yup
MK: ACtually, not despised.
MK: Just avoided consciously
OM: oh, and it'll be obsolete inside of two years
MK: *giggles*
MK: Oh
MK: That's cold
MK: Cold-hearted
MK: And soooooooooooo true
MK: Poor Gwen
MK: We hates her sooooooooo so much
OM: I know, I know, it's so mean.
OM: I was scratching the cat, and have realized what Hart is in that short break
MK: ??
OM: he's Windows Server. Unpatched. Capable of handling incredibly complex tasks (networking, data storage & backup, etc.), but you constantly have to guard against security holes, and you will never know exactly who might be in there doing what at any point.
MK: *ROFL*
MK: Linux?
OM: Linux has WAY better safeguards against exploits.
OM: John seems to be perennially hacked. ;D
OM: a dummy server, with someone else controlling him
MK: *is howling wth laughter*
MK: !!!!!!!!!!!
MK: HM, "Are you sure he's not a virtual machine?"
MK: OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!
MK: I find this wayyyyyyyyyyyyy too funny
MK: So what's Owen?
MK: (Maybe Tosh is the Amiga.)
OM: Owen..
OM: hmm.
OM: old-school Unix install
OM: built by the highly educated
OM: finicky
OM: obscure
OM: requires VERY specific commands to navigate
MK: *grins*
OM: and yet very forward-thinking for its time-period
MK: And completely HATED by the new guys.
OM: yep
MK: Because it's mutually hostile
OM: there's always one old guy who's the specialist in the office
MK: Mac + Unix = mushroom cloud


Which leads, tonight, to LoveSlashAngst's first commercial presentation (this is Da Kitty's fault for introducing me to Mac/PC commercials on YouTube):

Jack and John, *stroll onto white background/stage from opposite sides. John, casual, hands in pockets; Jack stands at military parade rest.*

John: "Hello, I'm a Mac."

Jack: "And I'm a PC."

Jack: "Still the most popular operating system out there. Used by over half the galaxy!"

John: *stares at Jack for a minute, then doubles over laughing.*

Jack: *glares at John* "Oh, ha ha ha, very funny." *waits for John to sober up*

John: *wheezing*, "No, give me a minute, I'll - AHAHAHAHAHA!"

Jack and John *freeze*

Ianto: *strolls on screen in perfect Armani* "Actually, I'M the Mac. Windows PCs and Windows servers sometimes work together TOO well."

Ianto: "Take one down, and you can take them both out of action."

Ianto: "Excuse me a minute, I'll need to reboot these two."

Ianto, *kisses each one passionately, then walks off screen again, leaving both stunned and staring at each other*

Jack, "Did I miss something?"

*fade to black*