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If operating systems ran airplanes...
Future airplanes run by various operating systems:
DOS: Everybody pushes it till it glides, jumps on, and lets it coast
till it skids... then jumps off, pushes, jumps back on, etc.
DOS w/QEMM: same as DOS but with more leg room to push.
MAC: all the stewards, stewardesses, captains, baggage handlers, etc.,
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
knowing, so just shut up.
OS/2: to get on board you have to have your ticket stamped 10 different
times by standing in 10 different lines; then you have to fill
out a form that states how you want your seating arrangement to
be -- whether it should have the look and feel of an ocean liner,
a passenger train, or a bus. If you are successful in getting on
board and getting off the ground you have a wonderful, enjoyable
trip... except for times when the rudder and flaps freeze stuck,
in which case you have time to say your prayers and get your
personal things in order before you crash.
Windows: nice colorful airport terminal, friendly stewards/stewardesses,
easy access to a plane, uneventful takeoff.... then BOOM!
you blow up without any warning whatsoever.
NT: everyone sits on the runway and forms the outline of a plane, then
they just sit there and go "PHHLLZZZSST" like they're flying.
Unix: everyone brings one piece of the plane with them when they come to
the airport. Then they go out on the runway and piece it together,
all the time arguing about what kind of plane they are building.
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