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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Someone has got an odd sense of humor when it comes
to os's, although I would like to know what the are using now :-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Matt.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>If it requires an inflight reboot, there's no doubt what OS it's
running.<BR>Gotta be Win98. I can see the MS tech support call now..<BR><BR>MS
Support: "Thank you for calling Microsoft Customer support. How may I<BR>help
you?"<BR>Pilot: "Uhh.. I'm spiraling towards the earth, both my engines are out,
and<BR>my display says 'General Protection Fault' in white text on a
blue<BR>background."<BR>MS Support: "And what is the system model?"<BR>Pilot:
"The the F-22 jet.."<BR>MS Support: "Oh yes, there are known issues that we will
not admit to with<BR>that particular system. To temporarily fix the problem,
simply reboot. Or,<BR>if the 5 minute boot time is too long, may I personally
recommend that you<BR>eject. However, you will have to purchase another license
of Windows 98 for<BR>$1000 since jet fighter crashes are not a valid reason to
receive a new<BR>license."<BR>Pilot: "@#$*(! Microsoft!"<BR>MS Support: "Thank
you and have a nice day!"<BR><BR>*****************************************<BR>RH
support: Thanks for calling Red Hat! How may we help you?<BR>Pilot: "Uhh.. I'm
spiraling towards the earth, both my engines are out, and<BR>my display says
'kernel panic' in white text on a black background."<BR>RH Support: "And what is
the system model?"<BR>Pilot: "The the F-22 jet.."<BR>RH support: If you read
linux-kernel-bugtraq, you will see that you should<BR>have patched your kernel
to 2.4.19-pre-alpha-revision-d before takeoff. But<BR>no problem, this is Linux
after all. Do you have another F22 on your LAN?<BR>Just telnet in from there, su
to root and restart sendmail.<BR>Pilot: @#$*! Redhat! I'm switching to Debian if
I survive!<BR>RH support: Can I interest you in any
RHAT?<BR><BR><BR>*****************************************<BR>FreeBSD support:
Thanks for calling FreeBSD! How may we help you?<BR>Pilot: "Uhh.. I'm spiraling
towards the earth, both my engines are out, and<BR>my display says 'Fatal trap
12: page fault while in kernel mode' in white<BR>text on a black
background."<BR>FreeBSD Support: "And what is the system model?"<BR>Pilot: "The
the F-22 jet.."<BR>FreeBSD support: No worries, just send us a full backtrace...
you _did_<BR>enable debugging information in your kernel didn't you?!<BR>Pilot:
@#$*! FreeBSD! I'm switching to OpenBSD if I survive!<BR>FreeBSD support:
RTFM!<BR>*****************************************<BR><BR><A
href="mailto:pilot@airoplane:~$">pilot@airoplane:~$</A> su -c "apt-get install
ejection-seat"<BR> Password:<BR>Reading Package Lists... Done<BR>Building
Dependency Tree... Done<BR>E: Couldn't find package
ejection-seat<BR><BR>*****************************************<BR><BR><BR>Apple
support: Thanks for calling Apple! How may we help you?<BR>Pilot: "Uhh.. I'm
spiraling towards the earth, both my engines are out, and<BR>my display says
'unresolved kernel trap' [arstechnica.com] in white text on<BR>a black
background, admittedly overlaid on very a friendly GUI. Before that,<BR>there
was a three second delay accompanied by a busy icon whenever I
tried<BR>anything."<BR>Apple Support: "And what is the system model?"<BR>Pilot:
"The the F-22 jet.."<BR>Apple support: Oh, sorry, we don't plan to support that
hardware until<BR>version 10.3. Can you use 10.2 Jaguar [aviationartprints.com]
until then?<BR>Pilot: @#$*! Mac! I'm switching to BeOS if I survive!<BR>Apple
support: Can I interest you in a .Mac
subscription?<BR><BR><BR><BR>--<BR>1<BR><BR><FONT face=Arial
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