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| title = Server Problem | | title = Server Problem | ||
| image = server_problem.png | | image = server_problem.png | ||
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| titletext = Protip: Annoy Ray Kurzweil by always referring to it as the 'Cybersingularity'. | | titletext = Protip: Annoy Ray Kurzweil by always referring to it as the 'Cybersingularity'. | ||
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− | ==Explanation== | + | == Explanation == |
− | [[Cueball]] has messed up his | + | In this comic, [[Cueball]] has messed up his Linux server (again, so he apparently does this a lot). [[Megan]] comes over and enters the basic command 'ls' which is supposed to list the files in the current directory. Instead, the computer responds with a generic error message generated by a file named ls.jar in an obscure location. |
− | + | Even ignoring that the 'ls' command's executable file would not typically be named ls.jar (which suggests a Java-language program), the file's location appears to be nonsensical. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard#Directory_structure /usr/share path should indicate] "architecture-independent shared data". Adobe is the maker of such programs as Acrobat, Flash and Photoshop. Android VM would be a virtual machine for the mobile Operating System created by Google called Android. | |
− | + | [[Megan]] is annoyed at the weird result. [[Cueball]]'s answer seems as if he is less knowledgeable about the behaviour that is normally expected of the 'ls' command. The crux of the comic is then that the solution to [[Cueball]]'s lack of knowledge and tendency to mess up his server would be to just give up and "wait for the singularity". It is implied that after this future technological advancement a server will be able to properly operate itself without [[Cueball]] repeatedly having to ask for [[Megan]]'s assistance. | |
− | + | The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity singularity] is "the hypothetical future emergence of greater-than-human superintelligence through technological means. Since the capabilities of such intelligence would be difficult for an unaided human mind to comprehend, the occurrence of a technological singularity is seen as an intellectual event horizon, beyond which events cannot be predicted or understood. | |
− | + | Proponents of the singularity typically state that an "intelligence explosion", where superintelligences design successive generations of increasingly powerful minds, might occur very quickly and might not stop until the agent's cognitive abilities greatly surpass that of any human." | |
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+ | In the image text, Ray Kurzweil is an author and futurist who has talked and written much about the singularity. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | : | + | :Person 1, sitting at laptop: I, um, messed up my server again. |
− | + | :Person 2: I'll take a look. You have the ''weirdest'' tech problems | |
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− | :[ | + | :[Person 2 uses the root prompt] |
− | :<code | + | :<code>~# ls</code> |
− | :[ | + | :[computer returns the following] |
:<code>/usr/share/Adobe/doc/example/android_vm/root/sbin/ls.jar:</code> | :<code>/usr/share/Adobe/doc/example/android_vm/root/sbin/ls.jar:</code> | ||
:<code>Error: Device is not responding.</code> | :<code>Error: Device is not responding.</code> | ||
+ | :[Person 2 has an amazingly incredulous look on their face] | ||
− | : | + | :Person 2: What did you ''do''!? |
− | + | :Person 1: Maybe the device is busy. Should I try it later? | |
− | : | + | :Person 2: You should shut down this system and wait for the Singularity. |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Computers]] | [[Category:Computers]] | ||
[[Category:Linux]] | [[Category:Linux]] | ||
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