1197: All Adobe Updates

Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb.
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All Adobe Updates
ALERT: Some pending mandatory software updates require version 21.1.2 of the Oracle/Sun Java(tm) JDK(tm) Update Manager Runtime Environment Meta-Updater, which is not available for your platform.
Title text: ALERT: Some pending mandatory software updates require version 21.1.2 of the Oracle/Sun Java(tm) JDK(tm) Update Manager Runtime Environment Meta-Updater, which is not available for your platform.

Explanation

Transcript

[Cueball is sitting at a laptop with a window with a red title bar floating over his head.]
Adobe update
There is an update for:
  • Adobe Download Manager
This update will allow you to download the new updates to the Adobe update downloader.
[OK] [Download]


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Discussion

Is there the additional joke of choosing "Ok (to download)" or "Download (it's ok!)"? And all the strip it lacks (for space, opportunity or brevity) is an all-but-forced toolbar download. Unless that's counted as part of the Java download. (Ask? Really?) 178.99.244.212 13:00, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

In my eyes the joke goes a bit further: The window ask the user to install an update for the update-manager so it can download new updates for the update-downloader – so software A would like to update software B that might update the real software in/at the end. --DaB. (talk) 13:12, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Or you can just click on the close button.

I am surprised noone commented on the connection to the Rush Song 2112 and it's Oracle. 99.102.154.28 01:19, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Title text: It's because you're still running Windows 2000 or XP. (Windows NT 5.x) You need at least Windows Vista (6.0) to apply the update... 108.162.221.53 02:13, 29 March 2014 (UTC)