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| − | This comic is a comment on the difficulty of installing {{w|OpenBSD}}, which is taken to ridiculously (and amusingly) extreme levels, where Cueball and Megan somehow ''literally'' end up in deep water over the installation. OpenBSD is an {{w|open source}} {{w|Unix}} {{w|operating system}} which, like some other Unix variants, is often regarded as difficult to install and configure correctly, especially on home desktops with | + | This comic is a comment on the difficulty of installing {{w|OpenBSD}}, which is taken to ridiculously (and amusingly) extreme levels, where Cueball and Megan somehow ''literally'' end up in deep water over the installation. OpenBSD is an {{w|open source}} {{w|Unix}} {{w|operating system}} which, like some other Unix variants, is often regarded as difficult to install and configure correctly, especially on home desktops with less common hardware profiles, and especially compared with the more popular Windows operating system. |
It segues into this joke using the framework of a project that's fallen victim to poor preparedness, time management, and care. Managers of such projects have a tendency to cut corners and eliminate requirements formerly thought to be essential, just to ship the project and be able to report it as a success. | It segues into this joke using the framework of a project that's fallen victim to poor preparedness, time management, and care. Managers of such projects have a tendency to cut corners and eliminate requirements formerly thought to be essential, just to ship the project and be able to report it as a success. | ||
Latest revision as of 14:55, 5 December 2012
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 Title text: 40% of OpenBSD installs lead to shark attacks. It's their only standing security issue. |
[edit] Explanation
This comic is a comment on the difficulty of installing OpenBSD, which is taken to ridiculously (and amusingly) extreme levels, where Cueball and Megan somehow literally end up in deep water over the installation. OpenBSD is an open source Unix operating system which, like some other Unix variants, is often regarded as difficult to install and configure correctly, especially on home desktops with less common hardware profiles, and especially compared with the more popular Windows operating system.
It segues into this joke using the framework of a project that's fallen victim to poor preparedness, time management, and care. Managers of such projects have a tendency to cut corners and eliminate requirements formerly thought to be essential, just to ship the project and be able to report it as a success.
The title text is a reference to OpenBSD's premium on security. For a time, their slogan was ""Five years without a remote [security] hole in the default install!"; this was eventually changed to "Only two remote holes in the default install, in a heck of a long time!".
[edit] Transcript
As a project wears on, standards for success slip lower and lower.
0 hours
- [Woman looking at man working on the computer.]
- Man: Okay, I should be able to dual-boot BSD soon.
6 hours
- [Man on the floor fiddling with the open tower in front of him.]
- Man: I'll be happy if I can get the system working like it was when I started.
10 hours
- [Man standing in front of the computer which now has a laptop plugged into the tower.]
- Man: Well the desktop's a lost cause, but I think I can fix the problems the laptop's developed.
24 hours
- [Man and woman swimming in the sea, island and beach seen in the distance.]
- Man: If we're lucky, the sharks will stay away until we reach shallow water.
- Woman: If we make it back alive, you're never upgrading anything again.
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