Editing Talk:1508: Operating Systems

[something].js isn't that far off: https://github.com/runtimejs/runtime (Sometimes I feel like JavaScript is a cult...) :) [[User:Bb010g|Bb010g]] ([[User talk:Bb010g|talk]]) 06:07, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

:Wait, JavaScript isn't a cult? [[User:Luc|Luc]] ([[User talk:Luc|talk]]) 03:07, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

Typo in title text: ''singed'' should be ''signed''.[[User:Jezzaaaa|Jezzaaaa]] ([[User talk:Jezzaaaa|talk]]) 06:43, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

:That's not a typo. Singed means slightly burnt.  It's implying a post-apocalyptic environment.  [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.126|108.162.219.126]] 07:10, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

::All strokes are týpa whereas misstrokes are dýstýpa. [[User:Lysdexia|Lysdexia]] ([[User talk:Lysdexia|talk]]) 10:53, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

:I know almost nothing about Richard Stallman, but he does sound like the kind of guy who might be giving out signed photos of himself. :-)  --[[User:RenniePet|RenniePet]] ([[User talk:RenniePet|talk]]) 19:02, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

::He does, doesn't he? ;) http://shop.fsf.org/product/signed-rms-photo-print/ --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.90.190|162.158.90.190]] 17:39, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

"Blood Drone" Could be a play of words on "Bloodborne", the game. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.212.14|108.162.212.14]] 09:01, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

[something].js is probably referring to Node.js or one of the many frameworks built on Node.JS (such as Google's Angular.js).  Node.js isn't written in Javascript, but in c/c++ using Google's V8 JS engine and is a replacement for Apache (a web platform).  My interpretation is that it's only a matter of time before someone builds an entire OS using Node.js principles.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.99|108.162.221.99]] 10:33, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

"Blood Drone" makes me think of blood-borne nanites more than anything. -[[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.179|108.162.250.179]] 11:21, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

Ditto here, "Blood Drone" implies, to me, an operating system for blood borne nanotech. [[User:Ioldanach|Ioldanach]] ([[User talk:Ioldanach|talk]]) 16:34, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

What if the ASI will be running on GNU/Hurd and 8 years after the war will seize Randal's house? -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 13:35, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

I cannot find any reliable source stating that iOS stands for "internet Operating System." To the contrary, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_OS Internet Operating Systems] seems like something different entirely. If anyone can find evidence to the contrary, please provide a link. [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.114|199.27.128.114]] 14:57, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
:When Apple began the "i" prefix with the iMac in 1998, they said that it stands for internet. [https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-history-of-the-i-prefix-in-Apple-product-names?redirected_qid=380881] --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.229|108.162.215.229]] 18:53, 27 September 2016 (UTC)



I'm pretty sure that iOS came from the iPhone Operating System conjunction based on what I read on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS Wikipedia]. I'm also inclined to support the idea that "Blood Drone" would be more likely to refer to blood-borne devices than to personal warfare devices, although with the timeline proximity to the Apocalypse, it is easy to see the reason for the other assumption.  --[[User:Ancientt|Ancientt]] ([[User talk:Ancientt|talk]]) 16:33, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

I fixed a teeny tiny typo. off changed to of. [[User:YourLifeisaLie|The Goyim speaks]] ([[User talk:YourLifeisaLie|talk]]) 17:03, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

Looks like he doesn't have much faith in the future of Android. --[[User:RenniePet|RenniePet]] ([[User talk:RenniePet|talk]]) 18:55, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

:Or Linux... The proprietary Apple operating systems outliving the open-sourced ones is a horrifying & somewhat unbelievable prospect to me. {{unsigned ip|108.162.216.48}}

Could the GNU/Hurd reference also be a play on words, suggesting that the dominant "operating system" or activity of the survivors in their low-tech post-apocalyptic society will be "herd"ing animals, like gnus? [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.118|173.245.52.118]] 20:58, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

I added some trivia The title text begins by referring to a single survivor. The next two times, however, it refers to a group. [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.204|199.27.128.204]] 00:18, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

:I disagree. First, it's referring to one of a group of survivors finding the photo. The next two times, it's simply referring to the group looking at the photo that the one survivor found—Randall skipped over the matter of having them all go to look at the photo, possibly because he felt it was unnecessary. [[Special:Contributions/199.27.133.40|199.27.133.40]] 00:56, 7 April 2015 (UTC)


I also think that the far future has to do with herds of (wild) gnus wandering the deserted land. They will take some time to return, during which there are no operating systems at Randall's house. In my view, gnu herds are what make the survivors come there with spears, to hunt them. I don't know if the survivors remember Stallman or any of his projects, I think they just read the strength of his beliefs from his facial expression, which is remarkably constant throughout the years. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.188|141.101.104.188]] 01:12, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

I think that "In this case it was ''free software''" should be changed to something like "In this case it was an operating system given up for dead that ultimately proved superior and enduring." [[User:Calion|Calion]] ([[User talk:Calion|talk]]) 01:32, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

I've changed the bits about Mac OS and Mac OS X to reflect a far more likely scenario. Besides the fact that I have a hard time seeing Randall adopting or abandoning an OS based on the current financial health of its producer, the timeline doesn't make sense. Apple's fortunes were far bleaker in 1995, when Randall began using Macs, than in 2001, when he stopped. Apple was in fact making a strong comeback at that time due to the success of the iMac and iPod. [[User:Calion|Calion]] ([[User talk:Calion|talk]]) 01:42, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Is it correct to assume that all these OSs are used by Randall himself? The comic says that they are “running on his house”. It might be that he is not the one personally using every one of them. —[[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.132|108.162.219.132]] 06:58, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

08:49, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
The coincident timeline of "no more Android" and the merger of iOS and OSX also probably indicates Randall will stop using Android should the Apple OS' merger happen"
- Vikrant
08:49, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

08:49, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
Further, the Stallman-singed-photo and "here is a man who believed..." reference might be a way of saying "OSs will come, and OSs will go, but the GNU/HURD will live on for ever"...
- Vikrant
08:49, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

I disagree with DOS "making a comeback"; this is OSes running ''in his house'' so '''he''' is running it ironically. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.188|141.101.98.188]] 14:23, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

It's utter no-sense, only Chuck Norris photo would survive end of civilization.
Does the author, by the spear poking of Stallman's photo means that his sublime intention is really postmortem and virtual sodomization of Richard?
[[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.219|108.162.221.219]] 17:43, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

I don't think proximity to the timeline has any indication of frequency of use. A simple rule saying "keep OSes horizontal, and when adding a new OS, always put it in the lowest free slot" fits the timeline perfectly.
[[User:Angew|Angew]] ([[User talk:Angew|talk]]) 18:30, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Purists will note that "Windows" is not an operating system in 1993.  Windows NT is, and fits the timeline better (besides the fact that you can't use Windows without also using DOS, you can use Windows NT without using DOS.)  All of this points to Randall meaning to say "Windows NT" when he says "Windows".  If he (or even just someone in his household) was still using 16-bit Windows for as long as that bar says.... yow.  (That said, I only recently retired my last multi-boot system that had DOS on it.) {{unsigned ip|108.162.238.185}}

:I would not be surprised if he still had a machine running 3.11 for Workgroups through the beginning of the NT era. I know I did. My 286 & 386 PCs still work quite well.{{unsigned ip|108.162.216.48}}

I'm under the impression that the apocalypse is caused by the singularity, and that GNU/Hurd is the Skynet OS. Maybe not though, that's just my impression of the comic. --[[Special:Contributions/199.27.133.36|199.27.133.36]] 00:33, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

:No, it's that GNU/Hurd will take so long to be released, it won't happen until after the apocalypse. [[User:Luc|Luc]] ([[User talk:Luc|talk]]) 03:04, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

I am from 2018 and no, iOS and OS X have not merged [[User:WolvesAreValid|Awoo is legal &#124; (you can&#39;t) change my mind]] ([[User talk:WolvesAreValid|talk]]) 16:23, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

:four years to go [[User:Lysdexia|Lysdexia]] ([[User talk:Lysdexia|talk]]) 10:53, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
::To the contrary, it's actually gone the other way. iOS has just been forked into {{w|iPadOS}} for the iPad, while iOS remains for the iPhone and iPod Touch. [[User:Numbermaniac|Numbermaniac]] ([[User talk:Numbermaniac|talk]]) 04:34, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

I'm from 2021, and macOS (formerly OS X) runs on ARM like iOS does now.
[[Special:Contributions/172.69.22.66|172.69.22.66]] 22:20, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

I'm from 2022, and the notion of human civilization ending sometime soon (in fire or otherwise) seems increasingly likely. 
:Consider the Doomsday Clock, closer to midnight than ever...arguably due mostly to the precipitous rise of collective and individual human stupidity (wilful and otherwise), reducing atomics and other weapons (and also technology more generally) to a footnote or mere instrument.
:GNU/Hurd seems as distant as ever - Stallman has said some very unfortunate things, and lost much credibility.

I'm from 2023 and I'm sad to say that we still do not have TinderOS.
[[Special:Contributions/172.70.38.124|172.70.38.124]] 14:20, 14 June 2023 (UTC)