Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: William Poaster Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: The iPad already used more than Linux computers Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 23:40:57 +0100 Organization: Llareggub Lines: 58 Message-ID: References: <91h3s8FojcU1@mid.individual.net> <91jm99F60oU1@mid.individual.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net bnNyBncilfRMBaXsK48VYQBkEy6kR5oRdlOxJuJyZ4/KBdvGuA X-Orig-Path: linuxnetwork.alpha.org!news Cancel-Lock: sha1:GhI8kDD0BPW8ISzJAFG78hxcM8s= User-Agent: XPN/1.2.6 (Street Spirit ; Linux) X-Desktop: KDE 4.6.0 X-COLA-Trolls: Trolls listed in http://colatrolls.blogspot.com/ ignored. Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.advocacy:18195 bbgruff wrote: > On Saturday 23 April 2011 23:58 Hadron wrote: > >> bbgruff writes: >> >>> On Saturday 23 April 2011 20:24 Hadron wrote: >>> >>>> "Clog_-_wog (®)" writes: >>>> >>>>> http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/04/20/ipad-used-more-than-linux- > computers/ >>>>> >>>>> "We noticed an interesting thing the other day that we'd like to share >>> with >>>>> you. However, if you're a Linux enthusiast, you may want to stop > reading >>> now." >>>>> >>>>> LMFAO >>>> >>>> >>>> Hmm, I see Linux has dropped to 0.7%. Not good. >>> >>> It wouldn't be good - if it were true :-) >>> >>> I don't think it's dropped at all, hadron. >>> I think that the "problem" is that you (and others here) are perhaps more >>> used to seeing statistics from WebApplications than you are from >>> StatCounter. >>> >>> They work in quite different ways. >> >> >> I know how they work. You dont. And its all relative. > > Dear God! > I make it that there was precisely 39 seconds between my post and this > response. > Never mind that the response is typical hadron rubbish - let's remember what > Samuel Johnson said when comparing women preaching with a dog walking on its > hind legs: > "It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all"! > > Thirty nine seconds! > - to receive, read, digest, compose and type a reply, and send! > I take my hat off to you hadron, and in 39 seconds it would be quite > unrealistic of me to expect any sense from you.... > ... though come to think, in 39 hours it would be unrealistic of me to > expect any sense from you.... but 39 seconds is remarkable nonetheless! A world record! LOL -- Windows Breakthrough: It finally booted on the first try. "Microsoft has vast resources, literally billions of dollars in cash, or liquid assets reserves. Microsoft is an incredibly successful empire built on the premise of market dominance with low-quality goods." -- Former White House adviser Richard A. Clarke --