Geek humor

I found this funny. Spread the happiness.

xkcd – A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language – COMPLY

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Microsoft Windows Vista costs $200.00+

A slew of Internet buzz was started when the price for Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Vista operating system was accidentally leaked on the company’s Canadian Web site. Even though the information was immediately taken down from the site, word spread quickly on the Internet that the Home Basic edition of Vista will be $233, the same price as Windows XP Home.The Home Premium version comes in slightly higher, because it includes support for Media Center. According to the site, Windows Vista Business will be priced at about $341.

Microsoft/Windows – Microsoft Leaks Vista Pricing

Compare with Linux, which is rumored to cost about $0.00.

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Pluto Now a "Dwarf Planet”

Bummer for everyone living on Pluto:

Planets and “dwarf planets” shown to scale, but without correct relative distances.

PRAGUE, Czech Republic – Leading astronomers declared Thursday that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system from nine planets to eight.
After a tumultuous week of clashing over the essence of the cosmos, the International Astronomical Union stripped Pluto of the planetary status it has held since its discovery in 1930. The new definition of what is — and isn’t — a planet fills a centuries-old black hole for scientists who have labored since Copernicus without one.

Scientists decide Pluto’s no longer a planet – Space News – MSNBC.com

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