Broom Hilda by Russell Myers for July 15, 2010

I’ve often wanted to reprogram my computer with an axe.

I wonder who could’ve done that?

I’m about this far from “hacking” my own computers!

A hacker with an axe to grind

Sweet, blushing Broomie! I cannot tell a lie, Gaylord; I took my axe and adjusted your computer 40 whacks!

Axe and ye shall receive.

Axe me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies.

Oh ya, computers are like your best friends, there are days you love them, and then there are days.

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Must be a Windows Vista PC.

This is why I’m an Apple Fan Boy all the way. No such urge exists to throttle my iMac.

Broomie just didn’t axe it the right query.

Broomie looks too smug.

@JFri, before doing it in, try a free/libre OS from http://www.unbuntu.com or http://fedoraproject.org

You’ll need >= 512M ram and > 1Ghz cpu for current releases. There are also “damn small” and “puppy” distros for really old hardware (64M ram).

Aaron–you must not have been using Macs all that long. I love mine, and think it beats the heII out of a Windoze PC… but that just means I only have the urge to whack it with a hammer (“hit any key to continue”?) two or three times a day.

“Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie” said it best: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d85p7JZXNy8 “From Microsoft to Macintosh, to Lin-Lie-Lin-Lie-Nux, Every computer crashes… ‘cause every OS sucks.”

Reminds me of a Garfield poster I saw in the ’80s, when home computers were starting to catch on: The cat approaches a computer while wielding a chainsaw, and the caption reads, “DOWNLOAD THIS!”

If they ever get cheap enough, this will be EVERY Microsoft PC the day after a new system is created.

What hacking? That’s just a Standard Diagnostic Reboot.

Every computer technician has an axe in his toolkit.

Talk about people unclear on the concept.

@puddleglum1066

1988, December 23rd to be exact. When I say Apple Fan Boy, I mean Apple Fan Boy. :-D