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Was the joke about frustrated Windows users?
posted by dennisn on January 13th, 2009 at 10:30AM

I'm pretty sure that was the joke. Though, of course, there are no absolute guidelines to it's interpretation, regardless of the author's intentions.

(Your assumption that it implies that Windows has already reached a state of perfection is .... ughhh .... pretty naive.)
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No
posted by dsk on January 13th, 2009 at 12:24PM

>Was the joke about frustrated Windows users?

It couldn't be. Microsoft releases service packs. The hammer is supposed to be an official Microsoft service pack... yes? So the joke is that Microsoft thinks that Windows is so broken that the only way to fix is to smash your laptop with the provided hammer (I still don't think it really makes sense or is clever or funny). For all we know, the users are happy.

>Your assumption that it implies that Windows has already reached a state of perfection is .... ughhh .... pretty naive

Err..where did I say that? I explained the joke to you because you didn't get it.

posted by dennisn on January 13th, 2009 at 4:12PM

Wrong. The joke was that Microsoft thinks that Windows is so broken, that there is no point in trying to fix it, but rather break it (or the installation CDs?), and use something else (paper, or a better OS).

Both of us agree that your interpretation doesn't make any sense. (There is no way a hammer could fix Windows).

posted by dsk on January 13th, 2009 at 4:22PM

....

forget it.

posted by dennisn on January 13th, 2009 at 4:25PM

Well, that is one possibility. Another possibility is you are incredibly arrogant. Which, really, is far more probable, as you are far too eager to appeal to absolutist ideas. For example, you consistently imply that there is only one interpretation for the joke, your own, without ever having questioned or researched the author's original intentions, without even waiting for the poll results to come in.

Yes
posted by dennisn on January 13th, 2009 at 10:31AM

obviously