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<blockquote data-quote="drothgery" data-source="post: 382226" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>Very funny, but a lot of the responses are kind of dated. With that in mind, I'm going to attempt to modernize the "Computer Use" section...</p><p></p><p>=== Computer Use ===</p><p></p><p>Operating Systems:</p><p></p><p>Personal computers:</p><p>*Real Men* Use Windows 2000</p><p>*Real Roleplayers* Use Mac OS X</p><p>*Loonies* Program their cell phone to run PC software</p><p>*Munchkins* Use PlayStation 2</p><p></p><p>Big computers:</p><p>*Real Men* Use VMS, and write everything in FORTRAN</p><p>*Real Roleplayers* Use Unix, and incorporate other people's C code</p><p>*Loonies* Use a Turing machine</p><p>*Munchkins* Use PlayStation 2</p><p></p><p>Unix:</p><p></p><p>Favorite flavor of Unix:</p><p>*Real Men* Use Solaris</p><p>*Real Roleplayers* Use BSD</p><p>*Loonies* Port Linux to their Sparcstation</p><p>*Munchkins* Use Lindows</p><p></p><p>Favorite Shell:</p><p>*Real Men* Use the Bourne Shell</p><p>*Real Roleplayers* Use tcsh</p><p>*Loonies* Use cat > /dev/null</p><p>*Munchkins* Use simulated Macintosh environments</p><p></p><p>Favorite method of computer use:</p><p>*Real Men* Use C to do everything</p><p>*Real Roleplayers* Use perl and Java to do everything</p><p>*Loonies* Write everything in Postscript</p><p>*Munchkins* Just run what they buy</p><p></p><p>Favorite editor:</p><p>*Real Men* Use vi</p><p>*Real Roleplayers* Use emacs</p><p>*Loonies* Use dd of=/dev/sd0a</p><p>*Munchkins* Use Microsoft Word</p><p></p><p>Favorite Unix program:</p><p>*Real Men* Use "ln -s stdin.c `tty` ; cc stdin.c"</p><p>*Real Roleplayers* Do "nn 'rec.games.frp.*'"</p><p>*Loonies* Run "yes | wall"</p><p>*Munchkins* Try "dir"</p><p></p><p>Favorite programming languages:</p><p>*Real Men* Use Fortran and C.</p><p>*Real Roleplayers* Use SML, Prolog, and Common Lisp Object System</p><p>*Loonies* Write punch card readers in Algol, APL, and TICO</p><p>*Munchkins* Use JavaScript, when they can figure it out.</p><p></p><p>Windows:</p><p></p><p>Favorite flavor of Windows:</p><p>*Real Men* Use Windows XP Pro</p><p>*Real Roleplayers* Use Windows 2000</p><p>*Loonies* Port Windows CE to their PlayStation</p><p>*Munchkins* Use Windows ME on a quad Xeon workstation</p><p></p><p>Favorite method of computer use:</p><p>*Real Men* Use C++ to do everything</p><p>*Real Roleplayers* Use VBScript and C# to do everything</p><p>*Loonies* Write everything in COBOL.NET</p><p>*Munchkins* Just run what they buy</p><p></p><p>Favorite editor:</p><p>*Real Men* Use Visual Studio</p><p>*Real Roleplayers* Use emacs</p><p>*Loonies* Use Notepad</p><p>*Munchkins* Use Microsoft Word</p><p></p><p>Favorite programming languages:</p><p>*Real Men* Use C, C++, and Delphi</p><p>*Real Roleplayers* Use Java, C#, and VB.NET</p><p>*Loonies* Write Tetris clones in COBOL.NET</p><p>*Munchkins* Use JavaScript, when they can figure it out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="drothgery, post: 382226, member: 360"] Very funny, but a lot of the responses are kind of dated. With that in mind, I'm going to attempt to modernize the "Computer Use" section... === Computer Use === Operating Systems: Personal computers: *Real Men* Use Windows 2000 *Real Roleplayers* Use Mac OS X *Loonies* Program their cell phone to run PC software *Munchkins* Use PlayStation 2 Big computers: *Real Men* Use VMS, and write everything in FORTRAN *Real Roleplayers* Use Unix, and incorporate other people's C code *Loonies* Use a Turing machine *Munchkins* Use PlayStation 2 Unix: Favorite flavor of Unix: *Real Men* Use Solaris *Real Roleplayers* Use BSD *Loonies* Port Linux to their Sparcstation *Munchkins* Use Lindows Favorite Shell: *Real Men* Use the Bourne Shell *Real Roleplayers* Use tcsh *Loonies* Use cat > /dev/null *Munchkins* Use simulated Macintosh environments Favorite method of computer use: *Real Men* Use C to do everything *Real Roleplayers* Use perl and Java to do everything *Loonies* Write everything in Postscript *Munchkins* Just run what they buy Favorite editor: *Real Men* Use vi *Real Roleplayers* Use emacs *Loonies* Use dd of=/dev/sd0a *Munchkins* Use Microsoft Word Favorite Unix program: *Real Men* Use "ln -s stdin.c `tty` ; cc stdin.c" *Real Roleplayers* Do "nn 'rec.games.frp.*'" *Loonies* Run "yes | wall" *Munchkins* Try "dir" Favorite programming languages: *Real Men* Use Fortran and C. *Real Roleplayers* Use SML, Prolog, and Common Lisp Object System *Loonies* Write punch card readers in Algol, APL, and TICO *Munchkins* Use JavaScript, when they can figure it out. Windows: Favorite flavor of Windows: *Real Men* Use Windows XP Pro *Real Roleplayers* Use Windows 2000 *Loonies* Port Windows CE to their PlayStation *Munchkins* Use Windows ME on a quad Xeon workstation Favorite method of computer use: *Real Men* Use C++ to do everything *Real Roleplayers* Use VBScript and C# to do everything *Loonies* Write everything in COBOL.NET *Munchkins* Just run what they buy Favorite editor: *Real Men* Use Visual Studio *Real Roleplayers* Use emacs *Loonies* Use Notepad *Munchkins* Use Microsoft Word Favorite programming languages: *Real Men* Use C, C++, and Delphi *Real Roleplayers* Use Java, C#, and VB.NET *Loonies* Write Tetris clones in COBOL.NET *Munchkins* Use JavaScript, when they can figure it out. [/QUOTE]
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