Comments on: LOL-June 28

By: yello.cape.cod

yello.cape.cod — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:01:20 +0000

I had no idea Curtis has a daily strip. I wonder why my local paper only carries the Sundays strips.

I have never had a Curtis be a LOL for me. This is an example. It seems like the author can never seem to express the punchline correctly. This was more of a “mild chuckle” for me, and that only in my head.

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:49:10 +0000

Am I the only one who played with Apple II Basic? Ctrl-C was also used to stop programs there.

By: Rasheed

Rasheed — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:44:27 +0000

Ok, you’re right. I didn’t use UNIX until 1997, and we probably had ctrl-c also (I’m remembering ctrl-q more obviously, but I know why that’s wrong). Our version also made use of the ctrl-break command which is what I remember using. Haven’t had to use UNIX since, but I remember a lot of %’s and TELNET.

By: Kevin Andresen

Kevin Andresen — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:23:54 +0000

Even though I’ve used Windows for 15 years, it didn’t occur to me that I’ve used “Ctrl-C” for copy for all that time, leaving me wondering why people were so extra perplexed by its usage here.
In 2009, I can imagine that 80-90% of home computer users have only ever known the “Copy” usage.

For us old Unix and DOS users, our panicked Ctrl-C attempt-to-abort experiences leave that meaning at the top of the list. (I seem to remember that keeping my 20-Megabyte hard drive from filling up was a major priority. … as it was similar to the car problem of flooding a carburetor or getting water in a cylinder; it either would prevent the computer from rebooting or “break a rod” in a running program. )

By: GP

GP — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:13:33 +0000

Ctrl-C is a signal interrupt, or ‘kill’ command. It’s an emergency quit option on Unix (and some command-line Windows).

By: Powers

Powers — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:08:34 +0000

Rasheed, you’re wrong. He’s trying to cancel the operation that his computer has undertaken to find a network to use.

By: Rasheed

Rasheed — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:02:22 +0000

I’m assuming he’s Ctrl-Cing the password that gets sent to him, not Ctrl-Qing in a panic to shut down his grand phishing scheme.

By: Kate C

Kate C — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:32:29 +0000

I don’t know much about pay-per-view, bust most of the things I see advertised for it (with the advent of cable and video-on-demand, and such, does pay-per-view even exist anymore?) are boxing matches and porn. A program about corporations and class resentment seems awfully PBS to me (and, actually, probably too political for my local PBS station, which mostly plays classic music concerts, Masterpiece, travel shows, and that documentary Alone in The Wilderness over and over again).

By: Rainey

Rainey — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:05:05 +0000

@furrykef: Yes, the Curtis strip would be funnier if the dad didn’t realize he’d be falling for the scam. However, this wouldn’t be keeping in the spirit of the character ( Curtis’s dad is obviously of average or greater intelligence ). If somebody should fall for this, it should be Gunther, the barber.

By: Lola

Lola — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:57:19 +0000

Tofor - I bet the buyers of Mike Tyson bouts though so.