If operating systems ran your brain
Windows for brains:
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You think about one of any number of things at anyone time but
only for a short amount of time because then your mind goes blank
as you encounter a “general protection fault” and as a last
resort you have to re-boot your brain.
DOS for brains:
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You only think of one thing at one time, and can’t remember
anything else you were meant to be thinking about. You think only
in words and never any pictures.
Unix for brains:
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Wow – you can think of lots of things all at once until your
brain runs out of sockets. You can only talk though with people
who have brains made by the same vendor. Unfortunately you also
never make any sense and have to read manuals to learn how to
think. Predominantly a random thinker.
CP/M for brains:
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A very slow and old fashioned thinker. Any thing you remember
has to be less than 3 letters long.
MVS/CICS for brains:
You have a very big and expensive brain. You can think about
many things at the one time but never now what other parts of
your brain are thinking unless you have set up SNA connections
between sections of your brains. You also need an army of system
programmers to define what thoughts you may and may not have.
OS/2 for brains:
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You can think about lots of things at once but need the
equivalent of eighteen sets of encyclopaedias in memory to produce
any rational thought. No-one supports your way of thinking and
many laugh at you whenever you speak.
Mac for brains:
—–
Simple thoughts for simple people. Thinking that looks good,
feels good but is expensive.
Pick for brains:
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I now narthing. Narthing Mr Fawlty.
AmigaOS for brains:
You can think of lots of things at once, even with a very small
memory. The trouble is that, sometimes, one thought starts to
think about the things another thought was using. This leads to a
compelling need to wrap a teatowel around your head and sit,
crosslegged, on the floor.
Linux for Brains:
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You can think of any number of things and not run out of sockets.
Unfortunately, there is no support for your particular limbs,
ears, mouth or …. thingy…. available yet so you are reluctant
to change over at this stage.