Does Santa Hate Linux? 271
beernutmark writes "Well, it looks like Santa or at least Norad/Google hates Linux. This year, for the first time since its inception, Norad is not making a simple .kml file available for download to track Santa. You must connect to their website with a Windows/Mac browser and use the browser plugin. No full-screen Google Earth to look at the beautiful areas around Santa's path. (Anyone have any open source source kml files for tracking Santa or any idea how we can go about making one for 2010?)"
Well, actually (Score:3, Funny)
Linux users have figured out that Santa doesn't exist.
Hey, I just felt something woosh over my head! Was it Santa!? Maybe he does exist!
kml files? (Score:5, Funny)
This year, for the first time since its inception, Norad is not making a simple .kml file available for download to track Santa.
NORAD's been putting out .kml files since 1958?
Re:Well, actually (Score:1, Funny)
Ah shit. My snowball missed... then again, I don't think I was aiming at anything tangible...
Re:Install User Switcher Agent (Score:5, Funny)
Elves (Score:5, Funny)
Re:kml files? (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, but Al Gore's minions are hiding the data and now millions in the US are going to have their god given fairy tales taken away from them.
Re:kml files? (Score:3, Funny)
The Gore Giveth, and the Gore taketh away... :)
NORAD comfirms it (Score:5, Funny)
2009 is not the year of Santa on the desktop. At least, not for Linux users :(
Re:kml files? (Score:0, Funny)
Please, Al Gore can't afford minions. They want to be paid in gold. Gold requires mining, and as we know, mining is a Republican notion.
No, he's tricked hundreds of midgets, er, "little people" to do his bidding, promising them fiefdoms in his future underwater kingdom.
He's already sold his waterfront properties in Arizona. The man is shrewd. I'd love to carve my name in his bark.
Re:kml files? (Score:5, Funny)
Not .kml, no. Prior to 2000 the information was stored on .elf files, which are proprietary to the North Pole. They've been in use for centuries, but a .elf generally causes problems on newer computers, so .kml is more widely used now.
Re:For once, I'm fine with being locked out... (Score:3, Funny)
That "Christian fairy-tale" you are whining about is responsible for more joy, laughter, wonder, and good will in this world than anything else you can name.
Not in my house. The Tooth Fairy trumps all.
Re:Install User Switcher Agent (Score:5, Funny)
Awesome. So that makes 3 Christmases I've saved, 8 I've totally ruined, and 2 were kind of a draw.
No he doesn't. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:For once, I'm fine with being locked out... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Who cares? (Score:5, Funny)
You forgot the last line:
"Nietzsche is God" - Death
Re:Elves (Score:3, Funny)
Re:For once, I'm fine with being locked out... (Score:4, Funny)
Actually many jewish people celebrate the holiday as well.
.. by going out for Chinese food.
Re:Install User Switcher Agent (Score:2, Funny)
These 13 year old punk know-it-alls. Grrrr.