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I'll try to explain....

I'll try to explain....

Posted Apr 1, 2011 19:57 UTC (Fri) by rfunk (subscriber, #4054)
In reply to: Yah... by ovitters
Parent article: GNOME 3.0 delayed until September

Simple: It's not funny.

There's a difference between a lie and a joke. Every April 1 I wish people understood that difference.


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Amen.

Posted Apr 1, 2011 20:02 UTC (Fri) by hollis (subscriber, #6768) [Link]

It doesn't help that many geeks are humor-challenged.

I'll try to explain....

Posted Apr 1, 2011 21:11 UTC (Fri) by DOT (subscriber, #58786) [Link]

You do realize that the whole point of an April *Fools* prank is to fool people into believing some lie? It's not about being a comedian.

I'll try to explain....

Posted Apr 1, 2011 21:36 UTC (Fri) by csigler (subscriber, #1224) [Link]

I would reply to your comment by quoting rfunk's post above, but the resulting recursion would just knock lwn.net offline, and none of us want that.

Clemmitt

I'll try to explain....

Posted Apr 1, 2011 23:59 UTC (Fri) by rfunk (subscriber, #4054) [Link]

Or quoting hollis's post.

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