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In other news...

Posted Feb 10, 2011 18:12 UTC (Thu) by dmarti (subscriber, #11625)
Parent article: Canonical announces a component catalog for Linux

"Babies-R-Us has announced the release of a food product catalog that lists baby-compatible food products. "With this database, baby caregivers can specify the design of their baby's diet from manufacturers much more efficiently. Individuals can be sure that the key components of the meals they are considering will work with their preferred son, daughter, niece or nephew. The food distribution industry will also have a simple single source to publicize the work that they do in certifying food products and making that knowledge freely available." This looks to be a great resource, but it does not seem to make any distinction between vitamins and crack."

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What's your point?

Posted Feb 10, 2011 19:16 UTC (Thu) by ean5533 (guest, #69480) [Link] (3 responses)

Ok, so you took the quote and arbitrarily changed the context and details, but I'm having trouble understanding what your point is. Were you calling this catalog useless via satire? Or were you just making a random joke for no reason? If it's the former, then can you please elaborate on why you think it's useless?

What's your point?

Posted Feb 10, 2011 20:01 UTC (Thu) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link] (2 responses)

Uh oh. You really don't see anything wrong with fixing immediate practical problems by giving babies crack? :-)

What's your point?

Posted Feb 10, 2011 21:11 UTC (Thu) by sladen (guest, #27402) [Link] (1 responses)

Not sure about crack, but giving small babies large quantities of morphine is very common.^[1][2]

Of course, this is possibly about as tenuous a point as whatever is being suggested above having anything to do with compatibility databases!

full circle

Posted Feb 11, 2011 2:58 UTC (Fri) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link]

Aha, and the articles say that it's not a solution. Does this mean binary blob drivers are bad? :-)