Five Cloud Predictions for 2012

Now that you mention it, my current desktop sytem is based on the "Norwegian Blue" Linux distro.

My desktop is Ply-wood, indicating that is indeed dead tree.

you guys don't get it, do you? Grishnakh just wants to convince every one, so that they throw away their desktops. Then, very secretly, he will start collecting them. He will even hire people to do the work for him. When he has collected all of them, he will apologize and tell you it was a mistake or a joke. Then you can buy them back at reduced priced. I know his tricks

Gus,

I have a very nice "yellow snow" desktop thank you very much.

Yeah, and Grishnakh is Only In It For The Money.

@helios: And he'd Freakout if it wasn't Absolutely Free. Who are the Brain Police?

Who are the Brain Police?

I'll take obscure Frank Zappa references for 500 Alex.

I hope you are happy Gus...you started this. I am a FZ enthusiast and can keep this going forever...or till Scott shuts the thread down sometime in 2014.

And if you can supply the last line of this verse without ducking/googling it, I will add you to my "Frank Zappa Changed My Life" Shrine:

Ronnie's in the Army now and Kenny's taking pills, Oh how they yearn, to see a bomber burn, Color flashing, thunder crashing, dynamite machine.....

Quoting:I'll take obscure Frank Zappa references...

Is there such a thing as a non-obscure Frank Zappa reference?

How clever of Zappa to sneak in a Harry Potter reference with the fire turning green...

One of my favorite Zappa lines was spoken, not sung, to a live audience. It's on the Mothers album Weasels Ripped My Flesh:

"Everybody in this room is wearing a uniform and don't kid yourself."

I was going to jump into the fray but my brown shoes wouldn't let me.

Quoting:I was going to jump into the fray but my brown shoes wouldn't let me.

You've been kind of quite lately, isn't it time to get rid of this lazy shoe? :-)

with the fire turning green...

Yep, a man truly ahead of his time....regardless of what dimension he currently resided.

@helios, I would but cr already beat me to it.

Oh ${DEITY}, what have I done?

@dino: Brown shoes don't make it, huh... Don't worry, you'll get your status back, just follow the Duke.

> Is there such a thing as a non-obscure Frank Zappa reference?

Yellow snow and Moon Unit. Other than that, probably not.

@jdixon, what about Dweezil, Ahmed, and the importance of second opinions?

> ...what about Dweezil, Ahmed, and the importance of second opinions?

I don't think any of other kids ever made the impression Moon Unit did, Gus. I can't speak to the importance of second opinions since the reference is lost on me (I'm not a FZ enthusiast, though I do appreciate the originality of his work).

Look....just look at the cover art work for "Weasels Rip My Flesh". That's all you need to know to get started in understanding Zappa....and believe me, you ARE starting on the shallow end. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasels_Ripped_My_Flesh

Where's my waitress?

OPAL, YOU HOT LITTLE BI@@@!

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/frankzappa/lonesomecowboyburt...

Orange barrel and Frank Zappa albums can leave you more than inadequate for anything lesser than slobbering on yourself. You will recover....in time.

waiting....waiting.....

I'm still amazed that nobody's marketed an ED or cholesterol-lowering drug named Dweezil.

The "get busy/stay clean" for old folks in the know.