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die_sekte
Well, I think this is the oddest thing ever submitted to HN, at least as far as I remember.

I'm not even sure what it is. It's probably humor, but I'm not sure.

Edit: Seems like it's supposed to be speculative fiction. Hm.

bh42
It is one of the oldest jokes on the internets. This September will never end.
ahi
The date on the article is 2004. That's more of a May the following the year.
alexl
I would think it's humor in the form of speculative fiction. The humor would be pointing at the fact that you can install Linux on mostly anything. Never forget that you can install it on a Commodore 64. I think that's why the author made it. Maybe some sort of ironic pat on the back for the Linux OS because it is so flexible and portable?
zandorg
Actually, it's Lunix (Little Unix) that works with the C64.
Rhapso
This is Linux Development Necromancy.
napierzaza
"To earn your wizard hat."

Above line makes it all worth it.

jarin
I did not think it was very funny.

Then again, my parents never got me a Ti-86 so I could load Tetris on it. My hacker humor center is probably underdeveloped.

lukeqsee
I'm glad you can install Linux on a dead Badger.

Please submit it to reddit or digg next time. Thank you.

alexl
Wow. Excuse me for sharing something I found enjoyable. This type of "article" shows you a creative approach on something, in this case it's creative speculative fiction. It may or may not increase your creativity, but it can be considered "food for thought." It's not exactly a video from the College Humor website. But I assume HN is strictly for objective, impartial and purely informative links?
lukeqsee
I was a bit harsh there, sorry.

It does have some food for thought. Sorry for the over-reaction on my part.

alexl
Don't be sorry for what you think. I did think that you were a bit harsh on the theme of HN, though. It's clearly for smart, educated people who want to find out the interesting things from the gazillions of information bits that they consider useless. I refuse to think that the target audience of HN doesn't want to see something funny every now and then, but then again not every "fail" video of people tripping and falling on the floor is funny for them.

This article is nice because it comes up with concepts like soul-flesh-computer interface cards and software (and their brand names!) and makes the reader think that there's a whole world of zombie-modding out there.

It may not be an article on quantum computing, but it's not dumb, either.