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Windows 99 Beer and Cigarettes
fire writes "I was listening to National Public Radio here in the US, and they've talked about a new beer called Windows 99. It is produced in St. Petersburg, Russia, and it seems there is nothing Microsoft can do. The producer exploited Russia's poor trademark law to trademark the name Windows 99 for all food, drink, and tobacco products. They also said that they will start producing cigarettes under the label Windows 99." See? I told you that Windows was bad for your health. Here's a link to an article about it taken from the St. Petersburg Times.
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for the name of a new brand of cheap booze?
Windows 99 - it will make you boot. And boot. And boot. And boot....
*This Will Be Moderated Up ButI can see Bill Gates keeping his two bottles on his big executive desk for visitors. I can't imagine him getting rid of them or doing anything but laughing. His corporate marketing people would probably be pissed as heck, but he'll probably get a kick out of it.
- Michael T. Babcock (Yes, I blog)
Dude, if they made Slackware Linux beer I'd buy two cases.
=)
-jacob
I still think there should be surgeon general's warnings on microsoft products
Surgeon Generals Warning:
Installation of this product may result in your computers unwilligness to function.
Other Irreversible side effects: Internet Explorer
Please keep in mind, if you install windows 99:
Driving under Windows 99 is an illegal operation, law enforcement WILL take an exception, and you will crash due to driver errors. This time, the BSOD is forever!
I'll bet Microsoft executives are hopping mad!
This oughta set a record for beta-test volunteer sign-ups!
BSOD => BrewSki Of Death
Suggested motto: "When every day is just another excuse to crash!"
Suggested motto: "Had it with computer viruses? Behold the joy of yeast!"
Suggested motto: "Windows 99: start me up, and you'll definitely never stop!"
Suggested motto: "Our beer will make a grown woman cry, too!"
Suggested motto: "What, do you want to `go', today?"
(BTW, "hopping"...hops...get it?)
Now I'm looking forward to the press release from Microsoft claiming that the mere existence of "Windows 99" beer shows that it's not a monopoly....
Practice random senselessness and act kind of beautiful.
Windows 99 beer and cigarretes are of course very popular substances for a legal high that kills you very, very slowly and increasingly painfully over time.
However, most college students have turned to "experimenting" with various strange substances. For example, snorting of Linux laundry detergent has become unusually popular in the last year, and reported overdoses have increased by more than 10000%. The popular detergent is imported from northeastern europe.
We went to visit Steve Jobs, permanent interrim CEO of Apple Computer, to ask him his opinion on these trends. He was smoking something wrapped up in a small piece of paper-- we didn't catch what. His only response was to giggle strangely, then mumble something about "hey man, at least my liver's going to be ok" and cough loudly. he then picked up a phone, called Avie Tevanian, and ordered the entire Apple campus at 1 infinite loop (including the grass) to be painted a bright pastel blue by tomorrow. He seemed very.. relaxed throughout the entire interview.
Meanwhile a certain professor at Berkeley University has been encouraging everyone to "Turn on, tune in, drop out" by using a substance called BSD.
Trip on.
Irritable, left-wing and possibly humorous bumper stickers and t-shirts
Who's to say that Microsoft just won't take this opportunity to buy out this company and go into the tobacco/alcohol business? I think it would be really easy to subvert drunks into buying MS products.