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Microsoft Certified Professional Action Figures

Ego writes "Ever want to have your very own Microsoft Certified Professional Action Figure?" 'Jump into action with Dan, Kim, and Nate your desktop buddies,' the ad says. One can only imagine what Destro and the Baroness would do to these three guys if they couldn't keep the network up.

174 comments

  1. Is this a joke? by billsf · · Score: 1

    Do people really want Microsoft that bad? Maybe is is more like the 'candy cigarettes' i had as a hid? Sick.

    1. Re:Is this a joke? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2

      Voodoo Dolls.... Can we stick Pins in them, or will they have too thick of a plastic skin to be able to penetrate with the metal pins we'd so love to stick in certain places....

  2. YEAH! by pboulang · · Score: 1

    My personal dream has come true! I can now die a happy man.




    .... at least they're cheaper than Pokemon :)

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    This comment is guaranteed*

    *not guaranteed

  3. *remembers Toy Story* by red-ranger · · Score: 2

    Cool! Now we can be like Sid from Toy Story!

    *whips out magnifying glass*


    --red

  4. Where's the trained monkey? by bug_hunter · · Score: 1

    I though Microsoft Certified Peons should have a pet monkey (typewritter sold seperately), would give the cartoon series the gimick it needs.

    Wonder if these can double as voodoo dolls?

    --
    It's turtles all the way down.
    1. Re:Where's the trained monkey? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      ...Microsoft Certified Peons...
      no,no, it's "Mostly Cannot Program"

    2. Re:Where's the trained monkey? by Spazmoid · · Score: 1

      The monkey was smart... he left the show and went open source after seeing thousands of the actions figures put throug the firecracker torture test. He knew that MS couldnt even handle dashes in URL's per the RFC or deal properly with fragmented packets, so how could they compte with the firecracker torture test? The monkey bailed...

    3. Re:Where's the trained monkey? by talonyx · · Score: 1

      hell, Microsoft pet monkeys don't have a typewriter. Given enough Microsoft Monkeys (tm) with typewriters, eventually one of them would write the source code to a decent operating system. Microsoft wouldn't want that, would they?

      Instead, Microsoft Monkeys (tm) would come equipped with two cymbals, fit for banging aginst each other. It shows the way Microsoft encourages it's customers to act... one way and one way only.

      Besides, any monkey can get an MSCE anyway...

  5. hmm... by komet · · Score: 3

    According to my mom, all action figures have one thing in common: The people they depict DON'T ACTUALLY EXIST... :)

    --
    Any technology which is distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced.
    1. Re:hmm... by MattXVI · · Score: 1

      But what about my treasured Mr. T action figure? And my Jesse "The Demogogue" Ventura?

      --
      When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood.
      -Tom Jones
    2. Re:hmm... by mr_klaw · · Score: 1

      Does this mean there's no such thing as an MCP that can really help you? M$ doesn't have men in black that come and fix your network every time NT crashes? My world is collapsing!

  6. Disappointed.. by EasyTarget · · Score: 1

    There's no 'Bill' figure ;(

    And I had so many plans about what I could do with one.

    EZ
    -'Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to log in..'

    --
    "Oops, I always forget the purpose of competition is to divide people into winners and losers." - Hobbes
    1. Re:Disappointed.. by BlacKat · · Score: 1

      Well, makes you wonder if 'ol Billy-Boy would even pass an MCP exam ;)

    2. Re:Disappointed.. by quecojones · · Score: 1

      Yeah... it would make a cool voodoo doll. ;)

      q

      --
      "PROFANITY is the inevitable literary crutch of the inarticulate MOTHER FUCKER." -- some PC user
    3. Re:Disappointed.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Oh well, you can still go back to your blow-up doll.Pervert.

  7. Interesting Marketing ploy by dr_labrat · · Score: 4
    Maybe we should take up this sort of thing....

    OpenSource Toys.

    A TUX that transforms into a huge battlecruiser.

    The BSD daemon that with a bit of slight of hand changes into a tank.

    A Linus (tm) Action figure with special coding action

    A Sig11 Doll with fearsome Karma power

    A CmdrTaco model, which is sometimes late...

    We could even combine some of the models together and make:

    SuperMegaTuxTacoDaemon11ux

    Which could take on the MCSE Drones in an ultimate battle of good versus banality.

    --
    The secret of success is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake those, you've got it made. (Marx)
    1. Re:Interesting Marketing ploy by Signal+11 · · Score: 1
      Excuse me, but the Sig11 doll would not have fearsome karma power. He only uses his karma for good, not evil. :)

      Besides.. I wouldn't mind kids using my action doll to bury the MCP action figures in the sand and then running them over with a lawn mower... *cough*.... ah, the metaphores one could draw...

    2. Re:Interesting Marketing ploy by RickHunter · · Score: 1

      You missed one. Their mentor/superior that gives them their missions, gear, provides emotional support, teaches them valuable lessions about life, and generally kicks butt in Quake: Dust Puppy! And, conveniently, he's already available in a stuffed version. Check out the UF Cartoon Homepage for more info! :-D

      Also available: Dust Puppy's arch-nemesis, the crowning star in the Evil M$ Legal Team: Crud Puppy!


      -RickHunter
      --"We are gray. We stand between the candle and the star."
      --Gray council, Babylon 5.
  8. Microsoft Man, with . . . by Goonie · · Score: 5
    • the all-powerful incompatibility ray!
    • the fiendish DLL trap - thousands of different versions just come popping up all over the place!
    • Super-Reboot power finger (unfortunately, this goes off at the first sign of trouble)

    And his partner Microsoft woman with

    • her inescapable embrace-and-extend death grip

    Can they survive the forces of the mighty Penguin, the Daemon, and the avenging DOJ? Tune in again for the next episode of Microsoft Man - Windows 2000, the final battle . . .

    --

    Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo
    --Andy Finkel (J. Klass?)
  9. Slashdot figures by cperciva · · Score: 1

    There should be CmdrTaco and Hemos models which always simultaneously do whatever they did six months ago.

    1. Re:Slashdot figures by Vladinator · · Score: 1

      With the Taco doll refusing to do anything for another 24 hours because someone talked to it.

      Hey Rob, howabout that tarball!
      Oops... Another 24 hours now...

      --

      "Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion." - Jed Babbin

    2. Re:Slashdot figures by cdlu · · Score: 1

      Don't pick on them so damm much - they're just stuck in a while loop.
      #include <signal.h> \ #include <stdlib.h> \ int main(void){signal(ABRT,SIGIGN);while(1){abort(-1); }return(0);}

    3. Re:Slashdot figures by Signal+11 · · Score: 1
      Yeah.... while loop... it looks something like this....

      while(1) {
      post_slashdot_article(&dogma,&poster);
      for(unsigned short int = 0; i >= 50 ; i++){
      int x = check_email();
      if(!x)
      break;
      }
      if(anyone_asked_about_slash_release)
      sleep(3600*24);

      }
      printf("Can't happen.\n");
      abort();

  10. This is scary by Kaufmann · · Score: 5

    I can see it already. Our kids will grow up with MCPs as role models. That is a very scary notion.

    This situation is unacceptable. It's clear that the community must release some action figures that will spark the imagination of our own children (what, you mean you actually got laid? Way to go!). Behold...

    The NEW Ultra-Cool CmdrTaco (tm) and Hemos (tm) action figures!

    Featuring...

    * Automatic misspeller gun!
    * Rushed duplicated article submission!
    * Bad joke dispenser!
    * Nanotech-related story magnet!
    * Automated Linux kernel updater!
    * Olympic swimming pool filled with Andover IPO dollars!
    * Rumour-type-story accuracy checker! (Oh wait, never mind that.)

    Although the CmdrTaco (tm) and Hemos (tm) action figures claim to support open-doll development, only an early version of their own schemata is available. How sad is that?

    CmdrTaco and Hemos are trademarks of Andover.net. "Don't mess with us or our elephantine legal department will crush you like a bug, little man!"

    --
    To the editors: your English is as bad as your Perl. Please go back to grade school.
    1. Re:This is scary by Felinoid · · Score: 2

      Although the CmdrTaco (tm) and Hemos (tm) action figures claim to support open-doll development, only an early version of their own schemata is available. How sad is that?

      Snipped from a very funny post BTW :)

      It's sad that people comment on this far to often.
      Let me try to srike this one dead....
      As Cmder Taco has allready pointed out the code everyone wants is compleatly useless.
      It's all hardwired code and not useful to anyone but Andover...
      They are doing there best to port the whole mess to portable code but lets face it.. thats not an easy task... in the mean time they have Slashdot to run... and that's the priority..

      It's not as if you could benifit from Slashdots code... if you want to set up your own slashdot you need to hardwire your own code to your system.

      Secondly....
      Support != Do...
      Slashdot has acted as the hub of the opensource community (amount other things) for a long time now. It will continue to do so for a long time to come. Thats the contrabution..
      Also lets face it.. support could be nothing more than sitting back and shouting harray.. as some companys do.. support by just saying "We shall use open source becouse ....." publicly is a great help and not to be looked down on.
      I'm conserned that companys seeking to dip into open source may get bit back by a few zelots who scream becouse they don't then automaticly open source everything...
      Many open source supporters don't supply much code back to the commen code pool.. if any...
      Do we want IBM to open source Os/2? Shure we'd love to have it but are we going to push IBM into it? No.. If IBM dosn't want to give away the OS/2 souce code then they can keep it.
      Same with slashdot... ID software... and anyone making an effort to give back in some small way...

      --
      I don't actually exist.
    2. Re:This is scary by Mr.+Slippery · · Score: 2
      The NEW Ultra-Cool CmdrTaco (tm) and Hemos (tm) action figures!

      ..."Geek Compound Action Playset" sold separately.

      --
      Tom Swiss | the infamous tms | my blog
      You cannot wash away blood with blood
    3. Re:This is scary by punkass · · Score: 1

      Wouldn't opernsourcing the SlashCode speed up the process of making it portable? Two - Three Sets of Hands vs. Hundreds? Just a thought...

      --
      "Nobody owns the fucking words man." - James Dean
    4. Re:This is scary by Zurk · · Score: 1

      the real problem is DoS attacks. The real reason behind not releasing the code is that the upgrade from 0.3 to 0.4 probably opened up a helluva lot of bugs that everyone can screw around with if they had the code. wanna bet that 1000's of script kiddies would crack into /. if the code was released ? im willing to bet theyre not releasing the code cos theyre *scared* of doing so.

    5. Re:This is scary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Security through obscurity never works.

      We should get a go at it, let's use public keys for slash authorization.

    6. Re:This is scary by Malcontent · · Score: 1

      I's doubt some script kiddie could wade through thousands of lines of PERL code and find a hole. PERL is hard enough to debug as it is.

      --

      War is necrophilia.

    7. Re:This is scary by Progman · · Score: 1

      Script kiddies don't find exploits. It just takes one guy to find an exploit, and publish it, for the remaining thousands to use it.

  11. Guns? by Magus311X · · Score: 1

    Is it just me or are there small belt holsters with decent sized pistols in 'em? I never got one of those when I became an MCP, just a 'pocket guide' on NTS erver that was far too large to fit in anyone's pocket.

    I'm going to pout now.
    --

    1. Re:Guns? by KGBear · · Score: 1
      Not guns. It's really a cell phone holster to call the MCP's buddy who knows something about hardware (or networking or modems or databases or ...).


      * MCP buddy sold separately

    2. Re:Guns? by grumling · · Score: 1
      No, it is their handy copy of Teach Yourself MCSE in 24 hours!

      --
      "Well, good luck finding a judge that doesn't run a bestiality site."
  12. Holsters? by Pope+Slackman · · Score: 1

    Do I see holsters strapped to their belts?
    S'pose that's ok tho, cause they look more like
    'Matrix' charachters than the MSCEs I've seen... :)

    Oh, wait, maybe it's just their Palmpilots^W Win CE Devices...

    --Kevin

    =-=-=-=-=-=
    "HELLO SMALL CHILD! WHO IS BACK! I HAVE THE RENEGADE MASTER WITH ME!"

  13. they NEED superheroes! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    anyone who has to keep microsoft systems running had better have some superhuman powers....

  14. act now! supplies are limited! by swonkdog · · Score: 1

    yes ladies and gentlemen, act now and you can have micro$oft invade your home or office in yet more ways! our mcp action figures are ready to sit around, twirling a pen between their tiny, endangered brazilian rainforest poly-extruded rubber fingers, and ask if you've run the on-line help sourcer's janitor program and would you like to upgrade your help support for the low price of $50.00.
    act now supplies are limited!


    coming soon!

    micro$oft hostile takeover and FUD decimation action figures. yes you get the whole set: bill gates, the micro$oft public relations team, the micro$oft sales team, and (for a limited time only! (act now!)) the micro$oft anti-trust trial legal team!

  15. Cyber Bill by Blood+Donor · · Score: 1

    I think Bill would go perfect next to my figure of the Emperor. =) Jeremy Snow www.gamesiege.com

  16. what no evil gates of borg figure? by ParanoidZombie · · Score: 1

    just looked at the site (I just HAD to see this)strangly enougth they hav PLENTY in stock

    --
    Error #302: Reality.sys corrupt! Reboot universe? (Y/N)
  17. If microsoft has its say by surfsalot · · Score: 1

    If Microsoft has anything to do with this, I'm sure that the toys burst into flames, fall apart, and are a choking hazard... maybe its just their attempt to monopolize the toy industry also

    I need to do my laundry
    Please send $3 to:
    Jon Allen
    p.o. box 308142

    1. Re:If microsoft has its say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Gee... Open Source is fucking great... you need to beg people for money to do your laundry?

    2. Re:If microsoft has its say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      where does he mention open source?

      It is a joke, you fucking twit.

  18. Posted by emmett on 10-01-00 1:00 NZD by whenback · · Score: 0

    100 100 100

    well, ok... only for ppl like me who have
    dd/mm/yy (not like u wierd ppl who don't do things in the logical order... I mean, why month, then day, then year???)

    (I was thinking about 10-01-00 10:01:00 earlier today and decided against posting, until I noticed this one..)

    1. Re:Posted by emmett on 10-01-00 1:00 NZD by Brian+Knotts · · Score: 1
      (not like u wierd ppl who don't do things in the logical order... I mean, why month, then day, then year???)

      Actually, if you *really* want consistency, it should be 2000-01-10. Just like H:M:S. Then you could make it all one string: 2000:01:10:01:00:00.

      Whaddya think?

  19. Whats the deal?????????????????????? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I don't even begin to understand this... what is the deal??? Is there maybe a little MCP comic book they send out every month or something?? Kinda like the Army giving out comic books on M-16 operation or something during Vietnam era? Or is this just somebody at Msoft that has a sense of humor?

    Help me understand!!!!!!!!!


    CTRL-ALT-DEL must be a real pain for those little guys, what with their fingers all stuck together! They must have to work as a team to do it!

    1. Re:Whats the deal?????????????????????? by platypus · · Score: 3

      From the www.mvpstore.com frontpage:


      Microsoft and Keller Marketing (a division of General Commercial Corp.) have teamed up to provide our Most Valued Partners with a collection of quality premium products to promote your brand. Keller Marketing offers a broad range of advertising items to fit any promotion or event. For items not pictured, please don't hesitate to contact us so that we can meet your needs.


      Goto to the clothes section, this is really bad, i.e. a cap and shirts and stuff..., uh and coffee cups and pencils and cases and sport bottles and ... everything with "microsoft certified professional" printed on it.

      So, sorry, no joke...

    2. Re:Whats the deal?????????????????????? by pen · · Score: 1
      Naturally, the page fails to load in Opera...

      --

  20. Fitting... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...that you would three of them to keep your NT boxes going...

    ...that they are so cheap; soon they'll be a dime a dozen...

  21. ahhhhh... just the thing.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This is just the stress relief you need when the MCPs at your company really botch things up. I wonder how well they melt...

  22. I've had mine for 6 months by Neter · · Score: 2

    My company is a Microsoft Regional Director. We got a handful of these six months ago. They have been passed around the office a few times.

    Some folks have their action figures hanging from their necks, others just have them staring blankly from the top of the monitors.

    Personally, however, mine "fell forward" into a "RedHat Inside" sticker that I got in my RedHat distro. His chest is now a RedHat fedora. The "MCP" logo on their backpacks also scratches off nicely. A little black marker covers up where it used to be.

    He is now a "RedHat" action figure. and sits perched atop my desk scouring @ any M$ apps.

    1. Re:I've had mine for 6 months by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Stop equating Linux with RedHat okay?

    2. Re:I've had mine for 6 months by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      What do you mean? Linux *is* RedHat. everyone knows that, just check the stockprices.

    3. Re:I've had mine for 6 months by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Erm... He's not. He's just stating that he made his action figure into RedHat Man, or whatever.

      Or am I missing a joke?

  23. Book included! by daWulf · · Score: 2

    And not to forget:


    The booklet "Teach FUD yourself within two weeks!" - the ultimate FUD guide to build up your own monopoly.

    Buy it now!

  24. hey, wait... I didn't see the... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...analy raped customer action figure.

    The really odd thing is that I actually *KNOW* a MSCE... wait, that's not the weird part...

    He's also a CNA and a heavy duty linux/freeBSD freakazoid. ...but wait that's not the really weird part...

    When a customer hires him and asks him to make their network, internet site, file/print server work, he installs linux.

    ...but wait... that's not the strangest part... He also installs all the microsoft gunk on a non-connected computer (billing the customer for the appropriate licensing, pocketing the money for the day he actually has to turn it on).

    Oh, but wait there's more... and when the customer calls up to have something fixed (which is a lot less often than your average Microsoft shop; his clients really think he's on the ball and pay about 75% above the going rate), he just fixes the linux box (usually remotely) and service packs the non-connected computer.

    ...Is that why they look like "The Matrix" action figures?


  25. Dangerous jokes! by daWulf · · Score: 1

    Warning:

    Bad jokes included could do harm to geeks under the age of 3.

    1. Re:Dangerous jokes! by remande · · Score: 2

      I'd be impressed by a geek under the age of 3. I was going onto five when I found my inner geek ;^>

      --

      --The basis of all love is respect

  26. Where is the pager? by COLUG · · Score: 1

    No MS admin (hero or zero) is complete without a pager that is constantly beeping.

  27. Borg. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Just wanted to warn you. These action figures are really Borgs.

    Be careful!!!

  28. MCP Accessories by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Be prepared for those deathmatches and arm your vaunted MCP with the cutting edge technology that

    BSOD-9000 - The ultimate tool designed to bring an entire network of push button lusers to their knees.

    Service Pack - These staples of health will give your MCP an added 10 points health bonus and make the crippled opponent slower whilst he reboots.

    Hotfix - Deliver updated code to your customer faster than a well oiled chaingun.

    Educational Discount Quad Damage - Use your firepower with crippling strength for guaranteed world domination to start bringing in the upgrade revenues soon.

    Ammo Packs - Chock full of disks with fully armed licenses to throw at your opponent.

    Double Barrelled Super FUD Gun- A very effective weapon that can dispatch large quantities of lead
    upside your opponents head. Nothing like pointing a double barrelled super FUD Gun down the face of those pesky advocates.

    Don't be caught with no clothes on when doing battle. Get some today!

  29. Where the BSOD house? by Xenex · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but where do you get the model of Bill Gates' "super house"? You know, the $100mil huge bastard, running on NT.....

    Personally, i'd hate to be living in a house running on NT... Imagine the toilet BSODed just after you'd just[*** WARNING - CENSORDED - Have a nice day ***]. That'd be sick, huh!

    OK, i'm sick and i'm sorta off topic... sorry :)

    1. Re:Where the BSOD house? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Does your "censording" system run on NT as well? Otherwise, it would have just said "censored" instead of "censorded".

  30. Sure, guns by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    They're there so they can be used to blow ones brains out when (not if) the erm.. situation hits the fan.

  31. That is funny... by SerpentMage · · Score: 1

    ...

    --

    "You can't make a race horse of a pig"
    "No," said Samuel, "but you can make very fast pig"
  32. Squishdot by benno · · Score: 1

    There is already open source code which will
    make a Slashdot like site. Try http://www.zope.org and check out the Squishdot product.

    1. Re:Squishdot by uzdguy · · Score: 1

      it rocks the houseparty: 10 minutes to ripping off everybodies favorite framework w/ no fuss or muss... Thanks Butch ! Thanks Zope ! http://www.lynchmob.org:8080/forum

  33. Forget Destro and the Baroness.... by C.Lee · · Score: 0

    >Ego writes "Ever want to have your very own Microsoft Certified
    >Professional Action Figure?" 'Jump into action with Dan, Kim, and Nate
    >your desktop buddies,' the ad says. One can only imagine what Destro
    >and the Baroness would do to these three guys if they couldn't keep
    >the network up


    What would Victor Von Doom do to them? Epecially after suggesting that he install Windows 2000 in his armor?!?

  34. so? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    How is this different from you Linux freaks who buy stuffed penguins?

    Fucking hypocrites.

    1. Re:so? by b10m · · Score: 1

      Ermmm we buy stuffed penguins, which symbols the OS. Not the people who support it.

      --
      B10m

    2. Re:so? by DaKrushr · · Score: 1

      And besides... they're such cute little fellas :)

    3. Re:so? by C.Lee · · Score: 0

      >How is this different from you Linux freaks who buy stuffed penguins?
      >Fucking hypocrites.

      Because stuffed penguins are cute....

    4. Re:so? by Pfhreakaz0id · · Score: 1

      I was thinking the same thing. You folks can laugh at MCP all you want. I wouldn't have gotten the job I have now without it.

    5. Re:so? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I like to jerk off all over mine while reading Linus speeches.

    6. Re:so? by quonsar · · Score: 1

      You folks can laugh at MCP all you want. I wouldn't have gotten the job I have now without it.

      So big deal. I know an MCP and what he says is "Just shut the fuck up about the product - its what clueless PHB's want, it guarantees you a recurring income stream, and I wouldn't make 90% of my money if I wasn't restarting MS solutions." Then, recapping mentally what he had just said, he broke into laughter.

      I'm glad you have your job too. I hope you fucking choke on your money.

      ======
      "Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16

    7. Re:so? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      mee two

    8. Re:so? by Caspuh · · Score: 1

      Your MCP friend is an idiot, and should be revoked or something.

  35. deathmatch!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Maybe the Microsoft henchmen should take on Jesse (the Body) Ventura in a fight to the death!! Long live champions of a quick buck and masters of commercialism!!

    ...I think they're trying to eclipse the Beanie Baby craze....

  36. Microsoft Black Ops by cd-w · · Score: 3

    Anyone else notice the striking similarity between these action figures and the Microsoft Black Ops featured in this User-Friendly cartoon!!

  37. Because we have reason to be proud.... by Xenex · · Score: 1

    because Liunx works. And OUR mascot is an animate object, as opposed to a logo that is a Windows falling apart....

    >How is this different from you Linux freaks who buy stuffed penguins?

    Because we don't buy figures of geeks with penguin stickers on their back.....

    You could have said this in a diplomatic way, and avoided the -1: Flaimbait, but, probably being the foolish NT user you are, did your one line smart-assed comment.

    Anyway, why am I wasting my time posting to flamebait that will get -1? Bordom from downloading Storm Linux on my 33.6 I guess.....

    1. Re:Because we have reason to be proud.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That has nothing to do with it. Who cares what I support? If I want to buy them fine, if not fine too. Why must you judge everything by your own standards? No one is making you buy these. The only source even TELLING you about them is slashdot.

      The only reason it was set to flame bait is because it included the word fuck. I'm sorry but... you don't see me complaining about your stuffed penguins yet you complain about some Microsoft groupie stuff. See why you're fucking hypocrites now?

      (PS, my post was 2 lines plus a line break, not 1)

    2. Re:Because we have reason to be proud.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      woof woof!!!!!!!!!

    3. Re:Because we have reason to be proud.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I still don't see any hypocricy(sp?) yet. Most of the people here are just poking fun at them. So what if they do? It might be immature, but it is not hypocritical.

  38. B. Gates figures by Masa · · Score: 1

    I want a Bill Gates action figure! Then, every time my NT machine does something weird at work, I can beat that figure and kick it over the room.

    Hmm... of course, it also would be quite cool to use this Bill figure as some sort of voodoo doll with needles and that kind of stuff... (OK, that was quite sick)
    .
    .
    .
    Why on earth someone would be actually interested in buying this kind of crap? I think that parents who are buying these figures for their kids are irresponsible and are doing quite large damage to their kids. (Or are these figures targeted for NT network administrators?)

    What actually is the function of these figures? There isn't any kind of comics series or movies about these figures...

    1. Re:B. Gates figures by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Hmm... of course, it also would be quite cool to use this Bill figure as some sort of voodoo doll with needles and that kind of stuff... (OK, that was quite sick)

      I like that! A Bill Gates Stick Pin Action Figure!

    2. Re:B. Gates figures by tregoweth · · Score: 1
      What actually is the function of these figures? There isn't any kind of comics series or movies about these figures...

      ...yet. Anyone else remember Atari Force? :)

      -jon (look, mommy! it's Microsoft Heroes 2000!)

  39. MCP Action L-Users ? by b10m · · Score: 1

    Do you have to reboot these figures every ten minutes ?

    *grin*

    --
    B10m

    Power to the Tux-Action hero !

    1. Re:MCP Action L-Users ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      guess what? you're a prick.

    2. Re:MCP Action L-Users ? by b10m · · Score: 1

      Excuse me "Anonymous Coward",

      I am a prick, because Microsoft creates instable and crappy software ?
      Well why not blame the Vietnam War on me also? :-)

      --
      B10m

      "In a world without fences, who needs Gates ?"

  40. Sexism is evident by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    The two guys in the photo are both able to fix the problem, as they are both in position of pressing ctrl+alt+del. The girl, though, is simply throwing up her hand in frustration.

    I am calling N.O.W. with my concerns.

    1. Re:Sexism is evident by razzmataz · · Score: 1

      The girl, though, is simply throwing up her hand in frustration.

      No, she's just getting ready to bash the fuck out of the computer because the keyboard locked up.

      --
      Ungh
  41. yes, but.... by llornkcor · · Score: 1

    Can they play mp3's when you pull a string on the back of the neck?

    1. Re:yes, but.... by starling · · Score: 2

      What, like "Start Me Up"?

      Maybe if they just spoke :

      "I love you, Bill"
      "Let's go monopilising"
      "Reboot and reinstall"
      "It must be faulty hardware"
      "Running non-Microsoft software is not recommended"
      "It'll be fixed in the next version"

  42. ThinkGeek ought to make THEIR version by connah · · Score: 3

    I think ThinkGeek.com should make some MCP action figures....With strings in the back. You pull it and it a high pitch voice it randomly says: 1) This application has preformed an illegal operation! 2) Warning! The system has become extremely unstable! 3) Page Fault in KERNEL32.DLL! I could see that as reliveing some tension throughout the day...Only when used as a projectile.

    Connah

    --

    Connah
    "Your mouse has moved. Windows NT must be restarted for this change to take effect."
  43. I'm gonna sound racist/sexist.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    .... but have you ever noticed that in virtually any group of three in any advertisement, there's always the token black, the token woman, and that the token black is never the token woman?

    1. Re:I'm gonna sound racist/sexist.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      .... but have you ever noticed that in virtually any group of three in any advertisement, there's always the token black, the token woman, and that the token black is never the token woman?

      Actually, I have seen the token black person as a woman. Note that they never forget the token white male, though. Hmmmm....

    2. Re:I'm gonna sound racist/sexist.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1
      Yes, and the woman is asian.

      Makes it seem less sincere when you notice the pattern, doesn't it.

    3. Re:I'm gonna sound racist/sexist.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I was recently on a bus, and a saw an advertisment for the Canadian Military Collage. In it were three people two women and a man, of wich there was a black, asian, and native. Canada is for more homogeneous than the US, and this is the army, even more so.

      School textbooks are the same, with one person of each race in everything.

      I have always grown up thinking that while different races have different characteristics and abilities, we are all equal and very similar, but this is denying the fact that Canada (and other western counties) are primarily white, and only isolates the minorities.

      well i'm done ranting

  44. Three-fingered salute by caferace · · Score: 1
    I can just imagine. Good lord. These scare me.

    Strangely enough, I've got "Ivan meets G.I. Joe" in my headphones right now...

  45. Rebooting by dattaway · · Score: 3

    CTRL-ALT-DEL must be a real pain for those little guys, what with their fingers all stuck together! They must have to work as a team to do it!

    No, it doesn't take a whole team, when you have the proper tool to do it.

    1. Re:Rebooting by jonathanclark · · Score: 3

      Or you have a Kinesis keyboard. Ctrl, alt, and del are all right next to each oth....

      500 AMD-K6 3d
      128MB RAM...

    2. Re:Rebooting by stg · · Score: 1

      Or you have a Kinesis keyboard. Ctrl, alt, and del are all right next to each oth....

      500 AMD-K6 3d
      128MB RAM...


      Now, that's the real "Windows key". Maybe Microsoft will add a special Ctrl-Alt-Del key to their next MS Keyboard and claim that it increases productivity.

  46. Go Go Professional Rangers by Effugas · · Score: 3

    For years, I've been wondering when us geeks would have a TV series of our own--one that, sorta like ER, gave an honest(and patently ridiculous--considering the manic depressiveness of the tech lottery^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hstock market) view of life in the ultra fast lane.

    I hear Po Bronson was working on a show like this, but seeing these action figures, one has to wonder if a...younger, more malleable audience could be coaxed into Microsoft Hero Worship.

    Geek Intern Joe. Oi.

    This actually becomes much more interesting when you consider that most of the cartoons from the early 80's were entirely funded by toy manufacturers, not by the advertisers that ran commercials during the show. The show itself advertised the toy product--and oh boy, did we eat it up.

    Yeah. I could see that kind of tactic. I'm not saying that's what they had in mind--no, I actually think the action figures are pretty damn cool. I especially like the Kung Fu Grip of the female doll...about to be struck down by Suck's own Jihad Tux, of course ;-)

    Yours Truly,

    Dan Kaminsky
    DoxPara Research
    http://www.doxpara.com

    1. Re:Go Go Professional Rangers by Spazmoid · · Score: 2

      Your right I think. We did buy up hoards os G.I. Joe, My little Pony, Transformers and the like. It is still goin on today however with things like pokemon, digimon, and power rangers. The list is endless.

      However this marketing strategy may scare me, it fits MS perfectly as they are marketing a "Toy Product". I just wonder how often you have to reboot the figures to make them work properly :)

    2. Re:Go Go Professional Rangers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      For years, I've been wondering when us geeks would have a TV series of our own--one that, sorta like ER, gave an honest(and patently ridiculous--considering the manic depressiveness of the tech lottery^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hstock market) view of life in the ultra fast lane. Please don't think of ER as an accurate portrayal of life in a hospital emergency room. Most doctors I know either can't stand to watch the show or watch it only to get a good laugh...

    3. Re:Go Go Professional Rangers by AndyL · · Score: 1

      Well of course, A real-life portrayal would be dead-dull so they spiced it up. They'd have to do the same with this guy's System Admin tv show.

    4. Re:Go Go Professional Rangers by Effugas · · Score: 3

      Please don't think of ER as an accurate portrayal of life in a hospital emergency room. Most doctors I know either can't stand to watch the show or watch it only to get a good laugh

      I think tech life could be edited down to a rather crazy hour, just like I'm sure every episode of ER pretty much contains the craziness of an entire month crammed into the timespan of a few minutes. C'mon, like "pre-IPO", college interns, managers, mad scientists(me), and various forms of firefighting couldn't be at least moderately interesting.

      Remember, it wouldn't be so much about the tech, but the people behind the way the tech dies, and the methods by which other people spur into action to recover the systems.

      Then again, Law and Order is an amazing show *because* it focuses on the law, not the people...

      Yours Truly,

      Dan Kaminsky
      DoxPara Research
      http://www.doxpara.com

    5. Re:Go Go Professional Rangers by Super+Cray · · Score: 1

      Remember, it wouldn't be so much about the tech, but the people behind the way the tech dies, and the methods by which other people spur into action to recover the systems.

      Don't you mean how the (l)users would die? Someone should make a TV show based on the BOFH stories, they'd make for good watching, and, if shown to small children, would promote clueful-ness and general fear of teachy's...

  47. Anotomically Correct? by urkidnme · · Score: 2

    I think so. Plastic head, no brains inside. Other vital parts missing as well. (Heart! I was thinking Heart!)

  48. Real Humor by jonathanclark · · Score: 5

    I have to admit, that is a pretty funny post. So many of the post moderated up as funny on /. these days look like they were written by scripts.

    1. Convert headline/story in AP wire store or press release form.

    2. Change microsoft to linux or linux to microsoft and add a few jabs at Bill Gates.

    3. Misspell microsoft 5 different ways. (How is it an insult to them because you can't spell?)

    4. If physical object, create a metaphore to windows and tell what would happen if it crashed. If metaphysical object, explain why the world would end if it was closed source.

    Personally I think it gets old real quick, but if someone wanted karma points why not make a translator script like they used to have for Jive and Valley Girl.

    anyhow, thanks for real humor.

  49. MCE sexual preference? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Do they sell duct tape to go with these?

    Joe, MCSE, MCP, CNA, CNE, BUFFOON

  50. Ironic coincidence by dsplat · · Score: 3

    As I am typing this, I am watching the banner ad where Tux tramples Redmond. Any long time Slashdot reader will have already seen it several times. Tux will eat them for lunch.

    --
    The net will not be what we demand, but what we make it. Build it well.
    1. Re:Ironic coincidence by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      As I am typing this, I am watching the banner ad where Tux tramples Redmond. Any long time Slashdot reader will have already seen it several times. Tux will eat them for lunch.

      Any /. reader without a proxy server filtering out adds, will...

    2. Re:Ironic coincidence by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The banner ad where Tux tramples Redmond gets funnier every time.

  51. To boldly go where no action figure... by proberts · · Score: 1

    Microsoft handed these out at a conference one of my cow-orkers went to. He charitably donated them to science- erm, that is *my* specific experiment-

    Take one MS action figure:
    Duct tape to the end of a Nerf[tm] arrow.
    Place wadding in other end of Nerf[tm] arrow.
    Place C5-6 rocket engine after wadding.
    Launch action figure above paved surface.

    Unfortunately, they're not as destructable as Kenny was (Dammit! Me Bastard! I killed Kenny!)

    They're not as aerodynamic either, Kenny got a good 1000', the MS guy couldn't go over about 600.

    Next time the MS dude is gonna ride near the engine, in fact I'm considering rubber-banding them all around the fins with their heads in the blast area. Just gotta find some nose weight.

    (See what you can learn at USENIX security?)

    Paul

    --
    http://www.pauldrobertson.com
  52. Are Dan, Kim and Nate allowed? by Captain+Zion · · Score: 2

    If Kibo greps /. he'll soon add these to the Dumb Toys Gallery, along with other very bizarre action figures. Be sure to visit that gallery. It's creepy.

    1. Re:Are Dan, Kim and Nate allowed? by FunkMasta2000 · · Score: 1

      Good God! Those things are pure evil!

  53. Intel Damnit Dolls by Wyatt+Earp · · Score: 2

    I have a bunch of those little Intel Bunny freaks. When one of my PeeCee boxes goes down, you grab the Intel dude by his legs, beat him against the desk and yell "Damn it Intel...Damn you striaght to Hell."

    It gives my Macs more incentive to work harder without a crash.

    1. Re:Intel Damnit Dolls by AndyL · · Score: 1

      Where'd you get the bunny-suit guys?

      I'm thinking of starting a collection of these sad and useless Action Figures.

  54. Re:New official Microsoft Spice Girls figures. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Yeah, sure, uh hu, its not even a pr0n site either. Lame. Almost as lame as him porking his secretary and marrying her.

  55. they have design limitations... by griffjon · · Score: 1

    After hours, literally, of trying, many of the popular illicit poses you immediately begin to think of when you have access to these guys seem to be explicitly forbidden by the design. Nonetheless, with some modification, anything is possible. More evidence for the power of reverse engineering and open source over MS...

    --
    Returned Peace Corps IT Volunteer
  56. Voodoo Dolls by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Need I say more?

  57. Merchandise not available to most readers by djschaap · · Score: 2

    I just checked the site. In order to purchase anything, you must have an MVP account. In order to obtain one, you must give them your MS ID number (which you get when you pass one of the MS certification programs).

    Too bad -- it would've been worth $5 to put them in the microwave and melt them a little...

    Potential use for some MSCP: Buy a bunch of these and resell them to slashdot readers. (I'm only half joking.)

  58. They're Psi Cops! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Borg, schmorg. These action figures are Psi Cops. This is, of course, perfectly fitting as M$ is out to brainwash folks. And one of them even sports Telekenetic Kung Fu Death Grip!!

    Anyway, this has gotta be a joke ...

  59. Ya know... by Pope+Slackman · · Score: 1

    I kinda like these guys, I just might order some.

    Get a few of those little case emblems, and slap 'em on their chests...
    Just like little ex-dark-jedi-power-rangers...
    Have a Daemon Ranger, a Tux Ranger
    and a...Hmm...Gold Tux Ranger?

    (I assume there isn't an SGI case emblem, and I'm not desecrating my Indy... :)

    --Kevin

    =-=-=-=-=-=
    "HELLO SMALL CHILD! WHO IS BACK! I HAVE THE RENEGADE MASTER WITH ME!"

  60. Alright! by Ranger+Rick · · Score: 1

    Now with Kung-Fu Nose Pick Grip!

    --

    WWJD? JWRTFM!!!

  61. What about Mr T? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Huh?
    Shyeah, didn't think so..

  62. Action Figure vs Reality by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2

    Fix your network when it goes down?
    Action Figure: No
    Reality: No

    Understands Computers?
    Action Figure: No
    Reality: No

    Problem solving abilities?
    Action Figure: No
    Reality: No

    Helpfull to Customers?
    Action Figure: No
    Reality: No

    Sits and stares at screen, does nothing?
    Action Figure: Yes
    Reality: Yes

    Stiff and inflexible?
    Action Figure: Yes
    Reality: Yes

    Won't screw up your computer?
    Action Figure: * Yes *
    Reality: No

    So you see, a Microsoft action figure is better than a real Microsoft Certified Professional.

    1. Re:Action Figure vs Reality by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      granted the action figures are funny...but don't you people have better things to do than trash Microsoft...do you really think we care? I much prefer interesting /. posts on cool topics, the rants are getting very monotonous and boring.

      Most MCPs are very knowledgeable....I have met many more Linux morons. typical Linux user? I meet them out somewhere, wearing a penguin shirt...bad-mouthing Microsoft...when you really talk to them they don't know squat about anything, but they love their penguin and their cause. Are these the people that are going to take Linux to the next level? I love computers, I love my job and I love helping my customers....and when they start asking me for Linux I'll provide it for them...so far that hasn't happened.

      FYI - I am no Linux guru but I can install, configure, tweak my kernel and do most of the things I need. I like the OS, but it just ain't good enough yet...and all the ranting and raving will never change that...so how about spending your time putting me out of a job instead of making light of it. Until then I'll keep my customers happy and they'll continue using my solutions. Good luck.

  63. Even older. Remember "army men"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The little plastic two inch army men in various fixed poses? (used to be made from brass, and lead before that). You'd waste a lot of time lining them all up and then bomb them from above with clumps of dirt. You could do this competitively. First one to knock down all the other's army men wins! Or you could shoot them with dart guns, BB guns, etc. Gee, all this violence in my childhood and I turned out just fine. Now some people seem to think that a video game or TV is going to corrupt kids? Puh-leeze.

  64. Oh geez. by Pope+Slackman · · Score: 1

    From that little picture, they sorta resemble
    Barclay(?), Dax, and Worf from Star Trek...

    --Kevin
    (Yes, this post removes any doubt that I'm a nerd. ;)

    =-=-=-=-=-=
    "HELLO SMALL CHILD! WHO IS BACK! I HAVE THE RENEGADE MASTER WITH ME!"

  65. LOOK! Up in the sky! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1
    Faster than 10 copies of Netscape under X with 8 megs of ram! More powerful than a commodore 64. Able to leap whole DOJ investigations in a single bound! LOOK! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's a flagellating windows logo! And they're running it as a screen saver on the uncrashable NT operating system. It's Super Bill!

    [kid among the spectators] "Mommy? Why is the sky blue?"
    [kid's mother] Well, that's because Super Bill was flying around up there when he crashed, dear.

  66. Yikes by Wyatt+Earp · · Score: 2

    http://www.mvpstore.com/catalog/Product.asp?PXC=1& PXS=1&PXP=532

    Take a look at that bad boy.

    1. Re:Yikes by platypus · · Score: 1

      Aarg, why can't we post pictures here, would make a nice horror cabinet.
      Or this, who the hell would wear anything with this ugly mcp-logo on it anyway?

  67. I WANT A MAE LING MAK DOLL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Press the special transform-o button on her left buttock, and she turns to stone!!

  68. I WANT A JON KATZ DOLL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Press the special transform-o button on her left buttock, and she turns to stone!!!!

  69. The look like borg drones by RatBastard · · Score: 1

    Add a few wires, a weird and useless left-hand prostethis (speled wrong, bite me) and you've got Borg dolls!

    How fitting.

    --
    Boobies never hurt anyone. - Sherry Glaser.
  70. NT Man? by SuperJ · · Score: 1

    Didn't Microsoft come out with an NT man a while ago to give away to the first couple hundred of people who signed up for something? I've created my own Bill Gates doll with head and limbs attached with velcro so you can rip them off.

    --

    Sheepdot: Open Source good, Closed Source baaaaaaad!

  71. Taking the toys prime time by richj · · Score: 2

    The commercial:

    Deep Male Voice Sings, "MCP--with the Reboot Grip!"

    Cut to a toy datacenter with toy sitting in a mini ergo-chair, child's voice cries "Kim, we lost the print spooler, I say again, print services are OFFLINE! Perform a reboot!"

    Deep Male Voice Sings, "MCP--with the Reboot Grip!"

    Cut to a childs hand holding Dan and knocking over toy computers, the child cries out "Take that you hard to use and expensive Sun servers! Microsoft clustering can deliver the same performance for 1/3 the price!"

    Deep Male Voice Sings, "MCP--with the Reboot Grip!"

    Cut to a closeup of Nate, a child shreiks, "Oh my Kim, the UNIX Admins are installing Linux, what do we do?!"

    Girls voice "They're too smart to attack directly, they know Computer Science and all of that other bits and bytes stuff. Wait!!! There's their managers, ready the FUD Cannon!"

    Cheezy electric recorded voice, "Windows is a robust solution for your enterprise...."

    Deep Male Voice Sings, "MCP--with the Reboot Grip!"

    Generic anouncer "Collect Dan, Kim, and their fearless MSCE+Internet leader Nate, the MCP Action figures by Wham-O! FUD Cannon and Clue-Stick sold separately!"

  72. I've had loads of fun with these... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Microsoft made these available at a conference in the spring... When several employees snagged 'em at my client site, I grabbed one... Turns out, the Darth Maul helmet from my Star Wars lego set fit just perfectly... The client/Microsoft rep. was amused...

  73. Anotomically correct? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Nope. The reboot fingers are too underdeveloped.

  74. Denten, Tx? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Denton, Denton...rah, rah, rah Denton, Denton...bites the big one.

  75. windows by Nastard · · Score: 2

    any chance we can get these guys working on windows millenium ? i know *I* would feel alot better if they took over develeopment

  76. Re:I WANT A NATALIE PORTMAN DOLL by smash_phase · · Score: 0

    Finally went to have a look who this 'Natalie Portman' figure is (Nevah saw StarWars, I'm a Trekkie) Jeez man, see looks just like the girl across the street.. If you like her so much, why don't you just date 'the girl across the street' and stop undressing Barbie dolls..

    --
    /* Be the change you wish to see in this world - Mohandas Karamchand "Mahatma" Gandhi */
  77. Oh, good lord. by Sith+Lord+Jesus · · Score: 1

    Are there Apple action figures I can get too?? Then I can have them battle it out with the M$ofties like G.I. Joe vs Cobra. Well, this has got to be one of the weirder toys I've ever heard of. And though I would love, love, love to get my hands on a Bill Gates figure, I know he isn't that stupid--no way he's gonna hand out voodoo dolls to everyone.

    --

  78. Hardly... by RuntimeError · · Score: 2
    Your post is dead funny funny, I am hardly worried about our kids in the future because the term MCP is a oxymoron. I mean Microsoft Certified Professional ?

    Professional. n. characterized by or conforming to the technical or ethical standards of a profession (2) : exhibiting a courteous, conscientious, and generally businesslike manner in the workplace (Merriam-Webster dictionary)

    How can a corporation, to whom those qualities are alien, even begin to certify them ?

    What next ? Microsoft Certified Linux Guru ?

  79. What about a Katz action figure? by cprincipe · · Score: 1

    It could be like one of those Amazing Amy dolls or Furbies - it would talk incessantly about how society's going to hell in a handbasket and wouldn't have an OFF switch. Oh, and it could have a cute little sweater that said "Resident Gasbag" on it.

    --

    bun-fhuinneog agam!

  80. Good Value! by urkidnme · · Score: 1

    You can get all three for only $5.00. That's about what three MCP's are worth....

  81. With real action reboot finger by Kancer · · Score: 1
    you forgot the power that all the action figures combined can do -the mighty BSOD reboot karate chop!

    -Kris

  82. I can remember the days... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...when there were cartoons, and then toy lines sprang up from the cartoons... Of course, that was before it flip-flopped - where the toy lines existed first, and then they made cartoons based on the toy line. Shameless marketing weasels at work. Bah!

  83. We need more geek action figures by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Everybody has an action figure these days. I think it woud be neat to have some geek oriented action figures.. Linus, Alan Cox, ESR, RMS, perhaps even Turing, Babbage, and Lady Ada! Just cool stuff to put on top of your monitor :)

  84. joke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Windows 2000 Customer :
    Now the system is even more 32-bit !

  85. MCPs in real life... by Oblio · · Score: 1

    First drop about another 40 to 60 pounds on each one.

    Next, you need to dress them properly. Maybe a white short sleeve button up. Fix that hair too...just let it grow for 6 months without any trimming.

    After that, maybe glue a very small amount of food crumbs to the side of their faces... (This may be extreme- maybe only one of them should get the crumbs).

    That should about do it. :)

    --
    Pax -- Ob
  86. MSCE doll by DaveHowe · · Score: 3
    Do they come with Voodoo drivers?

    ---wavy lines---

    <MS Helpdesk> Sorry sir, but we can't admit that $PRODUCT is at fault
    <FX: DaveHowe pokes doll with pin>
    <MS Helpdesk> Ow!
    <DaveHowe> Are you SURE you can't help?
    <MS Helpdesk> No, I'm sorry sir, we...
    <FX: DaveHowe makes use of soldering iron>
    <MS Helpdesk> Please! no more! I'll talk! just don't hurt me anymore

    ---wavy lines---

    Don't you just WISH sometimes? :+)
    --

    --
    -=DaveHowe=-
  87. Just like the real thing! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    3 for $5.

  88. It's only the beginning. by robs · · Score: 1

    Trust me, this is only the beginning. If they actually manage to sell these, I can see the next set of M$ action figure dolls.

    MS Legal Department Action Figures
    --------------------------------------

    Over 160 to collect. One for each litigation involving Microsoft. Some of them include...

    - Gui Appleton
    - Cal D. Erasmus
    - Don O. Jasper

    and many more to come. And remember kids: "Gotta litigate them all!"



  89. I'd like to see a /. troll doll. by Rotten168 · · Score: 1

    Troll doll: has a rapid-fire arm (not the GI Joe Kung Fu grip tough) for typing in 3133t-speak. Also, comes with a 56.6k modem which dials AOL so he can d/led Back Orifice with his little 13 year old buddies. Is un-godly ugly, ill-tempered, mind-numbingly stupid, and racist. Also comes with elastic arms and legs so /.er's can torture the little SOB's like they know they'd all like to.

  90. All male action figures? by zytheran · · Score: 1

    Well, it's good to see that Microsoft have not denigrated the female of the species by including them as "action figures". I wonder what this says about their corporate culture?I guess that while the twenty something pimply slaves of bill are running around trying to be part of the action the girls are working behind the scenes actually getting things to work. Must be a real lot of them too.

    1. Re:All male action figures? by dierdorf · · Score: 1
      Ah, it's nice to see an example of the proverbial Slashdot reader who has been behind a keyboard for so long he literally doesn't recognize a female when he sees one, let alone knows what to do with her if found. I had thought this stereotype was an urban legend.

      For your information, Kim, the short action figure in the middle featuring a somewhat bulgy chest and noticable hips, is female.

      --
      -- John Dierdorf, Austin TX
    2. Re:All male action figures? by jbarnett · · Score: 1

      Ah, it's nice to see an example of the proverbial Slashdot reader who has been behind a keyboard for so long he literally doesn't recognize a female when he sees one,

      They are cheap toys and a bad picture. At first (and second) glance it wasn't clear what exactly ANY of them exactly where, let along know what their gender they where

      let alone knows what to do with her if found.

      Uh, what are YOU doing with the female MCP action firgure? I know exactly what to do with a human real life female, and I sure as hell hope you aren't doing that with a toy that resembles a female. Please let the class know what exactly you do with female action firgure once you find them.

      I had thought this stereotype was an urban legend.

      UH, I though your kind was an urban legend.

      For your information, Kim, the short action figure in the middle featuring a somewhat bulgy chest and noticable hips, is female.

      Ok, so how to you define "Nate", the short action figure on the left featuring a somewhat bulgy chest and noticable hips?


      This isn't a flame, just keeping you on your toe good buddy. : )

      --

      "`Ford, you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.'" -THHGTTG
  91. Where the smutty MCSE office chick by zak+mckracken · · Score: 1

    A bit sexist

  92. RE: why MCPs are important by Pfhreakaz0id · · Score: 2

    Let me eleborate on why I got my job b/c of an MCP designation and why they are important. I just got it b/c I'd been admining' a SQL server box for a while, figured I could study for 2-3 weeks on topics I didn't know and pass. I did.

    I found out why it's important. Small consulting shops (like the one I work at) want to become an MCSP (M$ Certified Solutions Provider). Why? Well, although some companies won't outsource to a non-MCSP, it's mostly to save $. How? Because the $1395 a year it costs you gets you: A universal MSDN subscription (quarterly updates. This is basically the whole MSDN site on CD), TechNet (betas and SDKs), a 50 license BackOffice (NT Server, SMS, Exchange, IIS package, 10 licenses EACH of the following: Visual Studio Enterprise (that's about $1500 by itself), M$ Office Developer, and all the client OSs (NT workstation, 98, 95, etc).

    The thing is, to be an MCSP you have to have so many MCP-certified developer (there are other things, but that's a big one). So regardless, if a smal shop wants an MCSP or to keep it, they want MCPs. Like M$ or not, once again, you have to admire there shrewd marketing.

  93. Overheard at Tech Ed by khiron · · Score: 1
    When walking past the MSDN booth at tech Ed in Dallas where members of the collective were handing them out, one developer upon recieving a few was heard to exclaim;

    'Oh great MS butt Plugs'.

    Action figure - $0.25

    Entrance to Tech Ed - $1000

    Expression on MS Staffers face - Priceless

  94. Win95 Theme Song by DragonHawk · · Score: 2

    What, like "Start Me Up"?

    I always thought it somewhat appropriate that the line immediately following "Start Me Up" in that song talks about grown men crying.

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  95. non-MSCE's can't purchase...: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    I tried to buy a set as a gift, but you need to log in, which requires a "Microsoft ID" and a "certification type". Is there an underground purchase location for these? word.

  96. MCP! by Siege · · Score: 1

    Does anyone remember the movie Tron?

    The MCP, the Master Control Program.. how appropriate.

  97. It's a good thing M$ did this first by Partisan · · Score: 1

    If they'd let the Linux community pick a mascot I bet it would have been a (not so) cute little stuffed jackass with "MSCE==Must Call Someone Else" printed on the back. And of course it only comes in one colour, BSOD-blue.

  98. Uh, no you can't... by DuctTape · · Score: 1

    You need to be a Microsoft Certified Professional in order to have an account to order the action figures in the first place.

    Another plan foiled again!!!


    DT
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  99. That's right.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    ..us MCSEs have to have thick skin. Your silly jabs have no affect on me, Unix-bigot, ha-ha!

    Now, if those meddling kids don't interfere I'll be able to reformat that silly Linux machine & install Exchange Server! Muhahahaa!

  100. Neener-neener! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I'm gonna go orrrrder some! And you can't haaaave none.

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  102. Toy Story 3 ?? by ihxo · · Score: 1

    will they appear in toy story 3 ??

  103. What a bunch of bitches... by dizzydogg · · Score: 1

    I have never seen a bunch of bitches (no offense to any of the women out there). There is no reason why they have to release anything. They will release it when they are good and ready, and no amount of bitching on your part will speed the process. We should just apreciate the fact that they are willing to open-source it when they are happy with the final product. If it's taking them to long for you, write your own damn scripts. Hi, it's nice to meet'cha, I'd like to treat you to a bagel and a slice of pizza, But i'm broke as fuck and don't get payed to the first of next month, but if you want to join me i'm about to roll my next blunt, but I don't have no weed, no philies or no papers, plus i'm a rapist & repeated prison escapist, so give me all your money, and don't try to outrun me, 'cause you know you stinkin ass is too fat to outrun me. -Eminem

  104. Bombs away! by pac4854 · · Score: 1

    I've been wondering what to do with my three unexploded M-80s left over from New Years. I gotta order a set of these guys!

  105. Re: Obviously you do not any current certification by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    reminds of the losers saying a college education is worthless. TRUTH: EMPLOYERS WANT CERTIFICATIONS FACT: CERTIFICATION PROVIDES EMPLOYERS A WAY TO SEPARATE THE GODS FROM THE CLODS FICTION: YOU DONT REALLY NEED CERTIFICATIOIN TO BE AN IT PROFFESSIONAL(only if you want a job!!)