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Windependence Day

Posted by michael on from the man-is-born-free-and-everywhere-he-is-in-chains dept.

An unknown reader points us to the Windependence Day contest sponsored by DesktopLinux. Cute idea, and I'm sure some people have exciting stories of battling the talking paperclip...

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  1. July 14th: The Storming of Redmond by boa13 · · Score: 4, Funny

    And on July 14th, join us as we storm the Redmond stronghold and cut the head of the evil king of the Microsoft Kingdom. The storming of Redmond will symbolize, for all citizens of Linuxdom, liberty, democracy and the struggle against all forms of oppression!

    1. Re:July 14th: The Storming of Redmond by dweezle · · Score: 2, Funny

      Liberty! Equality! Fraternity!

      --
      In a time of universal lies, Telling the Truth is a revolutionary act - George Orwell
    2. Re:July 14th: The Storming of Redmond by PacoTaco · · Score: 2, Funny

      The Justice Department is already contemplating a lawsuit. Apparently "Windependence Day" is too similar to the US Government trademark "Independence Day." This could cause confusion in the minds of consumers and lead them to believe that Linux has something to do with lighting fireworks. Innocent penguins may be needlessly harmed.

  2. Re:Uhh.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Use your secret weapon: fdisk. Windows has no defense.

    "...crush the Rebellion with one swift stroke!"

  3. Definition? by sheepab · · Score: 5, Funny

    Windependance day - The day hoards of slashdotters and Linux fans alike gathered to battle that EVIL paper clip. And what did they do? Well, heh, Ill tell you what they did, but it wasnt pretty. When they got ahold of the paper clip, they grabbed ahold of him at each and...and they....they....STRAIGHTENED HIM!!!

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    In college, really poor, need a flatscreen.
    1. Re:Definition? by Skevin · · Score: 3, Funny

      ...and they....they....STRAIGHTENED HIM!!!

      What? the Office Assistant isn't straight?

      --
      "Twice half-assed makes an ass whole." --Solomon K. Chang
  4. Re:Why July 4? by Anal+Cocks · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Why is 4th July so special?"

    July 4th is the USian independence day. If we don't let them have their way, expect to see your country join the "axis of evil" and get bombed in a couple weeks.

    --

    Hey, kid... wanna touch my "kernel patch"?

    -- Alan Cox

  5. Re:Why July 4? by atta1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Spoken like a true free thinker, who will no doubt insist on US assistance when his country runs into a crisis.

    --
    "The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote" -- Kosh
  6. exciting stories? by bilbobuggins · · Score: 3, Funny
    I'm sure some people have exciting stories of battling the talking paperclip...

    LMAO.

    'It was a dark and stormy night. My nervous grip on my trusty Xconfigurator tightened as I heard the 'BOOIIING!' from the distance. Only one thing in this world made that sound. And that thing was Bob...'

  7. On the next Celebrity Boxing... by shmuc · · Score: 3, Funny

    Paperclip vs. Penguin

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    Efren Belizario
    headspeak.com
  8. I can see the filk now... by jejones · · Score: 3, Funny
    Let freedom ring/Let the penguin sing...

    (Apologies to Martina McBride.)

  9. Re: Battling the Paperclip! by XO · · Score: 3, Funny

    You have got to check this picture out. Battling the paperclip! I want to write without interference!

    --
    "Champagne for my real friends - and real pain for my sham friends!" http://ericblade.postalboard.com/
  10. Re:Uhh.... by flewp · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually, speaking of battling the paperclip bastard....
    About a year ago, doing a freelance job, I had to work a lot with Frontpage2000. Not too bad, since I was able to use Dreamweaver at home, but I also had to use Word a lot when I was in the office. It was mostly for conversions of data to be put into HTML. Since I was working on a machine that someone else used, and they were the primary user, I opted not to really change anything around. Anyway, one day when working with Word, the paperprick bastard kept popping up. I got so mad (mostly from being hungover) I took the box of paperclips at the desk and proceeded and to simply bend probably around 20-25 until they broke. Man, that was great. Not only did I kill the minions of the paperclip army, I killed enough time to the point that I chilled out and got back to work. Anyone else have a similiar pathetic story?

    (yeah, yeah, I eventually turned the helper off, but whatever.)

    --
    WWJD.... for a Klondike bar?