Slashdot Mirror


LinuX-Mas Caroling We Shall Go

smudge writes "Don't let the economy get you down this holiday season. Bring up a screen saver of a fireplace, grab a hot mulled Mountain Dew and check out these holiday classics, rewritten with a tech spin, from LinuxWorld.com."

17 of 179 comments (clear)

  1. It's beginning to look a lot like.... by jayhawk88 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...another pedestrian attempt at holiday humor!

  2. Bad attempt by microbob · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...another pedestrian attempt at badholiday humor!

  3. You forgot the night before implementation by www.sorehands.com · · Score: 5, Informative

    They forgot the old standard of Twas the night before implementation.

    1. Re:You forgot the night before implementation by dildatron · · Score: 3, Informative

      'Twas the night before Christmas
      And all through the lab
      Not a keyboard was clicking
      --No Pr0n being grabbed

      I was browsing the web
      With MS's IE,
      When X10 ad popups
      I began to see.

      I went to uninstall
      But nowhere was IE
      It Seems Mr. Gates
      Had made that choice for me.

      I went to mozilla.org
      And found the builds new
      And what did I see?
      Mozilla 1.2!

      I downloaded the file
      Just as fast as could be
      Thank you Mozilla,
      No more popups for me!

      --


      If you had nuts on your chin, would they be chin nuts?
  4. Speechless. by cioxx · · Score: 4, Funny

    That was the nerdiest thing I've read all week.

    But it's no match for these

  5. UserFriendly.org by The+Tyro · · Score: 4, Funny


    They did a hilarious version of "Oh Holy Nights" that went something like "Oh Modem Lights"

    Here's the link... I kept this as my desktop wallpaper long after christmas was past.

    Oh Modem Lights

    --
    Even if a man chops off your hand with a sword, you still have two nice, sharp bones to stick in his eyes.
  6. Re:And for the Jews? by Dstrct0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Kernel Kernel Kernel
    I configured it today
    Kernel Kernel Kernel
    Please boot up I pray

    OK, that's all I've got...

    --
    Build boards not bombs
  7. Santa Claus: The Shell Script by Pinball+Wizard · · Score: 5, Funny
    better !pout
    better !cry
    better watchout
    lpr why

    santa claus <north pole > town

    cat /etc/passwd >list
    ncheck list
    ncheck list
    cat list | grep naughty >nogiftlist
    cat list | grep nice >giftlist

    santa claus <north pole > town

    who |grep sleeping
    who |grep awake
    who |egrep "bad|good"

    for (goodness sake) { be good }

    --

    No, Thursday's out. How about never - is never good for you?

  8. "Turds"? He got that right... by Wee · · Score: 3, Interesting
    They treat a loyal customer
    Like a lying, thieving turd.

    After listening to my wife (who's a senior buyer for a large-ish defense contractor) relate the woe that was having to sit through *an entire day* with Microsoft reps so they could explain to her what MS's new licensing schemes were going to do to her company, I'd say that line above just about sums it up. They were pretty nasty, it seems, and had a "we don't care how much you've bought in the past" attitude.

    I showed her Open Office even, and she liked it. But using it wasn't an option, since the head of their IT department acts like he wants to climb in bed with Bill Gates and try to have his children. I guess they decided to lay off more people and pay up, the poor dumb bastards.

    I'm going to forward her the link so she'll have something to make her day go by faster...

    -B

    --

    Ash and Hickory, straight-grained and true, make excellent bludgeons, dandy for the cudgeling of vegetarians.

  9. heres mine...Let it snow by FunkSoulBrother · · Score: 5, Funny

    I posted "Bill Gates is frightful",
    and I got a "+1 Insightful",
    So if you've no place to go,
    log on and troll, log on and troll, log on and trooooll!

    Thank you very much.

  10. Re:aafire = one cool fire by Capt.+DrunkenBum · · Score: 3, Funny

    More like "My credit cards roasting on an open fire."

    --

    Not everyone deserves a 320i

  11. Santa Claus: THE VMS EDITION by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    $ better /nopout /nocry
    $ better /watchout
    $ print why
    $ santa_claus /input=north pole /output=town

    $ mcr authorize
    list
    exit
    $ analyze/rms_file/check sysuaf.lis
    $ analyze/rms_file/check sysuaf.lis
    $ search sysuaf.lis naughty /output=nogift.lis
    $ search sysuaf.lis nice /outuput=gift.lis
    $ santa_claus /input=north pole /output=town

    $ show user /interactive/output=users.lis
    $ search users.lis sleeping
    $ search users.lis awake
    $ search users.lis bad
    $ search users.lis good
    $ loop:
    $ be good
    $ if goodness_sake then $ goto loop

    (DCL port courtesy of James Dishaw.)

  12. Great! by Greyfox · · Score: 3, Funny

    We've needed more material for Stallman to sing! Maybe we can get a Stallman-Shatner duo going.

    --

    I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?

  13. The Slashdot Christmas Song! by wackybrit · · Score: 5, Funny

    All through SOVIET RUSSIA, twas Christmas before the night,
    Not a controller was stirring, not even a mouse;
    The CAT5 was hung by the chimney with care,
    In hopes that broadband soon would be there;

    The friendly geeks were nestled all snug in their beds,
    While visions of CowboyNeal danced in their heads;
    And Taco in his 'kerchief, and Cliff in his cap,
    Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,

    When from my PC there arose such a clatter,
    I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
    Away to Mozilla I flew like a flash,
    Tore open my browser, and surfed to the Slash.

    The news on the main page was new, I could boast..
    I could post within 20 seconds 'FIRST POST!!'
    The headline was 'Programmer caught in infinite loop.'
    Doh! Just another of Taco's damn dupes.

    'First Post!!' typed, I was beaming with pride,
    I hit Submit, and then nearly cried
    Someone had beat me, and what did they say?
    "Stephen King dead at 53" today!

    We may complain and bitch at each other
    But every /. user is more like your brother
    Than if you read CNN or Fark or The Knot
    And it's exactly what all other communities are not.

  14. Re:We Three Pings by Urban+Garlic · · Score: 3, Funny

    We three pings, connectionless,
    Seek out hosts by IP address,
    By hub, by switch,
    Without a glitch,
    Sixty-five K or less.

    --
    2*3*3*3*3*11*251
  15. Re:Now... by Greedo · · Score: 3, Informative

    The net is a wonderful thing ... found this here (emphasis mine):

    Mr. PiBB and Pibb Xtra are not available in cans and bottles everywhere. There are many areas in the US where PiBB is not bottled by Coca-Cola bottling plants. Due to lack of capable facilities, the Dr Pepper Company leases the right to bottle Dr Pepper in a particular market to the highest bidder--either Coke, Pepsi or 7up. In some markets, Coke bids highest for the chance to bottle Dr Pepper (a very lucrative business) and in others, Pepsi or 7up gets the contract. In these areas where Dr Pepper is found in Pepsi or 7up vending machines, Coke will offer its own creation -- PiBB -- in response. In regions where Coke bottles Dr Pepper, PiBB is not produced. The bottling agreement with Dr Pepper comes with a "no competition" clause which states that Coke cannot produce their spicy cherry soda.

    --
    Tuus crepidae innexilis sunt.
  16. What a downer by Syncdata · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I know I'm gonna get modded troll for this, but there is one major reason I've never spent the time and effort to learn about linux. It's major supporters are always negative. It's always Microsoft is bad, RIAA is bad, that making money off of labor is bad. Heck, even apple users extol the virtues of their OS more often then knocking Microsoft, and if apple released Macos for PC architecture, I'd give it a shot.
    Seriously, anyone singing these christmas parodies near my door gets an iced snowball to the grill.

    --
    "Inattention makes clowns of us all" -Bean