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MIT Gnome Invasion
J. Arthur Random writes "On Wednesday, April 23, hundreds of gnomes invaded the main public computer cluster at MIT. There were big gnomes, little gnomes, even naked gnomes. A gnome army carried the GNOME banner. Fortunately, the ACME Gnome Exterminators took care of the infestation within a few days."
Working Link. I like the dome beanie :-)
I'm not Seth.
Thank god it wasn't the underpants gnomes!
Is this what happens when you run GnomeMeetings?
Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock. Will Rogers
THIS IS BLATANT DISCRIMINATION - I cannot allow this exclusion of minority gnomes to stand!
I shall be filing a class action lawsuit against MIT; all minority gnomes should contact me immediately.
(Now to figure out some way to bring the DMCA into this...)
In the US, it's friday night. Little news is being generated. Most people are out doing something.
Except us, of course.
Party on, clbyjack81!
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the strongest word is still the word "free"
Hundreds of Gnomes couldn't take down the MIT computer labs, but Slashdot does it with one story submission. Is there anything that can stop the Slashdot army?
This is news for nerds. This is stuff that matters.
/salute the anonymous Gnomesters.
This was a truly beautiful hack, and it looks like the perpetrators, may they be snickering to themselves in their dormrooms, put a hell of a lot of effort into it.
It had class, beauty, and best of all, didn't hurt anybody.
As a nerd, I am truly glad that Slashdot brought this to my attention.
The next Slashdot story will be ready soon, but subscribers can beat the rush and slashdot the links early!
it's not annual. guys at MIT do hacks all year round.
The World's Worst Webcomic!
So the computer lab is filled with hairy little men. What's so great about this? You should see my friends at a LAN party... Woohoo! Hack! =)
I was walking down the High Street
When I heard footsteps behind me
And there was a little old man (Hello)
In scarlet and grey, shuffling away (laughter)
Well he trotted back to my house
And he sat beside the telly (Oaah..)
With his tiny hands on his tummy
Chuckling away, laughing all day (laughter)
Oh, I ought to report you to the Gnome office
(Gnome Office)
Yes
(Hahahahaha)
CHORUS
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
"I'm a laughing Gnome and you can't catch me"
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
"I'm a laughing Gnome and you can't catch me"
Said the laughing Gnome
Well I gave him roasted toadstools and a glass of dandelion wine (Burp, pardon)
Then I put him on a train to Eastbourne
Carried his bag and gave him a fag
(Haven't you got a light boy?)
"Here, where do you come from?"
(Gnome-man's land, hahihihi)
"Oh, really?"
In the morning when I woke up
He was sitting on the edge of my bed
With his brother whose name was Fred
He'd bought him along to sing me a song
Right, let's hear it
Here, what's that clicking noise?
(That's Fred, he's a "metrognome", haha)
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
"I'm a laughing Gnome and you don't catch me"
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
"I'm a laughing Gnome and you can't catch me"
(Own up, I'm a gnome, ain't I right, haha)
"Haven't you got an 'ome to go to?"
(No, we're gnomads)
"Didn't they teach you to get your hair cut at school?
you look like a rolling gnome."
(No, not at the London School of Ecognomics)
Now they're staying up the chimney
And we're living on caviar and honey (hooray!)
Cause they're earning me lots of money
Writing comedy prose for radio shows
It's the-er (what?)
It's the Gnome service of course
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
"I'm a laughing Gnome and you don't catch me"
Ha ha ha, oh, dear me
(Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
"I'm a laughing Gnome and you can't catch me"
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
"I'm a laughing Gnome and you can't catch me")
(One more time, yeah)
Blatantly from Teenage Wildlife, David Bowie fansite. Oh yes, he wrote the song, back in 1968 or 1969.
They've all gone there to meet Gnome Chomsky.
Yeah, this coming from a guy who spends friday night posting on slashdot.