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Paris Hilton Recruited to Publicize Linux
lamasquerade writes "Paris Hilton has been named by the Open Source Development Legue as their next recruit in a bid to gain maximum exposure for FOSS. The new Legue's CEO, Jeremy Bleats, noted that the length of Ms Hilton's legs were a great factor in the decision and was sure to deny any links to The Red-Headed Legue. Richard Stallman was quick to label the activity a 'cheap stunt'."
All distributions adopt new characteristic *BOIINNGGG!* bootup sound.
Speaking of which. On Wednesday, we were at LinuxFest in Indy and one of the freebies that the university was giving out where these little penguin squishy things. Two girls who looked like they just came off of the latest reality TV show came up to our booth and asked in a very gingery voice "Like, can we have one of these penguins?". I doubt they knew anything about Linux. After they left I then turned to Marina and said, you know there needs to be a new distribution of Linux called Pink Linux or something "like" that. It could have a pink gtk theme with cornflower blue icons.
What month is this again? ;)
Tux with tits!
The joke is in the title.
'I am become Shiva, destroyer of worlds'
While this was in the Mysterious Future, I thought of an awesome reply. But I seem to have forgotten it.
the date...
Where are the real stories today?
I for one welcome our new bimbo overlords.
I also heard that the next Debian installs will include Paris' latest video and her hacked TMobile phonebook by default. No more searching around the net for your favorite downloads!
That's Hot
Maybe you should educate the morons of tomorrow so they'll stop believing the leaders of tomorrow. - Dogbert
Could we just sell her for $30k? We could fund a bunch of projects with that!
(lay off. i know it's a joke)
IWARS.
People, in general, disappoint me. Politicians even more so.
So will we end up with a leaked sex tape of her and Tux now?
These April fools jokes are getting old fast. I bet that if they put a free copy in each of her porn video there would be alot more linux users.
What a waste of effort... Why even bother making a joke article? Just say "Paris Hilton", and it's already a joke.
"The amount of intelligence on this planet is a constant. The population is growing." -Cole's Axiom
Are there going to be any serious posts today?
My lame blog.
I'd agree, Stallman has better legs.
better face, too, without the make-up
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
coming up next: ....
- Google Gulp
- Nasa reports: Water on Mars
- GMail inbox size to infinity+1
- Gentoo to drop x86 live cds
- gnome requiring subscription in the future
Here she is doing what she does best at a linux convention:
http://phil.askluke.com/chicks/parislol.jpg
I think she just read the camel book and was inspired.
Will code a sig generator for food
Did you guys hear how loud that "whoosh" sound was? I heard it all of the way over at my desk.
Ugh
going on 5 jokes in a row... time for a real news article already?
/. right now.
There is such a thing as "killing a joke"... ya know, that guy who gets a good laugh at a joke, then keeps adding on to the same thing over, and over, and over... the laughter dies down and then people just start nervously chuckling so they don't make the guy feel bad.
"That guy" is
Sure gives a whole new meaning to "open source", doesn't it?
The back door is too open, and any distribution she endorses would have the nic running in promiscuius mode all the time!
SCO has sent out a press release stating that apparently "residue from SCO's intellectual property" have been found in and on Linux's new spokesperson, Paris Hilton. As proof, SCO showed clips from a one hour tape alleging to show unknown developers deposting what SCO claims to be "the life fluids of SCO" directly onto various parts of Ms Hilton.
Ms Hilton was quoted as saying "they promised me they wouldn't show that tape to anyone, if you can't trust a nerd, who can you trust?".
Proof:
On her appearance on Saturday Night Live, she did a fake commercial for a geek-oriented phone sex line. She dressed up in a hat & huge scarf and made various Doctor Who references.
After that, i have now officially seen everything on TV. Nothing could ever top such an obscure reference than that. Closest was the cast of AbFab showing up on an episode of Roseanne.
emerge slut
-Lod
In other news, a new distro will come out with barebones functionality, and it's gonna suck.
No, he misspelled "slu^H^H It is not polite to refer to Miss Hilton as an "activity" so much as a charitable and generous liberated woman.
|plastic....or gasoline?|
Welcome to April 1 on Slashdot, when productivity in IT departments around the country shoots up 500%.
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I'd hit it.................
with a stick!!!!
Fuck, wrong forum.
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... if they use the right advertising method.
There is nothing so silly as other peoples traditions, and nothing so sacred as our own.
"Paris, what do you think of the OSS movement?"
"That's hot."
"Hot...Alright, what about the pengiun mascot, do you think it fits Linux or what are your feelings on that?"
"That's hot."
"Also....hot. OK, let me ask you this, what would you think of dinner with me tonight?"
"That's hot."
"Are you listening at all?"
"That's hot."
I Want To Believe
Linux Sex Positions - The Open Source Kama Sutra.
The owls are not what they seem
I am just waiting for tomorrow, when they post a dup of a phony story.
My beliefs do not require that you agree with them.
No one is going to fall for that.
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"WHY she is a celebrity is beyond me"
... because everybody uses it.
She's a celebrity because she's a celebrity. It's the same reason everybody uses Windows. Everybody uses it
Research shows that 67% of those who use the term "research shows", are just making shit up.
".. the involvement of Paris Hilton as a 'cunning stunt'".
you mean.
; -- the corruption of government starts with its secrets. a truly free people keep no secrets. --
It's the 1st of April. I read the article and it had the characteristic April Fool feel to it. Guess not too many bright sparks on /. these days.
Firefox + BugMeNot extension == never having to register
The major criteria was : somebody who has to be really "open" :-D
about Paris:
"New Rule - You can't be famous for NOTHING."
She and her show can go back to wherever she came from.
... anybody got the video of Paris typing "man mount"?
"Derp de derp."
Paris always poses with hats and a man's shirt ... and nothing else ... in issues of Vanity Fair.
It's official, Linux is so Hot it's Not.
I'm looking forward to the Victoria's Secret preview of their new Red Hat Lingerie.
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Plus Side:
Minus side:
Tick tock, tick tock. I think she's about at 13 to 14 minutes at this point.
Heeyyyyyy! I keeed, I keeed.
the major advances in civilization are processes which all but wreck the societies in which they occur - A.N. White
...you insensitive clods!
That's actually a great marketing strategy. If Paris Hilton can use Linux - anyone can!
...Had this been an actual emergency, we would have fled in terror, and you would not have been informed.
Are you allowed to call Paris a "cheap stunt" on TV?
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The world doesn't just disappear when you close your eyes, does it?