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Paris Hilton Recruited to Publicize Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-nicole-ritchie-is-the-cool-one dept.

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'."

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  1. In other news... by suso · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

    1. Re:In other news... by 2names · · Score: 4, Funny
      "cheap stunt"



      Too...many...jokes...must...not...say...the..."c "...word...

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    2. Re:In other news... by dedeman · · Score: 5, Interesting

      If I didn't laugh at this, I would mod it +1 interesting.
      How many young girls might be in the market to buy a computer, if for nothing else then to IM, and either wouldn't care, or wouldn't know, the difference between eye candy windows or eye candy linux. They might just be the only demographic to judge a disto based on it's "cuteness" factor.
      And I promise that this is not a shameless ploy to make linux geeks attractive in the eyes of 16+ yr old girls. It would be interesting to see linux take a larger market share through the efforts of promoting itself to high school/college age chicks.

    3. Re:In other news... by DrEldarion · · Score: 4, Funny

      Either that or remove the n and replace the first t with an l.

    4. Re:In other news... by HarvardAce · · Score: 5, Funny
      Also in other news...

      Duke Nukem Forever has gone gold! And it will *ONLY* run on Linux!

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    5. Re:In other news... by mrotschi · · Score: 5, Funny

      there needs to be a new distribution of Linux called Pink Linux or something "like" that
      like this ? http://www.divisiontwo.com/articles/barbieOS.htm

    6. Re:In other news... by smittyoneeach · · Score: 3, Funny

      Dunno. I hasn't been starin' at too many horses of late. But we doesn't wanna explore yo' puhsonal b'iness... :)

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    7. Re:In other news... by SparafucileMan · · Score: 3, Funny

      ...quickly followed by the automatic playing of the Paris Hilton porno, included with all new distributions.

      In all seriousness, it's supposed to increase the number of computers running linux as their primary desktop to 100% within the next few days.

      The OS war is officialy dead. We won!

    8. Re:In other news... by Pharmboy · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I don't see the attraction either. Plain face, boney body, bad attitude. I mean, its not like there is a shortage of little rich girls with no morals. She is far from the prettiest of the bunch.

      Its not like she is talented either. Her biggest assets are just being rich and being a celebrity. WHY she is a celebrity is beyond me.

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    9. Re:In other news... by Anonymous+Custard · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm sure that new wiggly window thing that the guy was showing on her last week will snag a few more converts.

      Hasn't Apple already patented the practice of using gimmicky UI's to convert low-end users?

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    10. Re:In other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      WHY she is a celebrity is beyond me.
      She is a celebrity b/c she is rich and grabs headlines with wild behavior. In other words, she acts like a celebrity, so the media celebrates her. Famous for being famous, Catch 22.

    11. Re:In other news... by g33ky · · Score: 3, Funny

      Apple aren't converting, they are simply "re-aligning"

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    12. Re:In other news... by nametaken · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I don't see the attraction either. Plain face, boney body, bad attitude. I mean, its not like there is a shortage of little rich girls with no morals. She is far from the prettiest of the bunch. Its not like she is talented either. Her biggest assets are just being rich and being a celebrity. WHY she is a celebrity is beyond me.

      She's not just rich, she's damn rich. She also plays the part of being mentally handicapped quite well. In truth, I suspect she's quite smart and a ridiculously hard worker. You just can't be an idol to teens if you're way over their head and too normal to get attention. Perhaps some of us could even take a lesson, and learn to compromise some ego in return for some finacial success. Well, not me, but other people. :)

    13. Re:In other news... by minotaurcomputing · · Score: 3, Funny

      "And I promise that this is not a shameless ploy to make linux geeks attractive in the eyes of 16+ yr old girls."

      Oh there is no worry about that.
      -m

    14. Re:In other news... by robertjw · · Score: 4, Funny

      and a ridiculously hard worker.

      I'll say. I saw the video.

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    15. Re:In other news... by 2short · · Score: 4, Insightful

      In truth, I suspect she's every bit as dumb as she seems. Certainly there are plenty of actresses, etc. who are famously dumb blondes, but when you see them not acting, it is clear they are in fact quite inteligent and hard working, and are acting the dumb blonde part because it brings them success. Christina Applegate might be the cannonical example; she got playing the role of a stupid bimbo, but seen out of that role, on a talk show for example, she is incredibly articulate. But Paris isn't compromising her ego for financial success; she isn't acting dumb to get rich. She was born damn rich. I suppose she could be acting dumb to get attention. But working hard at acting stupid in pursuit of a cleverly crafted strategy whose whole purpose is to make oneself a world-famous icon of spoiled stupidity strikes me as pretty clear evidence one is actually stupid in reality.

  2. Finally! by fredtheshingle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tux with tits!

  3. Linux looks to Hilton for exposure by webhat · · Score: 4, Funny

    The joke is in the title.

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  4. Like by hottoh · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Where are the real stories today?

    1. Re:Like by Dun+Malg · · Score: 4, Interesting
      Where are the real stories today?

      No shit, man. Isn't the really cleverness of April Fool's jokes in the subtlety of their presentation? The best ones are plausible falsehoods slipped in amongst the real thing. But not on /., of course. No, here we get to endure 24 hours of the Worst Jokes Ever, each one dumber that the last. Wait, I got some news story ideas guys! "Disney buys the ISS"! "Microsoft releases WinNT source"! "Linux cancelled forever"! Those are GREAT! HAHAHAHAHA!!

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    2. Re:Like by Rakshasa+Taisab · · Score: 5, Funny

      The problem is, if you make the fake news subtle or hide it amongst real news, it will just be an ordinary day on /..

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  5. Welcome, Paris! by LukePieStalker · · Score: 5, Funny

    I for one welcome our new bimbo overlords.

    1. Re:Welcome, Paris! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
      This should be great for recruiting...

      Linux User: Windows has more viruses!

      Windows User: Linux has more STDs!

  6. free goodies! by ack154 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!

  7. Paris Hilton Recruited to Publicize Linux by Jaguar777 · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's Hot

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  8. Don't want her... by carambola5 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Could we just sell her for $30k? We could fund a bunch of projects with that!

    (lay off. i know it's a joke)

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  9. good one by bird603568 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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.

  10. Why bother? by Xentor · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What a waste of effort... Why even bother making a joke article? Just say "Paris Hilton", and it's already a joke.

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  11. Any real stories? by SenFo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Are there going to be any serious posts today?

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    1. Re:Any real stories? by MyLongNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

      Why should today be any different than any other day?

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    2. Re:Any real stories? by Peyna · · Score: 5, Informative

      No. It's April 1st. It's Slashdot. This has been a regular occurence since the beginning of Slashdot.

      Don't worry, you can just repost this comment in every story today and have Excellent Karma by sunset.

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  12. *Yawn* by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 5, Funny

    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 ....

    1. Re:*Yawn* by Jethro · · Score: 3, Funny

      Nasa reports: Water on Mars

      Actually, Astronomy Picture of the Day do have a photo of water on Mars today.

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  13. Linux convention by nnnneedles · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  14. Re:WTF? by ack154 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did you guys hear how loud that "whoosh" sound was? I heard it all of the way over at my desk.

  15. Ok... by Transcendent · · Score: 4, Insightful

    going on 5 jokes in a row... time for a real news article already?

    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 /. right now.

    1. Re:Ok... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
      There is such a thing as "killing a joke"... ya know
      In Soviet Russia joke kills you!
  16. Not a good thing security-wise.... by edwardd · · Score: 3, Funny

    The back door is too open, and any distribution she endorses would have the nic running in promiscuius mode all the time!

  17. Press Release by SCO by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    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?".

  18. Paris Hilton has some geek cred by British · · Score: 3, Interesting

    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.

  19. Re:Tux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gotta be better than watching Tux go down on my new server ;-)'s

  20. I'd hit it.. by un1xl0ser · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd hit it.................

    with a stick!!!!

    Fuck, wrong forum.

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  21. Interview by filmmaker · · Score: 3, Funny

    "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."

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  22. The Open Source Kama Sutra with Tux by October_30th · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linux Sex Positions - The Open Source Kama Sutra.

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  23. Dup! by gosand · · Score: 3, Funny
    Are there going to be any serious posts today?

    I am just waiting for tomorrow, when they post a dup of a phony story.

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