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Microsoft's "Source Fource" Action Figures

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the is-frequent-rebooting-a-power dept.

RCanine writes "Microsoft is attempting to curry mind share with the 3-12 age bracket with their new event, the Source Fource, a series of developer-based action figures. Windows Vista Sensei, SQL Server Gal and some lame gender stereotypes presumably seek to rid the world of bearded, katana-wielding evil-doers. From the article: 'Between March 15th and April 15th 2007, the new super dudette will be offered and will be sent to developers who get their act together and attend at least two live MSDN Webcasts or two MSDN Virtual Labs, or one of each.'" I just can't figure out what to make of this, except that I hope someone can tell me if it blends. Or melts. Or burns.

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  1. For the love of... by x3rc3s · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is a sure sign of the apocalypse...

  2. Hmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    SQL Server Gal is hot! Is she single?!

    1. Re:Hmm... by somersault · · Score: 3, Funny

      I was hoping that she'd be hawt, but then it turned out that she's the demon heck-spawn of a block of lego and that big sleeping Pokemon dude.. :s

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      which is totally what she said
    2. Re:Hmm... by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 5, Funny

      Batman has been fighting Linux for years.

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    3. Re:Hmm... by Lemmy+Caution · · Score: 5, Funny

      I am not going to make an SQL Injection joke. No. I am not.

    4. Re:Hmm... by xSauronx · · Score: 5, Funny

      If you don't want to say "hell" you can substitute "Detroit"

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    5. Re:Hmm... by Viceroy+Potatohead · · Score: 5, Funny

      Don't forget Professor Oppensource, with his evil creations! Give him a monocle and a Nazi armband, with the Firefox logo instead of a swastika. Lesser villains such as Dr. Oppenoffis could be thwarted by the team's pet Oox,Mel. If MS is going to implement the gayest idea ever, they might as well go all the way.

    6. Re:Hmm... by egomaniac · · Score: 4, Funny

      If you don't want to say "hell" you can substitute "Detroit"

      Hey hey hey, there are kids reading this. You know you can't say words like "Detroit" in polite company! Now go wash your mouth out with soap, young man!

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    7. Re:Hmm... by ivansanchez · · Score: 4, Funny

      > Is she single?! I guess she has lots of foreign relationships...

    8. Re:Hmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Belgium, man. Belgium.

    9. Re:Hmm... by ultranova · · Score: 4, Funny

      SQL Server Gal is hot! Is she single?!

      No, but she isn't big on limiting access - hell, that's the name of her little sister. However, as a result she has worms, bugs, and viruses. Use virus protection if you want to mess with her, and remember: she charges for the "fun", unless you meet her at a shady BitTorrent server somewhere.

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    10. Re:Hmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I will then.

      I would inject her then 9 months later watch her drop her tables. If you know what I mean.

    11. Re:Hmm... by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 5, Funny

      I will, in return, refrain from making any "back-door vulnerability" jokes.

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    12. Re:Hmm... by Mister+Whirly · · Score: 5, Funny

      ""she also likes Sex in the City". I don't know that show. I know of Sex and the City, a show popular with her type"

      They are not talking about the television show. She is just a slut.

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  3. Oooo, Ooooo, Oooo!!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They MUST start making some "evil villian" models too. One that looks like RMS. I'll buy a dozen!

    1. Re:Oooo, Ooooo, Oooo!!!!!! by esocid · · Score: 4, Funny

      They do. I think I saw a penguin on there.

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    2. Re:Oooo, Ooooo, Oooo!!!!!! by skuzzlebutt · · Score: 4, Funny

      I just got a picture of a panel with the nefarious villain BSOD laying on top of the Vista Sensie smacking the piss out of him...the bloodied superhero turns to TuxMan and says "OK, enough...call him off!" TuxMan replies..."um, don't look at me...I think he came in your van. He probably snuck out while you were waiting for your bloated sidekick SideBar to wake up."

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  4. missing someone here.... by Subgenius · · Score: 3, Funny

    But Where is Bob? Or Super-Sweaty Ballmer?

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    1. Re:missing someone here.... by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 5, Funny

      Super-Sweaty Ballmer! Now with Mega-Chair-Throwing action (TM)! Pull the string and hear Super-Sweaty Ballmer say one of the following action phrases:

        - "Developers! Developers! Developers!"

        - "Woooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!"

        - "I'm going to f**king KILL Google!"

      Supplies are limited, so place your order now!

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    2. Re:missing someone here.... by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 4, Funny

      Those of us into customizing our own action figures can simply paint a necktie onto a Dr. Evil figure that's been dipped into thin chicken broth.

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  5. Hmm... by jrothwell97 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let me guess.

    Are the nemeses of these characters 'Evil Dr Torvalds' and 'The Jobs Bandit', who are intent on overtaking the world with their clone armies of penguins, platypuses and scary Finder icons?

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  6. Microsoft At Its Finest by eldavojohn · · Score: 4, Funny

    The best part is when you click "Watch Them in Action!" and it takes you to a page.

    Now, a lot of sites have this crazy idea of embedded video that streams from a site or source that's dedicated to streaming video. You know like YouTube, Blip.tv or any of the .tv sites really. Does Microsoft utilize any of those freely available options? Oh no, of course not! YouTube is Google! Even if we don't have a competing solution we must not use theirs!

    So what happens when you click "view"? Well, it creates a popup window that opens up Windows Media Player! Good luck viewing a .asx file all you non-Windows users.

    The least Microsoft could do is create their own streaming video server but, alas, we must revert to our archaic mentality, reject all that is sensible and invade my privacy and comfort zone by automatically opening a program that is tied to the kernel (and at least historically had admin rights when I didn't) sitting in kernel land on my computer.

    Assistant: Mr. Ballmer! Research indicates that Richard Stallman is 50% more cuddly than you!
    Ballmer: Damnit ... must be his hair. Well, we'll see about that! Put the action figures I've hand crafted here immediately into production! Release plush dolls of clippy! Find me puppies to carry around with me at press conferences and when their cute factor falls below 40%, have them killed and replaced!

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    1. Re:Microsoft At Its Finest by mhall119 · · Score: 4, Funny

      So what happens when you click "view"? Well, it creates a popup window that opens up Windows Media Player! Good luck viewing a .asx file all you non-Windows users. Hmmm, if GIF is pronouned "jiff", and JPG is pronounced "jay-peg", wouldn't that make ASX....oh....oh my......suddenly it all makes sense.
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  7. Say what you want. by Xest · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is the coolest thing Microsoft has ever done and I'm not having anyone say otherwise!

    They're like, ninja developer legomen superheroes!

  8. Windows Vista Sensei? by dkalley · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the website:

    He is highly thought of as one of the most powerful warriors alive. Although he is still young, Windows Vista Sensei is said to possess different strengths and confidence not known to anyone. He is already beginning to gain such world fame at his young age that folks are writing stories about him.
    That's quite some selective perception, I can't even believe this is real!!
  9. Re:For the love of...Apocalypse Ponies! by korbin_dallas · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apocalypse Ponies, my Little Ponies....

    (little girl voice): I'm war pony (flames couch)
    (little girl voice): A I am (evil deep voice) DEATH PONY!

    google: robot chicken apocalypse pony

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  10. I would be throwing a chair by now... by hummassa · · Score: 3, Funny

    1. I am a geeky dad of a 8yo boy.
    2. I use Linux exclusively.
    3. My son -- which could be a Microsoft convert if this thing worked -- cannot watch the videos.
    4. Therefore, he is safe from the brainwashing.
    5. Profit!!!

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  11. Thanks by lelitsch · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thank you Microsoft, for setting your people back 1000 years.

  12. Those are over on Source Forge by billstewart · · Score: 3, Funny

    I didn't have enough sleep, or something, to deal with this article. Is it mushroom season in the Pacific Northwest, or what?

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  13. Re:Haha, the description is ACCURATE! by esocid · · Score: 5, Funny

    10th degree black belt and martial arts master trained in the ancient art of combat, security and connectivity.
    Unless he can't find the drivers needed to use his weapons, then he's SOL.
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  14. I think I speak for everyone here... by DragonHawk · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think I speak for everyone here when I say: Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot. Over.

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  15. Re:WTF? by joaommp · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, I'm actually motivated by lunch. And learning, too. But lunch is a priority.

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  16. I'm waiting for the Batman crossover by GodfatherofSoul · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...because you know Source Fource is out to beat the Penguin.

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  17. Re:Haha, the description is ACCURATE! by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 3, Funny

    You're about to use a katana ...

    Cancel or Allow?

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  18. Re:It's at times like this ... by AndyCR · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wasn't going to post this (bored lunch break GIMP work), but now I must. http://i29.tinypic.com/25rjrew.png

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