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Steve Wozniak To Appear On Dancing With the Stars

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the he-sure-gets-around dept.

Redpill82 writes "It has been confirmed that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will be a contestant on the new season of Dancing with the Stars starting on March 9. Did ABC determine that ratings were low with the technology community? I know I'll be interested in seeing how far Mr. Wozniak goes in the competition."

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  1. Why I respect Woz by Dystopian+Rebel · · Score: 5, Funny

    - he is famous engineer (I will never be famous)
    - he is a talented engineer (I will never be talented)
    - he built revolutionary products (I write Perl scripts)
    - he's a member of the Segway Polo team (I have a folding bicycle)
    - he gets to dance close with a hot woman on television (Mom, what's for breakfast?)

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    1. Re:Why I respect Woz by rolfwind · · Score: 2, Funny

      - he's a member of the Segway Polo team
      - he gets to dance close with a hot woman on television

      Are you sure? I heard that his dancing partner will be called "Ginger" >.>

    2. Re:Why I respect Woz by n1ckml007 · · Score: 2, Funny

      He's the Mac daddy!

  2. backstage conversation by William+Robinson · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bill: You won't believe Steve is such a good dancer.

    (Ballmer jumps on stage for monkey dance)

    Bill: Oh, forgot to mention, I was talking about Wozniak.

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    1. Re:backstage conversation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Oh please, please, please let him on American Idol.

  3. Woz may be talented, famous, and dancing by wiredog · · Score: 5, Funny

    with hot chicks. But I have a sub 50k Slashdot UID!

    Christ, I am such a loser.

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    1. Re:Woz may be talented, famous, and dancing by BitZtream · · Score: 5, Funny

      Loser perhaps, but you aren't so much of a loser that your going on dancing with the stars, which no self respecting person does.

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    2. Re:Woz may be talented, famous, and dancing by alta · · Score: 3, Funny

      damnit, that makes me even loserrer. Let's see if #56 comes around. He posts quite a bit.

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    3. Re:Woz may be talented, famous, and dancing by Erbo · · Score: 3, Funny

      Heh...I'll out-lose the both of ya :-)

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    4. Re:Woz may be talented, famous, and dancing by Lord+Ender · · Score: 3, Funny

      Sometimes I wonder if you guys have a cron job running to notify you if a discussion of slashdot UIDs ever comes up. You never post much else, just the "mine's shorter" comments.

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    5. Re:Woz may be talented, famous, and dancing by Miseph · · Score: 2, Funny

      "mine's shorter"

      Sorry, but that point never wins an argument. Ever.

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  4. This is News??? by Cornwallis · · Score: 3, Funny

    If so, please notify me when Carly Fiorina does a spread in Playboy.

  5. Monday, before coffee? by Overzeetop · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's just not right. I'm going to have to walk around all day with that image haunting me.

    Couldn't you have just linked goatse?

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  6. I'm holding out hope for... by Fr05t · · Score: 3, Funny

    a Stephen Hawking and Kenny Baker duo.

  7. Sharks? by Migraineman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Perhaps the dance floor can open to reveal a pool full of sharks. Or maybe, Woz and Steve-O can dance in a Jackass-esgue showdown. (No really, Steve-O is one of the contestants.)

  8. he'll go far because by circletimessquare · · Score: 1, Funny

    he'll bribe the judges with $2 bills

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  9. How much does a sub 1k Slashdot UID cost ? by messner_007 · · Score: 5, Funny

    How much does a sub 1k Slashdot UID cost on a free market ?

    Maybe I can buy myself a good UID and the girls will go crazy on me.

  10. Wozniak geekness dancing by peas_n_carrots · · Score: 2, Funny

    Old geek + dancing = Fa1L

  11. Re:As a soon-to-be-married IT guy & DwtS by slyn · · Score: 2, Funny

    Steve-O and Steve Woz should get in a dance off during the show to see who gets the rights to the name Steve.

  12. Re:How much does a sub 1k Slashdot UID cost ? by Cornflake917 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe I can buy myself a good UID and the girls will go crazy on me.

    I believe you might have come up with the worst strategy for getting girls, ever.

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  13. Re:Segway polo by flaming+error · · Score: 3, Funny

    > You never know what pranks I might find a way to pull on the show.

    May I suggest:
      - change the judges' score cards from decimal to hexadecimal
      - redirect Denise Richards' votes to Lenny Goodman
      - a performance art representation of big-endian vs little-endian
      - surreptitiously replace NFL Linebacker Lawrence Taylor's musical selection with "Never Gonna Give You Up"

  14. *cheer* by sepelester · · Score: 2, Funny

    Give it up for Steve Waltzniak!