Showing posts with label Wikipedia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wikipedia. Show all posts

Friday, October 23, 2009

Top Ten Cloves: Surprising Things Found In Microsoft's Windows 7

News Item: Review: Windows 7 Is Microsoft’s Best Yet

10. Obama's Birth Certificate

9. The Lost David Letterman Apologies

8. Not sure how, but everytime you use Windows 7, Goldman Sachs employees get bigger bonuses

7. A robust, public healthcare option

6. Even with add-ons, the whole Windows 7 isn't as as big as that Ralph Lauren model's head

5. Your Windows 7 program may, suddenly, take up war with Faux News

4. A special Jay Leno "!0 at 10" with Bill Gates

3. A weird programming fluke allows you to see the CIA file on Lee Harvey Oswald

2. Falcon Henne, hiding

1. Only out 2-days, and it's already editted the Vista entry on Wikipedia, to say how great it was


Bonus Microsoft Riffs

John Battelle: Ballmer Throws A Chair At "F*ing Google"

Google Fires Back At Ballmer ... Microsoft Omitted From Searches; Google Maps Highlight Home

Breaking News! President Makes Unannounced, Surprise Visit To Redmond Tech Giant

Top Ten Cloves: Other Surprising Things Found With Microsoft’s New Windows Vista Software


Sunday, June 22, 2008

Top Ten Cloves: Other Possible Reasons Scottish Pupils Don't Do Well In Exams

News Item: Falling exam passes blamed on Wikipedia 'littered with inaccuracies'

10. Tough reading exams, being they're printed on Scottish Tartan paper

9. No time to study - Busy caddying at St. Andrews

8. Stress of Exams makes the kilts feel real itchy

7. Too many hits-to-the-head playing rugby

6. Convinced William Wallace is coming back, freeing them from school

5. It's the goddamn bagpipe music!

4. Hey, you think the Queen of England's kids are any smarter?

3. Low self-esteem due to the horrendous character Mike Myers portrays

2. How do you think you'd do if you had to eat that fucking haggis, morning, noon and night!

1. Study fails to show the ones that passed used The Google


Bonus Links

Wikipedia blamed for test score drop

Warren Street: Either they are morons in Scotland or it's all Wikipedia's fault

News In Brief - Wikimania Attendees Take Over Event; Wikimania Conference Ends Abruptly In Cacophonous Chaos; First Speaker Drowned Out By Attendees With Edits, Footnotes and Sub-Categories