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Posted Jan 02, 2008 at 10:44:41 PM
Subject: A brilliant short film

Presenting a brilliant short film which I have neither the time, money, or talent to produce. Observe.

We pan in on a huge dark castle surrounded by an acid moat. As lightning flashes in the night, we see that the castle is emblazoned with the -gasp- WINDOWS LOGO!
Cut to inside, where Bill Gates, wearing an evil genius suit, is laughing maniacally. One of his henchman walks in, and bows.
"Sire."
"What news, my minion?"
"Sire, Linux's popularity increases day-by-day. Free software and computer knowledge is taking over. Some people have even written their own distributions of Linux, thereby discovering how a computer works!"
"This cannot stand," Gates muses. "How will an over-automated system survive in a world populated by people with knowledge?"
He retreats to the back of the room, where a huge box connected to a monitor and keyboard is clicking and whirring.
"This, my minion, is the most powerful computer in the world. It has one kabillion gigabytes of ram, an octuple-core processor that runs at 95 terahertz, and a graphics card whose energy can barely be contained in this dimension. I will use it to scramble all sources of free software across the world! HA HA HA!"
He turns on the computer. A Windows Vista loading screen appears, with a progress bar. It remains at 0% for ten seconds.
"JESUS CHRIST HURRY UP!", Gates screams.
The bar goes down to -1%.
Before Gates can react, there is a crash. A hoof flies through the wall, smashing it into raw brick and mortar. A flipper protrudes and clears the last of the rubble.
"No! IT can't be!", Gates cries. But it is -- in fly the dynamic duo, GNU and Tux!
"Your days of monopolizing the computer market are over, Gates!", GNU says in a deep, commanding voice. The henchman raises his gun, and GNU kicks him in the face.
"Free software for all!", yells Tux, and he jumps forward to slash Gates in the neck. Before he can, a bolt of raw energy bursts from the computer and blasts him. He falls back.
"Fools! No-one can challenge the sheer might of Microsoft!"
"Is that so?" says GNU, cockily. Gates looks confused, and then his computer explodes.
"What on earth?--" he says.
"Your computer has been hacked, Gates, with the awesome power of the Linux command line!", says Tux.
"KARATE CHOP!", he yells, as he flies through the air and slashes Gates' face with his flipper.
"SOFTWARE STRIKE!" says the GNU as his hoof delivers a resounding kick to Gates' chest. They both step backwards. Gates is bleeding on the ground.
"All right, FSF, you've won this round... but don't think the war is over. Windows will triumph."
The dynamic duo fly out of the room. Triumphant theme music starts.

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umarzuki
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Posted: Jan 04, 2008 1:10:04 AM
Subject: A brilliant short film

lol..you might wanna make a flash movie with this story.

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Posted: Jan 07, 2008 1:51:00 AM
Subject: A brilliant short film

I would if I had either flash or the ability to draw. :P

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Shashank Sharma
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Posted: Jan 08, 2008 11:37:44 AM
Subject: A brilliant short film

Moved to the Miscellaneous Discussion forum.

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