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Rob Mach (Blog) - November 15, 2007 12:02 AM

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Deja Vu

By Swaid on 11/15/2007 8:21:15 AM , Rating: 5

Didn't Family Guy do a similar joke just last Sunday?

In Family Guy, Stewie was taking control of the Power Grid in the US and Clippy pops up asking "I see you're trying to take over the world. Can I help?"

Considering the timing of this... *cough*

RE: Deja Vu

By rtrski on 11/15/2007 9:44:09 AM , Rating: 2

Maybe a little suspect. But Clippy (may he rot in digital hell forever, with tiny little demons pitchforking him right in the electron shells!) is so widely reviled its kind of an obvious joke. I've also seen it used when Petyr trys to take over the world and in various other ways in "User Friendly" (userfriendly.org).

There was a bunch of commercials some time ago touting someone's network aiding cops in apprehending criminals, had a 'mouse pointer' basically dragging a criminal by their shirt collars as though the pointer was the cop. I remember thinking at the time that one wrong move and Clippy would leap to the foreground saying "Are you trying to make an arrest?" and result in the pointer losing focus and the criminal scrambling free.

Just part of the zeitgeist I guess. Of all the things Microsoft is accused of (and as a Vista x64 user, I'm actually rather impressed with functionality thus far, so no general MS hater) Clippy will probably be the one thing they never, ever live down.

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RE: Deja Vu

By BladeVenom on 11/15/2007 1:34:02 PM , Rating: 2

Yea, I hardly think Family Guy's joke was original. Google yields 114,000 results for "clippy" "joke". So Family Guy's version is 114,001.

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RE: Deja Vu

By thejez on 11/15/2007 9:50:10 AM , Rating: 1

OMG LOL you just owned this guy he totalally stole his joke... no wonder why this is his best one ever! ROFL

WEAK!

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RE: Deja Vu

By KristopherKubicki

(blog) on 11/15/2007 11:53:43 AM , Rating: 2

Well, I didn't see the Family Guy (or any Family Guy since about 2004) but I'll tell you how the panel evolved:

We started having the guy type on his Apple IIe, attempting to launch at DOS from there with this E-Jihad program, but it didn't quite pop. Clippy got added in later, and any likeness to their reference was purely coincidental.

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RE: Deja Vu

By Aarnando on 11/16/2007 9:24:40 AM , Rating: 2

I saw Clippy on my monitor screen when I was using Microsoft Word yesterday. Obviously this joke was stolen from Microsoft. Save your explanation of how this joke "evolved" for the rest of these fools because I'm on to your scam.

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RE: Deja Vu

By Omega215D on 11/15/2007 3:38:12 PM , Rating: 2

Stewie: Go away, nobody likes you!!!

ahh classic. I liked how that episode implemented American DAd into the story even though American Dad isn't as good as Family Guy.

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RE: Deja Vu

By KristopherKubicki

(blog) on 11/15/2007 3:47:13 PM , Rating: 2

American Dad is much better written. Some of the guys are the same writers from Futurama.

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RE: Deja Vu

By Omega215D on 11/15/2007 11:00:29 PM , Rating: 2

I went looking for the segment on Youtube and Fox (Fux) had it taken down do to a copy right claim.

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Would it be possible...

By slunkius on 11/15/2007 1:14:44 AM , Rating: 1

...to vote for the picture?

RE: Would it be possible...

By wordsworm on 11/15/07, Rating: -1

RE: Would it be possible...

By bighairycamel on 11/15/2007 7:29:33 AM , Rating: 2

Have you even looked at the news lately???

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RE: Would it be possible...

By Polynikes on 11/15/2007 7:51:43 AM , Rating: 3

Apparently he hasn't. And I don't care what faith you are, if any, jihad (or any other form of religious aggression) is just plain wrong.

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RE: Would it be possible...

By wordsworm on 11/18/2007 5:32:28 AM , Rating: 2

quote:
Have you even looked at the news lately???

Are you asking if I pay attention to the hate mongering media? Yes. Do I think it's slanted at trying to continue spreading fear and hate? Yes, it does so now, as it always has.

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RE: Would it be possible...

By KristopherKubicki

(blog) on 11/15/2007 12:05:59 PM , Rating: 2

You might want to check this out:
http://www.dailytech.com/Electronic+Jihad+November...

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RE: Would it be possible...

By FITCamaro on 11/15/2007 2:40:35 PM , Rating: 2

I think he might want to get a sense of humor.

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RE: Would it be possible...

By wordsworm on 11/18/2007 5:41:17 AM , Rating: 2

Maybe if you understood what was at the root of humour, you'd find most things aren't really funny. Then again, you're a 25 year old who still watches Looney Tunes. Now that is funny.

Usually humour offends someone because it's purpose is to make fun of something or someone. I recall there was a lady who gave thumbs up to someone who dressed up like a black escaped convict. Apparently she might lose her bid for some kind of high government post over it because it offended a prominent minority in the US. Now, if it had some how made fun of Muslims, there'd probably be no fuss.

Some races and religions, it's ok to make fun of them. Others it's not. At least, this is how it works out in popular media. It, like so many things, is slanted against the people that the government supports in its hate campaign, but not ok for others.

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RE: Would it be possible...

By wordsworm on 11/17/2007 4:56:55 AM , Rating: 2

I caught that story on DT awhile ago. It doesn't keep me from the feeling that it's just more hype designed to continue the current regime of fear that has been pushed. As was stated, nothing really materialized. It was probably just another attempt at propagating fear. I think the DT article that you linked to seemed to debunk the whole affair as a joke created by people who were probably playing a poor taste joke. This cartoon seems to make a joke out of the religion. This is the distinction that I find offensive. I'm an atheist, but nonetheless, I think people ought to respect each other's religion, even if gods and goddesses are figments of our imagination.

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Nice One

By EntreHoras on 11/15/2007 12:26:06 AM , Rating: 5

I think this is the best BH so far.

RE: Nice One

By grath on 11/15/2007 12:59:09 AM , Rating: 5

WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE
Clippy Pebcak, aka "Dr Watson," aka "Norton McAfee"
Guilty of being an arrogant know-it-all spelling and grammar nazi whose seemingly helpful demeanor perpetuates the general level of incompetence worldwide.
REWARD: $100,000 in Apple Store credit.

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RE: Nice One

By nerdtalker on 11/15/2007 2:37:36 AM , Rating: 2

This is DEFINITELY the best BH I've seen, to date!

HAha, I actually laughed out loud for a minute or two with this one. Gotta love clippy!

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RE: Nice One

By 16nm on 11/15/2007 9:12:27 AM , Rating: 1

Agreed.

+6

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RE: Nice One

By Vanilla Thunder on 11/15/07, Rating: -1

I knew it!

By chrispyski on 11/15/2007 1:01:55 AM , Rating: 2

Packard Bell is being supported by terrorists!

RE: I knew it!

By ebakke on 11/15/2007 1:26:22 AM , Rating: 2

Packard Bell still exists?

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RE: I knew it!

By AstroCreep on 11/15/2007 6:53:16 AM , Rating: 2

Yep; In Europe.

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With a tip of the hat to Rob, here's my alteration ...

By Chris Peredun on 11/15/2007 1:25:38 PM , Rating: 4

I don't have anything more fluent than Paint at work, but here:

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/5271/ejihadchrisi...

RE: With a tip of the hat to Rob, here's my alteration ...

By EntreHoras on 11/16/2007 9:49:26 AM , Rating: 2

Nice Job. The thing is, if you look into the details, you'll see that is Windows 95 or NT 4 running on the screen.

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Meh.

By Vanilla Thunder on 11/15/07, Rating: -1

RE: Meh.

By jtemplin on 11/15/2007 11:45:33 AM , Rating: 2

Oh come on. As someone already pointed out, clippy jokes are part of the zeitgeist. For example the classic suicide note photochop:

quote:
http://www.visar.com/AssistedSuicide.gif

While we cannot appreciate everything ourselves, at least appreciate that someone else will find it funny. I only replied to you since you posted two negative replies, which is a bit of a thread-crap IMO.

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RE: Meh.

By Vanilla Thunder on 11/15/07, Rating: -1

RE: Meh.

By Aarnando on 11/16/2007 9:48:26 AM , Rating: 1

quote:
So far my DailyTech post rating hasn't got me laid, or landed me a killer job, so I'm not sweating it.

It's probably because all your posts are getting -1 ratings. In my experience, employers and potential lovers prefer an average Dailytech post rating of 3 to 4.

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RE: Meh.

By Vanilla Thunder on 11/16/2007 10:32:36 AM , Rating: 2

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Aarnando has posted a total of 30 comments at DailyTech, the average comment rating was 2.10.

According to your post, you must be unemployed and undersexed.

V.

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RE: Meh.

By Aarnando on 11/16/2007 11:23:55 AM , Rating: 2

Not even I am able to rise above the oppression of my low, average comment rating. I wish society could find a better system to determine who gets jobs and sex. Until then, I'll be under my bed...crying.

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