Windows 7 party?

[fidelandche]

Seen on sky news and on this website about a Windows 7 party are you having one?


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/14/verity_stob_abigails_party/

[pwnst*r]

any OS party is retarded.

[fidelandche]

:lolflag:

[speedwell68]

Funnily enough, no.

[markharding557]

certainly not!

[fidelandche]

any OS party is retarded.

:lolflag:

[LookTJ]

Lol, you should see this video on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cX4t5-YpHQ)

:lolflag:

[fidelandche]

That's so funny

[-grubby]

:lolflag:

That's strike 1.


:lolflag:

Strike 2


Lol, you should see this video on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cX4t5-YpHQ)

:lolflag:

You're out!

[Dr. C]

Here is an activity for the Windows 7 party: Install all the OpenDisk (http://www.theopendisc.com/) software on Windows 7.

[hoppipolla]

i don't understand why anyone would ever want to throw a party based around an OS either!

The only time I would even consider it is if it looked INCREDIBLE, was open source, and took up like, an entire wall so I could use it as a massive jukebox or something! lol :)

[lovinglinux]

Lol, you should see this video on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cX4t5-YpHQ)

:lolflag:

That's so freaking stupid.

They forgot to put warnings like...

"If you go to a Windows 7 party, don't forget to use protection, otherwise you might get some nasty WTD (Windowsly Transmitted Disease)"

"Don't drink and install drivers"

[Shpongle]

That's so freaking stupid.

They forgot to put warnings like...

"If you go to a Windows 7 party, don't forget to use protection, otherwise you might get some nasty WTD (Windowsly Transmitted Disease)"

"Don't drink and install drivers"

:lolflag:

[HappyFeet]

Hell no.

[Kingsley]

If there was free booze or green, my buddies and I would probably show up.

[fidelandche]

If there was free booze or green, my buddies and I would probably show up.

Me too!

[lovinglinux]

New campaign!

If you find someone is hosting a stupid Windows 7 party like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cX4t5-YpHQ) in your street, host another one like this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_UyP4qb6-0).

[HappyFeet]

This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVbf9tOGwno&feature=related) video sums up my feelings.

[lovinglinux]

Activity suggestions for your Windows 7 party!

1 - Windows Malware Scrabble (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrabble)

This a Windows version of the popular board game, in which Windows malware names are used instead of dictionary words. Since there are thousands of Windows malware with cool names, your guests will have a lot of fun. Don't forget to check the most recently discovered virus (http://home.mcafee.com/VirusInfo/ThreatActivity.aspx) database before the party. Since dozens of new Windows virus are discovered and named every day, you don't want to make fool of yourself by contesting your opponent by mistake.

2 - Microsoft Monopoly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_%28board_game%29)

The classic real estate game of buying, trading, and improving properties has dozens of popular variations. While playing, participants learn the value of investing, bargaining, and management. In the Windows 7 party version, the objective is to buy all computer shops that only sell notebooks and desktops with an over-priced pre-installed OS from Microsoft. There are no additional rules in this version of the game, so any anti-trust competition technique is allowed. This activity should start as soon as the first guest arrives, otherwise it might not be finished when your party is over.


3 - BSOD Cluedo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluedo)

This mystery board game teaches classic problem solving, deduction, and reasoning skills as players strive to solve a gruesome desktop murder. When the game starts, your guests are presented with a Blue Screen Of Death, which gives some hints about the crime. But don't worry about spoiling the fun, because those hints are useless, so the guests will spend a lot of time trying to figure out who murder the desktop, how and where it happened. This activity will provide your guests with endless hours of enjoyment, since there are an infinite number of possible combinations that result in a Windows BSOD.


4 - Botnet Risk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_%28game%29)

In this activity, your guests will be challenged become part of a giant botnet. Since it's pretty easy to do that with a Windows computer, the winner will be the one who joins a botnet with at least a million computers in each continent.

BTW, don't forget to give a free copy of your favorite Linux distro to all your guests in the way out.

[jrusso2]

I am totally having one. Who is coming?

[lovinglinux]

This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVbf9tOGwno&feature=related) video sums up my feelings.

:lolflag:

[arcdrag]

Someone at my college suggested that our ACM chapter attend the St. Louis party...but then we realized that we've all been using Windows 7 for months now. Going to a launch party for a product that you've been using for months is pretty lame.

Edit: I guess going to a OS launch party is pretty lame even if it were the first time we used it.

[Giant Speck]

As weird as it seems, I don't have a problem with it. It's not like you can celebrate the release of Windows that often.

Didn't people throw parties for the release of Firefox 3.0? The concept doesn't really seem all that new to me.

Hell, I can't think of a better way of uniting enemies. One half of the party can celebrate the release of Windows because they like Windows and because they've been actually waiting for it; the other half of the party can celebrate what they think is the first step toward the downfall of Microsoft.

[MelDJ]

the overacting put me off after 10 seconds.

[dsavi]

But hey, I'd like to upgrade Vista... Even though I haven't even booted it for 4-5 months...

[kfitzenreiter]

I was emailed from microsoft and they told me I could request to have an official Windows 7 party. I probably won't though since my place is way, way too small.

I'd love to do it if I had the room. Maybe microsoft would hook me up with a few dozen keys to windows 7 ultimate. You can install without a key for 30 days and even "reset" the 30 day period a number of times.

I want to build a new system to run windows 7. Maybe a core i9 when they come out with about 24 gigs of ram and a few velociraptor drives in RAID feeding two high end graphics cards chilled with half a dozen fans. Alright, it's just a fantasy, but a fun one...

[slyde]

Sweet, I'm gonna host one now,...well not really, this has to be the worst marketing idea ever, who has parties for computers other than LAN parties with lots of beer. I definitely wouldn't go to a party to install an operating system, it just not that festive of an event, especially since its windows

[gnomeuser]

I am totally having one. Who is coming?

Rock and roll I am there.

Really I will be happy on Windows 7 launch day. It will put the best version of Windows to date into the hands of users. It is considerably better than Vista, it fixes a number of poor security choices and adds valuable items such as the new taskbar. It performs better and in my limited testing is the first version of Windows I consider worthwhile using since 98SE.

I am glad Microsoft are bringing the A game, it will be much more fun seeing Linux' marketshare continue rising when we are beating them while they are doing their best rather than doing their vistaest. Generally I prefer winning because I am good rather than because my opponent is exceedingly poor.

[gnomeuser]

Sweet, I'm gonna host one now,...well not really, this has to be the worst marketing idea ever, who has parties for computers other than LAN parties with lots of beer. I definitely wouldn't go to a party to install an operating system, it just not that festive of an event, especially since its windows

My LUG has release parties for Ubuntu, they also host install parties to help people transition to Linux and understand the difference. It's a great way for new users to have some handsholding during those first few hours of adjusting. They also tend to be great fun, you learn new tricks from the other participants and looking at new users tends to reveal places where the way Linux works seems illogical to average users.