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Lately I have been spending over 50% of my time on my 5 personal computers feeding them Microsoft's daily updates and patches like Service Pack2, MS Office JPEG security update 5, etc. I feel like I am trying to keep a group of pets alive in doing so. So why not go with it and turn the operating system
health into a little Tamagotchi character that is living or dying based on whether I feed it these necessary updates. I can check on it's health and monitor it like a pet and at least feel some cameraderie from it by trying to keep it alive.
On a network I could look at all the PCs as a system administrator and see which ones are sick and dying in need of food (updates) and which ones are healthy and happy.
OS-tan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS-tan
Readymade designs for representations. [calum, Oct 16 2004]
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Actually I don't really do anything with my five computers. I just like feeding them updates. It is like watering plants. I watch lots of DVDs and play outside in the fall. |
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I'd love this. If there too many outstanding security updates, it would start sneezing. |
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When I was about 10 years old, and Tamagotchis were all the rage, I knew a kid who thought he was ace because he had his Tamagotchi chipped. This meant that he didn't need to take care of it to keep it alive. The fool. |
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"Longhorn alive! It really cries! It really soils its nappies! |
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<jingle>Sweet little Longhorn, chewin' on my drive. Wakes up, cries for patches, asks for money, hides my files!</jingle> |
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"Hush now, little Longhorn. Here's $100. That'll keep you quiet for a while. I can take care of you all by myself." |
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*Batteries not included. Does not include Longhorn nap-n-sleep blanket, teddy-support. 'Monopoly' is a trade mark of Hasbro. |
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How about if the Tamagotchi gets fatter when the harddrive gets fuller? I love this idea. + |
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And could a trojan horse erupt a la Aliens? |
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Good Idea , but have you heard about GNU/Linux? |
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``No, what kind of animal is that? |
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Is the penguin that little speck in the vista? |
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//is the penguin that little speck in the vista?
bristolz, Sep 06 2005
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No. It is the Vista that is the little speck on the penguin. |
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Use Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora Core GNU/Linux , Linspire Gnu/Linux, Suse Gnu/Linux , Gentoo Gnu Linux.. In all of these you can automate updates! |
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[kamathln] You can automate updates in any version of windows after 2000 as well. |
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The day MSTamagotchi discovers the ability to automatically update would be like the first day your kid goes to school (or the first time your cat uses the litter rather than pissing on your carpet). [+] |
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"No. It is the Vista that is the little speck on the penguin." |
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That doesn't make any sense. |
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Is there a software equivalent to Chicken soup? |
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Now I'm picturing a Microsoft office assistant that's a cute prancing animal but it dies if you spell too many words wrong or use unnecessary apostrophes. |
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