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11 January 2007

Windows personified. In Japan, where everything is cute, it's become popular to develop supercute, anthropomorphic personifications of inanimate objects, particularly PC operating systems. The trend has spread to web browsers, hot sauces, and console gaming systems, some times with sexy results. Naturally, even wikipedia is personified. Also, meet Sea-Monkey-ko

post by: pieisexactlythree at: 23:06 | 11 comments

Quiz time: which OS-Tan are you?

posted by pieisexactlythree 11 January | 23:53

It has been suggested from time to time, that the breast sizes of the individual OS-tans represent their RAM requirements. Because Windows XP is considered a memory hog due to its increased resource consumption, XP-tan is incredibly well endowed (and she has no qualms about getting "upgraded" from time to time).

Hahaha

posted by cmonkey 12 January | 00:11

what the hell is wrong with you people

posted by Wedge 12 January | 00:27

Also, I really think that Microsoft should include a "Bill Gates With Boobs" poster in every Vista upgrade box.

posted by cmonkey 12 January | 03:13

(bill gates with boobs)

posted by cmonkey 12 January | 03:17

*gouges out eyes after seeing Bill Gates With Boobs"*

posted by tommasz 12 January | 07:01

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posted by box 12 January | 09:02

I actually know a gal who cosplayed as WinXP-tan. She carried around a huge BFG which she called her virus-killer.

Other folks have cosplayed as -tans, too.

posted by TrishaLynn 12 January | 16:04

I actually know a gal who cosplayed as WinXP-tan. She carried around a huge BFG which she called her virus-killer.
At my hometown con, I saw a "blue screen of death" cosplayer. I thought I had a pic somewhere, but I can't locate it. Basically, she was dressed in all blue, with a large placard around her neck showing the error message - this program has performed an illegal operation..."

BTW, I heart Win2K-tan - she's totally hot.

posted by pieisexactlythree 12 January | 16:50

But where is my NetBSD-tan? Japan, you are letting me down, here :-(

posted by cmonkey 12 January | 17:10

Here's the closest I've found so far:
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posted by pieisexactlythree 12 January | 17:27

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