Steve Ballmer Egged in Hungary
Posted by Tom Warren on 20 May 2008 - 09:15 · 46 comments & 12339 views
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#1 Posted by Julius Caro on 20 May 2008 - 09:35
- Well, at least he wasn't "penised"
http://gizmodo.com/391794/flying-rc-penis-...kasparov-speech
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#2 Posted by randomnut on 20 May 2008 - 09:49
- Fantastic, the guy's a tit.
Shame he had no hand eye coordination, couldn't hit him from a few feet away. -
#2.1 Posted by +Dakkaroth on 20 May 2008 - 17:05
- Probably a nerd too. What do you expect?
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#3 Posted by MajinDark on 20 May 2008 - 10:23
- It's not quite as violent as the Bill Gates encounter, but it still doesn't feel good. You know, when someone eggs you. Ballmer is not a house.
No, but he's about as large as one.
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#4 Posted by nunjabusiness on 20 May 2008 - 11:25
- What a joke -
"and makes students stuck in the Microsoft-world, not knowing Linux etc."
No one is "STUCK" anywhere unless they choose to be. Open source and free OSes and programs do not care where you are. But you do have to take the initiative and install them. -
#4.1 Posted by dugbug on 20 May 2008 - 11:59
- I agree. It was an uncalled-for editorial by the OP.
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#4.2 Posted by tiagosilva29 on 20 May 2008 - 12:09
- And your point is?
Freshmen students arrive at their university and have available lab computers with Windows, professors lecturing and courses given on Windows-only programs and they work on Windows-based apps.
Microsoft has influence on the right persons, and the goverment will bend and take it.
It doesn't matter if you install *nix, when you have to use, study and develop in a Windows environment. -
#4.3 Posted by Smigit on 20 May 2008 - 13:47
- (tiagosilva29 said @ #4.2)And your point is?
Freshmen students arrive at their university and have available lab computers with Windows, professors lecturing and courses given on Windows-only programs and they work on Windows-based apps.
Microsoft has influence on the right persons, and the goverment will bend and take it.
It doesn't matter if you install *nix, when you have to use, study and develop in a Windows environment.
Study elsewhere then. My uni has courses that teach development in Windows but I'd actually say most of the courses are oriented to Unix programming, at least the C and network courses. -
#4.4 Posted by Jolidog on 20 May 2008 - 14:17
- (Smigit said @ #4)Study elsewhere then. My uni has courses that teach development in Windows but I'd actually say most of the courses are oriented to Unix programming, at least the C and network courses.
You do understand this happens in every public university in Hungary?
It's a goverment deal, not an university deal. -
#4.5 Posted by +Skwerl on 20 May 2008 - 14:42
- (tiagosilva29 said @ #4.2)And your point is?
Freshmen students arrive at their university and have available lab computers with Windows, professors lecturing and courses given on Windows-only programs and they work on Windows-based apps.
Microsoft has influence on the right persons, and the goverment will bend and take it.
It doesn't matter if you install *nix, when you have to use, study and develop in a Windows environment.
Any student blinded by the university's use of Windows is very unlikely to be a candidate to be a Linux user, anyway. This only matters to the Linux-lovers. -
#4.6 Posted by ichi on 20 May 2008 - 18:20
- (Skwerl said @ #4.5)Any student blinded by the university's use of Windows is very unlikely to be a candidate to be a Linux user, anyway. This only matters to the Linux-lovers.
I'd say it matters to any taxpayer since it's their money that's being used to promote one company's products. -
#4.7 Posted by npe on 20 May 2008 - 20:45
- (Jolidog said @ #4.4)You do understand this happens in every public university in Hungary?
It's a goverment deal, not an university deal.
Then egg your politicians. -
#4.8 Posted by Smigit on 21 May 2008 - 05:13
- (Jolidog said @ #4.4)yes I do and I stand by the fact they can study elsewhere. It's not their schools as far as I can see but the universities. These are young adults and they should be capable of moving away to study if they don't like what colleges have to offer there.(Smigit said @ #4)Study elsewhere then. My uni has courses that teach development in Windows but I'd actually say most of the courses are oriented to Unix programming, at least the C and network courses.
You do understand this happens in every public university in Hungary?
It's a goverment deal, not an university deal.
And as above, go after the politicians if they must go after anyone. Alternatively show some initiative and learn other systems yourself. No degree out there can fully teach you everything you will need later on, you just have to take the fundamentals and apply them elsewhere when you come up against new languages and platforms. -
#4.9 Posted by ichi on 21 May 2008 - 20:08
- (Smigit said @ #4.
yes I do and I stand by the fact they can study elsewhere. It's not their schools as far as I can see but the universities. These are young adults and they should be capable of moving away to study if they don't like what colleges have to offer there.
But since it's public universities we're talking about, they shouldn't have to.
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#5 Posted by Smigit on 20 May 2008 - 12:02
- Steve took it pretty well actually.
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#5.2 Posted by QuarterSwede on 20 May 2008 - 22:46
- (lcg said @ #5.1)I fully agree.
Same here. I was surprised he just made a joke about it and kept on going. -
#5.3 Posted by Citrusleak on 20 May 2008 - 23:08
- Yeah, I think he took it very well and that college student is a complete loser.
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#6 Posted by boho on 20 May 2008 - 12:19
- Eggs-ellent !
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#6.1 Posted by SniperX on 20 May 2008 - 13:35
- Someone's getting a little over eggs-cited!
See what I've done there? You said Eggs-ellent, and I took that...... Oh, I kill me.
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#7 Posted by +GreyWolfSC on 20 May 2008 - 13:32
- This was also posted on Bink.nu without the lame user commentary welded on to it.
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#7.1 Posted by Magallanes on 20 May 2008 - 17:08
- (GreyWolfSC said @ #7)This was also posted on Bink.nu without the lame user commentary welded on to it.
Yes, specially the #7 post.
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#8 Posted by +Skwerl on 20 May 2008 - 14:46
- This is a good example of the juvenile nature of anti-Microsoft fanaticism. It's always these outliers that do crazy, disrespectful stunts- without the possibility of them doing any good or making a difference. You certainly don't hear about any cases of Windows users assaulting Linus Torvalds or vandalizing at Linux expos.
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#9 Posted by C_Guy on 20 May 2008 - 17:03
- A guy stood up, yelled "Give back the money of the taxpayers" in an accent Ballmer probably couldn't understand, and started throwing eggs at him.
Apparently this guy isn't doing so well in his studies. He seems to be void of any concept of economics (or human decency).
But I suppose when you are as successful as Gates or Ballmer, people will become jealous and do incredibly senseless and immature stunts because...well, that's about all they will manage to accomplish in their lives.
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#10 Posted by andy2004 on 20 May 2008 - 17:57
- meh he deserved it
****ty microsoft software is enough to drive anyone mad -
#10.1 Posted by ApostolicFire on 21 May 2008 - 03:55
- (andy2004 said @ #10)meh he deserved it
****ty microsoft software is enough to drive anyone mad
Yes, because people don't have free alternatives in this world. Hmmm... that gives me an idea. I'm going to develop something called "Linux" and "Openoffice.org" and let people download it for free! *hears someone whispering in his ear* Oh... I see... I'm too late because people already have that choice!
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#11 Posted by Airlink on 20 May 2008 - 18:08
- I don't agree with his methods, but if he going to employ them he needs to learn better tactics.
I mean, the idiot gave Balmer enough warning. Why didn't he just paste a giant sign on his face that read: "I'm going to egg you, Steve."
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#12 Posted by ncc50446 on 20 May 2008 - 18:35
- If your going to get in trouble for doing that, at least make it worth it and hit the guy!
Anyways, here is a video of Bill Gates getting pied, incase no one knew what the article was talking about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ4Na_KeX6g
That flying penis video is slow on the site listed. Here is a youtube one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taVU4xlx0uY
Last edited by ncc50446 on 20 May 2008 - 18:46
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#13 Posted by XeonBuilder on 20 May 2008 - 19:43
- What a dork. He throws like a chick and has the aim of a dead frog. whats wrong with these fools? Dont like MS?? DONT BUY THE PRODUCTS OR CREATE SOMETHING BETTER!!!
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#14 Posted by MrWhistler on 20 May 2008 - 20:34
- the way he ducked behind that desk, wow, wonder if he is a halo 3 veteran? haha
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#15 Posted by +lylesback2 on 20 May 2008 - 22:22
- hahaha now he knows what bill went through
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#16 Posted by trip21 on 20 May 2008 - 22:29
- Typical haven't got a F#cking clue university student. I don't know how universities work in hungry but I'd suspect like most others they receive a large amount of government funding i.e. FROM THE TAX PAYER!
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#17 Posted by Duality on 20 May 2008 - 22:40
- Double Post
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#18 Posted by Kaidiir on 20 May 2008 - 22:58
- That flying penis video is epic win. I'm so doing that during a final exam.
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#19 Posted by ajua on 20 May 2008 - 23:25
- This is really senseless. I you don't want to use windows, then don't. But don't throw eggs at someone because you don't like their products.
I can't imagine my self throwing eggs at Steve Jobs just because i don't like that i have to pay high prices for all ipod-related gadgets, specially for features the ipod should have right from the factory.
In an age when food prices are getting to the roof, no one should waste food like that.
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#19.1 Posted by Ledgem on 21 May 2008 - 02:47
- I think the reason for the man's outburst isn't that Windows exists, but that Microsoft has a deal with the Hungarian government whereby the government subsidises part of the cost of Windows so that Hungarians can buy it for very low prices. In other words, Microsoft is being paid through Hungarian taxpayer money.
I think I'd be upset if my government were doing something similar. Whether the anger should be focused at Microsoft or your governemnt officials is debatable, though.
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#20 Posted by Unto Darkness on 20 May 2008 - 23:58
- Man, it was interesting to see Ballmer remain calm when a dude brought along a Macbook! Bet the guy with the Macbook was trying to keep it out of his sight!
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#20.1 Posted by ApostolicFire on 21 May 2008 - 04:00
- (Unto Darkness said @ #20)Man, it was interesting to see Ballmer remain calm when a dude brought along a Macbook! Bet the guy with the Macbook was trying to keep it out of his sight!
Yeah, probably because he uses one, too: http://gizmodo.com/384479/steve-ballmers-p...-strange-choice
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#21 Posted by Shiranui on 21 May 2008 - 02:42
- I wouldn't risk throwing an egg at big Steve baldy Ballmer, he is rich enough to pay someone to pay someone to pay someone to pay someone to pay someone to kill you.
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#22 Posted by +rm20010 on 22 May 2008 - 03:30
- I liked how initially people laughed at the 'You stole $45 million from the Hungary people, give it back right now' comment and through the first egg, then yelled at him on the second and third. Then Ballmer gave him the "WTF was that for?" look after ducking.
Honestly, freaking attention seeker. If it really bothered him that much,
a) he would've yelled at the top of his lungs, not speak with a stiff voice
b) there would be more than just three silly eggs. It looked like he was using Ballmer as target practice.
c) he might as well get physical with Ballmer. Whether he'd get his ass outright kicked by Ballmer is up for people to decide.
Gizmodos tipster Joco explains:
Microsoft has midterm contracts with the state in Hungary for "way cheaper than from the store" Campus-licences. This costs billions (in HUF, 160HUF=1USD) for the state and makes students stuck in the Microsoft-world, not knowing Linux etc.
It's not quite as violent as the Bill Gates encounter, but it still doesn't feel good. You know, when someone eggs you. Ballmer is not a house.