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How we know that Matrix doesn't run on Windows XP
On the other hand, it'd be kind of funny if they did. With that in mind, the folks at College Humor have produced a short video showing what The Matrix would be like if it ran on Windows XP.
Anyone want to take a crack at letting us know what it would be like if it ran on OS X? Debian? PalmOS? Windows 7? Sound off in the comments!
[via Gizmodo]
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Subscribe to commentsMarkNov 10th 2008 5:52PM
Little late, might have been funnier if they had made it about Windows 98, and made it back when anyone cared about the Matrix. I've been using XP since it came out in 2002 and I don't remember it ever crashing, not even once.
rupaniiiNov 11th 2008 10:39AM
No, no, make one of it running on Windows Home Server
mvpNov 10th 2008 5:52PM
I'm no phanboy but aside from a few direct jokes (ie. BSOD and the paperclip) every other o.s. out there suffers the same problems. I could easily make this into a mac or linux parody just by replacing a few logos and lines of script here and there. Other than blaming xp for any kind of problem associated with computer, the video is pretty excellent, especially love the trial part.
deforgeNov 10th 2008 5:52PM
what about [system failure] at the very end of matrix the movie?
ToddNov 10th 2008 6:06PM
omfg lol
I would add to the video:
Windows doesn't allow multiple Remote Desktop Connections so you could only have one person "jacked in" at a time.
IE 7 would never render the Matrix properly, so you'd see buildings and street signs in the wrong place, upside down or all pushed over to one side.
I replace Clippy with Vista's constant requests to allow software to do stuff.
LeeHNov 11th 2008 12:38AM
And if the Matrix ran on Linux, Neo would site at a terminal and type something like this:
matrix$ wget bullets.tar.gz
matrix$ tar -zxvf bullets.tar.gz
matrix$ make bullets
matrix$ make: *** no rule to make target 'bullets'. Stop.
matrix$ ls
matrix$ bullets.tar.gz bullets/
matrix$ cd bullets
matrix [/bullets]$ make bullets
matrix [/bullets]$ kernel panic!
topbar1Nov 11th 2008 8:09AM
Mr. smith likes to see the quality of DLS articles, videos and posts increase.
DavidNov 11th 2008 12:38AM
if it ran on linux, it would be super fast, never crashing. however, a higher IQ and more experience would be needed.
mkoNov 11th 2008 12:38AM
If it ran on linux it would need download 49 additional packages just to install 1 package.
hazardNov 11th 2008 12:38AM
well produced but far too many boring old cliches .. best moment I thought was when they were trying too work out which cable to plug into Neo's head .. now that was funny :)
fraseyboyNov 11th 2008 12:38AM
Not really funny.
And its pronounced Oo-Boontu not Oo-Buntu.
CptApathyNov 11th 2008 8:09AM
That wasn't so funny, the years old jabs at XP died a long time ago.
LordDaManNov 12th 2008 11:08AM
Ok, lets go after this form the movie side:
"They don't crash"
It has crashed in teh matrix. According to teh movie it's crashed multiple times. We are talking full reformat to fix it also
"They don't ask you to send error reports."
Didn't neo and people like him all talk to teh oracle, which is pretty much a program designed to fix bugs in teh system? Sound like error reporting to me
"And they don't bog down after you've been using them for a few months and the registry is filled with gunk from programs you've installed, uninstalled, and forgotten all about. "
Except that's exactly what neo was. He's the culmination of all the problems of the system. It's a huge error that caused massive problems within the system (think of what happened with agent smith in the last movie.)
I hope Xp is NOT like teh matrix, or else you would have a hacker that could access our system and do whatever he wnats and you can't do a single thing about it!