{"id":2323,"date":"2015-01-06T20:13:39","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T18:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joke-archives.com\/?p=2323"},"modified":"2015-01-06T20:13:39","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T18:13:39","slug":"microsoft-tests-nuclear-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/?p=2323","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Tests Nuclear Device"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Microsoft Tests Nuclear Device<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>at Secret Hanford Facility<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>REDMOND (BNN)&#8211;World leaders reacted with stunned silence as Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) conducted an underground nuclear test at a secret facility in eastern Washington state. The device, exploded at 9:22 am PDT (1622 GMT\/12:22 pm EDT) today, was timed to coincide with talks between Microsoft and the US Department of Justice over possible antitrust action.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Microsoft is going to defend its right to market its products by any and all necessary means,&#8221; said Microsoft CEO Bill Gates. &#8220;Not that I&#8217;m anti-government&#8221; he continued, &#8220;but there would be few tears shed in the computer industry if Washington were engulfed in a bath of nuclear fire.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Scientists pegged the explosion at around 100 kilotons. &#8220;I nearly dropped my latte when I saw the seismometer&#8221; explained University of Washington geophysicist Dr. Whoops Blammover, &#8220;At first I thought it was Mt. Rainier, and I was thinking, damn, there goes the mountain bike vacation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In Washington, President Clinton announced the US Government would boycott all Microsoft products indefinitely. Minutes later, the President reversed his decision. &#8220;We&#8217;ve tried sanctions since lunchtime, and they don&#8217;t work,&#8221; said the President. Instead, the administration will initiate a policy of &#8220;constructive engagement&#8221; with Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft&#8217;s Chief Technology Officer Nathan Myrhvold said the test justified Microsoft&#8217;s recent acquisition of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation from the US Government. Not only did Microsoft acquire &#8220;kilograms of weapons grade plutonium&#8221; in the deal, said Myrhvold, &#8220;but we&#8217;ve finally found a place to dump those millions of unsold copies of Microsoft Bob.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Myrhvold warned users not to replace Microsoft NT products with rival operating systems. &#8220;I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of a radioisotope thermoelectric generator inside of every Pentium II microprocessor,&#8221; said Myrhvold, &#8220;but anyone who installs an OS written by a bunch of long-hairs on the Internet is going to get what they deserve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The existence of an RTG in each Pentium II microprocessor would explain why the microprocessors, made by the Intel Corporation, run so hot. The Intel chips &#8220;put out more heat than they draw in electrical power&#8221; said Prof. E. E. Thymes of MIT. &#8220;This should finally dispell those stories about cold fusion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rumors suggest a second weapons development project is underway in California, headed by Microsoft rival Sun Microsystems. &#8220;They&#8217;re doing all of the development work in Java,&#8221; said one source close to the project. The development of a delivery system is said to be holding up progress. &#8220;Write once, bomb anywhere is still a dream at the moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in Cupertino, California, Apple interim-CEO Steve Jobs was rumored to be in discussion with Oracle CEO Larry Ellison about deploying Apple&#8217;s Newton technology against Microsoft. &#8220;Newton was the biggest bomb the Valley has developed in years,&#8221; said one hardware engineer. &#8220;I&#8217;d hate to be around when they drop that product a second time.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Tests Nuclear Device at Secret Hanford Facility REDMOND (BNN)&#8211;World leaders reacted with stunned silence as Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) conducted an underground nuclear test at a secret facility in eastern Washington state. 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