Extremely strange opinion blog about Linux.

[aimeeandbeatles]

I was doing some googling on Microsoft and Linux and I found this really weird blog. At first I thought it was parody but after reading the comments...

http://shelleytherepublican.com/2006/04/20/linux-a-european-threat-to-our-computers-by-tristan.aspx

So... apparently Linux is a conspiracy to turn us all Communist? Well isn't that something

Seriously is this for real?

 

[GenMarshall]

Thread needs moar Tom Petty .

It's just a silly conspiricy.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

edit delete

 

[Phlegmak]

Bin Laden uses Linux???? I don't believe it.

 

[Phlegmak]

The comments below the article are mildly amusing. It's like reading stuff written by Conservapedians. In other words: fantasy.

This comment is amusing:

1. Anonymous April 26th, 2006 6:06 AM
   too bad ShelleyTheRepublican.com
   blogs is hosted on linux as shown by the nmap port scanner.
   # nmap -O shelleytherepublican.com
   …
   Running: Linux 2.4.X|2.5.X, D-Link embedded
   OS details: Linux 2.4.0 – 2.5.20, Linux 2.4.18 – 2.4.20, Linux 2.4.26, Linux 2.4.27 or D-Link DSL-500T (running linux 2.4)
   Time to put your acts where your words are and find a linux-free hosting solution.

And by the way, I just ran that nmap command, and I got the same thing. It's still using Linux.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Bin Laden uses Linux???? I don't believe it.

Funny thing, they can't find him, but they know what OS he uses.

 

[Phlegmak]

I'm starting to think the entire blog is a joke. Look at the homepage.

http://shelleytherepublican.com/

The blog is supposedly very pro-Christian, but posts cartoon porn on its frontpage.

The blogger is pro-Westboro Baptist Church.

It says this about the Conservative Bible Project.
"The Republican has joined forces with Conservapedia to produce an all-new translation of the bible which will be 100% conservative just as Jesus intended."

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Not to mention the horrible website design.

EDIT: Apparently they have entire category on Open Source softwar:
http://shelleytherepublican.com/category/education/technical/linux

Did you read last week’s big IT news: According to many of our sources, Sun Microsystems has bought a little known database maker called MySQL.

(blinks)

 

[Padma]

Shelley the Republican is a well-known parody site.

 

[GVBN]

Satire. From 2006. Didn't read

 

[Phlegmak]

Shelley the Republican is a well-known parody site.

Oh. It wasn't well known to me.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I found another weird one:
http://www.promotinglinux.com/truth/

I read it's a parody, though.

EDIT: Another one.
http://adequacy.org/public/stories/2001.12.2.42056.2147.html

 

[Beam]

And another good read.

http://shelleytherepublican.com/problems/the-definitive-review-of-ubuntu-linux-804-hardy-heron

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

And another good read.

http://shelleytherepublican.com/problems/the-definitive-review-of-ubuntu-linux-804-hardy-heron

Am I the only one who sees question marks inserted randomly into sentences?

If you object to this communism, tough luck: The so-called ?Completely Fair Scheduler? is incorporated into the ?kernel? ( which is the Linux equivalent of the MS Dos layer in older versions of windows).

 

[Harshad]

If the IP was tracked, would anyone be surprised if it corresponded to the Redmond, Washington area?

 

[Bratmon]

Am I the only one who sees question marks inserted randomly into sentences?

Smart quotes.

 

[Beam]

If the IP was tracked, would anyone be surprised if it corresponded to the Redmond, Washington area?

Or Cupertino, San Jose area? I've done some further searching and imo it really is a satirical site.

Having said that: