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Vatican Runs Linux

img91.imageshack.us — So i was in the Vatican gift shop earlier today just watching and I noticed their televisions all reseted and guess what...they are running Linux !

Who dugg this? Made popular Jul 12, 2008

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  • t3hmyth, on 07/12/2008, -47/+368eh... Still not enough for me to go Cathaholic.
  • inactive, on 07/12/2008, -3/+312I wonder if they like to "kill daemons"
  • Soval, on 07/12/2008, -19/+265Linux - God's favoured OS
  • theguesser10, on 07/12/2008, -6/+243It's a sign that god wants us to do things for ourselves and not listen to others or go with the flow. Or penguins, it might be a sign about penguins.
  • Asianwaste, on 07/12/2008, -18/+207Hmm.. Linux fanboys usually come off as "holier than thou". I'd say it's a match made in heaven.
  • Anonchrist, on 07/12/2008, -20/+200Vista really is evil.
  • inactive, on 07/12/2008, -14/+177OSX is Scientology
  • sylvok, on 07/12/2008, -5/+126Its like an endorsement from Jesus.
  • inactive, on 07/12/2008, -55/+175Well, clearly they want to keep their stash of child pornography more securely protected from hacking and exposure..
  • MMaster23, on 07/12/2008, -4/+116Jesus in 1080p wow!
  • DieselGrunge, on 07/12/2008, -12/+116I would've expected JesOS.
  • neuromachine, on 07/12/2008, -4/+104Yeah, Apple fanboys do seem to be brainwashed.
  • inactive, on 07/12/2008, -4/+86Dual Processors too. Very nice.
  • adderx99, on 07/12/2008, -1/+81it could have been worse, could have been a bsd logo on the screen:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bsd_daemon.jpg
  • mrsteveman1, on 07/13/2008, -3/+77No, definitely penguins.
  • sanman, on 07/12/2008, -0/+70that's right, when Palpatine builds his battlestation, it will be multi-core
  • BlackCow, on 07/13/2008, -2/+68Or maybe the Vatican hired good IT people.
  • LordMalak, on 07/12/2008, -2/+62Well, what if the Church gave away free iPhones with every convert!
  • bagboyrebel, on 07/13/2008, -0/+51Every time I walk into/by the Apple store I get a similar feeling.
  • sanman, on 07/12/2008, -1/+49My God, it's true... there IS a code on that ceiling...
  • KyjL, on 07/12/2008, -1/+48Pay a crapton of cash for the same ***** that everyone else goes through?

    Sounds about right.
  • ThePhotoBoy, on 07/12/2008, -8/+54I think the title should have read "Vactican Uses Sony HDTV"
  • skoubydoo, on 07/12/2008, -8/+48Thank God!
  • PullingTeeth, on 07/12/2008, -7/+47It sends out a nice '***** you' to those that say they're backwards
  • jemka, on 07/13/2008, -1/+40And by worse you mean better.
  • Arramol, on 07/13/2008, -1/+39Photon? Please turn in your geek card for failing to know the difference between photon and proton torpedoes.
  • sanman, on 07/12/2008, -1/+35many Bothans died to bring us this information...
  • Shaem1, on 07/12/2008, -5/+38I see what you did there.
  • norman619, on 07/12/2008, -7/+39Dude... That was a righteous fail!
  • afields, on 07/12/2008, -2/+33What were you expecting? FreeBSD?
  • pbone, on 07/12/2008, -2/+31that air duct is filthy!
  • inactive, on 07/12/2008, -5/+34I'm addicted to cathahol!
  • stmiller, on 07/12/2008, -8/+36Debian?
  • hungryduck, on 07/12/2008, -2/+29They are both operating systems.
  • WhiteHamster, on 07/13/2008, -0/+27yeah i'm going with penguins
  • flintmecha, on 07/12/2008, -5/+31Holy *****.
  • dreamlayers, on 07/13/2008, -0/+25Wow... sell your soul for an iPhone. I imagine the joke is on them though.
  • waydee, on 07/13/2008, -1/+26They run that at Mecca.
  • AutoTom, on 07/13/2008, -1/+26scientologists use windows
  • gameforge, on 07/13/2008, -1/+26That would be truly funny if the Vatican ran "Damn Small Linux."
  • gmprunner, on 07/12/2008, -4/+25Hallelujah!
  • getoffmybridge, on 05/05/2009, -0/+19needs more thetons
  • joshman5k, on 07/12/2008, -3/+21I wish I got a tax free exception to afford a Sony HDTV :(
  • AzureRise, on 07/13/2008, -0/+18They don't kill them, they exorcise them. Custom built command.
  • directedition, on 07/13/2008, -0/+18What if it ran OpenBSD?
  • adderx99, on 07/12/2008, -1/+19http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bsd_daemon.jpg ?
  • Xiata, on 07/12/2008, -16/+34"Ah yes, the airplane crashed due to a kernel panic in an antiquated linux kernel"
    "Ah sweet! It ran linux I can't believe that plane ran on linux! Awesome!"

    Does anyone else think it's weird that people are praising a computer that isn't doing as it is intended? Serving God's will (as the Vatican would see it)?
  • maj0rm0j0, on 07/13/2008, -1/+17This is a sign! I have been using the unholy Windows OS since Windows 95 and I switched to Linux for the first time in my life 3 days ago. Ubuntu was a gift from God! I will never question Him again!
  • proliance, on 07/12/2008, -2/+18The Catholic Church is not incorporated, but it is the world's largest charitable organization. Its nice to see they are spending my money wisely.
  • pullablank, on 07/13/2008, -0/+16If I convert a friend do I get credit on iTunes?
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