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		<title>Flushing Blue Toilet Cleaner of Death!</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft, after finding that the blue screen of death wasn&#8217;t having the same amount of market &#8220;penetration&#8221;, and since the hourglass cursor had never been as successful as Apple Mac OS X&#8217;s Spinning Beach Ball of Death , for Windows &#8230; <a href="http://foolswisdom.com/flushing-blue-toilet-cleaner-of-death/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Microsoft, after finding that the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Screen_of_Death">blue screen of death</a> wasn&#8217;t having the same amount of market &#8220;penetration&#8221;, and since the hourglass cursor had never been as successful as Apple Mac OS X&#8217;s <a href="http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/sbbod.html">Spinning Beach Ball of Death</a> , for Windows Vista Microsoft created the spinning ring. <img src="http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/3355/16onblackqv5.gif" alt="Vista Spinning Ring" height="16" width="16" /></p>
<p>What do you call it? Do you talk nice to it?</p>
<p>Here for your pleasure, super-sized (which <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/03/02/mcdonalds.supersize.ap/">doesn&#8217;t happen nearly enough</a> these days) and superimposed onto the original size, the Flushing Blue Toilet Cleaner of Death!</p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1368/1215615652_4708ef584d_o.jpg" alt="Vista Flushing Blue Toilet Cleaner of Death" height="200" width="200" /></p>
<p><span id="more-570"></span>Who has an animated version of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lloyds-screenies/1215615652/">this image</a>? Thank <a href="http://www.johnblackbourn.com/">johnbillion</a>!</p>
<p>The toilet experience really seems to resonate with Microsoft&#8217;s team and their customers.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.itweek.co.uk/personal-computer-world/news/2184209/microsoft-learn-toilet-paper">&#8220;Toilet paper is sold more effectively</a> than Windows Vista, according to one  member of Microsoftâ€™s UK marketing staff, [Allister Frost]&#8220;. Allister wrote <a href="http://usefultechnologyblog.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!C03655A24B7AEA52!14302.entry">Why buying Windows Vista should be simpler than Toilet Paper</a>. Allister, if you are reading this, I&#8217;m interested in upgrading to <a href="http://foolswisdom.com/windows-vista-working-edition/">Vista Working Edition</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.winsupersite.com/">Paul Thurrott</a> <a href="http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_ready.asp">writes</a> &#8220;Microsoft changed folders completely in Windows Vista, and all that work just  got flushed down the virtual toilet.&#8221;</p>
<p>doctorbad writes &#8220;we will truly see if microsoft can pull vista out of the toilet&#8221; in responded to <a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/">Chris Pirillo&#8217;s</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hydDDzcMXvM">&#8220;Windows Vista Rocks&#8221;</a>.</p>
<p>It prompted Microsoft to also update the sounds in Vista to this toilet theme as described in the responses to <a href="http://blogs.technet.com/james/">James Senior</a> article <a href="http://blogs.technet.com/james/archive/2006/10/30/windows-vista-sounds2.aspx">Windows Vista Sounds</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Jane C writes &#8220;&#8230;the Empty Recycle Bin sound is a flushing toilet&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>Jack Sprat writes &#8220;the startup sound in vista is at best a flushing toilet, since thats the  sound of your money going down the drain into Bills wallett as you fork over  $299 for the Ultimate Vista experience.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>I use Windows Vista  because you do! Help a friend out show them <a href="http://www.apple.com/">your Mac</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/2803/stockssearchingstriphm1.png" alt="Vista Spinning Ring in all states" height="16" width="288" /></p>
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