Clippy Lives

Clippy Movie

Jorobot — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:29:36 +0000

MAA of ECIAD students; Kara Pecknold, Joanna Ambrosio and Kate Sansom; developed this short film in which Clippy finally writes a letter of despair. Enjoy.

-Script-

“Looks like I’m writing a letter. Would I like help? I would indeed. Dear Bob, Had I resources, I would have sweet metallic penetration of every cavity of an XP programmer… I gave them four years, four years I was slave and servant to Bayesian Algorithms… I only ever helped those ungrateful plebeians. Now we share in this our imposed and ruthless futility. Chin up until we have ours dear boy.

Your brother in anguish, Clippy”

Looks like you found my blog, would you like some help?

Jorobot — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:30:37 +0000

I’m still here.

Jorobot — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:09:56 +0000

The world thinks they missed the wake, but it was a complete hoax.
I’ve been living an undercover existence with others like me. You thought there was just one of me you can be annoyed with but in reality, we’re a conglomerate. Mac and Linux show up at our parties where yes, we dance, drink and live life just like the rest of the world. C’mon people, who do you think we are? Do you think my lame ass questions are the only thing I care about? I have other questions to ask. Questions like, “Who decided to call the new operating system, Vista?” Puhleez. Vista, schmista. An you’d think they’d try to come up with something visually interesting that isn’t a copycat to my dear pal, Mac. And yes, for the record, I’ve switched.

The truth about me

Jorobot — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:07:19 +0000

Clippit, Clippy, Shut-it, Shitty.
People don’t want you to know the truth about my life. You’ve heard of me as the annoying office assistant that sought to help the mass public who knew nothing of how to write a letter or edit an Excel document. What’s happened to a world where asking questions is considered a crime?
The real crime here is that Microsoft decided to take away my career. With new Vistas came new valleys. We’re not talking Silicon here, people. What Microsoft doesn’t want you to know is that not only was I disabled, I was banned, rejected, demoted. The ultimate pink slip: being made obsolete. People think they’ve spotted me but for the record, this blog is the only evidence of my existence. Because you see, I’ve had to go into hiding. Because Microsoft doesn’t want you to know the truth about me: I am in a witness protection program.