Pastafarian Mark found this sculpture while exploring the Microsoft campus.
So I tend to wander around the buildings at Microsoft just to get some exercise and see what is up, and we have a big collection of art on campus that gets rotated between buildings every year or so. So I generally expect to see some interesting things in the halls. So while I was over in Building 4 the other day (location of the closest espresso stand) and I notice some odd sculpture on the second floor balcony. Going upstairs, what do I find? A sculpture of the Flying Spaghetti Monster! Now that’s some pretty cool art.
I have heard rumors of this sculpture and that Bill G, himself, commissioned its creation. I was skeptical of its existence and have always had trouble believing that Bill G was in fact a devout Pastafarian, but this photo has changed everything.
Thanks Mark!
You can check out Mark’s account of his discovery on his blog here.
Bill G being a Pastafarian does explain a lot. With the worlds leading software company being run by those who believe in Unintelligent Design, I suddenly understand Windows.
FSM. Curing Blue Screens(tm) worldwide with the help of Bill G. ;)
I think ol’ Billy G only worships the almighty dollar and commissions only half-baked software (don’t believe me, “upgrade” to Vista sometime).
Interesting to see something this controversial and divisive being displayed in a corporate environment.
Holy meatballs, it’s beautiful! Praise Him.
That’s crazy. I guess Bill Gates isn’t all that terrible after all.
RAmen
Regardless of what people think of Windows, I think it is great that He is represented There.
☠DutchPastaGuy☠
Apr 20th, 2008 at 3:26 am
Bill G being a Pastafarian does explain a lot. With the worlds leading software company being run by those who believe in Unintelligent Design, I suddenly understand Windows.
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Mwahahahah!! Yes that does make it understandable :))))
Aye. All deserved jokes about spaghetti code aside, good to see His noodly presence in such a place.
The Secret Tortellini Sect has the solution, though, through better yet flexible compartmentalization and wrapping. The bugs even get baked in, but aren’t alive.
RAmen.
Now if we can just get Steve Jobs to put one up on the Mac campus the world would know true peace
Pasta be with you,
RAmen
He’s extremely intelligent what do you expect?
“(don’t believe me, “upgrade” to Vista sometime”
er no thanks….I am buying a new tech-built gaming computer and and we agreed that Vista was for Dummies and would stay with XP
Bill Gates is known to be an Atheist, as is Warren Buffet.
I must add my voice to the Vista “upgrade” opinion expressed here. Hopefully His Noodly Appendage is there to fix it with His noodly touch.
RAmen
p.s. Not a Microsoft hater, just frequently annoyed.
i bet they dont face discrimiation, they have bill gates on their sides.
RAmen to them
AMAZING!! what a glorious tribute to his Noodlyness!
great to have Bill Gates as a devoted Pastafarian.
I made a FSM for myself out of Mardi Gras beads (’cause I’m a Cajun), so where do I post the pictures to share with y’all?
Peace and Ramen
I’m pirateanarchist on the forums
Me thinks that be a very fine sculpture indeed!
So all those annoying features of Vista is just the FSM teaching us humility and patience.
Ramen
I should correct my statement about Bill Gates and Warren Buffet being Atheists. I believe that they are Agnostic with Atheist leanings. - Fizz
Elise the Pirate Apr 23rd, 2008 at 11:08 pm
“I made a FSM for myself out of Mardi Gras beads (’cause I’m a Cajun), so where do I post the pictures to share with y’all?”
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Hi Elise
Email them to Bobby. His addy is just over on lower right of the screen.
XP=Excellent Pasta
Vista doesn’t.
This is all very charming, but I’m afraid Gates is still the Antichrist.
CD
maby it’s time too forgive Microsoft for all the blue screens he provided us?? i guess you don’t need to be perfect to become a true pastafarian.
Cheers to B. Gates AntiChrist a pastafarian; pirate(who making the biggest ripoff) *Microsoft Sam deafult voice*
Being a radical moderate and a devout atheist as well as a frothing Unix sysadmin, I too find it difficult to believe that BILL theGATESofhell could be anything but the antichrist. However, when taking the long view of TheBlueScreenOfDeath, one must take a view at just what Small ‘n Flaccid Software is trying(*) to accomplish. They’re trying(*) to develop an operating system(**) that will be everything to everyone at all times. They need to build facilities and have an operating system(**) that will be able to support even the most bleeding edge piece of hardware that comes out of Fred ‘n Sid’s Garage dot com, all without leaving gaping security holes, and all without crashing. Couple this with the fact that a not insignificant number of systems are hooked to the internet, directly, sans firewall, and are operated by people who believe U and R are actually complete words, and tend to use more punctuation than actual characters, by weight and volume. A daunting task indeed.
And in my extremely in-depth survey(***) involving a wide variety of hardware, I’d have to estimate that, at minimum, 20% of the BSoDs out there can be directly attributed to faulty third-party drivers. They need to provide facilities to function with/protect against whatever garbage happens to fall into one of the expansion slots. Thank He Who Is Most Carbolicious that alternatives are available, or I might have had to take up another line of work, such as street corner preacher, dock worker, or airline pilot (not a bright future for an atheist with a bad back and a distinct fear of heights).
Anyway, I’ll leave it up to the more technical amongst us to derive the origin of the remaining 80%.
Dr. Dot, Ph.D, BOfH, ASEMEL, A/IGI, SCE, FACS/U, CEGS/A,G, OAE, MPFC/II
(*) BOY are they trying.
(**) Note the capitalization.
(***) Dr. Dot’s In-Depth Survey, A Brush with Insanity, PC and Windows Admin. An in-depth survey involving two laptops and a dusty Pentium-based PC in my neighbor’s basement. It gives a detailed assessment as to just why I converted to Mac and never turned back. Available at Amazon.com or your neighborhood bookseller.(****)
(****) OK, so it’s not available yet. It will be, someday, though!
Alas! They hath seen the virtue of His Noodliness! HE has touched Microsoft with his noodly appendage and thus has spoken! I shall no longer use my iPod and shall switch to a ZUNE. No wonder I’ve been getting a warm fuzzy feeling when sitting down at my PC, and this cold and empty feeling when I’m near my iPod or when running iTunes…
Praise be to HIM!