Computer Engineer Barbie: Dual Monitors, Linux
Finally, a Barbie I can relate to.
About a month ago, Mattel, maker of all things Barbie, launched a campaign to decide Barbie's 125th career. I'm going to go ahead and pretend I only found out about this today and didn't encourage practically everyone I know to vote. Not even I am that lame. Ahem.
Anyway, the winner was News Anchor Barbie. However, Mattel says the Website was flooded with votes from women in the tech industry, and of course, pretty much every female software engineer on the planet. ChipChick cites Lauren Dougherty, director of Barbie marketing for Mattel, who says voting for Engineer Barbie became viral amongst female engineers; it was because this popular vote went to Computer Engineer Barbie, that Mattel couldn’t resist but to reward Barbie with a 126th career choice too.
Barbie and her dual monitor set-up with laptop (pink) running Linux, geeky binary t-shirt, smartphone, Bluetooth headset and of course, glasses, will hit the shelves Winter 2010. I've heard on the grapevine that you can pre-order so I'm currently trawling the Mattel store for the goods but I'm not having any luck so far.
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wow, i think I found the perfect barbie for my first girl.....I don' know if this is a good or a bad thing, heh.
Hahaha...barbie running Linux...that's my kind of girl ~wink~
lol now we're talking!
My daughter is so getting one of those.
Barbie finally realized that geeks have the money.
thats good, while getting my computer science degree of the hundreds of class mates probably only 20-30 of them were female.
On the bright side, Barbie doesn't have an iPad.
wow, i think I found the perfect barbie for my first girl.....I don' know if this is a good or a bad thing, heh.
I know! I feel like stocking up so I can give them as gifts to my friends' daughters when they're old enough.
Bankers and lawyers have the money, geeks have some money
What happens if you take barbie in the cold server room?
What happens if you take barbie in the cold server room?
Hahaha...barbie running Linux...that's my kind of girl ~wink~
Open Source!
126 careers? Sounds like she can't hold a job for more than a few days.
The binary on her monitor (primary display!) spells "Barbie" in ASCII twice.
It took this long for her to get news anchor? There's a glass ceiling for ya.
now she needs a fat ass, zits on her face and no friends... then she'll be a real Linux geek!
Barbie is so 1337 she can read binary! Call me sexist, but I miss barbie with the stove and apron!
You'll have to keep us informed of how the sales of this perform. I wouldn't want this one to be a flop!
126 careers? Sounds like she can't hold a job for more than a few days.
Considering her age (she does age well, doesn't look a day over 25!) I think she can hold on a job for quite a while.
Looks like my favorite Barbie so far, hope she can cook though.
She should be Asian, since all our jobs are going there. Also I think she is Software Engineer Barbie, not Computer Engineer Barbie. People get that confused a lot. Some times they even call computer techs on the news computer engineers when they don't even have a degree.
Some times they even call computer techs on the news computer engineers when they don't even have a degree.
Do locomotive engineers have degrees?
if barbie had so many jobs what the f*^k does ken do?
is this an endorsement for Linux maybe
maybe we'll see a large spike in little girl Linux use
jk
Where's the neckbeard at? Obviously not a real linux user.
I actually know a 5'10" blonde 25 year old part-time lingerie model who uses Linux. I think she got it preloaded on her pink netbook.
If only IT chicks were that hot... The ones I know look like bigfoot after a 3 day bender.
and she is still hotter than most IT girls
KillerClick: Pictures or it didn't happen
I actually know a 5'10" blonde 25 year old part-time lingerie model who uses Linux. I think she got it preloaded on her pink netbook.
KillerClick: Pictures or it didn't happen
5'10" blonde, lingerie model and uses linux. Killerclick do you realize that this statement goes beyond a sci-fi movie?? Like the guy above. Show some evidence that such specimen exists
You'll have to keep us informed of how the sales of this perform. I wouldn't want this one to be a flop!
It's a version 1.0, so only the early adopters will buy it.
Wait for the service pack.