OS-tan theories and disscusion

[Bella]

*shuffles in*

Well given I am a hacker now (although the good kind) doesn't fill me with any sense of confidence. ^^'

No worries, VMS-sama likes nice hackers ^_^

Fufu... more obscure TV references. ^^;
But this one looks interesting,... probably will scour the web for a clip of some kind. ^.^

Although I do kinda get enough of that reading Groklaw.net. ^^

I wrote more about it in the MEWXPZLFUDAWV Club thread, but I tell you...that show was pure gold!

Hmm,... never really thought of that, now that you mention it. @@'

I know...I can hone in on sap from a mile away!

When imaging Linux-sama and UNIX-sama having their discussions, I never once thought that BSD-sama might butt in. I think she'd be cordial,... but not much else. '___'

However, FreeB-chan and Linux-sama do have a very strange friendship, I can assure you of that. ^____^

Oooh, so BSD-tan's a bit of a snoop! Doesn't like the "new girl" hanging out with Unix-sama! As for FreeB-chan and Linux-sama....hmmm...I know their supporters can range from friendly to each other to rabid fanboys, so I wonder how they'd get along

Well,.... yeah! Consider it an honor to count the pennies that you just got beaten with by Her! ^0^

*claps hooves together in praise*

*dreamy sigh*

Now I know how Slackware-chan feels.

*dreamy sigh*

Well the canon OS-tans don't have any official heights.
I guesstimated some here in my old Annex:

http://ostan-collections.net/topic-231.html

...based around a presumed height of 153cm for Windows ME. But other than that, heights are purely based on artistic license.

Course, most of our homebrewed OS-tans have definite heights. ^^

Though there are certain groups that have a general height, I think...I know the BSD-tans are a bit on the tallish side, while the more original Unix-tans are quite short. Speaking of which...

I've been thinking of doing a drawing of Solaris-tan....so I researched the OS a bit. A few interesting points I came up with:

-Solaris is based heavily off of SunOS; would SunOS be Solaris-tan's younger self, or her mother or something?
-Solaris is based off of both System V and BSD code; I guess Solaris-tan would be rather impartial to both sides of the Unix family.
-Solaris was closed source for a very long time, and is just now being opened; I guess Solaris-tan would have then been a vehement closed-source type, until having some kind of epiphany in 2004 (although, one wonders what would make her have such a change of heart...). Unless, of course, there should be an OpenSolaris-tan, but I think it's better to have OpenSolaris and Solaris be one character.
-Project Indiana aims to give (or has given) OpenSolaris the ability to run GNOME and GNU tools...methinks Solaris-tan might tread a bit on Linux-sama's territory (though this has been insinuated before)

After reading about Solaris, from its roots as SunOS to the current projects involving making it an open sourse system of a Linux caliber, I can say Solaris-tan is a very interesting character. And while I may still be at a complete and utter loss for her battle suit, I've thought up an incredible defense ability of hers...

When you think of the sun, what comes to mind? No, I don't mean fire, cause Inferno-chan and Unix-sama(?) already have the ability to control fire and we don't want it being cliched. No, I mean the other thing that comes to mind when one thinks of the sun....a magnetic field!

Okay, okay, a magnetic field may not sound too interesting as a defensive power. But I imagine Solaris-tan would be able to deflect any kind of power coming her way in a battle, and even turn that power back on the person it came from. Plus, when confronted with attack, her magnetic field would probably light up in a spectacular way (think, the Northern Lights).

Whadya think?

*shuffles out*

[NejinOniwa]

I'm 149 cm ^ ^;; Not that much shorter...

O_o

149...cm...you say...?
Are you sure you aren't a hobbit, lass? And here I am, thinking I'm not that tall, and I'm 187...bloody hael. Genetics, huh... *feels like a giant*

[Toki]

I'm an entire three cm away from being a midget! xD So there!

My onii-san is 198 cm o_O

[NejinOniwa]

Har har har XD Contrasts, lass, contrasts! >w<
Also, HILARITY.

[Toki]

Tee hee... such is my life ^ ^;;

[Bella]

I'm, like, 170 cm tall...if I did my math right...

[Toki]

5'8? o.o You're tall..

[Bella]

Oopsie, I must have done the math wrong. I'm closer to 5' 6'' ^///^

Clearly I don't use the metric system much

[NejinOniwa]

Seriously - why won't the americuns just learn to use the metric system already? I mean, it's so much simpler! Just take a lot of tens on each other! Man! What's so complicated about it?

[Toki]

o.o I like inches... they're so... freindly.

[NejinOniwa]

In what way, exactly...? Plus, the other units are weird. One mile is how many feet? While one km is exactly 1000 m, and one metric mile is exactly 10000 m. Now THAT's what I call friendly.

But we're carrying the whole place off-topic right now, aren't we -.-;

[Toki]

Yeah ;_; Is there a metric tan? xD

[NejinOniwa]

Whoa!
Surprising idea, i must say! I believe not, though, but around here we have traditions of making ideas reality... ^^
Although I'm fairly sure that it doesn't qualify as an OS-tan because it's, simply, not an OS or computer app, I still think it's an interesting, and thus on-topic, idea.

[Toki]

Tee hee... I think it's be cute She'd be in measuring tape.

[NejinOniwa]

CLAD in it...and that only... >:3