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... I am of course referring to pirates, a very feeble marketing campaign which Microsoft is now playing on as our household was sent a box containing nothing more than a large rock rock a blue box, accompanied by a small and dull leafelet. I would not be so bitter were it not for the fact that I was sent down to the Royal Mail Sorting Office to collect the f-ing thing. Just where the hell do these rocks come from!? And if this is a nationwide marketing campaing, isn't there an environmental issue here too?

What.. I'm confused here. Microsoft sent you a rock... in the post? Any pics of the box, or the rock? Perhaps it contains the beta version of vista for your trial.

Perhaps the rock was there for a purpose, and would ultimately find its own destiny in some form or another?

*puff of smoke ... deep dreamy voiceover bloke*

To be slung through one of the windows at Microsoft's office in Reading the next time you needed a bit of stress relief when your computer "apologises" for crashing when you've been working on that important document?

*another puff of smoke*

Sorry. I'm in a bit of a strange mood tonight.

Chris wrote:
*puff of smoke ... deep dreamy voiceover bloke*

You called!

Well it could be worse. At least they sent it through the post and didn't hurl it through your living room window.

Lets see a pic.

Is the Rock some sort of secret wepon? have you tried listening to it to see if it beeps?
Could the Mighty Microsoft be spying on you? How many Illigial copies of windows do you have?

It's obvious what they're trying to tell you.

Windows Rocks

Not actually my rock (in fact mine is much rounder and nicer ) but it's pretty much the same thing. A google search suggests this is a UK-wide thing, so it's a pretty good bet that the rocks are being sourced from somewhere in the UK (all results originate from the UK). My google saerch also revelaed the following website: http://www.stonesreunited.co.uk/index.html

Are you sure that's not a hardened turd?