This Not Your Typical Small Office

even though the statement "Señor Jefe of the Free World" is debatable.

To all those claiming that there are no wizards or level 120 in World of Warcraft I say: Shut up nerds.

@Homerjay here for OxyClean!: Admit it. It's a Decepticon.

@rmcski21: This wouldn't have happened if the Supreme Court hadn't ruled on Great Taste v. Less Filling back in 1997.

drjayphd

@bobojuice: This man takes umbrage with your dislike of Danasty.

drjayphd

@Voyou_Charmant: no its his personal pad where he write his name over and over...
president obama
president barack obama
president barry obama
president barack M. obama.

at least that's what I imagine..

@DeusExMach:

Republican, Apple, Ford, Green, Metal, Manchester United, Yankees, pro-choice, Darwinist.

rmcski21

@jiveabillion: oh

@jiveabillion: What happens when I hit the reply button a bunch of times?

@DeusExMach: Chicken, unless the fish is raw or smoked. Wolverines or Buckeyes?

CaptainHoratioMcCallister

@TheSonOfKrypton: I'm Barack, and I'm a PC.

@CaptainHoratioMcCallister: Chicken or fish?

Marvel.@videobeagle:

@incubushead: nerd trap sprung. thanks for playing.

@rmcski21:

Kang V. Kodos

Team KANG all the WAY!!!

@rmcski21:
Well, you got the Marvel vs DC fights too...

videobeagle

@ninjagin: So now they are too full to move and just want to sleep right?

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

You won't see this on Lifehacker until he can fit it into a closet.

czetie

@NurseDave: That's not arguing! That's just contradicting!

czetie

@DeusExMach: Weird. Liberal, Mac, Foreign, blue, hip-hop, Gunners, Fuck Baseball(not a sport), pro-choice, and finally, Darwinist.

CaptainHoratioMcCallister

@[www.worldofraids.com]

Of you go, Mr. Conspiracy!

Eschekt

@krische: That's pretty unhealthy. He'd have to be smacked either way.

@Hello Mister Walrus: I wonder if that water has been fluoridated?

NagChampa

@Nathan Chalmers: Along with the 250,000 other people who bought that model!

Alduron

@misterwho are the world, misterwho are the children...: Or kittens...

T-Will

@rhoderickj:

The Federal government has a horrible case of vendor lock-in with Microsoft and other Microsoft-oriented technologies.

@Daveinva: Oh come on man!! I get a kick out of seeing CTU (and more recently, FBI HQ) decked out with iMacs and Apple Cinema Displays on 24... I'm just still surprised that Jack Bauer doesn't have an iPhone (yet... ). I guess Sprint is paying out just a bit more for product placement on that show than Apple is. I mean, Instinct? REALLY?!?.

But I really do love just how "subtle" they are about product placement and blatant ad shots on shows... (Flashes to the Sprint logo on such-and-such person's phone for an awkwardly-long 10 seconds...)

@Purple Monkey Dishwasher: Which may or may not be effluent from the waste water plant.

@Hello Mister Walrus: It's vodka.

@ku1185: How do you know Obama hacked the game and created wizard class. Maybe Obama is pretty handy with computers. That occur to you Mr. Condescending Commenter!

@Voyou_Charmant: thinking "Wow, I'd be Pissed if I had to pay this..."

@SeattleTed is proud to like Robert Zimmerman: Toner cartridge? Pfft. The presidential laser printer doesn't use toner. It uses one of those "Real Genuis" lasers to actually burn the words into the paper.

@incubushead: Next you'll tell us there's no such thing as a Night Elf Mohawk!

@DeusExMach: oh, and xbox.

@rmcski21: Republican, PC, Chevy, Red, little bit Rock'n'roll, Manchester United, Yankees, pro-life, Darwinist.

@Hello Mister Walrus: Oh come on, that's not bottled water. That's Vodka, received as a present from Putin Himself. Obama just doesn't want to be caught drinkin on the job, so he puts it in a water bottle. But if you look closely, you can see the bottle starting to melt from how crazy strong the vodka is.

Plus, his eyes are closed - He's falling asleep! (more likely starting to pass out drunk - I tell ya. Putin, man...)

@Homerjay here for OxyClean!: So then he doesn't have to shake the toner cartridge? Color me bummed.

@Margatron: Yeah, it's rude. And stupid.

@DeusExMach: no way man. It's the rule of Threes. A few examples, if I may:

-"Sunday, Sunday, SUNDAY!!"
-"FreeTripleScore.com! FreeTripleScore.com! that's FreeTripleScore.com!"

...etc.

Our late friend Billy Mays had it down pat.

@Bryan Tucker: That's an HP.

@misterwho are the world, misterwho are the children...: Holy crap!

@ku1185: Also level 80 cap.

@Kaiser-Machead: I don't see a problem. Convolve is a perfectly cromulent word.

@32ndnote: On TV, as in movies, as in life, anything worth saying is worth saying twice.

...is worth saying twice.

@Hello Mister Walrus: It's the cirle of liff.

@Pixelologist, Esq.: Actually I dont want to part with my OCD. It helps me get SO much done! Nothing is as motivating as insanity.

@Purple Monkey Dishwasher: Having grown up in a suburb of Allentown, you are right to avoid its water. However, the plant is actually in the middle of nowhere, pretty well outside of Allentown so it's probably safe... Probably.

Mandi Zola

@PaddyDugan: Trolling is a bi-partisan hobby.

Daveinva

@rhoderickj: This is one of those enduring pet peeves with Hollywood-- whenever they show government computers (or worse, military computers) and they're Mac-based, it automatically sucks me out of whatever I'm watching.

Daveinva

I always imagined the Prez's computer looked like the WOPR.

@rhoderickj: And yet, the DOJ still uses WordPerfect...

@TheSonOfKrypton:
"Macs aren't for people who are actually important. They are just for the folks who think they are important."

-Steve Jobs*

* This statement was not made by Steve Jobs.

@DarthSnuggles: Pres needs to fess up and let the world know that he checks out Dealzmodo every afternoon.

@Nathan Chalmers: Dude, you're important!

@Kaiser-Machead: Hehe, you're on a roll. I agree with you, details are for suckaz.

@Curves: He's got the nuke codes under his water. Lets hope he don't spill or we'll never get the first strike in!

tripledub

@NurseDave: No you don't. Oh wait, I'm sorry - is this the 5-minute argument or the full half-hour?

I am angry that his grandfather-clock only has 3 phineals, not four as Bush would have likely had!

I've got you now, argument!

@Curves: What? Have you been attending OCA (Obsessive-Compulsives Anonymous) meetings behind our backs?

I enjoy soup. But only sometimes. For example, it is especially satisfying during the cold weather.

Perhaps you gentlemen agree or disagree?

@Voyou_Charmant: Wow. Not only have you fed THE troll, you have fed all trolls to the point of stuffing! Congratulations!

ninjagin

@jiveabillion: NRRRRDZ! Didn't your mother ever teach you not to yell in forums?

@Homerjay here for OxyClean!: I bet obama doesn't even have a mag-media pass. ;)

Segador

@BertMask: That's Big Government for ya. Always trying to tell you when you can and can't eat babies.

@BertMask: LMAO

@Mavrix: Augmented Reality Edition: both

@Prey521: You may be forgetting that ALL presidencies are wastes.

@Kaiser-Machead: *convolute. consarnit.

Kaiser-Machead

@Weakskills: Let's not convolve the matter with petty details.

Kaiser-Machead

@Prey521: and because I can't help but feed the troll: This is the Treaty Room, it's a private study, part of the private residence, and not where he would typically be doing official work. That is why the desk is clean and neat.

What I want to know is at which moment he went from doing too much (marching us towards Muslim style social communist fascism from Kenya) to not doing enough/anything. It's fascinating that Obama seems to be quite literally everything to everyone: an illegal Hawaiian terrorist who can't prove he was born; an inspiring figure from a modest family who achieved the American dream, a Marxist radical who wants to give all the moneyz to the poor (black!) people, a baby killing antichrist, a polite and well spoken politician who seems too willing to reach across the isle, a foot dragging politician who promises the world and is falling short, a fascist anti-freedom tax lover, a secret muslim, a do nothing, a do to much-er... ugh.

My brain has exploded and blood just started shooting out of my ears.

@Weakskills: Because it ends up back in many city water supplies?

NurseDave

@BertMask: Either that or I've been successfully trolled.

@Weakskills: It was one of the two.

@Yousty: I think you mean"then Cheney (or however you spell this fucktard's name) did in his last 4 years".

Weakskills

Is he reading over his AT&T Wireless bill?

@Prey521: Troll poster is trolling.

@Hello Mister Walrus:

Yea, well guys, I thought an Obama White House would be different because I know he was a Mac user beforehand. He has the power to come in and change shit. Hopefully.

Yeah. That's exactly what *my* office looks like before I let the cameras in.

izzaboo

@Prey521: Buddy, you're not doing our side any favors by pointlessly ranting on a tech site.

@Kaiser-Machead: How do you know what toilet filtered water tastes like?

Weakskills

@Homerjay here for OxyClean!: That would be ironic see that Dasani is owned by Coke.

Weakskills

Is that a PBX based analog phone I see? Wuh? No VOIP?

Eddie Jimenez

@photophile: No, no, I'm sure he means a lock as in a device in a waterway designed to raise and lower boats.

Or perhaps a lock as in a curl of hair?

Or maybe a lock as in a sure thing?

Jake712

@BertMask: Its a vile thing. Shows lack of refinement. I myself prefer blood from baby pandas.

@alexvanduyn: LOL I hope that you're kidding. The appearance of knowing how to do something, and actually knowing how to do it are 2 totally different animals. So far, Obama doesn't appear to know WTF he is doing.

Prey521

@MostlyHarmless: drinks koala blood.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

@alexvanduyn: I wonders if theres a special presidential edition of google that we proles dont know about...

@reddingofish: hahahahaha that is sooo plausible actually.

@AaronN322: Regular store brand bottled water isn't bad at all. I'd probably sooner get them over a slightly more expensive Poland Spring. For bottled water, I'd go as low as I can go in price. Evian, and that Fiji crap tastes like it was fulled through a toilet.

Kaiser-Machead

Time to replace that nasty old clock. Maybe one of those nice ones that shows were the sun is shining, or the fake waterfall ones from the asian store.

NurseDave

@rmcski21: The PS3 sucks. Wii FTW!

@rmcski21: I disagree that we need new arguments.

NurseDave

@Hello Mister Walrus: If anything, Obama would be the one accused of eating babies, given his stance on abortion.

Though I would not be surprised if it turned out that Cheney eats babies, and drinks koala blood.

@PaddyDugan: If they were Rush rants it would be easier to make fun of them. No, these rants are from smarter people.

Zomb

@undefined: omg I want MY worthless political opinion heard on the internets too!!! Is this the place for that?

FubarGuy

@Curves: "And put a coaster under that water." It's okay, he has people for that.

NurseDave

@Yousty: AAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You have GOT to be kidding. He's done nothing but send us further down the shitter.

Prey521

Wow, to have a president who actually looks like he knows what he is doing, AND he has a computer next to him! Everything is right with the world again, at least if he does not know something he can Google (the real prezbot) it!

@Curves: God forbid he get a water stain on the resolute desk?

@Mavrix With A Fresh Oleophobic Coating: The PC side.

@Mavrix With A Fresh Oleophobic Coating: Depends... Are you just buttering your bread or making a grilled cheese?

NarcoSleepy

@Hello Mister Walrus: Get out of my baby-eating, nanny state.

@Hello Mister Walrus: Original great debate is over.

@Mavrix With A Fresh Oleophobic Coating: The outside.

Hello Mister Walrus

There is nothing "regular" about that printer OR the monitor in the background. I used to work closely with one of the companies that supplies these things to the DoD. The take regular equipment and turn it into super-secure, super-expensive "presidenty" equipment. It goes through a surprisingly psychotic process driven by extreme paranoia before it gets to the DoD.

@PaddyDugan: Silence! I come up with my own rants, thank you very much! I don't care how good Neil Peart is, I don't trust him for political advice.

closhedbb

@rmcski21: I vote we go back to the original great debate. What side of the bread do you butter?

Mavrix: Augmented Reality Edition

@89macrunner: Definitely, many brands actually bottle at the same facility even, just in different bottles and with different labels.

I was drinking a Nestle Pure Life water bottle and it said it was purified water from the Allentown, PA public water.

Purple Monkey Dishwasher

@krische: Yeah I know. I'm just satirizing the outlandish criticisms that people make whenever someone brings up a political figure. "McCain eats babies!" "Obama is a Muslim!"

Hello Mister Walrus

@AaronN322: Dasani = unflavored pepsi.

@rhoderickj: It's not just the government - most companies use Windows also.

Hello Mister Walrus

@Prey521:

why is it that every god damn site on the internet is either fighting about one of two things:

1. Republicans V. Democrats
2. Apple V. Microsoft

Can we PLEASE find new things to disagree on.

rmcski21

@Hello Mister Walrus: hey now, how do you know he doesn't reuse that bottle?

krische

@92BuickLeSabre: I love when these arguments pop up. They're almost as good as the Apple/PC arguments.

@ku1185: You can be a lock in WoW? What are you, a padlock, or combination lock? Personally, I prefer a gnome brass padlock.

@TheSonOfKrypton: You don't see a lot of Macs in government because of interoperability problems. The Federal government has a horrible case of vendor lock-in with Microsoft and other Microsoft-oriented technologies.

When people see a Mac in the government, they treat it like a unicorn with leprosy: slighty fascinated, but mostly wary and uncertain about approaching.

rhoderickj

@92BuickLeSabre: I LOL'd.

Hey grouchy losers, do you have to infect every web site with your partisan bile? I come here to read about tech, not to hear you give your recast of Rush rants.

PaddyDugan

@AaronN322:

Dasani is just about the same as most of those store brand waters..

ive been to the bottling factories...sadly, its just about all the same stuff!

89macrunner

It looks like he is reading his phone bill and is upset at the extra $200 in texting charges on one of his daughter's phones.

reddingofish

@Hello Mister Walrus: Yay!

Not Enough! Too much!
Good! Good! Bad!
The Best/Worst Pres. We've Ever Had!

GooooooooooOOOOOOO TEAM!

@Prey521: Plus, you know, he probably cleaned his desk for this photo shoot. I bet it's usually a lot messier.

Hello Mister Walrus

More unsubstantiated accusations from everyone!!

Hello Mister Walrus

I bet he's a /b/tard. How could he not have been, just once?

@Prey521:
You're an idiot. He did more in his first three months than Bush did in his last four years.

Yousty

@Prey521: Yah, whatever. Anything is better than the chimp we had for the previous 8 years.

My guess is that come 01/13, we'll have the same President, just 3.5 years older than he is now.

The *real* question is, why not build a Microsoft "surface" into that desk? Just drag some tanks and jets onto some country, like the CNN guys did with electoral votes during the election. Maybe he could use CNN's "faux-hologram" thing to beam in the G8 leaders instead of having to get in planes and fly around meatspace.

@Prey521: I would prefer he did nothing. Unfortunately, this is not the case...

closhedbb

@TheSonOfKrypton: He's a government employee. VERY few Macs in use by employees of the state.

closhedbb

@deathbob: In WoW, Obama plays Stan Lee, who is playing Venom, while Hugh Hefner plays Stan Lee.

Hello Mister Walrus

His desk is neat because he DOESN'T DO ANYTHING!!! What a waste of a Presidency...can't wait for 01/13!

Prey521

No Wizards OR lvl 120! NOOOBZ!!!!!!11

Noob. No wizards in WoW. Must be a mage or a lock.

ku1185

@AaronN322: If you think "Danasty" is good tasting, something is wrong with you...

see fig a:
[www.commondreams.org]

@deathbob: So true, it must be said twice.

@AaronN322: Drinking Dasani just means that he likes purified tap water. Why you'd pay money for it is beyond me.

Obama, where's your Mac?

That monitor TOTALLY looks like the 24" Gateway I'm looking at right now.

A Brother for a "Brutha"

Bryan Tucker

Oh man. President Obama and I have the same laser printer!

Nathan Chalmers

@incubushead: There is for Obama, it's just kept top secret so we wouldn't know about it.

CoolRiver45

@AaronN322: oops replied to wrong post lol..that was Re:Hello Mister Walrus

AaronN322

@Curves: At least he has good taste and is drinking Dasani instead of some nasty storebrand or fake spring water

AaronN322

Obama plays himself in WoW. He just happens to also be a wizard. @incubushead: Obama plays as himself in WoW. He also just happens to be a wizard.

That picture frame is actually a Secret Service two-way communication device.. they're always checking up on him...

Desk too neat. How does he get any work done in such an uncluttered area? And put a coaster under that water.

@incubushead: And there's no level 120 [yet] either. Your point?

I see that he drinks bottled water. Enemy of the environment!

Hello Mister Walrus

There's no Wizard class in WoW.

Jonathan Butler