now it seems to me that this was all a brilliant ploy to draw people in (myself included) to the forums...
my favorite is the bsod guy on the xp logo, followed by the one with mario

You know, I've only managed to get a real bsod once in my life, but programs crash to Memory Could Not Be Written all the time,(particularly 3D graphics editiors) which I suppose is close enough. How odd that no matter how dangerously I hack, Linux never, ever crashes... not even a core dump.
Now I've got the URGE to go read man pages. Seeya!
PS And it's true that Bill Gates does give a pretty considerable amount to charity. But I can still hate Microsoft's near monopoly...