Improv Everywhere Confuses Everyone with Mobile Desktops

Improv Everywhere was at it again recently. Three agents represented this time around, bringing IE's latest mission to Starbucks, where they managed to confuse fellow patrons by bringing in their old, clunky desktop computers (complete with WIndows 95!). The trio hooked up their time machines and got to work, one even able to surf the World Wide Web. For those who didn't think Starbucks had set up a computer lab as a service to their customers, it was a baffling scene.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on February 25, 2008 9:09 AM

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David Topping

Please come to Canada, Improv Everywhere.

eyekantspel

please look at me, please look at me, please look at me.

Ha ha, you looked at me.

latb

Improv Everywhere = Still So Lame it Hurts

Big whoop, they're doing watered down versions of Happenings. Those were done for creativity's sake, these people seem to get off just annoying people / being a nuisance. yawn.

babyhitler

this is funny to you guys? I'm still using my compaq with windows 95. It's never broken down. it's still fast and I only have 128 mb of ram. all you guys buying the latest computer and polluting the environment. I'm doing my part.

babyhitler

this is funny to you guys? I'm still using my compaq with windows 95. It's never broken down. it's still fast and I only have 128 mb of ram. all you guys buying the latest computer and polluting the environment. I'm doing my part.

freddyhere

Let's see 'em schlep along with my Gateway P5-100 hard drive I bought way back in 95...

smitty

Oh come, it's amusing.

McGG

These three tools are interesting why?

MFer

So what?

TK

my first computer was one of those Compaqs. I couldnt do anything with it outside of programming in BASIC.

Dave Hogarty

Compaq's line of portable computers.

CarltonBanks

Does anyone know who did the music? love it.

DCfist

The truly funny thing is that at one time there were "portable" computers and they were roughly this size and some came with rolling cases.

Oh man, the old Osborne "portable" computers... they were like suitcases.

matty

You've been punked! Take that starbucks consumers!

Toby von Meistersinger

The truly funny thing is that at one time there were "portable" computers and they were roughly this size and some came with rolling cases.