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Mac gamers, eh? ;-)

Read the thread earlier... had to come back and post this link, sorry if I missed it among the items beneath my current threshold.
CtrlAltDel
On a tangent of the same note, used to work at RadioShack and they pushed the same warranty stuff.

Everyone loves pizza. I mean, who doesn't?

I was working for my neighbor (he's only got a few million), and we had a Comcast guy come over to install their business line. My neighbor being who he is, he handed me his (unsigned) business credit card, told me, "Pay the comcast guy, order pizza." He leaves (like goes on vacation for a few days), me with the credit card.

So I did just that.

The pizza arrives, the tech is still installing (brick sucks to drill through). I offer him some pizza, and he declines. "I had a partner once who had some, installed a NIC, and then toasted the computer. Maybe after." So I thought okay, cool, ate some pizza.

Went later to work on the new server. Dual 2200+, liquid cooled, 14 fans, full-size case (customized key), 4GB of DDR in 1GB modules, RAID5, the works.
Just for the record, Iriony is a cruel, sadistic, b***h.

Mac Gamers?

They don't exist.

Or a ctrl+alt+del key.

How it SHOULD have happened.

Or even this one

Ctrl-Alt-Del Comic about a girl gamer

Clikey...

um... how can i say this...
your a fucking moron?
ya that does it.
heres a good LINK

Here

CAD

~Cyno01

Now you can save face and not have to lie about your iPod being a Pop Tart :)

I see your point, but free stuff makes people like the product, unless the said product is crap, in which case he will know this and just give up. However, if the product is good and useful, people will donate. Its a fact of life, you see it everywhere like here and here. Both those sites give something for nothing, and they manage to make a living perfectly well.

Ctrlaltdel has a comic about this concept also (alright, so it's a V-day gift...but the idea still stands.) http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/?t=archives&date= 2003-02-14

I love this comic.

another example

Speaking of gamers being crazy lunatics ...

Here is a good example ...

Obligatory Ctrl+Alt+Del Link :)

Link 1

I used to think User Friendly was pretty good, but then either it's quality deteriorated, or i found other, better comics to put it in perspective.

Here's a list of (some of) the comics that in my opinion are better than User Friendly. As usual, your opinion may differ and your mileage may vary.

Adventurers! the best of the CRPG comics.
Dragon Tails comic about strange geeky dragons and a squirrel or two. (Has jokes that cover all kinds of geekery, not just the tech variety) The Wings of ChangeFantasy comic about a dragon, a girl with wings, and a group of pixie children
The Devil's Panties "Real Life" type comic about a female protagonist and a couple of her friends. Frequently touches on goth and comic geekdom, and there's a side comic about LARPs.
Sparkling Generation Valkyrie YuukiA manga style take-off on the "pretty-girl" anime genre. Has some Ranma-esque gender-bending themes if that disturbs you.
Freefall Science fiction comic, primarily focused on an kleptomaniac alien scavenger, a friendly but somewhat dim robot, and a genetically engineered anthropomorphic female wolf.
Ozy and Millie One of those comics with a world (mostly) like ours but filled with anthropomorphic animals. Frequently philisophical or political.
Something Positive "Real life" type comic with a very twisted and sometimes sick sense of humor.
Venus Envy A comic about highschool aged MtF transgendered person dealing with all the issues you'd expect such a person to be dealing with. Obviously lots of gender-bending issues.
8-bit Theater tied for second best CRPG comic.
RPG World the other tied for second best CRPG comic.
Anti-here for Hire by the author of Adventurers! Same style mostly, but with a comic-book superhero theme.
Megatokyo some people love the comic, some people can't stand it. The art is certainly pretty though in either case.
Penny Arcade people talk about it enough on Slashdot (including several mentions in this thread) that i'm not going to even bother describing it.

Okay, I'm tired of making descriptions, so some other good comics that didn't make it into the top tier (but still better than User Friendly IMHO) if you feel like looking around, PvP, Ctrl-Alt-Del, Saturnalia. The Life of Riley, No Need for Bushido

And last (just because everyone here has probably heard of it already) Sluggy, which has had its unfunny moments, but unlike User Friendly has managed to pull out of those slumps and return to its former heights every time (so far)

There's also a large set of comics that i only check every couple of weeks because they don't updated more than once a week, but are still worth taking the time to check. However i'm going to just stick to my daily list at the moment.

Here's a webcomic that's just over a year old that some of you might like, it is called ctrl+alt+del :)
http://ctrlaltdel-online.com/

The main characters are a few crazy gamers, and a linux guy who has a live-in penguin named Ted. Hillarity ensues.

... author of the awesome Ctrl-Alt-Del Webcomic Series.

1. Characteristic of or having to do with comedy.
2. Of or relating to comic strips.
3. Amusing; humorous

When I read 'the guy responsible for Ctrl-Alt-Del", I thought you ment Tim Buckly - author of the awesome Ctrl-Alt-Del Webcomic Series.

I love this Comic :)

When i wake up in the morning, I crack open the daily newspapaper and.... wait that's not true. Lets start again. When I wake up in the morning I turn on my computer, and check out... webcomics.

Angst Technology, Ctrl Alt Del, Dilbert, Errant Story, Force Monkeys, Fox Trot, goats, Life of Riley, Mac Hall, Megatokyo, Misfire, Penny Arcade!, Sinfest, Something Positive, and finally Wendy.

Then, after my daily webcomic barage (not to say that these all update on a daily basis. Some are good [ like ctrl alt del, and penny arcade ] and update regularly. others... well...) I frequent other sites, for information.

Slashdot of course (not linking it...)
Gamespot
Games workshop,
and
Unconventional Conformity.

Other than that, I have a few sites i goto every so often. Or ones which i check throughout the day. But they become less important than the comics.
-Gharbad

• Machall - best..webcomic...ever (updates: "tues, thurs, sat" but more like when he gets around to it)
• Penny Arcade - a very popular, and very funny gaming comic (M W F)
• Megatokyo - a well drawn comic with a strong story mangaish (M W F)
• Ctrl-Alt-Del - cut and paste, but always funny (Daily)
• Something Positive - kinda cut and paste, but often very funny (daily)
• Real Life - cut and paste, but still a pretty funny gaming comic (mostly daily)
• Calvin and Hobbes - rereleasing C+H online, 10 years delayed...my personal fav (daily)
• Errant Story - a well drawn, story based modernish fantasy comic (updates every other day or so)
• Angst Technology - a game software firm and their antics (updates almost daily)

• (as if you need the link)Slashdot
• CBC News Canadian news from the CBC
• Debian Planet good debian news
• Footnotes GNOME news
• Ars Technica another tech site, often has interesting projects too...
• Anime News Network exactly what the name implies.
• Unconventional Conformity a blog.
• The Weather Network - for my local weather
• 
  
  And well, thats about it. That I check frequently at least. I do like webcomics and strongly suggest that you check out Machall Megatokyo and Errant Story if you don't already though! And then there's also everything2 but its not news and I can't check it daily (or else I would do nothing all day but read!) its too good at just drawing you in. And the anime turnpike to go browsing through Anime fansites...