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Zarf in Mac OS X Land

Posted by pudge on from the go-steve dept.

baruz writes "Andrew Plotkin (aka Zarf), award-winning interactive fiction author and Mac and Unix programmer, has not-so-recently posted a secret diary of his experiences installing and using Mac oh ess ex."

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  1. Emacs by LordNimon · · Score: 5, Funny
    Started Terminal app. Unix shell! Go Steve! Emacs! (Okay, Emacs 20, not 21. Close enough.)

    Man, I'd love to travel back in time five years and tell a bunch of Mac advocates that within five years, Emacs will come pre-loaded on a Mac.

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    1. Re:Emacs by daeley · · Score: 4, Funny

      Even better, go back 10-15 years and tell Mac users that a ton of their future counterparts will be excited to have a powerful Command Line Interface. :)

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      I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
  2. Summarization by daeley · · Score: 5, Funny

    Likes American McGee's Alice.

    Hates Dock.

    Doesn't get why you wouldn't want to have root access always on.

    Doesn't like font handling.

    Has strange habit of referring to Apple computer engineers and UI designers as 'Steve' ;)

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    I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
  3. It made me laugh... by mystery_bowler · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...because I kept waiting for the grammar to devolve into Hulk-speak:

    RARRR! No like OSX! Icons EVERYWHERE! Stupid Steve! HULK SMASH!

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    My sigs always suck.
  4. And you want me to pay for this? by toupsie · · Score: 4, Funny
    I use MacOS X. I love Apple. I would even take a bullet for Steve. Woz that is. But if you want me to sign up for subscription service can you stop with these lame Apple stories? iWarez was bad, this is unbearable.

    If you don't do better, I won't subscribe and tweak my Squid+SquidGuard config to ignore big ads Slashdot on my OS X box.

    So there! Plus I haven't gotten a wedding invitation, yet!

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    Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
  5. Re:This should be obvious... OT by GodHead · · Score: 5, Funny

    My favorite in-joke story...

    A few years back, a non-tech co-worker asked if it was fair for a local computer shop to charge her $65 to fix problem. $65 is a bit much for a 30 minute fix I my mind, so I asked her what the problem was. She said that the shop owner told her it was just aother "Windows I.D. Ten T" error. Needless to say after I agreed it was a fair price and that she wasn't being ripped off, I about fell out of my chair laughing.

    I.D. Ten T = id10t

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    Just wait till some crappy band steals your nic.
  6. Andrew Plotkin bad! by Refrag · · Score: 4, Funny

    Stupid Andrew Plotkin. Andrew Plotkin no good intuitively understanding even most simple interfaces. Andrew Plotkin no figure out multiple window animations. Andrew Plotkin no figure out scale faster than genie. Andrew Plotkin no figure out customize toolbar until days later. Andrew Plotkin no figure out time since day be half hour or week.

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    I have a website. It's about Macs.