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CmdrTaco: The MacHack Keynote

Posted by pudge on from the macs-r00l dept.

wka writes "Here's a write up of the keynote that CmdrTaco was apparently giving at the MacHack conference. Armed with a ThinkPad running Linux, Malda revealed to the MacHack crowd Slashdot's secret to success, talked about the site's history, and did some WinXP bashing, among other things."

31 comments

  1. Trollaxor by egg+troll · · Score: 1

    Crazy mad ninja props to the community hanging out on Trollaxor's IRC channel. Oh, FP.

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    1. Re:Trollaxor by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Where is this IRC channel?

    2. Re:Trollaxor by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      On IRC.

    3. Re:Trollaxor by egg+troll · · Score: 0

      server == trollaxor.com (not irc.trollaxor.com)
      channels == #trolls

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    4. Re:Trollaxor by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      More proof that all moderations are cretins.

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  2. Rob bought Microsoft Windows XP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "... Rob bought Microsoft Windows XP..."

    Yeah. Right. More like "Rob used one of the many free CDs he has gotten."

    1. Re:Rob bought Microsoft Windows XP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I've got more shitty old Linux CDs at this point than AOL CDs. Who is going to pay for the disposal cost for all this crap?

    2. Re:Rob bought Microsoft Windows XP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That's the problem with Linux. If you use Linux, you are killing the Earth. Use an environmentally friendly OS like Windows XP!

  3. Keynote speech about nothing. by d0n+quix0te · · Score: 2, Troll

    Taco basically had nothing interesting to say, this was a disaster of a Keynote. Compared to Jobs' keynotes, heck even O'Reilly's keynotes, one can say that it was an abject failure.

    Malda had absolutely no insight about anything. He tried to troll around but came out looking a fool.

    This will be last time Malda will be invited to a keynote.

    1. Re:Keynote speech about nothing. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      just about any keynote would look like a failure compared to His Holiness Steve Jobs. Jobs on stage could put Christ to shame.

    2. Re:Keynote speech about nothing. by Mizery+De+Aria · · Score: 1, Funny

      What do you expect a Linux addict to say about Macs?

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    3. Re:Keynote speech about nothing. by Mizery+De+Aria · · Score: 0

      I don't see how the prior post was offtopic. The "Linux addict" is CmdrTaco of course. I'd really like to send a message to whomever voted this post to be offtopic.

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    4. Re:Keynote speech about nothing. by MaxVlast · · Score: 2

      Agreed.

      In reply to your previous question, if he plans to accept the invitation, he bloody well better have something to say. If he doesn't have anything to say, he shouldn't accept the invitation. It's just polite.

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  4. I was there by CokeBear · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Rob was kinda funny, and he spent the last half hour playing the Sims on stage. (As an aside, all of Rob's Sims were lesbians, and he seemed to enjoy killing all the men in the game).

    Rob actually said: "I am the biggest troll on slashdot"

    I hope that next year, MacHack finds someone with more interesting things to say. He came across as a bit arrogant, and didn't really have any real insights into the industry.

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    1. Re:I was there by xanthus · · Score: 1

      I hope that next year, MacHack finds someone with more interesting things to say. [Rob] came across as a bit arrogant, and didn't really have any real insights into the industry.

      Just how many Gigaflops was his keynote?

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  5. My 'Ask Slashdot' finally answered! by gmhowell · · Score: 5, Funny
    I've been wanting to know what is involved in running slashdot. Day-to-day. Rob finally answered:
    He explains that his job is to watch TV while playing The Sims on his laptop and somehow manage to post ten to fifteen article per day.


    Why am I not surprised? (Bye, bye karma. It was nice knowing you)
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  6. Secret to success by larry+bagina · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ok Malda, what is the "secret" to running an unprofitable website?

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    1. Re:Secret to success by ncc74656 · · Score: 2
      Ok Malda, what is the "secret" to running an unprofitable website?

      1. Put up a website.
      2. ...
      3. Profit!
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  7. my question..... by jeffy124 · · Score: 2, Funny

    the article didnt cover it: how much did he bash single button mice?

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  8. /. gnomes! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Step one: Play games, watch TV, and post articles.
    Step two: ...
    Step three: Profit!

    Oh, wait. Gotta work on step three.

    1. Re:/. gnomes! by red5 · · Score: 2

      Reminds me of the early iMac commercials.
      "There is no step three."

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  9. the origin of Commander 'Taco' by mtec · · Score: 2, Funny

    He has a Sims world full of lesbians - that kill men - that he 'commands'.
    There you go! - The Real origin of his name... I hope he's got more substance to him than he demonstrated. If that's all there is to him, it's kind of sad. I hope he was drunk (the troll comments are a little disconcerting).

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  10. Is this anywhere on a free site? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    MacFixIt Pro members, login here:
    Otherwise, cough up $24.95
    (OK, so I'm paraphrasing, but most of the words on the page are images, which don't copy-n-paste well.)

    1. Re:Is this anywhere on a free site? by coolfrood · · Score: 1

      Call me cheap, but I'm not paying to read how CmdrTaco can SPEAK in tpyos.

  11. argh.. by Suppafly · · Score: 1

    is anyone other than the editor able to read that review? do people actually pay to read a site about fixin macs and such?

    1. Re:argh.. by CottonEyedJoe · · Score: 1


      MacFixIt started charging for "premium" (read old) content a few months ago. Anything older than a day gets shifted to the premium area.

      I'd like to read a transcript or at least the good bits if someone has a free link.

    2. Re:argh.. by vegetablespork · · Score: 1

      Typical of the Mac "community." Ratio Hotline servers, "upload while downloading," "premium content" . . .

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