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The Nation of Macintosh?
Devon Avenger writes "A new short British film has been released according to this article at Wired depicting a cult of Macintosh fanatics who are organised in a manner reminiscent of the Nation of Islam."
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I just got a mental image of Steve Jobs as Louis Farrakhan.
I just don't think the bow tie would go with his black turtleneck.
I think that this group will be a welcome addition to the clics in HBO's "OZ." Now you have Skinheads, Black Muslims, Italians, and the ever-so-feared Macies.
You can not stop us
We have this Unix
You reboot now
Are you afraid?
Death to Microsoft
Death to Sun
Steve is great
Wasting your time since 1997.
Yeah, back in the day, we used to call the 512K the "Phat Mac". I can still remember getting the upgrade for our little 128 and hearing "Ride of the Valkyries" pumping out of that little speaker when I played "Airborne!". Ah, the memories.
Another cool Mac vs. Islam reference: the Public Enemy song where Chuck D talks about sitting down to composes his next song by "smack[ing] the Mac on the back and attack"... anyone who remembers the old 9" monochrome machines remembers that little switch on the left in the back... and that happy little "bong!"
I've got a bad attitude and karma to burn. Go ahead. Mod me down.
How's the movie end?
Woz: "Just trust me and insert the purple disk..."
- If we aren't supposed to eat animals, then why are they made out of meat? - Steven Wright
First thought: This is stupid, but lets keep reading. So now I get to this little gem: It's about that whole religious fervor that grabs Mac users the way it doesn't with users of other platforms," said writer/director Jake Barnes, who described himself as a "recovering Mac addict."
Why bother to recover?
And what about all the idiots who queue for hours at night to be the first to get their hands on the latest Windows OS when a new one arrives? Oh but wait a second! Those people are not zealot! Just plain arsholes!
I'll do it for cheesy poofs.
As a long time mac advocate, forced windows user and linux sysadmin . . . explain to me how mac advocates are significantly different than linux geeks who insist that Linux is the one true un*x, the one to rule them all . . .
;)
Well, it's simple. The Mac advocates are wrong and us Linux geeks are right.
--
Karma: Chameleon (you come and go)
Actually the i-bowtie is a Steve Jobs Insanely Great trademark from the 80s.
Steve Jobs circa 1984
I still think Sculley looks scared to have Steve behind him.
Virtual PC is your friend, Grasshopper. Much as WINE-X/Crossover Office is your friend if you are trying to get non-ported games or Microsoft Office running on Linux. Yes, you will need a copy of Windows but the price of Virtual PC with Windows 2K is actually comparable to a copy of Windows 2K alone.
Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power multiplied.
Saturn and Saab owners are waging holy war against each other, and everyone hopes that the NASCAR fans will stay out of it...
Apple-am a-laikum, my iBrothers and iSisters. Would you like an MP3 copy of Steve's Final Call for your iPod? Can I interest you in an iBeanpie? We didn't tear down the gates -- Gates tore us down!
My name is Mac-colm X, and I will soon make my pilgrimage to Cupertino.
Visit me on the web at Permanent4.com.
I wonder if Steve Jobs will rename Apple HQ to Macca. Start praying, Mac people!
I heard that some guy even did a TTY-compatible port of the thing with iBrotha script.
--- Jason Olshefsky
Karma: Poser (mostly affected by adding this line long after everyone else did)
Holy crap!! all this time i've been hauling old computers for trade between planets and i thought it was all just a game.
All bow down before the AmbrosiaSW oracles!!
~this is just the begining.
...compared to certain radical Muslim factions, we're rather peaceful.
/will/ laugh, though, when Windows bombs itself.
For example, we don't bomb things.
We
± 29 dB
No more blue screens of de-eath.
Off the pigs!
Revolution has co-ome.
Make the switch!
[Note to mods: if you were born after 196x, you may not get the reference. Mod accordingly.]
"What is the sound of one belly slapping?"
And thus, I leave slashdot.
Report back to us about what a life is like.
Heh. Well, I do have a t-shirt that reads "Chicks dig UNIX".
At my job, this is actually true. There are many damn cute geek girls in this town anyway, and most do appreciate (Linux|BSD|!Windows) ubergeeks.
Hey, it can be hard to meet people! I don't use my geek status or OS choice to define myself (entirely), but it has sure helped me find people to spend non-computing time with. That includes real sex, for those of you who haven't looked up from the porn on your monitors in a few weeks.
That last was a joke, so don't get your (Thinkgeek) panties all in a knot.
-- clvrmnky
*snicker*
slashdot: where everyone yells sarcastic metaphors to themselves to understand the issue
"It's about that whole religious fervor that grabs Mac users the way it doesn't with users of other platforms"
Pardon him. He hasn't visited Slashdot.
Any sufficiently simple magic can be passed off as mere advanced technology.