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BBEdit's Most Expensive Upgrade
BBEdit users with a lot of money and fast reflexes can order something not available from most software companies: yroJJory writes "For the duration of the day, Bare Bones Software is offering BBEdit 7 for $250,000. The new pricing option includes: hand delivery of the product by a Bare Bones employee in a gorilla suit; a breaking-of-the-seal ceremony; Interpretive reading of the manual; and one year of feature request implementation service. And to think...I just paid for my license last week. Shucks."
I can't do it. I don't have a TV and they require one. And all I have is scotch and vodka, no microbrews.
And I so wanted to do this. I had the certified cheque and everything.
In mathematics, one does not understand things, one merely gets used to them.
--VonNeumann
...for that much money, I'll dance the macarena in a monkey suit and install BBEdit on every computer in the state of Idaho while doing so.
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that I hate hate hate hate April Fools' Day?
I mean, why bother? All anyone ever does is turn the small slice of life they occupy into a cheap reincarination of an Onion story -- which is no particular accomplishment as the Onion lacks enough substance to make it more than the pretender to intellectual humor that it is.
And, since all the pathetic wannabe psychologists will ask: no, I didn't get hit particularly hard this year. And no, I don't resent that I didn't get pranks pulled on me.
In mathematics, one does not understand things, one merely gets used to them.
--VonNeumann
It's lunch time April 2 where I'm at and this unfunny stuff is getting old.
Assuming you are an eccentric billionaire, buy a copy for the folks at the South Pole, where the suns just set for the next 6 months. Of course it's pretty impossible to get there for the next 6 months too, although for enough (millions) I'm sure you could.
It's all fun and games until Jobs decides to drop a quarter mil.
May we never see th
I am a homosexual. I bought an Apple computer because of its well earned reputation for being "the" gay computer. Since I have become an Apple owner, I have been exposed to a whole new world of gay friends. It is really a pleasure to meet and compute with other homos such as myself. I plan on using my new Apple computer as a way to entice and recruit young schoolboys into the homosexual lifestyle; it would be so helpful if you could produce more software which would appeal to young boys. Thanks in advance.
with much gayness,
Father Randy "Pudge" O'Day, S.J.
Thanks for your letter. Being Catholic myself, I know exactly what you're talking about! It has always been our plan here at Apple Computer Inc to revolutionize personal computing with our high-quality and highly gay products.
I'm happy to answer your letter by letting you know that YES we will be releasing an entire hLife ("homo-life") software line. You'll be able to recognize it in stores by the small stylized logo depicting a large cock entering a tight anus with an Apple logo on it. ("Suddenly it all comes together" indeed!).
Anyway, I hope you and other members of our community will join us on our mission, and purchase the exciting new hLife boxed set. Only the boxed set comes with translucent cock rings!
Sincerely,
Harry Rodman
Vice-president
Homosexual Liaison Services
Apple Computer, Inc.
Bare Bones has been doing this for years, which is why I knew to look in the first place.
Last year, they announced the Personal Analog Device (PAD). 2001, I can't recall and it isn't online anymore. In 2000, BB stated that they'd bought Fenway Park. Lime iMacs run BBEdit faster, according to the 1999 Press Release! 1998 saw the announcement of BB's first hardware, the Text Accelerator Component Kit (TACK) Board for PCI.
I've got a lot of respect for a company with a history for joking around.
Jory
someone would have bought it by now.
BBEdit is not worth even $2. It's a product whose time has passed. And it's a very poorly designed product as well. As of now, anything coming from Bare Bones is a rip-off. You get product for your money, but you would also get a fifth wheel if you bought it.