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Underground Mac Community Foils a Coup

Posted by kdawson on from the fortunately-bloodless dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In an attempted palace coup that would not have been out of place in a Shakespearian tragedy, a moderator faction at Mac Serial Junkie, one of the largest underground Mac communities, was shut out this weekend after it was discovered that many staff members were plotting a coup. The plans included a surreptitious takeover of the domain name macserialjunkie.com. In an Open Letter to the Community, the founders of MSJ explain how a number of people at the highest levels of the underground planned their takeover activities for almost two years, only to be foiled at the last minute."

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  1. Re:Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative
    I've paid for lots of software with my PayPal account, but without a credit card I can't purchase the other programs I'd like to.

    PayPal gives you a virtual credit card that can be used at any online store that accepts MasterCard. Next excuse?

  2. Re:This Is News For Nerds?? by DeepHurtn! · · Score: 3, Informative
    "Leftist" drivel...? He posts shit in general, but I don't think it's particularly lefty stuff. I *wish* it was; I'm what most people would call a leftist, and I think /. could use a bit more (but I know this place leans towards U.S.-style capitalistic libertarianism, so whatever). But did you catch kdawson's gem from a couple of days ago? That's some pretty crazy right wing nutso land crap he posted to the front page.

    No, kdawson just posts crud. Period.