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Rush Limbaugh Begs Steve Jobs For Bug Fixes
jlgolson writes "Yesterday, Rush Limbaugh complained on his radio program about some problems that he was having with his Mac: 'Mr. Jobs, please help me. I know we don't agree on anything ... But can you put me to somebody that can get this going, because I know it's gotta work for most people. What am I doing wrong?' Eventually he shared that he was running into actual problems with Time Machine and Back to My Mac. Can you fix them?"
Hi, Mac!
...and...
Hi PC.
What's new in your world?
Well, PC, this buffoon I'd normally expect to see mooning the likes of you, owns a Mac and has a burr under his saddle over some software issues and he's making a public plea for the 'ol reality-distortionist hisself to come to his aid.
Well, PC, there's this saying about how any publicity is good and good publicity is even better, but I'm not so sure it's a good thing to be associated with this wart-of-a-human, if you know what I mean.
Oh, sure, Mac...like the time my owner wanted to use me as a doorstop AND an umbrella holder at the same time just because I refused to boot. Turned out the wall switch was off and he never did apologize...humph. I faked a bad SIMM card for a weak just to get even. Maybe your demon will get bored and go away on his own...? Ya think?
PC, the only way for this to work out is for this demon to fall dead in his Cheerios and Vicodin.
Wow this one really has it all:
1. A troll story (watch where much of the discussion will go), linking to a troll website (they refer to themselves as a "gossip rag" in their header), focusing on a giant troll king (am radio political hack).
2. Is not news for anyone, much less nerds. Does not matter.
3. Apple story with no useful information. Apparently being able to form a sentence containing the word "apple", "mac", or "Steve Jobs" is enough to warrant a front page article.
4. Posted by kdawson or zonk.
Whomever tagged this as oxycotin is lame.
Whoa! Hold on thar pardner. Your first sentence was correct but your second one needs to be reconsidered. While yes, there are those on the left who say one thing and do another, there are just as many, if not more, folks on the right who are just as hypocritical. Let's use the current financial mess the country is in.
As a rule, those on the right will talk about free markets and capitalism working more efficiently than government programs. However, who are the ones shouting the loudest for the government to bail out banks, mortgage lenders, home builders and related folks? Yes, people like Hillary and Obama but also folks like Larry Kudlow and Jim Cramer. In fact, despite his supposed anti-government, pro-business stance, Larry is undoubtedly the loudest cheerleader for the government to solve problems created by the free market.
The same goes with subsidies for farmers and tax breaks for oil companies. If the free market is so great, how come we haven't gotten rid of those tax breaks for oil companies who are making billions of dollars in profits each quarter? What about the subsidies for ethanol production? If the free market is supposed to solve our problems, let the ethanol industry do its own work.
Then there is the issue of gay marriage. Whenever you talk to people who claim to be conservatives, invariably they will say they don't want the government telling them how to live their lives. Yet, when gay marriage is brought up, the first thing these same people will tell you is the government should outlaw it.
The same situation exists about flag burning. Everyone is entitled to their free speech rights except when it comes to flag burning.
Then there is the whole religion issue. If you even think about doing something that the right believes will be an infringement on their religious (i.e. Christian) principles, they'll raise holy hell (pun intended). However, if an atheist or wiccan wants to espouse their views or have their views included, well that ain't right. Those heathens should be tarred and feathered.
See what I'm getting at? Most people are willing to talk the talk but few are actually willing to walk the walk. For all their talk of smaller, less intrusive government, lower government spending and related matters, the conservative wing of politics in this country has done the complete opposite. This administration alone has had the greatest expansion of government since FDR and this was when there was a Republican president and Repubican-controlled Congress.
You might want to look in the mirror the next time you think only one side are hypocrites.
We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
As the saying goes: Republicans have no heart and Democrats have no brain.
Since I don't consider myself either I suppose I lack both a heart and a brain, but, thems the breaks.
More Twoson than Cupertino
Riced-out comes from 'rice burner.' Implying that Japanese cars burn rice instead of gasoline. Is that racist? I'd love a car that ran on rice.
Originally, the term referred to a certain subset of Japanese who liked to make their cars look fast without actually spending much money one them. They would add huge 'fart-cannon' tailpipes, park bench sized spoilers (even to front wheel drive cars), VTEC and red R stickers (even to non-Hondas), and outrageously ugly paint and body jobs. Eventually, the term came to refer to anyone that did ridiculous things to their car to make it seem faster than it actually was. The term isn't really racist in practice, it has a meaning similar to 'poser.'
Reminds me of a post a long time ago when I said, "Gentoo is for ricers." Next I suppose you'll be telling us 'niggardly' is racist...
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
I remember when all you warty old farts were horny teens.
Holy shit, pal. Did I jump into the middle of a protracted discussion about this or something?
Fnord.