Psystar Activation Servers Down?

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Psystar Activation Servers Down?

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday January 9, 2010 @10:49AM from the bad-news-bears dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I purchased Rebel EFI in support of Psystar's crusade back in October. Just 3 short months later, I have no support. I found this out when I upgraded my hard drive and installed Snow Leopard using Rebel EFI. The program can no longer 'phone home' to activate or download/install drivers. This is a direct contradiction to Psystar's promise posted on their website: 'Psystar will continue to support all of its existing customers of hardware and software through this transitional period. Warranties on hardware will continue to be honored as long the customer has a valid warranty. Rebel EFI support for existing customers, as always, will remain exclusively available through email and the built-in ticket interface.' Has anyone else run into this issue? It has been 9 days with no response from Psystar by e-mail or phone."

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One moment please. by tacarat · 2010-01-09 10:52 · Score: 3, Funny

Our Apple Certified Genius Ninjas have your IP address and are on their way over to assist.

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1. Re:One moment please. by girlintraining · 2010-01-09 11:40 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Our Apple Certified Genius Ninjas have your IP address and are on their way over to assist.
  Ignoring the fact that "apple certified genius" is an oxymoron, I don't see how sending ninjas to my door is going to help them any: Many computer enthusiasts also have a healthy collection of guns. But then, that's Apple for you -- never doing the market research...
  
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2. Re:One moment please. by sakdoctor · 2010-01-09 12:06 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Ninjas don't scare me because I am a pirate.
Live and learn by BadAnalogyGuy · 2010-01-09 10:53 · Score: 5, Funny

Lots of people thought that the German National Socialist party was going to be able to turn the German economy around, restore Germany's relevance in the world, and ultimately defeat the countries that put them in that situation at the Treaty of Versailles.
Look, not every horse can place.
1. Re:Live and learn by palegray.net · 2010-01-09 11:14 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  BadAnalogyGuy, this has to be the most creative application of Godwin's Law seen on Slashdot in recent history. Well done.
  
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2. Re:Live and learn by Hognoxious · 2010-01-09 11:26 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  and ultimately defeat the countries that put them in that situation at the Treaty of Versailles.
  The country that defeated them[1] was not a signatory to the Versailles treaty, so technically they achieved that aim.
  [1] Hint: aims achieve YOU!
  
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Re:Hard to tell by BadAnalogyGuy · 2010-01-09 10:56 · Score: 4, Funny

I think she was one of the new X-men.
Re:You're a bloody moron. by Anonymous Coward · 2010-01-09 11:05 · Score: 1, Funny

Steve, calm down and take your meds, you don't want the next /. story to be about your head exploding. Again.
sounds like by Anonymous Coward · 2010-01-09 11:10 · Score: 1, Funny

grounds for a class action. see how far it gets ya
newsflash by girlintraining · 2010-01-09 11:28 · Score: 5, Funny

This just in: Software that requires contacting a remote server doesn't work when the remote server suffers a total existance failure.
Up next: People die when they're killed.

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1. Re:newsflash by girlintraining · 2010-01-09 13:08 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  What's three times nothing?
  About 4.5 billion dollars -- but only if you are the RIAA.
  
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2. Re:newsflash by rdnetto · 2010-01-09 14:26 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Up next: People die when they're killed.
  Too late, someone got in ahead of you.
  
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Re:Why is this News??? #editorfail by darrenkopp · 2010-01-09 12:16 · Score: 5, Funny

thanks for the hashtag #slashdotisnottwitter
Re:How could the outcome be good? by RyuuzakiTetsuya · 2010-01-09 15:24 · Score: 1, Funny

In response to your sig, what if you were coding some sort of personal finance system and you had several PINs to keep track of? Wouldn't the index of those PINs be a PIN Number? Or a device that manfactured ATMs be an ATM machine?

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Geek Guns by dreamchaser · 2010-01-09 21:00 · Score: 3, Funny

Yes I know, I'll get modded offtopic. Don't care.
Windows Geek Gun - Looks sharp and advertises all sorts of 'new' features. However, one in ten times when one pulls the trigger the gun fails to fire and instead jams.
Linux Geek Gun - Good looking but also utilitarian. Very reliable but unfortunately the typical user of this gun is in the habit of taking it apart and rebuilding it often. In those cases it is unusuable until it's done being re(compiled)built.
Mac Geek Gun - Sleek, stylish, and very easy to use, but one has to buy bullets from only one manufacturer. It also only allows itself to be fired in certain directions because the manufacturer knows best.
DOS Geek Gun - A single action revolver.
CPM Geek Gun - A musket.
Give me a break. It's 4:00 AM EST here right now and I couldn't sleep so I'm not as sharp as I should be :p