What?? WHAT!!???? A bug in Apple's software? My god that's impossible!!!!! The submitter must be trolling!! FYI, only Microsoft (sorry, "M$") software has bugs. RMS, ESR and other luminaires of the open source world such as the brilliant Slashdot editors have said it is so. Neither Apple nor GNU/Whatever software has bugs. Please delete this article immediately as it serves no purpose whatsoever except to troll. Troll, troll. Please die troll.
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Thank you for your kind response regarding my post. As you can imagine, I receive so many positive responses regarding my posts, that I cannot possibly reply to them all. But once again, thank you for your kind remarks regarding my post.
I will repeat what has, at this point, become patently clear...Apple patches older versions of it's software for free. I have used all versions of OS X, and all versions have recieved security updates for free with great regularity.
I know a lot of folks around here expect miracles, and that is a good thing, but just because a company takes an extra week to patch a security problem that is essentially non-critical -- as opposed to criminally negligent a la MS outlook and VB script related vulnerabilities -- doesn't mean they are leaving their users out in the cold.
I have never had to update any version of OS X for security reasons -- performance reasons, I'll give you, but never security.
That the first browser was developed on a NEXT station by Tim Berners-Lee. NEXT was the evolution of ideas born of Apple(and Xerox/PARC) and today we have the same high-quality tools and language(ProjecctBuilder/XCode & Objective C) available to us with OS X.
My point is that not recognizing the contributions of many platforms is really disingenuous. Whatever your feelings about Apple today, to not acknowledge the contribution they have had on computing as a whole is intelectually dishonest.
Most computer users cut their teeth on Apple systems back in the day -- as well as Commodore PETs -- and today we have come full circle to a point where Apple is making great Hardware and software...but I don't care to shill for the company, my point was simply that the whole fanboy thing is overdone -- the fact is the Linux sheep -- and that might not include you, but who knows -- are vastly more likely to be wanabee weenies -- with less of a clue but more of an attitude -- than many other Platform users. My linux wiz-to-poseur ratio is 1 to 10,000 -- for every 1 smart and thoughtful Linux user I meet, I have to suffer the mindless-drone-think of 10,000 l337 h4xx0r5 intent on defending a platform that is not under attack.
I knew Linux...I fought next to Linux...you sir are no Linux...
I agree that the occasional Apple zealot is out of their mind, but those who decry all Mac users as zealots show themselves for the morons that they are. If you enjoy the internet -- namely browsing -- thank your stars for the existence of Apple/NEXT...If you value the existence of ubiquitous desktop publishing, thank Apple...I thank Linux, and more honestly UNIX, all the time for providing a strong and inexpensive platform for servers and networks.
I am not one to bash other OS's -- I am one to defend missinformation regarding my OS of choice though -- however, I cannot believe that you would be one to defend MS History of spotty security...Most used OS in the world I'll give you, but they are no paragon of responsibility...
AC...What gives? Do you need assistance? What part of you is so incapable of reasoned discourse? Are you a Linux zealot? A Windows Zealot? Neither? Do you abhor computers in favor of a typewriter? Where is your appreciation for others who share an interest in technology and computing...
I understand trolling is becoming a national pastime and all, but is there a middle ground for us? If you post the way you do for shits and giggles, I can totally accept that...and if you post the way you do because you are a miscreant I can totally accept that as well, but I really am interested...
As I said elsewhere,I really look forward to the 'choad' troll. I appreciate the constant reminder of my superiority over AC choad -- not based on what I buy, or how much I spend, or what OS I chose to use, but rather for my deep understanding of the sad situation AC choad must be in. Threatened, lost in the world, unable to express itself in normal social situations -- forced to vent it's rabid anger and venom to no one in particular. --
Calling me an uniformed moron??? How am I uninformed? I work on my computer. I make back a hundred-fold the investment I put into my hardware -- money I would not earn if I used a different platform. I do not slander or ridicule other people's choices of computer -- I used Linux before you probably got your first PC with Windows 98. I am a person -- there are many like me -- we constitute 'people' -- and we do actually like Apple products -- we don't play games on our computers, we work on them. We don't have penis-size competitions regarding the speed of our boxes, or the free-ness of our OS, we are usually too busy doing real work -- close the dorm room door and forget about getting a life -- you have already proven that you will never have one -- Apple computer or not...
And no, I am not comparing the 'people who dislike Apple' to KKK members, I'm comparing the "rabid 'gay-slandering' 'faggot-spouting' inconsiderate, intolerant/untolerable 'fanboy-calling' assholes who troll the Apple stories", to KKK members...Is that any clearer?
It's called a joke...you fricken ass...gimme a break...I am all for the PC/Mac battle and all, if that really gets you off, but really, lighten up, don't take everything so seriously...it doesn't have to devolve to "faggotty fanboy zealot" the minute someone makes a joke about Windows.
I recieved a review copy of XP, but when I opened the fedex package, there was an unopened Mac OS X box with a piece of masking tape next to the "X" with "P" written on it with black sharpie pen...
IIRC, before last week, the iPod came with musicmatch software for PCs. The iPod's music database was organizable without iTunes, so I don't see how that would affect your existing organization...or am I missing something?
You said it. There is definitely a small group of latently homosexual, self-hating fascists, running 'round these parts...but that is probably a compliment to these tweenies. "Blah, blah Apple fanboy, blah blah...zealot, blah blah, gay, blah, blah, blah..." Maybe they'll take a hint a meet up for a circle jerk with their KKK brethren, light a cross and if we're lucky, blow themselves off the face of the Earth.
Are you twelve? You sound like a frothy pre-teen swearing to his detention cronies. I can't believe you have half the sense of a retarded monkey with tourettes. Stupid fucking asshole. No one cares what you think Anonymous Fuck.
Because you are obviously mentally challenged I do not think this will make it past your intellectual moat, but in the hopes that it does, RELAX...While I can admit to being a zealous supporter of my platform of choice, what are you zealous about? Antagonizing others? Surely you do not think you are a beacon of inspiration to other Linux users...Windows users? And trust me, your 'big talk' is a clear indication of how much of a pussy you are in real life. That is what a fuck like you doesn't get through their thick skulls...for all your venomous ranting, you only show yourself for the waste you are. I know it must be lonely in that dark room, alone but for your trusty hand-built box...rest assured it won't be getting any better for the likes of you...you will toil away endlessly in your pathetic life, living in your parents house -- waiting for them to die so that you can squander away what little they leave you behind. Friendless, loveless, childless, just do yourself a favor and end it now...
Well not literally me, but as a Mac user I do find it deflating -- not that I am not still impressed by the numbers...top 5 and all, best price/performance, etc...but it was fun while it lasted.
Here's to hoping they can optimize the cluster and squeeze out the theoretical performance they hoped they'd get.
People actually like Apple products!!! Slashdot people no less -- Hell did freeze over. No one gives a flying fuck about the next Dell Opti-whoop-dee-doo or the HP Crapillion. We all know that there are cheaper boxes and that you can get such and such performance for X% less money...No one cares...this is not a competition to see who can get what for whatever...Apple computers are great and that does not mean that other rigs aren't -- I don't see why non-Apple users are so threatened by this...Please, keep using your system of choice...but lay off the constant whining about Apple...We don't care...
Actually there is something worse...An arrogant asshole who doesn't understand the language, is incapable of reasoned discourse, and is convinced that other people give a shit about his worthless opinion which is really just purile mud slinging by a coward -- zealot -- yeah right, I think we know who the zealot is...By the way that is a pretty big word 'zealot'... You may have a big dick, but you sure have a small brain...
Or else the story wouldn't be posted you worthless sack of opinionated horse shit. Your pathetic attempt at being an asshole -- er, I mean sharing your 'insight' -- is so unappreciated that I am sure if there were a mechanism to ban you from participating in these discussions, you would be swiftly kicked. Get over yourself. No one cares what you think, AC, so get a life. The anonymous 'fuck Apple users' shit is tired. Find a hobby other than venting your own self-hatred and delusion at others who have done nothing more to you than share an interest in computing. Otherwise, go suck your own dick, you infantile jackass.
So I have this great portable device -- it easily bests the competition -- but my problem is that I can't get the music I buy from the 'other' services to work on it. I really think it is a big oversight that these 'WMA' files don't work with my player of choice. Sure I can make a playlist using yet another piece of software that I don't own (and don't want to pay for) and then burn that to a cd or convert it to an old boring MP3(as if), but I really think that is too much trouble to have to go to. I mean who would make music files available for sale, willfully omiting support for me. I just don't see how these 'services' are going to be successful. I guess it's back to LP's and 8-tracks for me. I mean sure the quality and lack of DRM are upsetting and all, but this newfangled practice of converting my music into different formats for my usage is too much -- it'd be like plugging a turntable into a cassette deck and hitting record so that you could have a copy for a smaller device so that you didn't have to lug around a turntable...oh...well, still, I just want to know why I can't play that cassette on the turntable? I mean, it's my cassette. It's my turntable. It seems like a conspiracy to keep me from using my music on my terms. I'm going back to my cave...
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What?? WHAT!!???? A bug in Apple's software? My god that's impossible!!!!! The submitter must be trolling!! FYI, only Microsoft (sorry, "M$") software has bugs. RMS, ESR and other luminaires of the open source world such as the brilliant Slashdot editors have said it is so. Neither Apple nor GNU/Whatever software has bugs. Please delete this article immediately as it serves no purpose whatsoever except to troll. Troll, troll. Please die troll.
The above post does not represent the views of Ernstkompressor. All rights belong to some Anonymous Coward. Thank you for your support
Dear Anonymous Coward,
Thank you for your kind response regarding my post. As you can imagine, I receive so many positive responses regarding my posts, that I cannot possibly reply to them all. But once again, thank you for your kind remarks regarding my post.
Sincerely,
ErnstKompressor
I will repeat what has, at this point, become patently clear...Apple patches older versions of it's software for free. I have used all versions of OS X, and all versions have recieved security updates for free with great regularity.
I know a lot of folks around here expect miracles, and that is a good thing, but just because a company takes an extra week to patch a security problem that is essentially non-critical -- as opposed to criminally negligent a la MS outlook and VB script related vulnerabilities -- doesn't mean they are leaving their users out in the cold.
I have never had to update any version of OS X for security reasons -- performance reasons, I'll give you, but never security.
That the first browser was developed on a NEXT station by Tim Berners-Lee. NEXT was the evolution of ideas born of Apple(and Xerox/PARC) and today we have the same high-quality tools and language(ProjecctBuilder/XCode & Objective C) available to us with OS X.
My point is that not recognizing the contributions of many platforms is really disingenuous. Whatever your feelings about Apple today, to not acknowledge the contribution they have had on computing as a whole is intelectually dishonest.
Most computer users cut their teeth on Apple systems back in the day -- as well as Commodore PETs -- and today we have come full circle to a point where Apple is making great Hardware and software...but I don't care to shill for the company, my point was simply that the whole fanboy thing is overdone -- the fact is the Linux sheep -- and that might not include you, but who knows -- are vastly more likely to be wanabee weenies -- with less of a clue but more of an attitude -- than many other Platform users. My linux wiz-to-poseur ratio is 1 to 10,000 -- for every 1 smart and thoughtful Linux user I meet, I have to suffer the mindless-drone-think of 10,000 l337 h4xx0r5 intent on defending a platform that is not under attack.
I knew Linux...I fought next to Linux...you sir are no Linux...
you truly do show who is retarded...
I agree that the occasional Apple zealot is out of their mind, but those who decry all Mac users as zealots show themselves for the morons that they are. If you enjoy the internet -- namely browsing -- thank your stars for the existence of Apple/NEXT...If you value the existence of ubiquitous desktop publishing, thank Apple...I thank Linux, and more honestly UNIX, all the time for providing a strong and inexpensive platform for servers and networks.
I am not one to bash other OS's -- I am one to defend missinformation regarding my OS of choice though -- however, I cannot believe that you would be one to defend MS History of spotty security...Most used OS in the world I'll give you, but they are no paragon of responsibility...
AC...What gives? Do you need assistance? What part of you is so incapable of reasoned discourse? Are you a Linux zealot? A Windows Zealot? Neither? Do you abhor computers in favor of a typewriter? Where is your appreciation for others who share an interest in technology and computing...
I understand trolling is becoming a national pastime and all, but is there a middle ground for us? If you post the way you do for shits and giggles, I can totally accept that...and if you post the way you do because you are a miscreant I can totally accept that as well, but I really am interested...
Actually, can we use the term "Fan-Man" at least...I haven't been a boy in decades...
As I said elsewhere,I really look forward to the 'choad' troll. I appreciate the constant reminder of my superiority over AC choad -- not based on what I buy, or how much I spend, or what OS I chose to use, but rather for my deep understanding of the sad situation AC choad must be in. Threatened, lost in the world, unable to express itself in normal social situations -- forced to vent it's rabid anger and venom to no one in particular. --
Calling me an uniformed moron??? How am I uninformed? I work on my computer. I make back a hundred-fold the investment I put into my hardware -- money I would not earn if I used a different platform. I do not slander or ridicule other people's choices of computer -- I used Linux before you probably got your first PC with Windows 98. I am a person -- there are many like me -- we constitute 'people' -- and we do actually like Apple products -- we don't play games on our computers, we work on them. We don't have penis-size competitions regarding the speed of our boxes, or the free-ness of our OS, we are usually too busy doing real work -- close the dorm room door and forget about getting a life -- you have already proven that you will never have one -- Apple computer or not...
I am starting to enjoy the 'choad' posts...
And no, I am not comparing the 'people who dislike Apple' to KKK members, I'm comparing the "rabid 'gay-slandering' 'faggot-spouting' inconsiderate, intolerant/untolerable 'fanboy-calling' assholes who troll the Apple stories", to KKK members...Is that any clearer?
It's called a joke...you fricken ass...gimme a break...I am all for the PC/Mac battle and all, if that really gets you off, but really, lighten up, don't take everything so seriously...it doesn't have to devolve to "faggotty fanboy zealot" the minute someone makes a joke about Windows.
I recieved a review copy of XP, but when I opened the fedex package, there was an unopened Mac OS X box with a piece of masking tape next to the "X" with "P" written on it with black sharpie pen...
:)
Needless to say, I now love Windows
IIRC, before last week, the iPod came with musicmatch software for PCs. The iPod's music database was organizable without iTunes, so I don't see how that would affect your existing organization...or am I missing something?
You said it. There is definitely a small group of latently homosexual, self-hating fascists, running 'round these parts...but that is probably a compliment to these tweenies. "Blah, blah Apple fanboy, blah blah...zealot, blah blah, gay, blah, blah, blah..." Maybe they'll take a hint a meet up for a circle jerk with their KKK brethren, light a cross and if we're lucky, blow themselves off the face of the Earth.
Are you twelve? You sound like a frothy pre-teen swearing to his detention cronies. I can't believe you have half the sense of a retarded monkey with tourettes. Stupid fucking asshole. No one cares what you think Anonymous Fuck.
Because you are obviously mentally challenged I do not think this will make it past your intellectual moat, but in the hopes that it does, RELAX...While I can admit to being a zealous supporter of my platform of choice, what are you zealous about? Antagonizing others? Surely you do not think you are a beacon of inspiration to other Linux users...Windows users? And trust me, your 'big talk' is a clear indication of how much of a pussy you are in real life. That is what a fuck like you doesn't get through their thick skulls...for all your venomous ranting, you only show yourself for the waste you are. I know it must be lonely in that dark room, alone but for your trusty hand-built box...rest assured it won't be getting any better for the likes of you...you will toil away endlessly in your pathetic life, living in your parents house -- waiting for them to die so that you can squander away what little they leave you behind. Friendless, loveless, childless, just do yourself a favor and end it now...
Well not literally me, but as a Mac user I do find it deflating -- not that I am not still impressed by the numbers...top 5 and all, best price/performance, etc...but it was fun while it lasted.
Here's to hoping they can optimize the cluster and squeeze out the theoretical performance they hoped they'd get.
People actually like Apple products!!! Slashdot people no less -- Hell did freeze over. No one gives a flying fuck about the next Dell Opti-whoop-dee-doo or the HP Crapillion. We all know that there are cheaper boxes and that you can get such and such performance for X% less money...No one cares...this is not a competition to see who can get what for whatever...Apple computers are great and that does not mean that other rigs aren't -- I don't see why non-Apple users are so threatened by this...Please, keep using your system of choice...but lay off the constant whining about Apple...We don't care...
Buy Crapway M500...
Pay Microsoft Tax...
Install Linux...
Days later, get Gnome 2.4.x...
Get OSX Gnome theme...
Get OSX Background...
Begin tearing out hair...
Realize how stupid this whole process has been...
Sell M500 on eBay for half of what you paid for it...
Go to Apple Store and actually buy iBook with OS X installed...
Centurion: What is this then? Romanes eunt domus, "People called Romanes, they go the house"? LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
Brian: It-it says, "Romans, go home"! LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
Centurion: No, it doesn't! What's Latin for "Roman"? [grabs Brian's ear] Come on, come on! LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
Brian: Romanus! LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
Centurion: Goes like? LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
Brian: Annus! LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
Centurion: Vocative plural of annus is...? LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
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Centurion: [writes] Romani. And eunt? What is eunt? LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
Brian: "Go"! Let- LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
Centurion: Conjugate the verb "to go". LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
Brian: Ire; eo, is, it, imus, itis, eunt! LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
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Centurion: But "Romans, go home" is an order, so you must use the...? LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
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Brian: I! LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
Centurion: [twisting Brian's ear] How many Romans? LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
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Centurion: [writing] Ite. Domus? Nominative? But "go home", it is motion towards, isn't it, boy? LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
Brian: Dative, sir! LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
[The centurion promptly draws his swords and presses it against Brian's throat. Brian yells:] LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
No, not dative! Not the dative, sir! No! The... accusative, accusative! Domum, sir, ad domum! LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
Centurion: Except that domus takes the...? LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
Brian: The locative, sir! LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
Centurion: Which is? LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
Brian: Domum! LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
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[Brian nods eagerly] LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
Now, write it out a hundred times! LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
Brian: Yes, sir, thank you, sir! Hail Caesar! LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
Centurion: Hail Caesar. If it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off! LAME FILTER LAME FILTER LAME FILTER
Brian: Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar and everything, sir!
Damn it to hell...back to 'The Clapper' I guess...
My X10 system made First Post on my behalf...
You moron.
Actually there is something worse...An arrogant asshole who doesn't understand the language, is incapable of reasoned discourse, and is convinced that other people give a shit about his worthless opinion which is really just purile mud slinging by a coward -- zealot -- yeah right, I think we know who the zealot is...By the way that is a pretty big word 'zealot'... You may have a big dick, but you sure have a small brain...
Or else the story wouldn't be posted you worthless sack of opinionated horse shit. Your pathetic attempt at being an asshole -- er, I mean sharing your 'insight' -- is so unappreciated that I am sure if there were a mechanism to ban you from participating in these discussions, you would be swiftly kicked. Get over yourself. No one cares what you think, AC, so get a life. The anonymous 'fuck Apple users' shit is tired. Find a hobby other than venting your own self-hatred and delusion at others who have done nothing more to you than share an interest in computing. Otherwise, go suck your own dick, you infantile jackass.
Caution...Satire Alert...Please step to the side...
So I have this great portable device -- it easily bests the competition -- but my problem is that I can't get the music I buy from the 'other' services to work on it. I really think it is a big oversight that these 'WMA' files don't work with my player of choice. Sure I can make a playlist using yet another piece of software that I don't own (and don't want to pay for) and then burn that to a cd or convert it to an old boring MP3(as if), but I really think that is too much trouble to have to go to. I mean who would make music files available for sale, willfully omiting support for me. I just don't see how these 'services' are going to be successful. I guess it's back to LP's and 8-tracks for me. I mean sure the quality and lack of DRM are upsetting and all, but this newfangled practice of converting my music into different formats for my usage is too much -- it'd be like plugging a turntable into a cassette deck and hitting record so that you could have a copy for a smaller device so that you didn't have to lug around a turntable...oh...well, still, I just want to know why I can't play that cassette on the turntable? I mean, it's my cassette. It's my turntable. It seems like a conspiracy to keep me from using my music on my terms. I'm going back to my cave...