In my experience, the average mac user gets more action than the average pc user. Because they do their work, and then go OUTSIDE instead of reformatting their pc? maybe. Because there are plenty of materalistic girls? maybe. Becuase the shiny silver tower is sexier? maybe.
Smarter? doubtful. More appealing to the ladies? definately.
could also have something to do with the fact that mac people tend to have their shit together a little better too.
I think the issue isn't "slapping an indian backdrop on it", it's making it so a kid in India can relate to it. Has it been that long since you were a kid, and discovered a comic book you could get into?
Im all for a good laugh and all...
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but most of these comments really toe the border into racism. Yeah, i understand that many people in the slashdot community have lost jobs to india, and i realize that there are many that are comic purists (for whatever that's supposedly worth). But honestly.
The reason they don't "come up with their own heroes" is because the US comic companies would sue the new artists out of business in an afternoon.
Why can't you guys be happy that someone else is going to enjoy a character you like? Or do you guys just really get off more by pissing in someone else's coffee?
It was supposed to read: Because they are afaid to lose (less than) 20% of their sales revenue, they are willing to implement restrictions that will cause (more than) 60% of their customers to tell them to piss off?
As someone who runs the good part of an ISP, i can say i see more spam than most people do. 99% of the email I get is trash. As is that of the customers. We've spent thousands upon thousands of dollars on anti-spam technologies. We've spent countless hours working on the mail servers, upgrading so they can handle the volume of spam they recieve. My thought is this:
Maybe vigilante justice IS the solution. Call it overly violent, or divinely inspired if you will, but how many people would continue to send spam if they knew people wanted to break their hand with a hammer? Maybe some spammer getting rundown in the wal-mart parking lot is what it takes to get the point across that WE DONT WANT WHAT YOU ARE SELLING. If I knowingly met a spammer, i would probably beat the bejeasus out of them. They do, in fact deserve it.
My older brother said something the other day. He said "I think the DNC list is wrong, because it's putting a lot of people out of the job. The companies have the right to sell their product."
This from someone who does not have his own phone line. All it does is keep people from trying to push products on me that im going to say "no" to anyway. It saved THEM time. He proceded to tell me that I don't know what Im talking about, and how the DNC infringes on the company's right to make a profit.
Maybe that's why I work in IT and he delivers pizza. (but to be fair, the tips even out and he makes more than i do.)
In much the same way, I'm sure it would be "exciting" to watch the guy sitting next to you get mauled by a lion. Draw your own parallels.
On an unrelated note, I once had a co-worker tell me how much my mac sucked, WHILE he was reformatting his hard drive after windows started inexplicably crashing. hmm.
Maybe we've all got ourselves wrapped up in our jargon, but last I checked PC stood for Personal Computer, not "windows-based-personal-computer". Macintosh may be a different platform, but still is a personal computer. Just because we have a cult, doesnt make it something entirely different. -- However, something somewhat unrelated... I installed Panther on my mac at work on friday, and my co-worker approached me, and was watching the progress and he said "so when do you put in the serial #?" and i said "No serial #". And he looked at me funny, and said "How do they know you aren't giving copies to your friends?" So the only response I could get out was "i guess when the users of a product don't hate the company that makes it, the honor system works."
right. i have, actually watched fight club. On my mac. At work no less. I think you may have also missed the point of the movie.
As a sys admin who uses a mac, I can say from experiance, that all of us "gay, ugly, ultra consumerist" mac-at-work people are too busy doing YOUR work as well as our own while you surf slashdot all day.
so 2 more little bits to keep it nasty: hope you enjoyed the blaster worm, and... your mom didnt seem to think I was very gay.flamebait.
as everyone's workstations were crashing, and of course, being an OS X junkie, I still had to work, but "when has a new microsoft product ever been the solution to a problem that microsoft didnt cause in the first place?"
Then, even my OS X version of MS Word crashed on me.
Mod down the insightfulness.... what was it, 2 years ago, when AMD started the process with the 64bit cpu, and released the development kit (for linux) so developers could emulate the cpu, and therefore the software would be ready. you also forgot to put the new coversheet on your TPS Report.
really and truly, I wouldnt take a lot of software out of the country. If you actually read the EULA on some of them, taking them outside of the US is a felony at least. Not that you'd get caught, but you never know who theyre going to call a terrorist nowdays.
You're kidding, right? Half way through the movie's incomprehensible plot, we renamed it. It is now only refered to as: Space Booty: The Final Conquest.
durring the first season of "who wants to be a millionaire". Although they may need to make a slightly larger profile marketing move, the fact is, they have one of the most successful word-of-mouth campaigns of any company. ever.
close to 2 years ago, when AMD made the plans for the x86-64 available, they also released a development kit for linux so people could make sure their code runs before it's even avaiable.
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In my experience, the average mac user gets more action than the average pc user. Because they do their work, and then go OUTSIDE instead of reformatting their pc? maybe. Because there are plenty of materalistic girls? maybe. Becuase the shiny silver tower is sexier? maybe.
Smarter? doubtful. More appealing to the ladies? definately.
could also have something to do with the fact that mac people tend to have their shit together a little better too.
Maxim, Stuff, Blender, Mac Addict.
Girls and G5s... I lust after both.
However, my buddy Dom reads Rolling Stone. I picked up a copy and noted "that's funny, what's a fashion magazine doing reviewing music?"
I think the issue isn't "slapping an indian backdrop on it", it's making it so a kid in India can relate to it. Has it been that long since you were a kid, and discovered a comic book you could get into?
but most of these comments really toe the border into racism. Yeah, i understand that many people in the slashdot community have lost jobs to india, and i realize that there are many that are comic purists (for whatever that's supposedly worth). But honestly.
The reason they don't "come up with their own heroes" is because the US comic companies would sue the new artists out of business in an afternoon.
Why can't you guys be happy that someone else is going to enjoy a character you like? Or do you guys just really get off more by pissing in someone else's coffee?
It was supposed to read:
Because they are afaid to lose (less than) 20% of their sales revenue, they are willing to implement restrictions that will cause (more than) 60% of their customers to tell them to piss off?
Because they are afraid to lose 60% of their customers to tell them to piss off?
im sorry, that math doesnt add up. RIAA, you failed this exam.
I found this comment by scanning the comments for G5. Because that's exactly what I was about to say.
now i can sue ford because every car my family has bought from them has broken down eventually. I'll be a millionaire!
As someone who runs the good part of an ISP, i can say i see more spam than most people do. 99% of the email I get is trash. As is that of the customers. We've spent thousands upon thousands of dollars on anti-spam technologies. We've spent countless hours working on the mail servers, upgrading so they can handle the volume of spam they recieve. My thought is this:
Maybe vigilante justice IS the solution. Call it overly violent, or divinely inspired if you will, but how many people would continue to send spam if they knew people wanted to break their hand with a hammer? Maybe some spammer getting rundown in the wal-mart parking lot is what it takes to get the point across that WE DONT WANT WHAT YOU ARE SELLING. If I knowingly met a spammer, i would probably beat the bejeasus out of them. They do, in fact deserve it.
My older brother said something the other day. He said "I think the DNC list is wrong, because it's putting a lot of people out of the job. The companies have the right to sell their product." This from someone who does not have his own phone line. All it does is keep people from trying to push products on me that im going to say "no" to anyway. It saved THEM time. He proceded to tell me that I don't know what Im talking about, and how the DNC infringes on the company's right to make a profit.
Maybe that's why I work in IT and he delivers pizza. (but to be fair, the tips even out and he makes more than i do.)
In much the same way, I'm sure it would be "exciting" to watch the guy sitting next to you get mauled by a lion. Draw your own parallels.
On an unrelated note, I once had a co-worker tell me how much my mac sucked, WHILE he was reformatting his hard drive after windows started inexplicably crashing. hmm.
Maybe we've all got ourselves wrapped up in our jargon, but last I checked PC stood for Personal Computer, not "windows-based-personal-computer". Macintosh may be a different platform, but still is a personal computer. Just because we have a cult, doesnt make it something entirely different.
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However, something somewhat unrelated... I installed Panther on my mac at work on friday, and my co-worker approached me, and was watching the progress and he said "so when do you put in the serial #?" and i said "No serial #". And he looked at me funny, and said "How do they know you aren't giving copies to your friends?" So the only response I could get out was "i guess when the users of a product don't hate the company that makes it, the honor system works."
they also voted themselves a pay raise.
I did it. And in 4 easy steps:
1. Purchase Macintosh
2. Take out of box and set up computer
3. Turn Macintosh on.
4. Set Up Networking controls.
I don't see what's so hard about it.
My boss is quoted. And to think, a year ago, everyone thought i was crazy for bringing my Mac into the office.
right. i have, actually watched fight club. On my mac. At work no less. I think you may have also missed the point of the movie.
As a sys admin who uses a mac, I can say from experiance, that all of us "gay, ugly, ultra consumerist" mac-at-work people are too busy doing YOUR work as well as our own while you surf slashdot all day.
so 2 more little bits to keep it nasty:
hope you enjoyed the blaster worm, and...
your mom didnt seem to think I was very gay.flamebait.
as everyone's workstations were crashing, and of course, being an OS X junkie, I still had to work, but "when has a new microsoft product ever been the solution to a problem that microsoft didnt cause in the first place?"
Then, even my OS X version of MS Word crashed on me.
that crash.
I was going to post something about this, but there was a knock at the front door. It was Irony, and boy was he pissed off.
I didnt violate the patent.... I WAS FRAMED!!
Mod down the insightfulness....
what was it, 2 years ago, when AMD started the process with the 64bit cpu, and released the development kit (for linux) so developers could emulate the cpu, and therefore the software would be ready.
you also forgot to put the new coversheet on your TPS Report.
Leisure Suit Larry
really and truly, I wouldnt take a lot of software out of the country. If you actually read the EULA on some of them, taking them outside of the US is a felony at least. Not that you'd get caught, but you never know who theyre going to call a terrorist nowdays.
You're kidding, right? Half way through the movie's incomprehensible plot, we renamed it. It is now only refered to as: Space Booty: The Final Conquest.
durring the first season of "who wants to be a millionaire". Although they may need to make a slightly larger profile marketing move, the fact is, they have one of the most successful word-of-mouth campaigns of any company. ever.
uh oh uh oh here comes the hammer!
close to 2 years ago, when AMD made the plans for the x86-64 available, they also released a development kit for linux so people could make sure their code runs before it's even avaiable.