i don't understand apple fanboys (or in fact, gadgetism in general, to coin a term) precisely because my wife and i didn't abort.
i see people fighting in the queue for the iPhone 4S, while tweeting about it on their iPhone 4, and think "you guys have reeeally empty lives". maybe it's a superiority complex? well fuck it. i'm not going to spend my hard earneds on something i already own in a slightly slower form. fuck, my nokia is smart enough - if i want more from it, i tether it to my (2 years and counting, heavily used) netbook and browse from there.
i have no need for any more toys - i'm saving up to give my son a chance at a decent life. and i don't want his role models (me included) to promote worshipping the golden fucking iCow.
but it's fine, go buy the 4S. i'm sure it will bring you true happiness.
Apple software is ripe for improvement... they've spent a good whack of time making their good software shit and buying up alternatives and sinking them.
maybe they'll turn a new leaf when they get tired of dealing with hardware?
i'm pretty sure they don't have to dunk you in magic water if you want to become an atheist.
the problem is there's no "exit ceremony" in these wackjob cults except ones involving death. if i could be un-baptised, i would. until then, i consider myself an atheist.
however, it's worth noting that i learned how to change a process' priority on windows without having to google anything. all that's needed is knowledge of "ctrl+alt+del", which is not an obvious combination, but one that's well known.
when i found "activity monitor", i thought "brilliant! it's just like task manager!", except that you couldn't actually do anything in it. then i spent a long, unhelpful time googling mac forums ("lol, works for me", "lol, why would anyone ever want to do that?"), before i wondered whether there was a bash command to do it.
mac support forums are the most useless corners of the internet. it's full of answers to legit questions doubting why a user would ever want to do what they ask, or people helpfully adding that they have no problem and their machine just works.
of course, OSS forums aren't much better - lots of very hostile RTFM style posts, or "don't bother me, feeb" type posts.
this stuff would be perfect as a contingency to leaving your lights on... let the car sit for a while and it'll charge the battery enough to start the engine.
there's only 2 or 3 useful things on a mac IMHO. i use them for getting the things done that can only be done with mac-only software. for everything else i use a proper computer.
Final Cut (not the new one) DVDAfterEdit sometimes, Apple Color, but i'd much rather use a better program. Terminal
i only use terminal because the only way to change priority on a mac (something windows does in 4 clicks) is to sudo renice -n , which is a stupid way to do things if you want to multitask.
i might add, before someone traces my IP, that i'm not attempting to incite anything here. murder is a mortal sin after all, and i don't want to be V& by an overzealous lawyer with cops in their pocket.
to be quite honest, the number of companies and individuals affected by these vexatious suits is high enough that not even Poirot could figure out which of them killed these fucks if they were to show up dead.
they're pretty cocky when you think about it - any other country in the world and they'd just be dead. no ifs, no buts, just found dead in their homes, or shot in the neck at an intersection. and good riddance.
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i don't understand apple fanboys (or in fact, gadgetism in general, to coin a term) precisely because my wife and i didn't abort.
i see people fighting in the queue for the iPhone 4S, while tweeting about it on their iPhone 4, and think "you guys have reeeally empty lives". maybe it's a superiority complex? well fuck it. i'm not going to spend my hard earneds on something i already own in a slightly slower form. fuck, my nokia is smart enough - if i want more from it, i tether it to my (2 years and counting, heavily used) netbook and browse from there.
i have no need for any more toys - i'm saving up to give my son a chance at a decent life. and i don't want his role models (me included) to promote worshipping the golden fucking iCow.
but it's fine, go buy the 4S. i'm sure it will bring you true happiness.
Apple software is ripe for improvement...
they've spent a good whack of time making their good software shit and buying up alternatives and sinking them.
maybe they'll turn a new leaf when they get tired of dealing with hardware?
or not.
they're a hardware company.
whoosh?
"you are the completely pathetic."
wow, trollfail.
better update your script.
lol, are you for real?
i simply could never think like that, even if i was a well researched troll.
i'd like to read more of this sort of thing.
i'm pretty sure they don't have to dunk you in magic water if you want to become an atheist.
the problem is there's no "exit ceremony" in these wackjob cults except ones involving death. if i could be un-baptised, i would. until then, i consider myself an atheist.
monospace hurts my eyes and brain.
Steve would not have wanted this.
i haven't earned that card yet.
however, it's worth noting that i learned how to change a process' priority on windows without having to google anything. all that's needed is knowledge of "ctrl+alt+del", which is not an obvious combination, but one that's well known.
when i found "activity monitor", i thought "brilliant! it's just like task manager!", except that you couldn't actually do anything in it. then i spent a long, unhelpful time googling mac forums ("lol, works for me", "lol, why would anyone ever want to do that?"), before i wondered whether there was a bash command to do it.
mac support forums are the most useless corners of the internet. it's full of answers to legit questions doubting why a user would ever want to do what they ask, or people helpfully adding that they have no problem and their machine just works.
of course, OSS forums aren't much better - lots of very hostile RTFM style posts, or "don't bother me, feeb" type posts.
searchreplace "linux" for "OSX" and watch the google hits increase.
wtf are you talking about? you think the kernel.org admins write all the documentation for all of linux?
spend more time listening than talking.
please.
this stuff would be perfect as a contingency to leaving your lights on... let the car sit for a while and it'll charge the battery enough to start the engine.
hate your job?
good thing you are in control of your destiny.
there's only 2 or 3 useful things on a mac IMHO. i use them for getting the things done that can only be done with mac-only software. for everything else i use a proper computer.
Final Cut (not the new one)
DVDAfterEdit
sometimes, Apple Color, but i'd much rather use a better program.
Terminal
i only use terminal because the only way to change priority on a mac (something windows does in 4 clicks) is to sudo renice -n , which is a stupid way to do things if you want to multitask.
my parents never regale me with memories of world cups in the '60s.
YMMV.
i might add, before someone traces my IP, that i'm not attempting to incite anything here. murder is a mortal sin after all, and i don't want to be V& by an overzealous lawyer with cops in their pocket.
to be quite honest, the number of companies and individuals affected by these vexatious suits is high enough that not even Poirot could figure out which of them killed these fucks if they were to show up dead.
they're pretty cocky when you think about it - any other country in the world and they'd just be dead. no ifs, no buts, just found dead in their homes, or shot in the neck at an intersection. and good riddance.
but if the patent involved has recently changed hands... would laches still apply to the new owners?
you lived long enough to hit the "submit" button for xmorg.
dammit, why did i read that an hour before lunch?
no, it's like a passer-by telling someone leaving their car that the door is unlocked, then getting stabbed by that person.
it's gotta be a car analogy.
also, don't confuse rape with software. it's sorta like Godwinning.
by that metric, Apple is a dismal failure.
*rimshot*
what the hell are you talking about?
hey, i've got four kids to feed!
not so much the pasta, but the hookers and blow.