OU Hates Macs

[iJon]

Well I can't take credit for this one, i saw as guy on SpyMac post it, but I didn't see anyone on this site post it. This is ranting on about Macs and it's really funny. It's like what guy said on spymac, "This would make me embarrased to be an Editor." Well his email is on there so I'm gonna bombard this guy with email talking about his pc's, just to see what he says back.

http://www.oudaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/04/29/3eade619e30fc?in_archive=1

iJon

[Foxer]

OH, leave him alone. He goes to Oklahoma - his life already sucks enough.

[dabirdwell]

The Daily is a rag, they offered me an open political editorial but I won't write for them.


It's funny that you found this though.

[djtet]

Look at all the posts after the article...

everyone is basically telling this guy that,
1) He is extremely unprofessional
2) He has no idea what he's talking about!

Just a one-sided opinionated article with no reasoning, research or professionalism...However, it was fun to laugh at!

[chewbaccapits]

What a maroon....funny, how he gives NO compeling arguement as to WHY Macs would be useless...

[patrick0brien]

:D

Somebody's been drinking the company Kool-Aid!

[bennetsaysargh]

And no matter how mad those Mac users get at the computers, the screens keep smiling back with that maniacal, demonic smile. Even when you turn the computers on, there is a little smiley face, mocking your attempts to get things done. That demented grin does not redeem the computer for its uselessness. It merely causes me, and so many others, to prepare for a session of feeling smarter than the computer.

the smily mac is gone you moron!
and it's not demonic at all!

that had to be the funniest article hat wasn't supposed to be a funny article i have ever read!

[g30ffr3y]

i just emailed him... he's a fool... that article was stupid...

[patrick0brien]

-Gents

I read that yesterday, and I have to admit, even though I'm used to a little heat from the WinTel crowd (aren't we all), but I can honestly say I sat in my chair with mouth open (I think I caught a fly or five) fora good minute after that.

I just-couldn't-believe the bias and ignorance.

I still can't.

I honestly think this guys chased too many tornados. Oo. Or maybe he's from OZ and has been away for too long.

[rainman::|:|]

if you email him, he'll only think he's that much more right.

pnw

[shadowfax]

wow. there is another human being with no future... i predict he'll be a miserable failure as a journalist. maybe he'll get a job as, i don't know, a clerk at a newspaper, and someday someone will come in and randomly crack his jaw by hitting him upside the head with a 12 pound dell paperweight... jeez, you'd think he was Hitler ranting about communists (i'm told that's the best way to end conversations like this).

i'm going to OU this fall... on a free ride... I'm taking my mac, and they will deal with it or eat it, methinks.

[shadowfax]

Go back and read those responses if you didn't. that's some of the most hilarious stuff i have ever read; even better than the article itself.

one guy wrote back about all the hate mail and told people "DNFTT." i had no idea what that meant until about 10 minutes ago. that's absolutely hilarious.

[bennetsaysargh]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
one guy wrote back about all the hate mail and told people "DNFTT." i had no idea what that meant until about 10 minutes ago. that's absolutely hilarious.

im feeling slow today, what does that mean/stand for?

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by bennetsaysargh
im feeling slow today, what does that mean/stand for? sorry, i forgot to say.

"do not feed the trolls"

or so google said.

[bennetsaysargh]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
sorry, i forgot to say.

"do not feed the trolls"

or so google said.

lol. that's gonna sem funny tomorrow at lunch:-P

[vniow]

Originally posted by patrick0brien
:D

Somebody's been drinking the company Kool-Aid!

Mmmm...Kool-aid...

Anyhoo, that guy's a moron, even though I may not go there, I'd like to take my iBook into the campus and connect to a wireless network there or something (as soon as I get an Airport card at least...) show him up..

Ok, I don't have much to say here, ignore me, bah.

[applemacdude]

He's just probaly a stupid person that went to college( like forest gump), probaly doesnt have any friends. If i could just see him, ill bitch slap him:D

[guitargeek]

They probably still have OS9

I hated macs just as much when I had to use that. I seriously couldn't go 20 minutes without a full system crash.

[King Cobra]

>He's just probaly a stupid person that went to college( like forest gump), probaly doesnt have any friends. If i could just see him, ill bitch slap him:D (applemacdude)

Now that was not cool.

As for the story, this comment was one of the [worst]:
>Well, people, this writer is still free, and while I don't think Bill Gates is all that great either, at least he makes stuff that WORKS and doesn't make me want to throw the computer out the window.

That was the only comment that put even a smirk on my face. Bill Gates makes things that force people to do just the opposite of what this guy said.

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by guitargeek
They probably still have OS9

I hated macs just as much when I had to use that. I seriously couldn't go 20 minutes without a full system crash. no one could be that bad. i mean, school computers are school computers. anyone who illusions themselves that anyone is happily getting along efficiently with old, overloaded public computers needs a CAT scan and a bitchslap upside the head. school computers suck increasingly over time. you could plot their increase in suckyness over time and see that it's dramatically higher than home computers, except the ones run by idiots like that guy that wrote the article.

wow, i feel extremely hostile today. i've discovered counterstrike (now the one good use for a PC) and become addicted.

[solvs]

Ignore. The guy's probably just trying to get hits on his web page. That's what tech writers do for "ratings". Then he laughs at the outrage, says "see I'm right", and goes back to typing away on his PowerBook.

As I write this, my crappy Win2000 PC gives an error message.

[guitargeek]

no one could be that bad. i mean, school computers are school computers. anyone who illusions themselves that anyone is happily getting along efficiently with old, overloaded public computers needs a CAT scan and a bitchslap upside the head. school computers suck increasingly over time. you could plot their increase in suckyness over time and see that it's dramatically higher than home computers, except the ones run by idiots like that guy that wrote the article.

They were school computers, but there were only about 12 people in the school that could use them (they were there for video editing). Brand new G3's, all new editing equipment, and 20 minutes into, I lose 20 minutes worth of work. I learned from that to save every 10 seconds.

It got to be so bad that we stopped using the macs to edit and instead used to old splicing machines http://www.mikeportnoy.com/forum/image/s8.gif

[King Cobra]

>i mean, school computers are school computers (Shadowfax)

That reminds me...A few days ago a couple of companions of mine were using the PCs at the library of my H.S. when the power went out. When one of my companions tried logging in, there was no response for at least 10 minutes. The time period ended when she held down the power button for 5 seconds.

During that time she used a few slangs, threats against the machine, and some outloud profanity.

Keep in mind that this was in the library. :)

[iJon]

Originally posted by King Cobra
>i mean, school computers are school computers (Shadowfax)

That reminds me...A few days ago a couple of companions of mine were using the PCs at the library of my H.S. when the power went out. When one of my companions tried logging in, there was no response for at least 10 minutes. The time period ended when she held down the power button for 5 seconds.

During that time she used a few slangs, threats against the machine, and some outloud profanity.

Keep in mind that this was in the library. :)
i just have one question to ask, was it novell?

iJon

[King Cobra]

Novell true.

Why do you ask?

[MrMacMan]

*message account displaying*
You have 1,100,235 messages.
*user dies*

Not like I would mailbomb the guy...
stupid guy, what the hell operating system is HE running?

edit: best message evar:
Are you kidding? April fools was 29 days ago.

Bob

[iJon]

Originally posted by King Cobra
Novell true.

Why do you ask?
HAHA i lvoe it, thats what we have at our school. I hate it. Server down, tree cannot be found, are you sure your password is right, server blew up, ALL kinds of error messages logging in. and when i do login at school, aim, msn messagner, yahoo messanger, winamp, kazaa, counter strike all open and the computer freezes and im back to square one, but no, i dont do that anymore. i rip that ethenet cable out, plug it in the powerbook, login in through internet explorer because safari doesnt work with it, and then im set, web email, music store, everything, and no windows.

iJon

[bennetsaysargh]

Originally posted by iJon
HAHA i lvoe it, thats what we have at our school. I hate it. Server down, tree cannot be found, are you sure your password is right, server blew up, ALL kinds of error messages logging in. and when i do login at school, aim, msn messagner, yahoo messanger, winamp, kazaa, counter strike all open and the computer freezes and im back to square one, but no, i dont do that anymore. i rip that ethenet cable out, plug it in the powerbook, login in through internet explorer because safari doesnt work with it, and then im set, web email, music store, everything, and no windows.

iJon

you're lucky. at my school, no adult knows anything about computers at all. mac or pc. they always think tht they are right, and that i am wrong. i kinda like outsmarting them all of the time:D

[King Cobra]

Yeah. Tree server errors really put me out on a limb.


:rolleyes:

But sometimes I like to fool around with the portables. Sometimes I plug in my USB extention cable and my white Pro Mouse so I can evade the trackpad. Not to mention plugging in my Apple mouse doesn't cause the PC to crash. It's incredible.

[iJon]

Originally posted by King Cobra
Yeah. Tree server errors really put me out on a limb.


:rolleyes:

But sometimes I like to fool around with the portables. Sometimes I plug in my USB extention cable and my white Pro Mouse so I can evade the trackpad. Not to mention plugging in my Apple mouse doesn't cause the PC to crash. It's incredible.
ill tell you something fun i do. on all the computers they have disables all novell instant messgaing for the school system. so i whip out the laptop, log into our network with the windows version on vpc. and i instant message the whole school district, about 10,000 kids probably. its great, i get responses back from some kids at the middle schools. they get kind of freaked out.

iJon

[King Cobra]

A while back one student hacked into the messaging system to say something like

snow day class cancelled -- I own you all

in all caps. It was hilarious.

A freshman in the program I attend at my H.S. can hack further into the system and mess around with the C: Drive, as well as get around the server block.

[iJon]

Originally posted by King Cobra
A while back one student hacked into the messaging system to say something like

snow day class cancelled -- I own you all

in all caps. It was hilarious.

A freshman in the program I attend at my H.S. can hack further into the system and mess around with the C: Drive, as well as get around the server block.
thats so awesome, somebody who worked with me, at his high school he had novell apps that he would just click and it would bring down the whole server, whether he was all talk or not i dont know, he was real smart, even hada damn finger print scanner on his laptop so your oculdnt get in. i would like to know how to hack, but not for the wrong reasons, though it would be tempting, mainly for peronal protection and sercuring my computers.

iJon

[bennetsaysargh]

i hink we all wan to hack. especially the school's computers. i think it's because we want to be remembered for something, or to make people laugh. right now i can't get into the psycological side because i don't know anything about it:D

i've always dreamed of making everyone in the computer labs laugh as the teacher stares in awe not knowing what to do at all!

[NavyIntel007]

Oklahoma SUCKS ANYWAY!!!!

M-I-A-M-I FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!!!!

[Mr. Anderson]

His one comment about the smiley face also indicates that he's not addressing OSX at all. He didn't mention what type of computer he's using just that it was a mac.

I'd have to agree that it was unprofessional and biased, but maybe that's why he's still in school and doesn't have a real job.

D

[bennetsaysargh]

hate to break it to you, but NEW YORK IS BETTER!! RIGHT NOW I AM USING THE SHIFT KEY BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE NOT USING THE CAP LOCKS KEY!
WOOT!

[tazo]

Originally posted by iJon
Well I can't take credit for this one, i saw as guy on SpyMac post it, but I didn't see anyone on this site post it. This is ranting on about Macs and it's really funny. It's like what guy said on spymac, "This would make me embarrased to be an Editor." Well his email is on there so I'm gonna bombard this guy with email talking about his pc's, just to see what he says back.

http://www.oudaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/04/29/3eade619e30fc?in_archive=1

iJon

what takes the cake is when he says that "there are no mac-only programs anymore". what a fricking idiot :rolleyes:

[iJon]

Originally posted by tazo
what takes the cake is when he says that "there are no mac-only programs anymore". what a fricking idiot :rolleyes:
yeah no kidding, we have wingnuts, wait, damnit he is right, we dont ahve any mac only programs. :)

iJon

[tazo]

Originally posted by iJon
yeah no kidding, we have wingnuts, wait, damnit he is right, we dont ahve any mac only programs. :)

iJon
isnt Final Cut Pro, mac only?

[Gus]

Originally posted by tazo
isnt Final Cut Pro, mac only?

Bingo. And don't forget our new favorite, iTunes.

Regards,
Gus

[patrick0brien]

Originally posted by tazo
isnt Final Cut Pro, mac only?

-tazo

In case your not kidding: there are a few more than just FCP and iTunes...

[bennetsaysargh]

all of the iApps are mac-only, final cut-pro and final cut express are both mac-only, and, um, that's ll i can think of right now.:(

[patrick0brien]

Emagic Logic!... Shake!

Wow! <smacking forehead> How could I have overlooked THOSE?!?

[Mr. Anderson]

iTunes is a better music app than anything out there, mac or pc in my opinion.

FCP is a better DV editor for the money than any of its competitors.

Again, all this shows is his lack of research.

D

[sparkleytone]

one of my favorite comments on his "article" is the one that says 'i couldnt have said it better'. he says m$'s new slogan should be 'it just works' in order to show its better than the mac. except he obviously fails to realize the fact that this catchphrase is pretty much THE sales phrase for mac.

[bennetsaysargh]

Originally posted by sparkleytone
one of my favorite comments on his "article" is the one that says 'i couldnt have said it better'. he says m$'s new slogan should be 'it just works' in order to show its better than the mac. except he obviously fails to realize the fact that this catchphrase is pretty much THE sales phrase for mac.

LOL! that's hilarious. i didn't realiuze that it was one of apple slogans untill you mentioned it. this guy is a moron.

[tazo]

Originally posted by patrick0brien
-tazo

In case your not kidding: there are a few more than just FCP and iTunes...

I know there are more then just FCP and itunes that are mac-only progs. Its just that iJon questioned my comment.

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by dukestreet
iTunes is a better music app than anything out there, mac or pc in my opinion.

FCP is a better DV editor for the money than any of its competitors.

Again, all this shows is his lack of research.

D i dunno; winamp3 is easily one of the best i have ever used. i never used it with more than a 500 song library, but it was by far the most beautiful. nullsoft are geniuses for coming up with the free form skinning thing. that was innovation. apple should hook up with them, but oops, i forgot, apple doesn't like to let people have the looks they want :rolleyes:

well, it's the only thing i can think of that even competes with iTunes ;)

[physicsnerd]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
i dunno; winamp3 is easily one of the best i have ever used. i never used it with more than a 500 song library, but it was by far the most beautiful. nullsoft are geniuses for coming up with the free form skinning thing. that was innovation. apple should hook up with them, but oops, i forgot, apple doesn't like to let people have the looks they want :rolleyes:

well, it's the only thing i can think of that even competes with iTunes ;)

They are slowly porting winamp to the mac.

http://www.winamp.com/download/mac/

physicsnerd

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by physicsnerd
They are slowly porting winamp to the mac.

http://www.winamp.com/download/mac/

physicsnerd ach! classic! die, die, die!

why don't they write the installer in carbon or something?