Nonconformists?

Post #20,204 by Andrew Grygus 12/4/01 1:13:50 PM Reply	Nonconformists? Maybe where you live, but not around here. I remember about 6 years ago, sitting in a restaurant having lunch. A whole bunch of guys walked in who might as well have been in uniform. They all had the right hair, the right expensive footware, the right casual cloths with the right amount of fading and wear, and my mind immediately screamed "Mac users!". Sure enough, they sat down at a nearby double table and started talking about Macs. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #20,206 by orion 12/4/01 1:24:17 PM Reply	Sort of like those guys left on islands in WWII thinking that the war was still going on after it was already over? Around 1984 - 1988 I got into a series of debates on local BBSes on Mac/Apple Vs. Everything else topics. Around 1988-1990 I helped run an IBM PC based BBS from a local community college and the Apple based one at that college tried to compete with ours by having message boards named the same, etc. They could match us on everything except networked message boards and online games. Then the critical thing happened. One other difference between our boards, it seems we asked the Dean permission to run one while the other guys didn't. So their BBS went down and the computer system was reassigned for student use. Ever since then it seemed like the Mac vs. PC wars got stronger on the local BBSes here. Then the Internet became popular in 1995. But around 1988 - 1997 I had a series of people using my handle and name on other boards, and had a series of things happen to my property. Over the years I have learned to forgive, as long as the nonsense stops. But it seems some of them do not want to stop. For those who do not want to stop, despite the MacJihad being over, I suggest professional help. *I am free now, to choose my own destiny.*
Post #20,218 by Ashton 12/4/01 2:28:43 PM Reply	So then.. have you suffered remorse for your Billy-Monster assisting aid? Abjectly and painfully? Or do we have to visit you at home.. Hmm? Just admit to self: Yes, I WAS* a complete dupe of the nascent Beast, too $^@^! obtuse to see the comparison with.. e-coli growth in a fresh dish of agar-agar (or shit).* (You will feel better for that) (which doesn't cancel out The Grygus Effect, mentioned above; just because Mac is superior techno, doesn't mean that assholes aren't attracted for Nike\ufffd reasons too - sheep are in the ascent all over) The Enlightened Cabal, Ltd.
Post #20,277 by orion 12/4/01 10:41:22 PM Reply	yes I have and then some believe me I have paid greatly for my sins. I am more enlightened now. *I am free now, to choose my own destiny.*
Post #20,233 by tuberculosis 12/4/01 4:27:27 PM Reply	We are all individuals just like everyone else. Every group has assholes. Yuppie scum are everywhere. You can kind of guess platforms by looking at people huh. I could spot a Windows freak a mile away too. I do get your point though. Still, there's the persecution thing. I used to work on a VAX doing F77 electrical powerflow simulation utilities. The director of IT spec'd DOS machines with VT100 emulators for clients - refused to acknowledge the new Windows 3.1 (said it was a plot by the memory makers to sell RAM). Anyhow, I borrowed a Mac from a training room and built a suite of software analysis tools using HyperCard. Code browsers, debugger script generators, and such. I was able to automatically generate links to definitions and could load up a fairly large chunk of source code and click around it to learn it really fast. I had the highest productivity of the department working on a lot of different programs because my homegrown tools were so useful. Still, the IT director caught wind that I was doing it with a Mac and (fearing an uprising and demand for adequate resources for all I'll guess) had the helpdesk people come down and confiscate it. Said I should be able to be just as productive with a VT100 terminal emulator to the VAX. Moron. I resigned a week later.
Post #20,236 by Meerkat 12/4/01 4:35:57 PM Reply	The changing times. I bring my iBook to work sometimes, primarily to use it as a somewhat over-sized MP3 player. (as my Rio is having angst :-( ,but that's another story). Anyway, instead of 'Er! a Mac, what the hell's that doing here?', the reaction is usually 'Gosh, it's actually kinda cool. Hey, can you minimise that window again?' On and on and on and on, and on and on and on goes John.
Post #20,237 by Ashton 12/4/01 4:41:42 PM Reply	..Living in our own private Idaho. (Omniscient LRPD sez) :-\ufffd

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