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#1 2007-11-25 11:57 am
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They seem to have a Frankenmac running over at the Onion
Where's Pariah? Check it out, iChat and the Mac OS running on a Dell: 
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I'm sure it's a photoshop job, but it's interesting that they thought the combination of Dell hardware (with its prominent camera) and Mac software (uncluttered interface?) best expressed the idea of a chat-centered romantic relationship.
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#3 2007-11-25 12:38 pm
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Re: They seem to have a Frankenmac running over at the Onion
I skimmed through that thinking it was going to be a story about a hackintosh. So I skimmed more carefully. I still don't know what it was about.
btw, my hackintosh is built into a G5 case. All the case's ports are functional, too; even the ones in the back (this was not easy). The point is hackintoshes need not look fugly.
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#4 2007-11-25 12:56 pm
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Re: They seem to have a Frankenmac running over at the Onion
Mr. T wrote:
I skimmed through that thinking it was going to be a story about a hackintosh. So I skimmed more carefully. I still don't know what it was about.
btw, my hackintosh is built into a G5 case. All the case's ports are functional, too; even the ones in the back (this was not easy). The point is hackintoshes need not look fugly.
The Onion is comedy satire.
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#5 2007-11-25 1:01 pm
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Re: They seem to have a Frankenmac running over at the Onion
Ah. Had I read it fully, I probably would've figured that out.
Oh, that reminds me. I don't know if this is on-topic, but it just occured to me that I am actually not be in violation of the EULA. The EULA says that the software must be installed on an "Apple-labeled" system. The only two Apple-labeled components in any Apple-labeled system is the case and the motherboard. The EULA makes no further qualification as to whether both of these components are required to satisfy the agreement. Therefore, the weaker interpretation is valid; that only one of these components is required to satisfy the agreement. Therefore, My Hackintosh is an Apple-labeled system.
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#6 2007-11-25 1:03 pm
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Re: They seem to have a Frankenmac running over at the Onion
Mr. T wrote:
Ah. Had I read it fully, I probably would've figured that out.
Oh, that reminds me. I don't know if this is on-topic, but it just occured to me that I am actually not be in violation of the EULA. The EULA says that the software must be installed on an "Apple-labeled" system. The only two Apple-labeled components in any Apple-labeled system is the case and the motherboard. The EULA makes no further qualification as to whether both of these components are required to satisfy the agreement. Therefore, the weaker interpretation is valid; that only one of these components is required to satisfy the agreement. Therefore, My Hackintosh is an Apple-labeled system.
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#7 2007-11-25 1:04 pm
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Re: They seem to have a Frankenmac running over at the Onion
This looks shopped. I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shops in my time.
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#8 2007-11-25 1:06 pm
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Re: They seem to have a Frankenmac running over at the Onion
Tallgeese wrote:
This looks shopped. I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shops in my time.
Like the original poster said: the onion graphics folks must have felt that iChat conveyed the chatting the best, while an external web cam on a Dell conveyed the video chat best. So they chopped it.
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#9 2007-11-25 1:13 pm
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Re: They seem to have a Frankenmac running over at the Onion
Czachorski wrote:
Mr. T wrote:
Ah. Had I read it fully, I probably would've figured that out.
Oh, that reminds me. I don't know if this is on-topic, but it just occured to me that I am actually not be in violation of the EULA. The EULA says that the software must be installed on an "Apple-labeled" system. The only two Apple-labeled components in any Apple-labeled system is the case and the motherboard. The EULA makes no further qualification as to whether both of these components are required to satisfy the agreement. Therefore, the weaker interpretation is valid; that only one of these components is required to satisfy the agreement. Therefore, My Hackintosh is an Apple-labeled system.There's being right and then there's being right in court right. The difference being $$$$$. You don't want to be the first one to prove it right in court.
I hear you.
But I think I would win in court - even if I defended myself. I've seen enough TV court to know that whenever something is not expressly defined in a contract, the contract defaults in favor of the non-drafter. The term "Apple-labeled system" is not expressly defined anywhere in the EULA.
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#10 2007-11-25 2:22 pm
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Re: They seem to have a Frankenmac running over at the Onion
Mr. T wrote:
Czachorski wrote:
Mr. T wrote:
Ah. Had I read it fully, I probably would've figured that out.
Oh, that reminds me. I don't know if this is on-topic, but it just occured to me that I am actually not be in violation of the EULA. The EULA says that the software must be installed on an "Apple-labeled" system. The only two Apple-labeled components in any Apple-labeled system is the case and the motherboard. The EULA makes no further qualification as to whether both of these components are required to satisfy the agreement. Therefore, the weaker interpretation is valid; that only one of these components is required to satisfy the agreement. Therefore, My Hackintosh is an Apple-labeled system.There's being right and then there's being right in court right. The difference being $$$$$. You don't want to be the first one to prove it right in court.
But I think I would win in court - even if I defended myself. I've seen enough TV court to know that whenever something is not expressly defined in a contract, the contract defaults in favor of the non-drafter. The term "Apple-labeled system" is not expressly defined anywhere in the EULA.
That's true. They also read from the general to the specific. Just make sure there is nothing more specific that will override the more general statements.
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#11 2007-11-27 7:39 pm
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Re: They seem to have a Frankenmac running over at the Onion
hrmmm,
would a cobbled together PC w/ a hacked x86 install then be a Frankentosh?
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#12 2007-11-27 7:41 pm
Re: They seem to have a Frankenmac running over at the Onion
They may also have both PC and Mac connected to the same display.
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#13 2007-11-27 11:04 pm
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Re: They seem to have a Frankenmac running over at the Onion
Czachorski wrote:
The Onion is comedy satire.
the referenced Onion article wrote:
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#14 2007-11-28 10:46 pm
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Re: They seem to have a Frankenmac running over at the Onion
|| " the onion graphics folks must have felt that iChat conveyed the chatting the best"
Nope. Pragmatic decision. The graphics person did a screen grab of their desktop (a Mac of course) and threw it onto the clipart photo. Betcha a million dollars.
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#15 2007-11-29 5:54 am
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Re: They seem to have a Frankenmac running over at the Onion
Czachorski wrote:
Mr. T wrote:
Czachorski wrote:
There's being right and then there's being right in court right. The difference being $$$$$. You don't want to be the first one to prove it right in court.
But I think I would win in court - even if I defended myself. I've seen enough TV court to know that whenever something is not expressly defined in a contract, the contract defaults in favor of the non-drafter. The term "Apple-labeled system" is not expressly defined anywhere in the EULA.That's true. They also read from the general to the specific. Just make sure there is nothing more specific that will override the more general statements.
I would love to see a case like that go to court. I strongly suspect that portion of the EULA would be struck down and it would be nice to have the issue settled one way or the other.
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