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#1 2005-04-27 12:09 am
village idiots stage protest at Apple HQ
Friends,
Just wondering if anyone's done any research into these losers who were protesting at the Apple HQ during a shareholder meeting. The obvious link ... too obvious IMHO ... would be Redmond payroll robots. Or a splinter group of some lost Luddite group. What a bunch of babboons.
b
PS- I should apologize. That was a nasty thing to say about babboons.
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#2 2005-05-02 1:29 am
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Or maybe just people who want Apple to adopt a certain policy.
You know, it actually is possible for people to dislike certain aspects about Apple without being paid by Microsoft, you know. It's called not being a mindless drone.
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#3 2005-05-03 9:30 am
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Alien wrote:
It's called not being a mindless drone.
traitor.
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#4 2005-05-03 2:48 pm
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Re: village idiots stage protest at Apple HQ
And there are two sides to every debate.
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#5 2005-05-04 3:30 am
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#6 2005-05-04 5:44 am
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Maybe they're overreacting, maybe not; they're entitled to their views. Just because I like apple's products doesn't mean they're capable of no wrong.
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#7 2005-05-04 7:14 am
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Re: village idiots stage protest at Apple HQ
Metacell wrote:
Just because I like apple's products doesn't mean they're capable of no wrong.
Absolutely and they do make bad decisions; i.e., abandoning OS 9!
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI: "a simple, humble worker in God's vineyard." Habemus Papem!
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#8 2005-05-04 7:33 am
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Re: village idiots stage protest at Apple HQ
... And designing the slotload iMac and the yo-yo power adapter... 
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Powerbook G3, 400mhz, 384mb, 40Gb, DVD-ROM, Firewire, X.3.6.
Franken-iMac G3 Blueberry, 400mhz, 64mb, 10Gb, CD-ROM, 9.2.2... SOON TO BE SOUPED UP AND RUNNING TIGER!
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#9 2005-05-04 10:54 am
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Yeah, while the yo-yo was cool I've had two burn out on me. 
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#10 2005-05-04 12:12 pm
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Re: village idiots stage protest at Apple HQ
This seems like a pretty silly thing to protest.
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#11 2005-05-04 1:56 pm
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Re: village idiots stage protest at Apple HQ
Camp David wrote:
Metacell wrote:
Just because I like apple's products doesn't mean they're capable of no wrong.
Absolutely and they do make bad decisions; i.e., abandoning OS 9!
For smurf's sake, man. It's 2005.
You have an absolutely breath-taking... heiney. I mean, that thing's good. I wanna be friends with it.
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#12 2005-05-11 2:55 pm
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i liked the yoyo adapter i wish my powerbook had one
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#13 2005-05-11 3:17 pm
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What was wrong with the slot loading iMac?
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#14 2005-05-11 4:25 pm
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Thrica wrote:
What was wrong with the slot loading iMac?
You have to field strip the thing to swap the hard drive, the CPU isn't upgradable, and neither is the graphics card (PCI-bus Rage 128 with 8/16 MBs of VRAM, doesn't support Quartz Extreme, afaik.)
Also, some of the base models (350/400 Mhz) didn't have Firewire.
You know, the usual complaints about iMacs. 
Plus, without a fan, the tops got pretty hot, they relied on convection to cool, so you can't put stuff on top, and they probably (speculation!!) have a higher failure rate and shorter average lifespan because of the higher operating temps.
For the record, I actually have seen and used a Flower Power iMac, and swapped the HD in it. It was actually pretty cool looking, and I wouldn't mind using one. In fact, if I ever have money and find on cheap on eBay, I'd probably buy it.
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#15 2005-05-11 5:17 pm
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Valid complaints, I suppose. I tried to get the case off one time, but couldn't do it. Kinda scratched it up a good bit, too
I use the hot top to warm my hands in the winter. It's a feature, not a bug.
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#16 2005-05-11 6:37 pm
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Re: village idiots stage protest at Apple HQ
MuckSavage wrote:
Camp David wrote:
Metacell wrote:
Just because I like apple's products doesn't mean they're capable of no wrong.
Absolutely and they do make bad decisions; i.e., abandoning OS 9!
For smurf's sake, man. It's 2005.
Big deal! A good OS never goes out of date!
OS 9.3 For All!
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI: "a simple, humble worker in God's vineyard." Habemus Papem!
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#17 2005-05-11 6:45 pm
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Re: village idiots stage protest at Apple HQ
Camp David wrote:
For smurf's sake, man. It's 2005.
Big deal! A good OS never goes out of date!
OS 9.3 For All!
Depends on your definition of "good". Nine was a crash happy, outdated, patched up mess.
You have an absolutely breath-taking... heiney. I mean, that thing's good. I wanna be friends with it.
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#18 2005-05-11 11:09 pm
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Re: village idiots stage protest at Apple HQ
Camp David wrote:
MuckSavage wrote:
Camp David wrote:
Absolutely and they do make bad decisions; i.e., abandoning OS 9!For smurf's sake, man. It's 2005.
Big deal! A good OS never goes out of date!
OS 9.3 For All!
wow.. cd and xyz agree on something!
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#19 2005-05-12 4:48 pm
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Freezer mac wrote:
Camp David wrote:
MuckSavage wrote:
For smurf's sake, man. It's 2005.
Big deal! A good OS never goes out of date!
OS 9.3 For All!wow.. cd and xyz agree on something!
It's a gay-straight luddite alliance! The Rainbow coalition would be proud of you, CD.
OS 9 worked, but compared to X it's crap. I've compared it to Windows 98 before, and I stand by that now.
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#21 2005-05-28 6:40 pm
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Camp David wrote:
Metacell wrote:
Just because I like apple's products doesn't mean they're capable of no wrong.
Absolutely and they do make bad decisions; i.e., abandoning OS 9!
open your eyes! OS 9 is a MESSSS!
my point ... Apple was the first personal computer manufacturer to put a recycling program in place. so why target Apple?
b
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#22 2005-05-28 7:38 pm
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b_dubb wrote:
Camp David wrote:
Metacell wrote:
Just because I like apple's products doesn't mean they're capable of no wrong.
Absolutely and they do make bad decisions; i.e., abandoning OS 9!
open your eyes! OS 9 is a MESSSS!
my point ... Apple was the first personal computer manufacturer to put a recycling program in place. so why target Apple?
b
Because these people like to bug anyone for anything.
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#23 2005-05-29 6:25 am
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b_dubb wrote:
Camp David wrote:
Metacell wrote:
Just because I like apple's products doesn't mean they're capable of no wrong.
Absolutely and they do make bad decisions; i.e., abandoning OS 9!
open your eyes! OS 9 is a MESSSS!
my point ... Apple was the first personal computer manufacturer to put a recycling program in place. so why target Apple?
b
Um... check out CD's custom title if you want to know how long it will be before he responds.
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#24 2005-05-29 4:03 pm
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Is he perma-banned?
Is he? Is he? Is he?
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#25 2005-05-29 5:01 pm
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yeah what happened?!
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