More Mac confusion

alternateorg on June 21, 2001

So I just bought a 19″ monitor. Brand new. On the box, it says ‘Compatible with desktop PC and Mac systems (Mac adapter not included).’ Okaaay…. When was the last time a Mac had a Mac-specific on-board monitor port? Like 1998? ’97? So I figure, well, NEC just doesn’t really know/care about the newer Macs. So today, I open the box and start checking out the ‘manual.’ In the manual, is a picture of what is obviously a G4 or Blue and White G3 tower, with the diagram of the VGA cable on the monitor plugging into a Mac-adapter, plugging into the monitor port on the back. Now, what? Even if it is a B&W G3, those came with PCI VGA cards built in, not Mac-specific ports. So not only is NEC wrong, but way wrong. Jesus.

Shit (163)

alternateorg on June 21, 2001

Okay, so call me ‘totally susceptible to marketing ploys,’ but I’d really like to know how South Park got away with saying the word ‘shit’ 162 times last night. Seriously.

And one other thing: Martin Short (whose new TV show debuted after said South Park episode) isn’t funny.

Huh?

alternateorg on June 21, 2001

I just saw this description on Circuit City’s site.. for a 128mb RAM module…


Have you ever fallen asleep waiting for your computer to upload or download files? With the 256MB PC133 SDRAM desktop memory chip from Centon, you won’t have time to doze off anymore. This one chip can significantly reduce your wait time and increase your productivity. Guess you’ll have to catch up on your sleep during that office meeting instead. Just don’t let your boss catch you!

Riiiiiiiight. ‘Cause RAM helps you upload and download files from the internet faster… That has nothing to do with modem speed or anything….

Not really a geek milestone…

alternateorg on June 20, 2001

So, Shift Magazine’s Geek Timeline lists ‘Microsoft releases Windows 95’ as an important item in 1995.

That’s not really a geek thing is it? I mean, I think Windows ’95 is more of a moron thing, don’t you?

Ah… now that’s the good old Alternate we all know and love, isn’t it? 🙂 I am pretty impressed that they included ‘• Adam Hinkley forms Hotline Communications.’ They did their research. Thanks to Jen for the link.

Kerouac's insight as to what 'IT' is..

alternateorg on June 20, 2001

Now, we all remember that whole ‘Ginger/IT’ thing a while back. I came across this passage in On The Road today, which I felt was.. er.. kind of fitting. I guess. Maybe I just wanted to share it, I dunno. Check it:


“Now, man, that alto man last night hat IT – he held it once he found it; I’ve never seen a guy who could hold so long.” I wanted to know what “IT” meant. “Ah, well” – Dean laughed – “now you’re talking about impon-de-rables – ahem! Here’s a guy and everybody’s there, right? Up to him to put down what’s on everybody’s mind. He starts the first chorus, then lines up his ideas, people, people, yeah, yeah, but get it, and then he rises to his fate and has to blow equal to it. All of a sudden, somewhere in the middle of the chorus he gets it – everybody looks up and knows; they listen; he picks it up and carries. Time stops. He’s filling empty space with the substance of our lives, confesions of his bellybottom strain, remembrance of ideas, rehashes of old blowing. He has to blow across bridges and come back and do it with such infinite feeling soul-exploratory for the tune of the moment that everybody knows it’s not the tune that counts, but IT“

A little more inspiring than a scooter. 🙂 Maybe that’s why I love jazz so much…

Yawn

alternateorg on June 18, 2001

Yawn. What a strange day. In fact, I’ve had a strange 2 months. Like, even when I was working at home for a company, it wasn’t this strange. Now, I work for myself, and I’m at home all the time. It’s getting a little wierd and I don’t think I’ll be able to go back to working in a regular office. Not that I plan on it.

Score 1 for kev

alternateorg on June 16, 2001

I swear, if this whole ‘graphic design’ thing doesn’t work out for me, the least I can do is sell Apple products. Many has been the time, at many a store, that I have simply dismissed the salesperson, and have proceeded to fucking sell the shit out of the Apple product in question to the prospective buyer. And why do I bring this up? Today, at MicroCenter, I came across a semi-competent sales-lady trying to explain MacOS X to a Sun guy. She was showing him all the bells and whistles: the Dock, the genie effect, etc. But it was I who explained to him the 3 programming environments, and that Cocoa apps can be totally customized by the user. It was I who showed him how OS 9 can be run as a seperate thread in X, and that UNIX is right there when you need it. It’s amazing to see people’s reactions when you explain all that to them, especially Sun people (as this guy was) and Windows people. Their eyes just widen like they can’t believe what they’re hearing.

So, 808, what ever happened to that Mac store we were going to open? 😉 I guess I could wait until Apple opens their proposed Littleteon store and work weekends if I need to. Which, believe it or not, is something I’ve acutally considered doing when it happens. Maybe as the Genius Bar guy?

WTF

alternateorg on June 15, 2001

What the fuck?

Sometimes things like this just have to remind you of how fucking weird the internet really is.

*Update: Oh my god, even stranger, I just noticed that the design/html is a direct rip off of the sub category pages at the Apple Support website. ( I cant seem to find the direct link because my cookies send me to the apple care support pages… I cant seem to see the “consumer” support pages)