One company I don't mind pirating from

alternateorg on July 5, 2001


Microsoft Word + Entourage SE will be available in English and French versions for an estimated retail price of US$149. The English version is expected to reach stores the week of July 9, and the French version the week of Aug. 6.

Seriously? Only $150 for a fucking word processor and email app? Where do I sign up? Wow… It’s not like I could get an entire UNIX-based operating system for less than that price, or a Linux-based one for fucking free. Holy crap. Microsoft really does know what they’re doing, and this whole ‘open-software’ thing is just a fad. Expensive, shitty software that is incompatible with other software from the same vendor really is the future. I simply love how sometimes, inexplicably, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 Mac Edition and Microsoft Entourage can’t run at the same time, or if they do, then you have to open IE first, otherwise the whole machine crashes. That’s zzzrad.

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All of a sudden, that 80mb Hotline download a year ago that provided me with Office 2k1:mac for no price whatsoever looks like a great deal.

Requires Virtual PC to install?

alternateorg on July 5, 2001

Someone please explain to me how I am supposed to install this firmware update on a G4 for a Sony CD-RW drive?


This Firmware Upgrade can be installed under Windows 98, ME, and 2000 Operating Systems. The upgrade resolves multiple CDRW drive functionality, Retrospect software functionality, and Mac G-4 detection issues. Some drives were shipped with this version of Firmware installed. Those users will be notified during the upgrade that it is not neccessary to continue.

Slippery Slope

alternateorg on July 3, 2001

This song-parody line possibility just popped into my head. I’m posting it because if I don’t, then I’ll just keep thinking about it and eventually will end up doing the whole damn song, and no one wants that: (sung to Depeche Mode’s ‘Blasphemous Rumours’) “I don’t want to start any MacOS Rumors / but I think that Jobs’ got a sick sense of humor..” Okay. That’s it. No more.

MacTrivia.com up then down

alternateorg on July 2, 2001

So MacTrivia went live recently. Then it went un-live:


Well, we were open all day on July 1–and we were hammered with visitors! …basically, the script we
chose to use couldn’t handle the barrage of traffic simultaneously.

So hopefully it’ll be back online soon. I didn’t even get to try it out.