so... just recently, I introduced him to a friend of mine! his name is "MR. SE" which I had recently fixed up with a new fan and a new disk drive (it had a 400K drive in it for some odd reason so I put in an 800K drive) and now, he's an avid mac user! he still uses his PC to play dune 2000 and starcraft and the net, but he uses his mac for everything else! and since I gave him the stylewriter II that I had lying around collecting dust, I figured every computer needs a printer! so I am happy to say, that some day he might be using a powermac G6 or whatever they have by then, and I'll have steady enough hands to dial a cell phone (and do some mods that require soldering, because my hands have developed the shakeys; no not parkinsons if thats what you are thinking) soooo... my next task is to convert his sister who "dispises those little one-button mice"!

thnx
"what are those? are those FLOPPY DISKS?! but their 8 inches wide!"

I have converted his sister now! i showed her the 2 button trackball mouse I had, and now she's gaga over macs! happy happy happy! joy joy joy!

ThNx
"do you like spinach, cheese and whipped cream too?!"

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I have converted his sister now! i showed her the 2 button trackball mouse I had, and now she's gaga over macs! happy happy happy! joy joy joy!

ThNx
"do you like spinach, cheese and whipped cream too?!"

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THnx
"I DONT LIKE SPAM!"

Hmmm... How do we tally the liberation counts when you convert someone to using 68k Macs and they start liberating Macs. Should it be like one of those multilevel marketing (pyramid) schemes where you get credit for the liberations of those you recruited?

Keep on converting, you're on a roll!

G4From128k

by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist
by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way
Reserve Officer in 68kMLA Cantankerous Coot Contingent
& User of the Hockey Puck Mouse of Radial Symmetry

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Congrats, sounds like boredomconquersallconquersall. A good story to submit to Apple's collection of conversion stories (submit a story). Although converting someone to an SE is probably not what Apple had in mind

Hmmm... How do we tally the liberation counts when you convert someone to using 68k Macs and they start liberating Macs. Should it be like one of those multilevel marketing (pyramid) schemes where you get credit for the liberations of those you recruited?

Keep on converting, you're on a roll!

G4From128k

by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist
by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way
Reserve Officer in 68kMLA Cantankerous Coot Contingent
& User of the Hockey Puck Mouse of Radial Symmetry

Edited by - g4from128k on 10 Jul 2002 09:26:23

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"Ya want Windows? Ya can't HAVE Windows!!"

1) Theory. Explain how OS X's UNIX underpinnings keep it from crashing. Use allusions to everyday life. I stack several CD jewel cases, and say, "This is Mac OS X. Notice how when I push one case off the top of the stack, the whole stack doesn't fall. Likewise, with OS X, when one thing crashes, it does not affect anything else." Then, I take a cup, and put several pencils in it. I say, "This is Windows. Microsoft tries so hard to keep control over your whole system that applications are enveloped by the system, which isn't that stable itself. For example, one misbehaving program can corrupt the whole registry. There is no system of file permissions. Viruses spread rampantly, because there are so many connections between programs and files. Notice how when I push over one pencil, the whole cup and the pencils in it fall. Likewise, in Windows, you've probably noticed that when "explorer.exe" or "iexplore.exe" crashes, the whole system needs to be rebooted to restore full funcionality. When one process misbehaves, it affects other processes, often leading to system crashes."

2) Cost Effectiveness. I talk about how Apple gives away free software updates. I show the box to my OS X 10.1 update that I got for free from Computer Spectrum. I ask them how much they think I paid for it. When I tell them I got it without paying a cent, they're astounded. Then, I tell them how Apple gives all customers free developer tools that are equal to or better than Visual C, which costs quite a bit of money. I show them The GIMP in XDarwin, and explain how OS X opens up a whole world of free software without having to partition your drive and install Linux. They're all amazed at how the GIMP performs most of the same functions as Photoshop, without any of the cost.

3) Actual Demonstration. I ask them, "How many programs do you usually run at one time on Windows?" Even those who are running Windows XP usually answer "two or three." Then, I ask them if they would attempt to run seventy-five applications at once while playing MP3s and with five important Word documents open. They look at me as if I had just escaped from Missouri Lunatic Asylum #2. I open five large documents in AppleWorks, start some Joe Pass playing in iTunes, and then open every non-fullscreen app in my Applications folder, along with every app in my Utilities folder. They stare in awe as all of the programs open seamlessly. I connect to the internet, check my mail, and type in AppleWorks to prove that the system is still usable. Then, I disconnect from the internet, quit all of the programs, and ask them if Windows could do that. I tell them that software is more important than hardware. After all, my 500 MHz iMac just performed better than a 2 GHz Pentium IV in terms of stability and usability.

Works every time.

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MUAHAHA!

THnx
"do the moo!"

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maybe I am hallucinating...maybe none of you even exist.

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dunno about the rest of the gang, but i sure don't!

get some help!

jt ™.
Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball
C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF

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maybe none of you even exist.

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foetoid, that's (fee-toy-d)
http://www.foetoid.doesntexist.com

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maybe none of you even exist.

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Computer, end program.

"It is now safe to turn off your universe"

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G4From128k

by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist
by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way
Reserve Officer in 68kMLA Cantankerous Coot Contingent
& User of the Hockey Puck Mouse of Radial Symmetry

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maybe none of you even exist.

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"It is now safe to turn off your universe"

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hee!

Universal UAE Dialog:

the application has . . . .

you must now restart creation. <rolleyes>

jt ™.
Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball
C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF

whenever you tried to break the laws of phyiscs, everyting in the universe would turn blue and freeze and there would be text similar to what is seen above

most of the gods would be very similar to a paperclip

if you leave the universe on for 2 trillion years, then it collapses

there would be plauges and viruses from other universes coming into it dayly

whenever you defied the paperclip, he would change everything to his liking because "he knows better"

it would be 2000% bigger than it should be

as soon as you try and get rid of the thing that is the most inconvenient and waists the most time in your life, the universe refuses to run proporly (I.E planets just randomly appearing out in the bloated amount of space, energy would come in waves, vapourizing everything in it's path, etc.)

I could go on, but I dont know what the limit for charicters in this forum is.

thnX
"this is THE best cheese I have EVER had!"

and...

Whenever you tried to do something simple, like walk or chew gum, a floating hourglass would materialize and bog you down.

And if you tried to walk and chew gum at the same time, you would be told you did some "Illegal Operation" and be forced to stop.

Every morning you would hear strange messages that you are missing some vitally important piece of the universe (like vxxqxb32.dll) but not be told what it does or how to fix it.

The priests in the universe would tell you that it is a customer-centered universe that provides the best innovations possible (but that it works in mysterious ways)

The Earth would revolve slower and slower as the day went on until it crashed or was rebooted.

G4From128k

whenever you try and use a new peice of hardware (IE a car or a house) it wouldnt be able to be used because the universe needs drivers to run it, and it wont work prporly (the gas will implode, instead of exploding in the combustion chamber, or the house will kill you instead of providing a safe living space.)

whenever you try and play an old game (like baffleball; an old version of pinball from the 1910s) there would be no sound, the game would be distorted or the universe would complain about not having enough "conventional memory" and the universe would turn blue and freeze.

every time something useful or innovative comes to be, the universe would ether crush it, or make a crappier version and sais it's better.

more to come (I'm sure)

THnX
"oh no! SHE'S GONNA BLOW! -sporch- mmmmm... rasberry!"

Universities would have to employ thousands of physicists trying to document and understand the convoluted and ever-changing APIs of the universe.

Particle physicists would talk about lightweight 16-bit particles that cannot travel very far vs. ultra heavy 32-bit particles that can go further, but occassionally explode.

Physicists would theorize that in the beginning their were no smooth curves or lines, only 256 possible strange character-atoms locked in an 25 row x 80 column array.

Physicists would call the creation of the universe the Initial Big Moosh (IBM)

Periodically, the universe would change "for the better" but then you would have to replace everything in your life with the "new improved" (= more bloated, cumbersome) versions.

Everyone has use identical decor in their bedroom so that when they wake up, eveyone sees the same thing. Customizing your bedroom results in a bolt of lightning and being kicked out of the universe.

The universe would be totally inconsistent. Sometimes pushing on an object would make it move away, other times it would get closer, other times it would reappear halfway through a wall someplace, other times it would disappear for a few days then reappear moved over where you wanted it in the first place. People would be very careful about touching anything once it was anything remotely like what they wanted.

G4From128k

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