Going Overboard

talksense101 · February 4, 2004 5:15AM

I think the conspiracy theories of Mac users belonging to a cult might be true after reading this one.

http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125...w=wn_tophead_2

It is ridiculous to issue death threats over a piece of machinery.

magicfingers · February 4, 2004 6:32AM

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Originally posted by talksense101

It is ridiculous to issue death threats over a piece of machinery.

No, he deserves to die.

aslan^ · February 4, 2004 7:13AM

Death, death,

Death by ooga booga !

From old joke about tribe of sodomists, ask your friends.

influenza · February 4, 2004 10:04AM

I *knew* that was a hoax!

talksense101 · February 4, 2004 10:38AM

Heh, heh. Conspiracy theory #800: Microsoft hires a bunch of goons to scare an author of a popular website to put fear and loath into normal people and to make them stay away from Macs.

beige_g3 · February 4, 2004 10:46AM

This is like joking about a bomb at airport securuty. It is just something u don't do. All responsible must be smoked out and brought to justice. If only "W" was a Mac user....

dmband0026 · February 4, 2004 11:12AM

It is not ridiculous to see death threats. That guy would have deserved to die had this been true. Yes, we as Mac users are dedicated to our machines. But they are so awesome! They deserve nothing less than total respect and admiration. What that guy claimed to have done was desecrate the world's best computer to turn it into one of the worlds worst. There is no excuse for that. LONG LIVE MACS!!!

influenza · February 4, 2004 11:27AM

Uhh.. Just for the record, I don't know any of these people.

murbot · February 4, 2004 11:36AM

I call bullshit on it being a hoax. How many of us have buddies that can get empty G5 cases?

Suuuuuuuure it was fake.

wrong robot · February 4, 2004 11:41AM

Well, the pictures are real, no question in that, even if the rest is faux, it's still pretty lame to disfigure such a well designed case like that(cutting holes in the back..etc.)

but then again, the case would make a great macquarium, once you cover up the cheese grates.

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rageous · February 4, 2004 11:47AM

He said he got death threats, but I'm guessing he never showed proof of any.

ps5533 · February 4, 2004 11:51AM

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Originally posted by talksense101

I think the conspiracy theories of Mac users belonging to a cult might be true after reading this one.

http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125...w=wn_tophead_2

It is ridiculous to issue death threats over a piece of machinery.

I'm not even reading that one.. theres a microsoft ad on it

extras.rsrc · February 4, 2004 12:46PM

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Originally posted by Beige_G3

This is like joking about a bomb at airport securuty. It is just something u don't do. All responsible must be smoked out and brought to justice. If only "W" was a Mac user....

If I remember correctly, he is.

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Originally posted by murbot

I call bullshit on it being a hoax. How many of us have buddies that can get empty G5 cases?

Suuuuuuuure it was fake.

That's what I was thinking. Even if his 'buddy' gave him an empty G5 'shell', his first picture shows the G5 with all the guts still in there, and it's not one of Apple's PR shots.

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Originally posted by PS5533

I'm not even reading that one.. theres a microsoft ad on it

That's just ridiculous.

magicfingers · February 4, 2004 12:54PM

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Originally posted by Beige_G3

If only "W" was a Mac user....

uhh... look here

when I first seen this I almost renounced apple

wrong robot · February 4, 2004 12:56PM

eew eew OS 9

(what have I become

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giant · February 4, 2004 1:54PM

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Originally posted by MagicFingers

uhh... look here

when I first seen this I almost renounced apple

Actually, he uses a dell. There was an article on I think znet a while ago where he discussed it.

cosmonut · February 4, 2004 2:21PM

The death threats were inappropriate. I can't believe some of you are defending that stuff.

And either way the story actually goes, a G5 case was destroyed to have PC parts inserted into it. Damn shame.

moogs · February 4, 2004 2:24PM

Whether it was a hoax or not, sending death threats over a gutted computer is disgusting. Worse still, it's not like the people writing in actually lost anything of their own... jagoffs.

More proof of a need for Qualified Democracy in a America... pricks like those who wrote the seriously threatening responses deserve to have their voting rights revoked. If you can't demonstrate any better judgement than that, you have no business making decisions that will affect the lives of others.

influenza · February 4, 2004 3:46PM

You think voting actually affects our country? Wow, and I thought *I* was a dreamer.

ps5533 · February 4, 2004 4:40PM

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Originally posted by Extras.rsrc

That's just ridiculous.

i only say that because they won't be that reliable of a source if they accept money from microsoft to place ads.

jubelum · February 4, 2004 6:05PM

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Originally posted by Beige_G3

This is like joking about a bomb at airport securuty. It is just something u don't do. All responsible must be smoked out and brought to justice. If only "W" was a Mac user....

Wow... ONE MORE thing we can hate W for... let's find some more things about him that we can label Hitleresque or Demonic. goody goody. Isn't the mountian high enough w/o computer preference? Seems ANY reason to hate the man is good enough...

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