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XXX Mac Til Death XXX (11/10/98)
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Hands up, who's heard of the band Youth of Today? How about Judge? Or Gorilla Biscuits? We're willing to bet that there's mighty few hands up out there in AtAT-Land, with the possible exception of the grubby paws of faithful viewers Todd Wheeler and Mike Bromberg, who both have a background in this stuff. By "this stuff," we're referring to hardcore punk music, and more specifically to New York-style straight-edge hardcore that made a big black X on the landscape in the late 80's and early 90's, though you almost certainly knew nothing about it. The independent record label that released a ton of that music was Revelation Records, and what a shocker it was to come across an Apple web page profiling that company as another example of what's possible when you use a Macintosh or three.
One underlying philosophy that runs through straight-edge hardcore is that people should make their own informed choices in life, without simply doing what everyone else is doing-- don't drink just because everyone around you drinks, don't smoke just because people tell you it's cool, etc. Now that we consider it, it's summed up pretty well by the phrase "Think Different," and a natural extension of that philosophy might be, don't use a Wintel just because everyone else uses one. It's a perfect match, actually; if you believe that Apple is trying to change the world for the better, Macs and positive hardcore go hand in hand.
We don't expect many people to be very excited about this, but bear with us, because it really made us happy. :) Apple has always amazed us with their willingness to include a variety of subcultures and activities in their marketing materials (the Henry Rollins "What's on Your PowerBook?" ad leaps to mind), but we never expected to see a photograph of Youth of Today on their website...
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 11/10/98 episode: November 10, 1998: So is the QuickTime bug really a bug, or just Microsoft using non-standard filename extensions? Meanwhile, either Intel or Microsoft is lying, and given Bill Gates' behavior during his deposition, the smart money's on Microsoft. And leave it to Apple to profile a relatively obscure but important record label on their web site...
Other scenes from that episode: 1138: Breaking Convention (11/10/98) There's more than meets the eye to this whole "QuickTime bug" issue that's come out of the "Redmond Justice" trial. If you're a little behind on the plot, here's the broad strokes: Apple's software veep Avie Tevanian was called as a witness in the Microsoft antitrust trial and alleged, among other things, that Microsoft had deliberately introduced bugs into Windows to prevent QuickTime from working properly... 1139: Whom To Trust? (11/10/98) Here's a toughie for any Mac user to answer: whom would you rather believe, an Intel executive, or Bill Gates? (It's almost a Zen koan, isn't it?) These are the tough decisions that Judge Jackson faces in the ongoing "Redmond Justice" trial...
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