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Now, News For Mac Nerds (2/20/02)
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Whoops, looks like while we were inadvertently microwaving a frozen burrito on the "Popcorn" setting, we accidentally reversed a tachyon flow and fell through a wormhole in the space-time continuum into an alternate universe. Don't you hate it when that happens? You know, we air-pop our popcorn anyway; we should really figure out some way of disabling that button on the microwave, because it only gets us into trouble.
So anyway, we're over here in this alternate reality, and as far as we can tell, for the most part it's pretty much the same as the old one; iPods still haven't dropped in price, we still have to dial 1 plus the area code even if we're calling next door, and the Sci-Fi Channel is still scheduled to air Kull the Conqueror tomorrow night. In fact, we're hard-pressed to find a single difference between this new universe and the one we were in before our one-on-a-zillion burrito accident, but faithful viewer Russell Hearn found one for us: in this reality, Slashdot has just started an Apple-specific section of its site.
Yup, you heard correctly: over here we've got http://apple.slashdot.org/, something that would never happen in the old universe. Slashdot, as most of you are aware, bills itself as "News for Nerds," features banner ads for the Overclockers Club, and is frequented primarily by diehard Linux geeks; in the reality to which we're accustomed, the merest mention of anything Apple-related on Slashdot typically leads to a few hundred instantaneous flames about overpriced hardware, proprietary and closed operating systems, etc. Over here, though, Slashdot has thoughtfully set up a whole separate Mac ghetto for its "sizable Apple population" and even went so far as to Aquafy its look slightly. Weird, wild stuff.
Wow, MacSlash and an Apple-targeted section of Slashdot? It's like we've fallen into a universe in which the open source core and BSD Unix layer of Mac OS X coupled with some really nifty Mac hardware is actually garnering some degree of respect from the hardcore geeks in the field. We think we'll stick around; this might be fun. Besides, we're out of burritos to microwave anyway.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 2/20/02 episode: February 20, 2002: Heads up, Mac OS X users: 10.1.3 is now available, but don't expect thrills and spills. Meanwhile, Apple may be preparing to launch its second wave of retail store openings in hopes of meeting its goal of 124 stores by the end of next year, and "News for Nerds" discussion site Slashdot debuts a special section dedicated to all things Apple...
Other scenes from that episode: 3580: Just One Step Closer To 10.2 (2/20/02) Update junkies, rejoice, for as faithful viewer Steve Williams informs us, Mac OS X 10.1.3 is finally here! Then again, if you're enough of a Software Update addict to bust out the party hats at news like this, you obviously don't need us telling you about it; you knew it was out roughly three seconds after the software hit Apple's servers last night, because your frequent clicking of the "Update Now" button finally bore fruit... 3581: Apple Retail: The New Wave (2/20/02) Does everybody remember when the opening of new Apple retail stores was a weekly cause for celebration and excitement? Oh, for the days when we all thrilled to the appearance of new "Opening Soon" locations on Apple's web site!...
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