Word: macs
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...First you experience the Emperor wowing hundreds of the frenzied Mac faithful with his latest chunk of totemic technology. Then attendants sit and chat with you in holding rooms, each room progressively larger and quieter than the last, the whole process subtly recalling of the huge body of history and myth surrounding this man (the co-creator of the first PC; the owner of the infamous reality distortion field that infects all bystanders in a 100ft. radius with his evangelical zeal; the notoriously arrogant hard-ass as played by Noah Wylie in the TNT special "Pirates of Silicon Valley...
...They drop miniscule hints, like "think titanium powerbook. It's as big as that." Meanwhile, rumors start spreading virally on the Mac loyalist websites. It's going to be a widescreen iMac, says one. No, they're going to announce a nationwide chain of Apple boutiques, argues another. Now you're in a state of hyped-up curiousity. And there's nothing better suited to Jobs' dance of the seven veils than a room of hyped-up, curious people...
While it might have been hard for students who live on the River to ignore the sounds of music and games on the Mac Quad, for many students who live in the Radcliffe Quad, the fact that Springfest was even happening came as a surprise. No one who I came in contact with throughout the day on Saturday mentioned the event—not a scientific measure by any standard, but telling nevertheless...
...protected by a corporate firewall. That makes sense; lots of people would probably like to crack AOL Time Warner's computer system. But at home, I have no protection at all. C'mon, who wants to dig through the to-do lists and video poker games on my Power Mac...
...hacking victims go, I fall in the middle of the spectrum. On one hand, I recently installed a high-speed DSL service. These "always on" connections are catnip to hackers because they are stationary targets, vulnerable to attack 24 hours a day. On the other hand, I have a Mac, and most mischiefmakers prefer Windows...