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Eric Thomas <ERIC@SEARN> |
On Thu, 17 Jan 91 10:24:00 +0100 Pieter Stouten <STOUTEN@EMBL> said:
>This is not about node names anymore, but Macintoshes are a more
>interesting subject anyway, I guess.
Maybe to you, but not to me. This is not what this list is about. I'm
sure there are plenty of lists where Macintoy bigots (and I mean for the
remainder of this sentence to apply to *bigots*, not *users*) can
congratulate each other for having made the wise, futuristic decision of
not wanting to understand what a computer is, in a pathetic attempt to
delude themselves into believing that they belong to an Elite of people
who can move a mouse around and press a button, rather than accepting the
fact that they, in fact, are merely part of this subset of computer users
who are content with using their computer in such a limiting way and who
invest considerable amounts of time and energy in buzz-word casting
Crusades, in a desperate attempt to deny the existence of the inferiority
complex resulting from their Futuristic Choice. Great, now I can apply
for the Longest One-Sentence Mac Flame Award and win a life-size poster
of Hollerith!
Anyway... You are welcome to make jokes about stone age computers on Mac
lists, but please don't pollute LSTOWN-L with such religious discussions.
So far this is one of the rare lists which has been spared from the Gulf
epidemia, the last thing we need is a metaphysical debate about What The
Ideal Computer Ought To Look Like. Thank you.
Eric
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