Comments on: People Stand in Line at Apple Store for no real Reason. Weird.

By: dwmreg

dwmreg — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:46:07 +0000

John:

Sometimes I think your just plain mean. The C64 was not my first computer. My first computer was a Vic 20. The first ones I actually touched were a teletype type device, Commodore PET and a Radio Shack Model 1.

However the C64 launched a career in writing and computers that has been very successful for me. I loved my Commodore gear – Vic 20, C64, C128, Amiga 500, 2000, 4000.

I wrote several books before graduating from college, software, etc. some of it mass marketed.

I’m happy and sucessful. It would not have been had my parents not bought me that first Vic 20 and subsequently my C64 which I bought from consulting I did on the Vic 20 – as a teenager yet!

So pphhhffffftttttt!!!

By: Glenn E.

Glenn E. — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 06:00:24 +0000

The “25th anniversary of Commodore 64″? Who the flip cares anymore? Are there really people pining for the old days of 64k memory keyboard units, with 8 bit graphics? And why no “anniversary” ever, of the Amiga. A pretty decent little machine, that trumped the Mac and PC in its day. If it hadn’t been for Motorola holding back the processor development (Amiga’s used their CPU, as did Apple), and two greedy Commodore execs. We might still have those around, as serious competition for todays PCes. It was mainly the lack of hardware development that ended Amiga’s future. I was still using my A3000, until Win-XP SP1 came out. By then I figured that Windows had finally enough features to trump the Amiga’s 3.0 operating system. Win-98 had only matched it, and Win-Me was just plain trash.

So I can’t take seriously a celebration of a computer that only competed with the Apple-2.

By: Glenn E.

Glenn E. — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:40:54 +0000

I have a huge issue with Tv Guide. My local cable Tv service once ran it’s own channel listing online. They NewsCorp came along a bought that out, and shut it down. Before, you could get two weeks of advanced programming listings. Afterward, only one week. So as to NOT COMPETE WITH THE PUBLISHED TV GUIDE. That’s all TVG cared about, protecting sales of its overprice rag!! Since the buy out, I’ve used Zap2it.com, which works pretty well. I’m sure there are others. Hope so. But NewsCorp is a good example of why the anti-trust laws should be strengthen and/or better enforced. Because the big financial bullies, are out to destroy anything that might cost them some bucks.

By: TakeIT2

TakeIT2 — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:34:17 +0000

John, TitanTV.CoM for Free TV/Cable/Satalite listings & Video – Plus it can plugin to your DVR on a pc – They were going to open the API up so somthing like MythTV could access it – i don’t know what happened to that. But yea, you still have that cable card hoop – eh

John Fix your IPTVDaily.CoM site

By: pedro

pedro — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:07:37 +0000

#13 for starving people, which anyone living in a comunist regime is, food rations are worth gold. If not, ask the cuban children who once they hit 9 years, are taken of the milk ration chart.

And, I thought that macfans looked down on people not able to “afford” a mac. Is this mac welfare? was this an event for the mac disenfranchised?

#16 grow up, will you?

By: All The Little Misters

All The Little Misters — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:14:58 +0000

Cut the crap, dudes. [OK... Ho, MM and Fusion, very funny, but it's getting old. - ed.]

By: Mister #18 Responder

Mister #18 Responder — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:10:47 +0000

Actually it is only gross and horrible if you don’t take a bath.

By: Mister #16 Responder

Mister #16 Responder — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:08:49 +0000

#16 – I guess you realize you can run Ubuntu on a “truly capable” machine that is 4 or 5 years old and achieve the same feature/functionality and will still be more responsive than Vista?

By: Lauren the Maricón

Lauren the Maricón — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:07:54 +0000

But still. The horror. The horror!!

By: Mister Apologetic

Mister Apologetic — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:02:33 +0000

#15 – I extend a humble apology if I ever offend. I’ll be the first to admit to a tasteless sense of humor but still, it is hard to have a clenched fist while you are smiling.

By: Zybch

Zybch — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:58:47 +0000

#14, I’m not defending it any more than pointing out that unless you have actually used the new OS and actually experienced the claimed problems, then you aren’t really in any position to justify the daily jabs and sniping about it.
As soon as John uses it (on a machine thats truly capable), THEN he will be able to make valid points, but till then all hes doing is being a sensationalist hack. I’d say the same thing if he started complaining about how bad OSX 10.5 was without using that OS either and having no real 1st hand experience with it.

By: Lauren the Maricón

Lauren the Maricón — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:50:29 +0000

I agree with you, Mr. Sauce, but still.. knock it off. The horror! The horror!

By: Mister Bar-B-Q Sauce

Mister Bar-B-Q Sauce — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:34:38 +0000

I just love to hear the Vistards continue to defend a bad purchase.

By: Angel H. Wong

Angel H. Wong — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:56:39 +0000

#11

But Soviet rations are not worth $2000+ and Mac Laptops are.

For all the Mac bashing I would stay in line for one of those, you may not care because you can afford a dozen but I don’t.

By: Mister Mustard

Mister Mustard — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:31:05 +0000

>>The same can be said for your
>>constant bashing of vista when (as
>>far as I can work out) you’ve
>>never actually used it.

Hey, I’ve actually used it. And I continue to bash.