BS: Why don't Macs get viruses?

Subject: RE: BS: Why don't Macs get viruses?
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 18 Apr 02 - 10:00 PM

Chuckling at the thoughts of the old "Mac Hand" bringing up a terminal window and "grepping"...

Jon

Subject: RE: BS: Why don't Macs get viruses?
From: GUEST,Mr. Blues
Date: 19 Apr 02 - 05:39 PM

Amos, fuck you. I suggest you find a dictionary and look up the word sarcasm. Your condescension is not only irrelevant to your reasoning, significant clues as to your character, or lack thereof.

In other words, it was a joke you ignorant fuck! Get over yourself.

Subject: RE: BS: Why don't Macs get viruses?
From: Amos
Date: 19 Apr 02 - 05:47 PM

Mr Blue:

Quite right. Sorry I missed the joke. You're right -- I am an ignorant fuck. I have witnesses, too!

But this ignorant fuck, at least, knows the difference between humor and vitriolic nastiness. Lemme know if you want lessons.

A

Subject: RE: BS: Why don't Macs get viruses?
From: GUEST,Mr. Blues
Date: 19 Apr 02 - 06:00 PM

Amos, if you actually knew the difference between humor and vitriolic nastiness, we wouldn't be having this conversation. I doubt you are capable of giving any worthwhile lessons in anything other your peculiar brand of nastiness -- which I must admit is far more distateful than anything I could even dream of comming up with.

Why is it that people like you insist on turning off the cuff comments on reletively insignificant things (like Macs) into personal battles?

Subject: RE: BS: Why don't Macs get viruses?
From: Mr Red
Date: 20 Apr 02 - 01:49 PM

GUEST,Captain Swing
well even if you aren't that band you play a mean folk swing rhythm. see Bromyard FF for one of their gigs.

Subject: RE: BS: Why don't Macs get viruses?
From: Amos
Date: 20 Apr 02 - 03:21 PM

Geez, Blue,

How's about we drop this? Sorry I rubbed ya the wrong way, man.

A.

Subject: RE: BS: Why don't Macs get viruses?
From: GUEST,Captain Swing
Date: 21 Apr 02 - 10:39 AM

That's very nice of you, Mr Red but how would you know about my folk swing rhythm?

Cheers - Captain Swing

Subject: RE: BS: Why don't Macs get viruses?
From: GUEST,Mr. Blues
Date: 22 Apr 02 - 06:41 PM

Sure Amos, we can drop the mac issue, after all, those paperweights are not worth the energy. What I am not willing to drop is your passive aggressive, condescending, disrespect. It is really too bad that there are laws to prevent people like you from being culled from the heard. The level of animosity you generate is really a detriment to civilized society.

Subject: RE: BS: Why don't Macs get viruses?
From: Amos
Date: 22 Apr 02 - 08:14 PM

Man, I am thunderstruck here!

I dunno whether to wind my watch or piss up a rope.

Tell ya what -- drop me a PM and tell me where this started, cuz I am baffled and the intensity of your attitude, and woudl really like to know who you are and what the f*** happened. Seriously!

If you won't do that much, then take two middle fingers and call me in the morning.

A

Subject: RE: BS: Why don't Macs get viruses?
From: robomatic
Date: 22 Apr 02 - 08:37 PM

I enjoyed the Latin sub-thread but can't contribute. In the late 80's and early 90's Macs were definitely much better at things like fonts and turn 'em on and use 'em and I was the only Mac using engineer on a floor of unimaginative engineers who though fonts were a waste of valuable computer memory "it's the content that counts!" and other comments from people who would no doubt would skip the music for 'it's the lyrics that count!'

In those days there were many more Mac owners and Mac viruses were very common. I remember reading a note saying if you were borrowing a lot of shareware and you had a PC, you were 70% likely to have a virus, and if you owned a Mac, you were 100% likely to have one. And I checked, and sure enough, I had one.

Macs have some very nice features, I used a Plus to fake a Russian ID once for which I'll always have a warm feeling for the little square bugger; but Macs also have some character flaws, such as Mr. Jobs determining they didn't need to be sold with floppy drives anymore, cheap bastard. And some of the company policies have made them a lot less fun to buy.

I suppose that Macs come off as having a personality whereas no one suspects such a thing lurks in a PC.

Subject: RE: BS: Why don't Macs get viruses?
From: Amos
Date: 23 Apr 02 - 01:02 AM

The real reason is, as this page clearly reveals is that they are in League with the Dark Forces.

The deal is, Macintoshes never get viruses, but when they die, they surrender their souls....

A

Subject: RE: BS: Why don't Macs get viruses?
From: GUEST,Captain Swing
Date: 23 Apr 02 - 04:20 PM

Many thanks for your contributions everyone. As I said to my friend "I'll post it on Mudcat and start an argument."!

Subject: RE: BS: Why don't Macs get viruses?
From: Kim C
Date: 23 Apr 02 - 05:08 PM

I know! I know! To get to the other side! Oh... no... wait............

Subject: RE: BS: Why don't Macs get viruses?
From: GUEST,Mr. Blues
Date: 23 Apr 02 - 09:50 PM

No Amos, I'm not going to PM you. You started this shit in public you can finish it in public. You don't need me to explain what happened, just re-read the thread. It's pretty fucking obvious what the fuck happened.

As for your fingers, bring them by, I have a lovely pair of bolt cutters.

Subject: RE: BS: Why don't Macs get viruses?
From: Art Thieme
Date: 23 Apr 02 - 10:14 PM

Max don't get viruses cause it's his birthday !

Art Thieme

Subject: RE: BS: Why don't Macs get viruses?
From: Amos
Date: 24 Apr 02 - 12:32 PM

Art, you're TERRIBLE!!! And I love ya for it.

a

Subject: RE: BS: Why don't Macs get viruses?
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Apr 02 - 12:15 AM

no one cares to write programs or virus for Mac because they aren't important in the real world they are toys you might as well ask why don't the build a c17 for babie dolls?

Subject: RE: BS: Why don't Macs get viruses?
From: Gervase
Date: 25 Apr 02 - 05:51 AM

Hmm, I can tell from the spot-on typing and syntax of 'Guest' abve that he's a PC afficionado! He's set a tough standard for Mac-users to follow. Funny how so many PC keyboards are shipped with no shift key, or all caps, or with no punctuation. Makes it that much more difficult for the hypothetical million PC users to come up with the complete works of Shakespeare. "To be or not to be that is like a kEwL question MACS SUCK PCS ROOL".
Macs do have their drawbacks, though. The SETI programme wanted to change to Powermacs for its number-crunching, but had to admit defeat because the fancy cases wouldn't fit into the multiple racks required.

Subject: RE: BS: Why don't Macs get viruses?
From: Amos
Date: 25 Apr 02 - 07:55 AM

SETI analysis -- the first really big project involving shared resources across the whole 'Net with thousands of cooperating private citizens donating extra CPU cycles -- ran perfectly well on PPC platforms.

I crunched huge wads of numbers for them on an old 8100, without even noticing :>).

A

Subject: RE: BS: Why don't Macs get viruses?
From: NightWing
Date: 25 Apr 02 - 06:39 PM

Amos,

That link to the "Objective Christian Ministries" page about Satanic Apple computers was among the funniest things I've seen on the web in a LOOONG time!

Do these people realize just how hilarious their writing is? Or is a humorist out there doing it on purpose to twit the Christians who actually BELIEVE this garbage.

*LMAO*

BB,
NightWing