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Re: Mac vs PC rant

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From: Rev Turd Fredericks
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 05:05
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On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:23:38 +1100, Ribfeast <goaway@nospam.com>
wrote:

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>On 24/11/04 10:19 AM, in article jig7q0dk33ibka5t43l9qgpn8id1p47onk@4ax.com,
>"Rev Turd Fredericks" <nick_ballsack@forcedshaving.com> wrote:
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>> On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 09:41:15 +1100, Ribfeast <goaway@nospam.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> On 23/11/04 6:28 PM, in article doo5q0ljdbe650g2764doai2tk5uobajbf@4ax.com,
>>> "Rev Turd Fredericks" <nick_ballsack@forcedshaving.com> wrote:
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>>>> On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 17:16:28 +1100, Ribfeast <goaway@nospam.com>
>>>> wrote:
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>>>>> On 23/11/04 3:44 PM, in article 2td5q098lkocs7dl3kim9ormjlvjpkue5n@4ax.com,
>>>>> "Rev Turd Fredericks" <nick_ballsack@forcedshaving.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>> SNIP>>>>>>>>
SNIP>>>>>>>>>>>
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>Software Update pops up once a week by default and notifies you of any
>updates that need installing, asks for your password, and then downloads and
>installs them for you, can't get much more simple than that :)

I could not find the URL I was thinking of, but this is one of the
articles I read about a mac security issue.

http://reseller.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/3D950F8F39C4425DCC256E9E00736951

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>> SNIP>>>>>>>>>> 
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>> 
>> I haven't tried it yet, I'm still waiting for the final version before
>> I give it a shot. I really loved BeOS, but it was getting too old, you
>> could barely browse the web with it anymore because many of the web
>> technologies (flash for example) were either not available or just
>> simply outdated, as well, newer hardware was not supported (usb for
>> example) so it became impractical. That being said, it just flew on a
>> dual processor machine makeing linux and windows look like lumbering
>> dinosaurs.
>Not THAT worried about trying it :)  I have an old mac 7600/200 lying around
>here somewhere, and possibly a copy of BeOS, maybe I can get it going on
>that if I get bored :)
I didn't see if it (yellowtab) runs on a mac, but the "old BeOS" did,
at least up to version 4.5
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From: Rev Turd Fredericks <nick_ballsack@forcedshaving.com>
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Subject: Re: Mac vs PC rant
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