Comments on: Quote of the Day, 18 June 2008 http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/qotd_20080618/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! Sat, 19 May 2012 21:24:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: jay http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/qotd_20080618/#comment-13120 jay Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:12:04 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/?p=1671#comment-13120 Didn't know there was a new firefox out. Have downloaded it. It is nice. Nothing to get hot and bothered about though, it's a BROWSER, not a new garden tool or kitchen gadget, or sports car or mistress. . . Didn’t know there was a new firefox out. Have downloaded it. It is nice. Nothing to get hot and bothered about though, it’s a BROWSER, not a new garden tool or kitchen gadget, or sports car or mistress. . .

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/qotd_20080618/#comment-13116 Stilgherrian Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:29:06 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/?p=1671#comment-13116 We just took a cab home past the Apple store to confirm the rumours. Yes, even though it's 16.5 hours until it opens, even though it's a cold winter night, even though the shop will have nothing on offer that isn't already on sale at the same prices as this afternoon, there's about 40 people camped out, waiting. Sure, it's <a href="http://twitpic.com/2f5k">pretty to look at</a>, but it's <em>a shop</em>, people. The six [?] Apple-paid private security guards must think this is the easiest gig ever. I mean, it's not like they're evicting violent, drunken bogans from Jackson's On George at 0500 on a Saturday morning... We just took a cab home past the Apple store to confirm the rumours. Yes, even though it’s 16.5 hours until it opens, even though it’s a cold winter night, even though the shop will have nothing on offer that isn’t already on sale at the same prices as this afternoon, there’s about 40 people camped out, waiting. Sure, it’s pretty to look at, but it’s a shop, people.

The six [?] Apple-paid private security guards must think this is the easiest gig ever. I mean, it’s not like they’re evicting violent, drunken bogans from Jackson’s On George at 0500 on a Saturday morning…

]]> By: Snarky Platypus http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/qotd_20080618/#comment-13115 Snarky Platypus Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:54:20 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/?p=1671#comment-13115 I like the idea of computer based TV recording, but wouldn't really bother if it required extensive set-up. I still can't believe there are people QUEUING UP FOR A BLOODY SHOP, but eh, whatever makes people happy. Go you consumers go! I like the idea of computer based TV recording, but wouldn’t really bother if it required extensive set-up.

I still can’t believe there are people QUEUING UP FOR A BLOODY SHOP, but eh, whatever makes people happy. Go you consumers go!

]]> By: Neerav http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/qotd_20080618/#comment-13108 Neerav Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:11:45 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/?p=1671#comment-13108 "PC-based Media Centres, whether Apple or Microsoft or Linux, have a specific target market: people for whom getting this sort of crap to work creates a sense of achievement which serves as a surrogate for the ability to do things that are actually useful…" thats a brilliant quote, exactly what I've thought for ages. for most geeky people PC-based Media Centres are an end in themselves to spend countless hours tweaking settings and drivers, not a means to watch TV “PC-based Media Centres, whether Apple or Microsoft or Linux, have a specific target market: people for whom getting this sort of crap to work creates a sense of achievement which serves as a surrogate for the ability to do things that are actually useful…”

thats a brilliant quote, exactly what I’ve thought for ages. for most geeky people PC-based Media Centres are an end in themselves to spend countless hours tweaking settings and drivers, not a means to watch TV

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