THE TELLING!

[Kudistos Megistos]

It's so nasty. But so entertaining. The shocking-ness of encyclopedia drammatica too has me laughing guiltily and hoping no one really knows I find it entertaining.

Chances are that a lot of your friends enjoy sites like that as well.

Perhaps the most worrying things about the *chans and related sites such as ED is that they show us once again that humans can be much crueller than most people would like to believe, albeit when there is some separation between the person doing the tormenting and the victim. Incidentally, this is why Hermoor is so entertaining.

[The Seer of Shadows]

Incidentally, this is why Hermoor is so entertaining.

... Because we only see his acts of social suicide and not the little boy crying behind the computer screen?

[Kudistos Megistos]

Incidentally, this is why Hermoor is so entertaining.

... Because we only see his acts of social suicide and not the little boy crying behind the computer screen?

That, and the fact that everyone is joining in. One of the sayings about anons on the Internet, "none of us are as cruel as all of us", despite being motivated by Internet tough-guy BS, is actually quite true. People are much more likely to be nasty to someone when they're part of a group.

Also, I think that Hermoor is probably screaming at his computer screen rather than crying behind it. He's a special case in that he actually does deserve what he gets because he acts the same way and because he was the one who escalated the war of words every time. Unlike us, he also doesn't have the peer-pressure excuse either. Any cruelty (well, attempts at cruelty) and hatred you see from him reflect how he really feels; no-one is egging him on and no-one else is tacitly approving of his behaviour by acting in the same way. He really is that much of an arse.

[The Seer of Shadows]

Well hey, we need people like him around.  Otherwise, who would we exercise our cruelty on?

Maybe, one day, he'll get to experience life from our position.

*Maybe.*

And I believe the group cruelty thing is called discrimination.  It may or may not serve a purpose, but as soon as it has got momentum, it has also got inertia.  It takes one person to start something, but then it takes everyone involved to end it, even after it has gone too far.

Don't worry, though.  I don't believe we've gone too far with Hermoor yet

[Kudistos Megistos]

I cast Life2 on this thread!

Apple are censoring Futurama!

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/futurama-critiques-gadget-and-social-media-obsession-using-1950s/

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/eyephone-reference-mysteriously-disappears-from-online-clips-of/

[The Seer of Shadows]

I cast Life2 on this thread!

Hey!  I came up with that joke first!

As interesting as these articles are, I must ask: how do you find them?  Do people mail them to you or post them on other forums you visit?  Do you encounter them yourself while wandering around the internet?  Have you subscribed to the internet sources that provide them?

[Kudistos Megistos]

As interesting as these articles are, I must ask: how do you find them?  Do people mail them to you or post them on other forums you visit?  Do you encounter them yourself while wandering around the internet?  Have you subscribed to the internet sources that provide them?

There's a site called suregottold.com, devoted to spreading news of Apple getting told. 4chan's /g/ board can also be helpful in finding funny tech-related news.

[Bosola]

IT JUST WERKS

[Kudistos Megistos]

IT JUST WERKS

Indeed.

That's "just" as in "only just, as long as you hold it the right way".

Seriously though, Steve Jobs is a great innovator and has redefined the way we think of mobile phones. Before he came along, a phone was something you used to make phone calls. Today, phones are used for sharing your nudes with 4chan, buying $1000 apps and getting your house raided by the police. Thanks to Jobs' revolutionary thinking, phones are no longer devices used to make phone calls, so having good reception is completely unnecessary. Pfft, people who think that phones have to be capable of making and receiving phone calls are standing in the way of progress. thank you Steve, for redefining phones to such an extent that your phone is no longer functional as a phone and is just an iPad nano.

EDIT:

Onion News Network tells Macfags once again

[Kudistos Megistos]

Necropost or great justice! (hey, the wording in the "Rules" post kind of imply it's accepted in Completely Unrelated)

Macs don't get viruses

[sl1982]

Necroposting is fine in unrelated. Only unrelated.

[BloodShot]

That's kind of funny. All these kids in my school who don't know crap about PCs or Macs, their only response is

"I love macs. They never get viruses"

[DLPB_]

It is a nice little myth that has been going donkey's years.  Macs have their purpose and they have their advantages, but when it comes to games and all the attention they get from developers, professional or otherwise, I am glad I have windows, despite its faults.

Fanboys are a plague. 

[Bosola]

Necroposting is fine in unrelated. Only unrelated.

I disagree with this - at least if we're talking about 'forum etiquette' rather than 'the rules of Qhimm.com'. I'd rather see necroposting than duplicate threads. And as this is a technical forum, where research can take several years, and vital data can be *so* easily lost, bringing data together into easily-found, consistently titled threads is absolutely *vital*.

It is a nice little myth that has been going donkey's years.  Macs have their purpose and they have their advantages, but when it comes to games and all the attention they get from developers, professional or otherwise, I am glad I have windows, despite its faults.

Oh, but hadn't you heard? Unix machines are magically immune to malware. No unix server has ever gone down (apart from when they, uh, have), user permissions can't be escalated by glitches, and things like buffer overflows and format string attacks magically resolve themselves when your OS treats everything as a file.

IT JUST WERKS!

[Kudistos Megistos]

Macs have their purpose and they have their advantages

Indeed! They're a great way to pick up engineers!

[Bosola]

I once slept with an Apple user.

That didn't last long.

[Kudistos Megistos]

I once slept with an Apple user.

That didn't last long.

Did he suffer from premature ejaculation?

[Bosola]

ohiseewatudidthere

But, no. That said, he was a narcissistic, preening tosser.

[yoshi314]

"I love macs. They never get viruses"

that's because nobody cares about them.

[Kudistos Megistos]

It just werks

http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2011/01/iphone_4_class_action.php

[Bosola]

I'm becoming increasingly convinced my boss models himself on Steve Jobs. He's a massive Apple fan, a horrific micro-manager and wears these godawful black turtlenecks.

Now, I admit, I've been regularly convincing him to implement vendor lock-in and restrictions on functionality all under the aegis of 'usability', which makes me something of a hypocrite. Then again, our customer is a c***, and has had it coming for a long time.

[Mako]

I have something to confess...I am Steve jobs...I politely ask you to leave my iphone alone

[Kudistos Megistos]

I have something to confess...I am Steve jobs...I politely ask you to leave my iphone alone

But how can you be Steve Jobs? Steve Jobs is dead:

http://gizmodo.com/5735566/steve_jobs_dies_of_aids

[Covarr]

I have something to confess...I am Steve jobs...I politely ask you to leave my iphone alone

Orly? I think Steve Jobs is quite a bit balder than you.

[Mako]

Easy I am Apple clone number 023-657 breed specifically for defending the iphone. My OS is sand-kitten.

...Anyway I only posted cause this thred had entirely to much male grunting

But, no. That said, he was a narcissistic, preening tosser.

I once slept with an Apple user.

That didn't last long.

Did he suffer from premature ejaculation?

So I thought you guys put on your big boy undies and get over your hate for apple.

Not likely though :/