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(Evahbody Must Get Spied) (MAJOR RANT! Leave page immediately if easily offended.) No
need for cuffs, I'll come quietly What a crock. You'd think those planes had been hijacked by frat rats from Farmer City instead of suicidal Saudis. Why spy on us? Oh right, to catch them. (???) Well, I have a better idea. FBI agents in the field had the future hijackers dead to rights, but their superiors ignored the reports, so why don't we spy on the government and find out why they screwed up? Now that there's going to be a Department of Homeland Security, at least all the suspects will be in one place and easy to wiretap. Talk about your silver linings...The only other ray of hope I see is that all the Big Brother apps will run on Windows. You know they will. Microsoft, well on its way to being named the second branch of government (silly you, you thought there were already three, didn't you?), will surely supply the underpinnings. With any luck at all, some 14-year-old Third World geek will have Ashcroft arresting all the Baptists and sending Cheney's credit cards to Palestine. Honestly, how can I write about wacky-Mac, cutesy-poo, goo-goo stuff with all this carrying-on? I LOVE MY MAC and there was a time when I loved the Internet, so I just can't stand it that the goon squads are turning the medium against us. WE'RE INNOCENT! [Puff-pant, puff-pant] While I'm at it, someone just sent me this quotation but doesn't know where it comes from. If you happen to know, please tell me, 'cause I think it rocks: "The US Constitution has its flaws, but it's a damn sight better than what we have now." [Note to uptight, puritanical, literal-minded snoops: I am not advocating drug use in the first paragraph. That is satire. Unfortunately, every other word is true.] And
now a word from our sponsor What's more, a lot of these goodies have been reviewed here at Applelinks by people like Charles Moore, Kirk Hiner, and others, and I tell you what: I'd trust any of these people with my life, no kidding. I'd even loan them my truck. When it comes to things like what I just ranted & raved about, we may disagree horribly, but when it comes to caring about Macs and telling you the truth and reporting responsibly, this gang is SOLID. There ain't a mushy Apple in the bunch, no pun intended, and the personal integrity of everyone involved is staggering. You got that? I wouldn't work anyplace else. Well, maybe. For lots and lots and lots of bucks. But I would always be most proud of being part of Applelinks.com, and don't you forget it. [I swear I had no idea any of that was going to come out when I sat down to post this.] OS
X! OS X! People are practically giving away high-speed SCSI gear these days. MacResQ has a 9.1 GB 10,000 rpm drive for less than thirty bucks, and I have an enclosure taking up space in a box somewhere. I could go with that. Barely large enough, but 'twould suffice for now. I'm kinda tempted, frankly. Or I could just burn a bunch of CDs. Trouble is, I can hardly burn a one. The single most useless piece of shiny plastic garbage I've ever spent money I didn't have on is my lovely green-and-ice Que! USB CD-RW drive. The best thing about it is the cute black carrying case it came with. Like I'd want to take it with me somewhere, hah! Maybe it's the fault of the USB card in the 8600, maybe the 8600 sucks, maybe the USB hub has ants in its pants, I don't know, but this concraption has NEVER WORKED the way it should, not even at 2X "speed." The last time I tried to copy a simple music CD, I wasted six blanks. I'm telling you, this thing is evil. And neither Toast nor CharisMac Discribe can give me what I want. I don't know what it is about Discribe, but all it does is beep at me. Beep, beep, beep. People tell me about drag-and-drop CD burning on their G4s and I just wanna puke. You'd think I was using a PC, fergodssakes. All right, I need a new Mac. Well, tough! I also need glasses and another crown. For that matter, I need to pay the rent. This is insane. But I love my 8600. That's crazy too, but so what? You love your wife, don't you? What, you DON'T?! If she can burn a CD, send her on over: I'll tell my sweetie the new girl's part of the Jaguar upgrade and I have to have her to do my work The way things are going, I'll need all the encouragement I can get. For whatever reasons, senior Applelinks editor and columnist John H. Farr happened to remember someone special during the writing of this column. DAMN, I sure do miss Rodney.
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