The Mac User

[FireBlade]

http://www.thehoucks.com/happynowhere/Apple_Switch_Parody_DivX.avi

It's a 3.18 meg DivX file.

 

[Shawn]

Classic... I shall keep hold of that for future use.

[Rene]

Wow! I didn't know you could have all those problems with a Mac.  I thought they were perfect.  Just ask any Mac user.  

[Shawn]

I tried to send this to some friends of mine who swear by macs, but they couldn't view it!!  Imagine that.  Big surprise there!  

Macs suck!

[Joel]

They couldn't view it because it's encoded with a Windows-only codec. Another example of Microsoft's anti-competitive, monopolistic practices. Sad thing is, most Windows users don't even realize what's going on.



Patches Released in 2003
from www.microsoft.com
October

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      MS03-041 to 045: Security Updates for Microsoft® Windows® (823182, 826232, 828035, 825119, 824141)
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      MS03-040: Security Update for Microsoft Internet Explorer (828750)

September

    *

      MS03-039: Security Update for Windows (824146)
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      MS03-038: Security Update for Microsoft Access and Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer
    *

      MS03-037: Security Update for Microsoft Visual Basic® for Applications (822715)
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      MS03-036: Security Update for Microsoft Office
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      MS03-035: Security Update for Microsoft Word
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      MS03-034: Security Update for Windows

August

    *

      MS03-033: Security Update for Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC)
    *

      MS03-032: Security Update for Internet Explorer
    *

      MS03-030: Security Update for Microsoft DirectX® (originally released July 23, 2003)
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      MS03-029: Security Update for Windows (originally released July 23, 2003)

July

    *

      MS03-031: Security Update for Microsoft SQL Server™
    *

      MS03-028: Security Update for Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000 (ISA Server)
    *

      MS03-027: Security Update for Windows
    *

      MS03-026: Security Update for Windows
    *

      MS03-025: Security Update for Windows
    *

      MS03-024: Security Update for Windows
    *

      MS03-023: Security Update for Windows

June

    *

      MS03-022: Security Update for Windows
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      MS03-021: Security Update for Microsoft Windows Media® Player
    *

      MS03-020: Security Update for Internet Explorer

May

    *

      MS03-019: Security Update for Windows
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      MS03-018: Security Update for Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
    *

      MS03-013: Security Update for Windows (originally released on April 16, 2003)
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      MS03-007: Security Update for Windows (originally released on March 17, 2003)
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      MS03-017: Security Update for Windows Media Player

April

    *

      MS03-016: Security Update for Microsoft BizTalk® Server
    *

      MS03-015: Security Update for Internet Explorer
    *

      MS03-014: Security Update for Microsoft Outlook® Express
    *

      MS03-012: Security Update for Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0 and ISA Server
    *

      MS03-011: Security Update for Microsoft Virtual Machine

March

    *

      MS03-010: Security Update for Windows
    *

      MS03-009: Security Update for ISA Server
    *

      MS03-008: Security Update for Windows

February

    *

      MS03-006: Security Update for Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me)
    *

      MS03-004: Security Update for Internet Explorer (originally released on February 5, 2003)
    *

      MS03-005: Security Update for Windows XP

January

    *

      MS03-003: Security Update for Outlook
    *

      MS03-002: Security Update for Microsoft Content Management Server
    *

      MS03-001: Security Update for Windows
    *

      MS02-070: Security Update for Windows (originally released on December 11, 2002)

Windows sucks more.

 

[Grrrl]

HAHAHAAA!!!

TECH WARS!  

Grrrl is stayin OUT of this one....  

[FireBlade]

They couldn't view it because it's encoded with a Windows-only codec. Another example of Microsoft's anti-competitive, monopolistic practices. Sad thing is, most Windows users don't even realize what's going on.

Oh, the woes of the romantic Mac user.  DivX codec has absolutely nothing to do with Micro$oft.  And it's available for Mac.  I always laugh when the Mac user goes into defensive mode and brings up the security patch issue.  If you were a would be hacker, would you target an OS that effects ~3% of computer users?

[Shawn]

ahh... but if you were running a PC DivX would have already been included on the OS.  So, with PCs it's not necessary to know what's going on.. which would account for why it's 97% more successful than a mac.  Sure they're better for audio editing and video production, hands down.. but for a personal system, there is WAY more available for a PC... no contest!

[FireBlade]

ahh... but if you were running a PC DivX would have already been included on the OS.  So, with PCs it's not necessary to know what's going on.. which would account for why it's 97% more successful than a mac.  Sure they're better for audio editing and video production, hands down.. but for a personal system, there is WAY more available for a PC... no contest!

Right on Shawn-a-thon!

[moondog]

but for a personal system, there is WAY more available for a PC... no contest!

And when the day comes when "more" equals "better" you'll have an arguement!  

U can have 15 digital editing programs for the PEE CEE but they ALL pale in comparison to Final Cut. Yes, even AvidDV Express.

[Shawn]

Ahhhh but as I said, Macs are indeed better for audio / video editing. My claim is that the PC is better if you want a more enhanced personal computing experience.  If you do, then more does = better.  However, that being said, Macs have taken a very important step forward with OSX being linux based.  This will open up the macintosh systems to all the freeware apps that people in the linux community are developing, and that's pretty cool.

[FireBlade]

[OldRUSHfan]

OS X is UNIX based......The Macintosh was unleashed on the world in 1984.....no command line shit with underlying DOS bullshit.....you didn't have to be a programmer to know how to run the damned machine. 99% of the world were NOT programmers at that time......(it's still like 95% even now.) An easily navigated GUI made the make 100 times more user friendly than ANY IBM clone. I believe Windows XP is the first 'stand alone' OS for IBM clones EVER?  Way to go Bill....give 'em the same kind of (though inferior to) OS Mac has had SINCE IT WAS INTRODUCED.  As for the 5% of the market that are Mac users, that is growing steadily since the intro of  OS X...now you can have command line if you want, if your not a programmer, you still have the most user friendly GUI on the PLANET.....if you still insist more is better...what would have happened if Mac had had better promotion back in the 80's?  It could very well be THE IBM clone generation sitting out there in 5% land.  Once again, more does NOT equal better.  They need to do those 'taste test' type things with actual people on the street like they used to with Coke and Pepsi......