[FRIAM] Oh Apple…

2012-06-30 Thread Robert Holmes
I've never been a full-on Apple fanboi per se, but I have enjoyed my iMacs
and my MacBook Pros since I abandoned Windows half a decade ago. But now
Apple are starting to seriously piss me off.

   - They've completely lost the
plothttp://gizmodo.com/5849940/ugh-god-why-apple-is-making-everything-look-like-an-ugly-wild-weston
GUI design
   - They tried their
damnedesthttp://techcrunch.com/2012/05/30/sean-parker-apple-tried-to-keep-spotify-out-of-the-us/to
keep my favorite music service out of the US
   - And now they've got an
injunctionhttp://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-apple-samsung-galaxy-nexus-20120629,0,5421074.storyagainst
my phone.

They're turning into the incompetents and corporate bullies that their old
think different ads railed against. Time for a boycott. So, Doug, can I
run Lightroom 4 on Linux?

—R

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Re: [FRIAM] Oh Apple…

2012-06-30 Thread Douglas Roberts
In  a VM:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty7h4isxorw

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Robert Holmes rob...@robertholmes.orgwrote:

 I've never been a full-on Apple fanboi per se, but I have enjoyed my iMacs
 and my MacBook Pros since I abandoned Windows half a decade ago. But now
 Apple are starting to seriously piss me off.

- They've completely lost the 
 plothttp://gizmodo.com/5849940/ugh-god-why-apple-is-making-everything-look-like-an-ugly-wild-weston
  GUI design
- They tried their 
 damnedesthttp://techcrunch.com/2012/05/30/sean-parker-apple-tried-to-keep-spotify-out-of-the-us/to
  keep my favorite music service out of the US
- And now they've got an 
 injunctionhttp://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-apple-samsung-galaxy-nexus-20120629,0,5421074.storyagainst
  my phone.

 They're turning into the incompetents and corporate bullies that their old
 think different ads railed against. Time for a boycott. So, Doug, can I
 run Lightroom 4 on Linux?

 —R

 
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[FRIAM] sorta xkcd-ish: Pi backwards is Pie

2012-06-30 Thread Owen Densmore
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