Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!CALA-MUZIK!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!news-gw1.ocn.ad.jp!news-gw2.ocn.ad.jp!nd-os001.ocn.ad.jp!dojima-n0.hi-ho.ne.jp!not-for-mail From: Ernest Schaal Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Alternatives to the iPod? Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 15:38:04 +0900 Organization: hi-ho Internet. Lines: 50 Message-ID: References: <42954852$1_1@spool9-west.superfeed.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: gif3-p112.flets.hi-ho.ne.jp Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dojima-n0.hi-ho.ne.jp 1117175895 25139 219.126.220.112 (27 May 2005 06:38:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: dojima-n0.hi-ho.ne.jp NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 06:38:14 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.1.0.040913 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:27555 in article d76ccj$7iu$1@nnrp.gol.com, B Robson at luvrethecat@hinet.com wrote on 5/27/05 2:49 PM: > GOT IT! R-O-C-K in the U-S-A. You are a classic rock type aren't you. No, but you will keep guessing until you get it right, although that will probably take you a century or two. My goodness, you are stupid. > No. I am familar with the cute little under powered over priced > Mini-Mac. Why anyone would want a machine that is even lower powered > than a normal Mac is beyond me. My advice is buy a Mac T-shirt. > > If you think all that software is worth $300 then, well you'd probably > buy a Mac, but then don't bother telling me that Mac OS is cheaper than > Windows. Let me see, Windows XP Professional is $299, and it isn't as good as the Mac OS. > >> "Theoretically possible"? Build it myself? > > Get a friend who knows about computers to help you. Power PCs are not > some sort of rocket science. Mac is just an OS and a "cool" logo. In > fact it isn't even an OS, it's just animation for Linux micorkernel. My comment was that I should build it myself to save a few bucks, like you are so poor you can't buy it assembled? >> The more you continue in this vein, the stupider you look. > > You don't facts creeping into your cosy Mac world. No, you don't teach English conversation, not with that bad grammar. >> Mental slob? > > I prefer "alcoholic". > >> No, I think you aspire to flip burgers or teach at Nova Kids. B-) > > I'd prefer to flip kids at Nova. Flip kid? Are you some type of pedophile or something? Do you blame it on your alcoholism?