38 thoughts on “Noted without comment.

  1. I don’ get it. ‘Splain?

    The Mac guy is right out of the commercial; fine. Why is Unix pointing a gun at the audience? Vista is posturing, which makes sense, but what is the relevance of having the posturing done by a gay leatherboy?

    best,

    Joel. Dual-booting Ubuntu and XP at the moment.

    • Macs: Vaguely counterculture and trendy in a non-threatening way.

      UNIX systems: Hardcore and heavy-duty. Fuck with a Unix server when you don’t know what you’re doing and you’re likely to blow your fool head off. Serious muscle, no tolerance for mistakes.

      Vista: Soooo, like, absolutely into its total FABULOUSNESS, man!

      • My thanks for the explanation. Are you likely to be finding yourself on the left side of the country in the foreseeable future, or if I want to feed you do I need to come to your end of the world?

        best,

        Joel

        • Alas, I almost never find myself out on that side of the country any more. I used to head out to California every year for MacWorld, but that isn’t in the budget these days.

  2. I don’ get it. ‘Splain?

    The Mac guy is right out of the commercial; fine. Why is Unix pointing a gun at the audience? Vista is posturing, which makes sense, but what is the relevance of having the posturing done by a gay leatherboy?

    best,

    Joel. Dual-booting Ubuntu and XP at the moment.

  3. Macs: Vaguely counterculture and trendy in a non-threatening way.

    UNIX systems: Hardcore and heavy-duty. Fuck with a Unix server when you don’t know what you’re doing and you’re likely to blow your fool head off. Serious muscle, no tolerance for mistakes.

    Vista: Soooo, like, absolutely into its total FABULOUSNESS, man!

  4. My thanks for the explanation. Are you likely to be finding yourself on the left side of the country in the foreseeable future, or if I want to feed you do I need to come to your end of the world?

    best,

    Joel

    • That’s Hard Gay.

      For those not in the know:
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_gay

      (Male Japanese comedian, not gay – “Dressing in a tight black leather gay fetish outfit, he goes around performing acts of charity (yonaoshi, ā€œsocial improvementā€) for unsuspecting bystanders while performing trademark pelvic thrusts and vocalisations, often accompanied by ā€œLivinā€™ la Vida Locaā€ by Ricky Martin.”)

  5. That’s Hard Gay.

    For those not in the know:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_gay

    (Male Japanese comedian, not gay – “Dressing in a tight black leather gay fetish outfit, he goes around performing acts of charity (yonaoshi, ā€œsocial improvementā€) for unsuspecting bystanders while performing trademark pelvic thrusts and vocalisations, often accompanied by ā€œLivinā€™ la Vida Locaā€ by Ricky Martin.”)

  6. Alas, I almost never find myself out on that side of the country any more. I used to head out to California every year for MacWorld, but that isn’t in the budget these days.

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