Matt Groening a Mac User?

It seems all computers in Futurama thus far have been MacOS or Apple and not Windows. First, the judges on the robot world resembled old Apple IIGs'. And now last night Bender's screen he clicked to become a nurse was obviously Mac and so was Leela's screen to get her email. You'd think by the year 3000 all Mac Users would finally realize how much better Bill Gates' OS is compared to a Mac's. I guess not. :)

Scott Henrichs wrote:

They were probably incinerated during the second coming of Jesus. I'd bet he was mighty peeved at them constantly proclaiming their *snicker* "computers" to be better than him.

On Mon, 20 Mar 2000 15:15:42 -0600, [email] wrote:

Well, I forget the episode, but there was a scene where one of the robots crashed, and the advice from the others were things like "Jiggle the cord" and "Hit CTRL ALT DEL!!", which, of course, is a PC specific reference. But I believe that in an interview of Matt Groening for Futurama, he did say that he was a Mac fan...

I think it was Wired prior to Futurama's premiere. Something about Apple not paying enough for the use of Homer in their ads. Instead Intel got him. It would of been a no brainer if Matt had control of The Simpson's licensing, or something like that.

Get off your righteous Mac-rules-all stool you donkey raping pisshead

The longer you keep pointing fingers at everybody else saying we did this first the more and more everyone's going to think your a jackass.

iMac raping sonuvabitch

On Mon, 20 Mar 2000 12:32:30 -0600, Scott Henrichs wrote:

Are you saying *I* am a Mac user????? HAHAHA read what I said, dickhead.

"You'd think by the year 3000 all Mac Users would finally realize how much BETTER Bill Gates' OS is compared to a Mac's."

xHost wrote:

Who knows? By y3k, windows might catch up to mac'85.

[email] wrote:

I heard MacOs is Y25K compliant. That's good til Dune's time, right?

Harvey Lee wrote in message news:[email]...

They don't use AI in Dune's time.

So what'll it be, Spice '100?

I've seen a Macintosh Lisa once.
I've written software for countless operating systems and personal
computers,
and I have to say, without a doubt, that Windows (in any flavor) has the
most bugs, and is the most sloppily put together piece of junk I've ever
seen.
And, I use it at home for games/Internet access, and at  work because they
pay me lots of money.
I've used BeOS, briefly.  I even know the origin of the name.
I've used QNX for over a decade.
I've used Unix, and derivations of it since 1983, including Unix 5 Release
IV, BSD Unix, UniFlex, XENIX, and Linux.
I've worked on:
   Atari 400/800/1200/800XL/1200XE,
   Commodore 64,
   TI 99/4A,
   TRS-80 Model I, Model III, and Color Computer,
   Apple  ][+, Apple ][e,
   HP 3000, HP 9000,
   Honeywell Bull,
   AT&T 3B2/100,
   RS-6000,
   PDP 11/24, 11/44,
   Perkin-Elmer 3220,
   IBM PC, XT, AT: 8086, 186, 286, 386,  486, Pentium I, II, III,
   Compaq "Luggable" (circa 1983),
   Altos,
   Heath/Zenith,
   SGI (Skywriter, as well as 3 smaller machines networked together for
flight simulators),
   and more that I can't even remember.

I'll say it again: None of them can compare to Windows for sheer unreliability and catastrophic bugs. So, why do I use it? Because everyone else does. Because it pays the bills. Just because. Is it right? Is it good? Is it smart? Does Bill Gates deserve a pie in the face? I really can't answer with a "Yes" or "No." At least, not for everyone. Not for me, all of the time. I can say this: Who cares? Use whatever tool(s) you want. Computers are just tools. Okay, not many people stay up all night playing games with their hammers (ToolTime Tim notwithstanding), but that's not the point. I don't care if they used hammers and chisels to make Futurama, as long as the process works. So, don't feel bad if you have a cute purple iWhack (see http://www.userfriendly.org comic strip archive). Don't feel threatened when the 10-year-old kid next door has a 600 MHz Quake III Death Machine. Don't be embarrassed (that's only one word, Bill C.) about your 15-inch monitor and 32MB of CPU RAM. On the flip side: Don't lord it over your neighbors that you can rebuild a Unix kernel blindfolded with both hands behind your back, typing only with your nose. We're all in The Big Blue Room (see out the window) together. Can't we all just get along?

NO!
Ow!
#$^#amp;^#^&&&&@@
D____ video cameras!

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I've you can read this, you're too damn patient, or have WAAAAY too much time (or something) on your hands!

This is Rick C., creator of "Danger Dave", signing off. (As soon as I learn sign language)

Scott Henrichs wrote in message ...

Please, please don't mention that comic here. I think the people here have a right not to be subjected to the sheer horror of it.

It's madness. Madness, I say.

grosse wrote in message ...

On a grand scale, to be sure! Be sure to go back to the archives and start with Day 1 (Nov 17, 1997), and do not stop reading until you come up to the latest strip. This process will tke 2-3 days, and is known as the "User Friendly Productivity Virus." For all of those who have no clue, "User Friendly" is an online comic strip about a group of people (and other critters) who work at an Internet Service Provider in Canada. It is a very geek-oriented strip, with many references to Quake, Linux, and the like.

If you value your sanity, do not do what this man says. One can be too easily sucked into the black hole of poorly-drawn Quake references. This virus claimed my grandmother and everyone she knew. By the end, she was but a shell of her former self--spouting on about how UF was the greatest strip ever made, and how Charles Schulz should take drawing lessons from this "Illiad" guy. It wasn't pretty.

We finally had to call in Dr. K.

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In article , "RickC" wrote:

Well I liked User Friendly, not as much as Futurama. Or to compare it to something more in its genre not nearly as much as Penny-Arcade at http://www.penny-arcade.com/ which just seemed to be perfect for me. Might be a age gap thing though.

On Mon, 20 Mar 2000 12:32:30 -0600, Scott Henrichs wrote:

Where you been, Scott? The entire television industry are using Macs.

Eh, movies, too, and the magazines. And you know what else? Special Effects.

This is not entirely accurate.

Most studios incorporate a wide range of hardware. In fact, the company I do work for just opted for NT workstations over SGI's. Not a Mac in sight.