[Tfug] 2 weeks of Hackintosh fun..

Robert Hunter hunter at tfug.org
Mon Nov 10 04:29:42 MST 2008


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On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 02:57:32AM -0700, Bowie J. Poag wrote:
> Actually, no, because there is no way of unintentionally rendering an OS  
> X box unusable in 5 seconds.

Hmm, how about:

1) Dropping it off the top of Gould-Simpson?

or

2) This nice cup of coffee down the keyboard?  *bbzzzzzztztzt*  Hey
look, 4 seconds to spare! ;-)


> The desktop is built like a tank, and doesn't puke on itself while
> carrying out simple configure/reconfigure tasks. You have to go
> hunting for trouble in OS X to cause it, and even that comes with
> safeguards.

Oh, no fair -- now you are qualifying the destruction of your laptop!
I much prefer the "no holds barred", and "let's reduce the entire
spectrum of possibilities to a single sweeping generalization"
approach to things.

Humor aside, I must confess a certain amount of interest in this nutty
thread.  The provocative nature of the original post seems to have
inspired a number of intelligent and thoughtful responses.  Thanks,
Bowie. ;-)

- -RH
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