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Apple releases speed- and CPU-bumped G5s
Authored by: sebastienb on Apr 01, '04 12:37:35PM

I can see this site is just as useless as MacSlash, MacRumors, Slashdot and just about every site on the internet on April 1st.

Why the HELL do you people waste so much internet bandwidth? If I want a good laugh, I'll just go to a site designed for that. When I want industry news, I guess I won't be looking at MacosXhints anymore, since it's proven itself useless.

I don't count on me buying a book anymore...



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Apple releases speed- and CPU-bumped G5s
Authored by: robg on Apr 01, '04 12:39:27PM
Sheez. I publish 2,000 hints a year, and on one day, I choose to run one hint (out of seven that ran today) that's off-topic and humorous. For that, you leave? Macslash has nearly 100% false stories, Slashdot has a whole page of them, as do many other sites around the web. Ah well, can't please everyone all the time.

Why did I do it? Because I work very hard on the site and site support 364 days a year. As such, if I choose to do something a little off-kilter once and a while, I have no qualms at all about doing so. Similarly, if it irks you that much, then you're free to leave, as you've chosen to do.

Life's too short to try to please everyone 100% of the time, so I'll just do my best to continue to provide the best OS X resource on the web, even if one day a year there might be one article that's a bit dubious in nature. Seems a shame you're giving up on 1,999 good hints for one prank hint, but as noted, that's clearly a choice you can make.

Goodbye, and sorry to see you go, but I won't be changing my ways because of it.

-rob.

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Apple releases speed- and CPU-bumped G5s
Authored by: Beernd on Apr 01, '04 12:55:15PM

Well spoken, Rob! Incredible how you always manage to answer nonsense complaints like this with enormous dignity and politeness. Thanks!
BTW I thought it was a nice april's joke!

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"Perhaps nothing is quite true, and not even that!"
Multatuli, Ideen 1



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Apple releases speed- and CPU-bumped G5s
Authored by: inmanjm on Apr 02, '04 02:17:23PM

You know, I just looked at last years April Fools' Post and guess what? sebastianb posted almost the exact same comment then, too.

Is he really concerned about bandwidth conservation?

Electron-hugger!



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Apple releases speed- and CPU-bumped G5s
Authored by: robg on Apr 01, '04 12:54:27PM
And for the record, macosxhints should never be considered a source of industry news. It's not what we do here. We provide OS X Hints all the time, except for one story on April 1st of each year, and only that for this year and last year. Two hints out of 5,441, and you're outta here ... oh well.

-rob.

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Apple releases speed- and CPU-bumped G5s
Authored by: gaska on Apr 01, '04 12:59:44PM

Why the HELL are your freaking out over ONE article? What a maroon.



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Apple releases speed- and CPU-bumped G5s
Authored by: ianpagano on Apr 01, '04 01:16:14PM

This guy might have a saving grace if his comment is an April Fool. It's just too ridiculous to be believed.



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Apple releases speed- and CPU-bumped G5s
Authored by: robg on Apr 01, '04 01:17:49PM

I certainly considered that possibility before replying, and if he comes back and says "Gotcha!" then I'll have a good laugh at his joke (which gives him a nice easy out, too, if he wants to take it!). After all, that's the point of the day, right? Get taken in by something, laugh about it afterwards :).

-rob.



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Apple releases speed- and CPU-bumped G5s
Authored by: ianpagano on Apr 01, '04 01:25:47PM

That's for sure. Laughter is the key. :-)



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Apple releases speed- and CPU-bumped G5s
Authored by: ejurney on Apr 01, '04 01:38:40PM

sebastienb: this is hilarious -- the funniest in the thread!!



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Apple releases speed- and CPU-bumped G5s
Authored by: robg on Apr 01, '04 01:42:08PM
Based on his reply to another hint, I unfortunately think he's serious...

-rob.

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Apple releases speed- and CPU-bumped G5s
Authored by: ejurney on Apr 03, '04 05:13:02PM

good thing I wasn't ;)



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Apple releases speed- and CPU-bumped G5s
Authored by: wwelsh39 on Apr 01, '04 03:15:00PM

His loss!! It got me initially. I was delighted that Apple was announcing a new machine IN ADVANCE for a change. Oh well, one can always hope!!! And I did enjoy the joke!



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Apple releases speed- and CPU-bumped G5s
Authored by: Felix on Apr 01, '04 05:43:03PM

Please, please sebastienb don't let the door hit you on your backside on your way out.

The hints you've contributed while you were with us were so valuable that I just don't know how I'm going to make do without more of them.

But I suppose I'll find a way to struggle by.



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Apple releases speed- and CPU-bumped G5s
Authored by: phlavor on Apr 01, '04 05:51:34PM

THIS is the guy I want to party with. Let's all chip in and buy him a sense of humor.



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Apple releases speed- and CPU-bumped G5s
Authored by: jamiefiedler on Apr 04, '04 06:09:54PM

wow. winner.



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