[drwh0]

yes, i get particularly pissed by so-called counter-culture hipsters pissing all over the unwashed masses yet slavishly dedicated to the hypocrisy of crass consumerism when they think its "cool". the appletards go miles beyond any shopping-zombie i can think of in their pursuit of buying shit. and yes, it is shit. its stunning that there are morons buying the new macbooks for $2k!!!...i mean, you have to be braindead.

but the icing on the cake was when i bought the 3rd gen ipod nano. previous ipods were recognized by linux and various tools. but oh no, steve had to encrypt the firmware, thus pointlessly complicating what should be a trivial task - mounting a usb device. WHY???? what do you FUCKING CARE steve that i am trying to plug this into a linux box??? is it a problem that i don't buy into your end-end slavery? i replaced it with a cowon...at least they aren't going out of their way to fuck over users who don't goose-step a certain way

[bretthoerner]

You can get the kernel source and much more here: http://developer.apple.com/opensource/index.html

> its stunning that there are morons buying the new macbooks for $2k!!!...i mean, you have to be braindead.

Do you have a car? By your logic - if you drive anything above a Geo Metro you must be braindead. If you don't, do you pay for the bus? You could walk - you must be braindead. Do everything yourself, pay for nothing! Don't put money into making yourself happy with the things you use most of your waking life! What a weakling!

[nickd]

You seem pretty upset about this stuff. I think you're over generalizing about Apple users. Everybody buys things for different reasons.

[drwh0]

i also vent on the other hypocrites who piss on people for buying bottled water yet are sure to lease a new mercedes every nine months