<html><head></head><body>I'm nothing if not off-topic :-)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On June 12, 2021 12:09:50 PM EDT, neal@mnopltd.com wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">Well, Well... THAT sure veered off topic right quickly...<br><br><br>On 2021-06-12 10:57, Jim Kinney wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;">MAC:<br>Master<br>Access<br>Control<br><br>The glassy-eyed legions of Jobsians that converged on the Mac store<br>eager to buy the latest upgrade were not unlike cicadas emerging on<br>schedule for the mandatory mating ritual of exchanging their time at<br>work for shinier keyboards and screens having fallen into discontent<br>with last years version now spoiled with only their fingerprints and<br>quickly forgotten love on command and schedule.<br><br>On June 12, 2021 10:26:29 AM EDT, Neal Rhodes via Ale <ale@ale.org><br>wrote:<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; padding-left: 1ex;">Sorry, I learned a LONNNNNNNNNNNG time ago not to argue with people<br>about religion. As Jason Isbell says, "might just as well teach a<br>dog a<br>new card trick".<br><br>On 2021-06-12 02:20, Steve Litt via Ale wrote:<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;">As far as the MAC guys, tell them you don't like having to send<br>your<br>computer back to the manufacturer for 6 weeks when its battery<br>goes<br>bad. :-)<br><br>SteveT<br><br>Steve Litt<br>Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the<br>Successful<br>Technologist <a href="http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques">http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques</a><hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></blockquote><hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></blockquote><br>--<br>Computers amplify human error<br>Super computers are really cool<br></blockquote></pre></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Computers amplify human error<br>Super computers are really cool</body></html>