Leo’s Lost It
You know, I can understand Leo being disappointed at my dropping out of his powerbook acquisition scheme but I didn’t expect him to get nasty:
Also, I know need to find a way to stick it to Adrian. There’s but one way: I need the 17″ model now (he got a 15″).
I think someone’s compensating for something. The fact that my first comment to my housemate (who owns a 12″ powerbook) was “this should put an end to your computing supremacy” not withstanding.
Of course I think Leo’s desperation is getting in the way of his logic now:
Anyway, here’s the new scheme: apple should give it to me. C’mon Steve, show you’re serious about open source and supporting young scientific, ahum, talent. Do throw in an XServe while you’re at it. Imagine the, ehm, enormous positive publicity you’ll get from having my popular — really! — weblog hosted on an xserve and updated (wirelessly because I’m sitting out in the sun on our wireless campus) with a fancy powerbook.
Really Leo, that’s stretching it a bit. The powerbook screen is a bit hard to see in full sun - you really should ask for an Apple umbrella too. Oh and a few beautiful women gently fanning you and feeding you grapes would improve productivity no end - obviously increasing the amount of publicity you generate for Apple.
April 9th, 2004 at 6:23 pm
“getting in the way of his logic (…) Really Leo, that’s stretching it a bit.”
Of course not. I mean, c’mon, Bill Gates predicted that hardware will be free. Darwin is already free. Apple is always one of the first companies putting great new ideas into practice (ie, firewire, iTunes). Am I the only one to put 2 and 2 together?
As to beautiful women…I had this idea that sitting outside in the sun with my powerbook would compel them to gently fan me (and the powerbook). Not to mention all the girls obsessed with me because my weblog got so popular because it runs on an XServe. So Steve won’t need to send those over.
And no-one said full sun. The Netherlands has like 3 days of full sun a year.
Oh, I can already imagine the envy on your face when Steve’s package arrives….you’d wish you never dropped out of my scheme!
April 9th, 2004 at 7:32 pm
I had meant the full sun was a gap in the logic, but seeing as you’re in the Netherlands that pretty much nullifies that concern. I’m in Australia - full sun is very common and not a good place to be. Particularly when you’ve got fair skin, red hair and freckles like I do.
As for Steve’s package, if it contained an extra stick or two of RAM…… :)