Rush Limbaugh Begs Steve Jobs For Bug Fixes

jlgolson writes "Yesterday, Rush Limbaugh complained on his radio program about some problems that he was having with his Mac: 'Mr. Jobs, please help me. I know we don't agree on anything ... But can you put me to somebody that can get this going, because I know it's gotta work for most people. What am I doing wrong?' Eventually he shared that he was running into actual problems with Time Machine and Back to My Mac. Can you fix them?"

moto

'stuff that matters' ???

Re:moto

Actually, it sort of is.

It's news because it's a known issue with Time Machine that now a high profile user is raising. And it's now something that might get fixed.

Whether you like Rush or hate him (I find him amusing), I'm actually quite interested that he not only uses Macs, but has a network of them.

Of course, there will be the standard set of "evil people use Macs?" If someone actually says it in a new way, I may find that entertaining as well.

Re:moto

It'd be kind of nice if instead of the usual "Republicans are evil" flamefest, we could treat this as what it is-- a guy who's genuinely annoyed with a bug he can't get resolution for from Apple.

Be interesting to see how quickly Apple coughs up a fix...

Re:moto

It'd be kind of nice if instead of the usual "Republicans are evil" flamefest...

I'd say, "You're new here, aren't you?" but your slashdot ID is 100k lower than mine.

Re:moto

Get off my lawn you kids!

Argueing about 100K UIDs... whippersnappers.. :P

huh?

Maybe I am somewhat new here, but this place seems to be overrun with Republicans.
Yeah, there's plenty of moderate opinions (known in America as "the left"), but the amount of right-wing posts and moderation here seems a little strange. (election year?)

Re:thanks

No, techies and trekies tend to focus on the problems they think can be solved through the use of science and technology, and call the potential solutions smart, even though they may not necessarily work in the real world.

They also think that they are being quite successful thanks to their wit and they can't see why everybody cannot do the same, and consequently wonder why they should pay for social security. Hence, they lean to the right. Techies are not very good with empathy, usually.

However, when the whole planet catches on and starts threatening their job, they call for government intervention.

Re:moto

Old Joke:

A customer arrives at a car lot for a new car. The salesman steers him toward the top of the line model with all the newest bells and whistles. While they're out on the test drive, the salesman tells the potential buyer that the radio is so advanced, it understands voice commands. To demonstrate, the salesman says "classical", and wouldn't you know it, a classical station is automatically tuned in. He tells the driver to try, and he says "classic rock". Before you can blink, Led Zepplin is pulsing through the speakers. The driver is duly impressed and is about to comment on how cool that is, when some punk kid in a riced out civic cuts him off. The driver yells "ASSHOLE" .... and the radio tunes to Rush Limbaugh .

Re:moto

Older Joke:

Q: What's the difference between Rush Limbaugh and the Hindenburg?

A: One is a flaming Nazi gas bag, the other is a dirigible.

Re:moto

Q: What's the difference between Rush Limbaugh and the Hindenburg?

A: Limbaugh is still high.

Re:moto

iii. He can't make his mind up which numbering system to use for ordered lists. The bastard!

Re:moto

four. ????
00000101. profit

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Re:moto

iii People like him cheerled us into a war where hundreds of thousands died. It would be amusing if politics had no actual consequences (ie it was arguing over what color wallpaper to make government buildings) but in this case I'm too upset to find the humor.

Actually

The only reason Steve Jobs co-founded Apple was so that he could eventually get even with assholes like Rush Limbaugh. These bugs were invented just for him.

Isn't the answer obvious?

Get a PC!

We're doomed.

Oh, lord. A story that brings together the Mac-vs-PC debate and the Conservative-vs-Liberal fight.

It's the Reese's Peanut Butter Cups of Internet flame wars. I predict a global meltdown of the entire Net within a week.

Re:We're doomed.

There's an easy way to prevent it.

HITLER!

Re:We're doomed.

I heard Al Gore uses emacs and Rush Limbaugh uses vi.

Sorry, can't help you

Helping you would be welfare. You want a handout? What do you think this is, soviet Russia? Its leftist pinko commies like him that are ruining America. They want something for nothing, and they want you to pay for it. Well let me tell you about this little thing called the free market. It means if you want something done, you have to pay for it. Its the American Way. And if you don't like it, go live with the commies in China.

Oh what, it isn't supposed to apply to him?

Rush Limbaugh uses a Mac?

Isn't that a bit...metrosexual? For him, I mean?

Re:Update

Now they've got IT people working it out.

"Yes, Mr. Limbaugh, if you just open a terminal right now ... then type rm -rf ~/Library/Mail to initialise the backup... Have you got your Time Machine plugged in? Good, if you'll just open Disk Utility, select that disk, and 'Erase' ... yes, Mr. Limbaugh, it's just to erase space for the new backup... Have you disabled the firewall yet? It needs to backup things from the local network, you know. ... Now open Safari, type in g-o-a-t-s-e-dot-c-x, yes, that's a virus-checking website, it'll make sure there are no gaping holes in your security ... What's that, Mr. Limbaugh? It's found a gaping hole? Oh no! We'll need to cleanse your firewall with FIRE! Get the matches, Mr. Limbaugh! This system must burn!" ...

And so on.

Re:Why does he get a personal forum on Slashdot?

Man you're crazy.

Rush is definitely a hyperpartisan, but he's an opinion man. Most of what he says is just opinion. He's not comparable to Rwandan massacres, and he's probably more accurate than Air America, (I enjoy both, but Rush is a lot more chill, frankly).

Rush is following a high tradition: free speech. Yeah, I disagree with a lot of it, but I wish all hyperpolitical folks did their work with such a sense of humor about them. I certainly don't think he's dangerous. He's been attacked by censors who are linked to powerful political dynasties, and a lot of the "hate radio" label has come from them. They are your enemy, my friend. They wan tto shu Rush up so they gain some miniscule political advantage. Let Rush speak, and feel free to speak against him. That's what democracy looks like.

It's sad that liberals aren't all like me, and willing to let everybody give their best argument. I don't pretend anyone has all the answers, so no one out there can claim to always be right and Rush to always be wrong. Listen to him sometime, an be serious about it. He's full of goading and he's biassed as all hell, but he really isn't that angry.

Re:Fie on Rush

I've listened to his show. Years ago back before he was the poster child for what's wrong with the war on drugs. It wasn't that I dissagreed with his point of view, it was that it was so obviously shallow and completely lacking in anything beyond the moment's sensationalist vocal vomit, that I couldn't stand him. After claiming for years that drug users should be treated harshly, we find that this is just a bunch of hypocrisy, Rush would be the first to condemn the poor to suffer and the first in line for welfare and unemployment if he needed it.

Re:Fie on Rush

I'll do the obligatory "I listen to all forms of political commentary" cuz I do. I'm an avowed moderate. That being said, I listened to a lot of Limbaugh. He offended me often especially when making fun of the homeless and such. I think he has some price to pay in the afterlife for that. All of that being said, I found his detailed commentary and explanations of congressional votes very interesting. I must admit that, at times, he would show a cspan clip of a vote and explain, in layman's terms, what was happening. Amazingly, he had the ability to take boring, monotone events such as this and bring them to life. I would then go google the event and learn more.

Bottomeline: there's a bit more to him than meets the eye. Yes, he's a zealot, offensive, etc., but he is not useless. Everyone has something to offer, and we must glean what we can from all people in our lives whether we meet them in person, watch them on tv or listen to on the radio, or even read their thoughts from a book. Even Hamlet found Claudius intriguing at times.

Nietzsche had to look into the abyss to discover it looked back....

Re:Fie on Rush

Rush actually HAS a disability, which got hidden in his ADMITTED drug addiction. He's deaf (or was, before some implants) through complications. He didn't make a big deal of it until one day on radio he admitted it to his audience and went and got help. Hasn't spoken all that much more about it.