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When Mac Freaks Congregate 245

Posted by timothy from the tasteless-tasteless-tasteless dept.
abhikhurana writes "Wired.com has an interesting story about a recent get-together of Mac Freaks in Amsterdam. Apparently to pass the time, they amused themselves by tossing Windows PCs, making Mac porn and holding a look-alike competition to find the best Ellen Feiss look-alike, the teenage star of one of Apple's new 'Switch' commercials. I especially enjoyed Mac porn, but hey, if you are under 18, don't click the above link ;-)."
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  • funny (Score:1, Funny)

    by standsolid ( 619377 )
    sleazy is a good website. lol, i needed a laugh. but afterseeng those hot macs, I got boyjuice all over my keys.
  • wanna touch my 3.5" floppy?

  • Take with grain of salt, people (Score:5, Funny)

    by Tokerat ( 150341 ) on Saturday October 26, 2002 @01:00PM (#4537376) Journal

    ...the Mac guys KNOW there are lots of drugs in Amsterdam :-D

  • Aack! (Score:4, Funny)

    by Space Coyote ( 413320 ) on Saturday October 26, 2002 @01:00PM (#4537382) Homepage
    You should have also warned about the Ellen Feiss lookalike contest being mostly guys. Scary scary stuff.

    • Re:Aack! (Score:1, Funny)

      by AtariEric ( 571910 )
      Oh, man, thanks for the warning!
      Crossdressing should be left to professionals, like RuPaul, or J. Edgar Hoover...

  • Fools.... (Score:4, Insightful)

    by ElGuapoGolf ( 600734 ) on Saturday October 26, 2002 @01:02PM (#4537390) Homepage
    They could be installing Linux on those Windows PCs.

    Not to mention that we shouldn't really be tossing PC's around for the sake of tossing PC's around just because they run windows until everyone has a computer. Lots of people can't afford even cheap 8 year old ebay systems. Assuming those systems being tossed worked.
    • Well, I suppose its true about not wasting PCs, but lets be real, they tossed about 10, major companies regularly discard them by the hundreds. Infact, this is probably where they got them from, so they would have ended up in a third world country being stripped of connector gold anyhow.
      But ofcourse, they could have made a decent Linux server cluster from those machines, presuming they work :)

    • Re:Fools.... (Score:2, Insightful)

      by orcaaa ( 573643 )
      You couldn't be more correct. If they want to show disrespect to Windows then buy Windows CDs(boxes et all) and then toss 'em around in the mud. The PC can run a wide range of operating systems like Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, BeOs etc etc. Showing disrespect to the PC for the OS it can run is showing disrespect to all the OSs. Be Warned Macfreaks, windoze users might not take offense to this, but linux(and other Non M$ OSs) users do.
      • Be Warned Macfreaks, windoze users might not take offense to this, but linux(and other Non M$ OSs) users do.

        Jeez. Who's the freak? =P

        If you tossed an old Performa or something around I couldn't possibly care less. I've got a really old Mac from the clone era being used by my mom for some simple word processing. Once it goes kaput, I'm going to take off the plastic case and skid it down my (long, sloping) driveway to see the pretty sparks. =)

        dalamcd

    • Re:Fools.... (Score:1, Informative)

      by Anonymous Coward
      If you look, you will notice that none of the cases have any components in them. They are just bare PC cases with handles for throwing.
    • You're calling the Mac guys fools?

      I'll refer you to my .sig, punk

      -- james

    • The Bigger Fool: You (Score:2, Interesting)

      by tres ( 151637 )
      You assume that people who can't afford an 8 year old ebay system would actually derive some kind of utility from them.

      Bullshit, I says; 3 reasons:

      1. People don't need computers. People need food, water, shelter and family.

      2. Try to run Mandrake 9 or Red Hat 8 on these systems--it just won't work. Try to run an older distribution on them, people just won't know how to use the computer.

      3. You need to organize some way of getting these computers to the people who need them instead of making some grandstand bullshit critique of other people. I'm sure if it came down to donating the computer or using it for a punching-bag, there would be no question where the computer would go. But you aren't organizing, are you?
      Ultimately, things like this can raise money for people to use in more meaningful ways, like a fundraiser to buy food for a family. But to say that the computers themselves have an implicit value is complete bullshit.

      Average people need solutions to their problems, not more problems to deal with. They don't need to spend months learning how to use their computer before they can use it. They don't need to deal with headache upon headache trying to get their computer to run right.

      This "Let them eat computers" pseudo-liberal bullshit doesn't do anyone any good. Unless you're willing to give up a couple of years of your life to teach these people how to run Red Hat 5, OpenBSD, or Debian Linux, these old computers aren't going to do them any good.

      I mean, really--do you really expect people to derive some kind of monetary income from having one of these machines? Do you really think that it's going to liberate them, or bring them something they need? If they want to compile any of the major software products for Linux, they'll be waiting days.

      I don't mean to flame here, if you're working on a way for these computers to be useful (other than as terminal servers) then great, I'll eat every word here.

      Your argument reminds me a lot of my mother telling me, "Eat all the brussel sprouts on your plate, for people in Africa are starving."

      To which I says, "well send them to Africa."

  • I like Macs, but... (Score:1, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Coward
    I'm a recent Switcher who's been a PC user for a long time. Love OSX/FreeBSD and just sold my last PC, but I gotta tell ya, MAC FANS FREAK ME OUT! Once road a CalTrains after a MacWorld SF show and the people chanting Mac slogans was freakin' scary. A Mac Porn site? What's next?
  • Taking lead from the mac porn site, I experimented with my girlfriend.

    I am having conflicts between Lad's Night Out 2.6 and Girlfriend Sex 1.0.

    Do you think if I trash Girlfriend 1.0 and get an updated version I'll have more luck?
  • Does anyone else notice that the Mac Porn site is the currently most bogged? Hmmmmmm.......

  • Thanks a lot (Score:5, Funny)

    by scott1853 ( 194884 ) on Saturday October 26, 2002 @01:08PM (#4537429)
    Any guesses on whether it was the Ellen Feiss link or the Porn link that got macfreaks.org /.ed?

  • MacPr0n... (Score:4, Funny)

    by boa13 ( 548222 ) on Saturday October 26, 2002 @01:10PM (#4537437) Homepage Journal
    Slashdotted instantly. Damn.
  • Hey, is there a copy of this Ellen Feiss video in DivX? I've heard the jokes, seen the fansites, and now want to see what caused all the fuss in the first place.

    But I don't have, and don't intend to get QuickTime, crossover or not. The Two Towers trailor played better in the DivX version I found anyway, so is there a divx of this advert anywhere? Does a QT Pro owner care to convert it?

    • You don't need Quicktime Pro, do these steps and roll your own conversion:

      1. Install Quicktime 4 (from PC game CD's or elsewhere)
      2. Install TMPGEnc mpeg encoder somewhere and get the QTReader.vfp plug-in for TMPGEnc.
      3. Open the file and press convert.
      4. You now have an MPEG-1 stream of the video, if you want DivX, get FlasKMPEG and convert to DIVX. You shouldn't need a big bitrate because there is little motion in the clip.

  • From What I Can See (Score:3, Interesting)

    by Hott of the World ( 537284 ) on Saturday October 26, 2002 @01:13PM (#4537456) Homepage Journal
    They are throwing PC cases , and I didn't see anything inside. Of course, They could have already thrown them a few times, so maybe there were mobos inside, but the ones I saw were just cases. Old cases are pretty fun to throw around actually, and can make good weapons in a pinch!

    So take it from me, use your computer to fight crime in Amsterdam!

    Now to hit preview to se

  • Ellen Feiss (Score:5, Funny)

    by boo__yeah ( 580069 ) <magus_slayer.yahoo@com> on Saturday October 26, 2002 @01:14PM (#4537460) Homepage Journal
    Well I sucked real hard on my iBong, and it was like, puff puff puff puff puff, and like, half of my stash was gone. Bummer.

    I had to cram it into my cheek when the police pulled me over. And it wasn't as good.
  • no G4s?

    and its so easy to open them up.

  • need a smoke? [macfreak.org]

    dont we all

  • Macporn ? (Score:3, Funny)

    by vlad_petric ( 94134 ) on Saturday October 26, 2002 @01:34PM (#4537551) Homepage
    I especially enjoyed Mac porn, but hey, if you are under 18, don't click the above link ;-)."

    I'm pretty sure the authors of Mac porn never ever had sex, therefore have no idea what porn means (and they also have a very bizare sense of humor, which also contributes to their solitude). The material is so "safe" that I would even show it to a 5-year old.

    The Raven

  • I went to the switch site & saw nothing. I tried to download the Quicktime applet and one wasn't offered for Linux.

    So, Apple must not want us linux users to switch.

  • So, Who is Ellen Feiss? (Score:5, Informative)

    by MullerMn ( 526350 ) <andy&andrewarbon,co,uk> on Saturday October 26, 2002 @01:37PM (#4537563) Homepage
    For anyone who like me hasn't seen any of these switch adverts and can't view the .mov's that Apple provide, here is a link to a page that has links to the Ellen Feiss commercial as an mpg [ws.obit.nl].

    HTH ;)
    --
    Andy
  • doesn't pc mean personal computer?

    that should mean that if you can switch from a "pc" to a mac at home, then the mac must be a personal computer.

    of course they decide to say pc insted of x86 because most people don't know what that means . . .

  • Windows people are sheeplike.
    Linux people are unsociable and scruffy.
    Mac people are just plain creepy.
  • Alrighty then... on this Lookalike [macfreak.org] wesite, you've got Macheads trying to look like Ellen Feiss. So I mosey over and take a look.

    4. That's the number of chicks I saw in this contest. The rest are males, trying to look like a chick. 26 of 'em, I believe.

    Remind me never to go to a Mac users group meeting.
  • I've thought about bying a mac not too long ago wanting to give OS X a shot. From what I've _seen_ and _heard_ it's worth a try. But then why would I buy it for? The only reason I'm using a computer is to learn how software interacts with hardware(engr.) That's something I'll never be able to do on a mac(prop. hw&sw). PCs and linux remain the only choice I have.
    • Darwin (the core) of Mac OS X is Open Source.

      If you want to see a Unix-like OS that's implemented in quite a different way to Linux take a look at this. On a related note - you don't need a Mac to do this, Darwin also runs on a PC. Of course if you want to run Mac OS (9 or X) software you'll need a Mac with a full copy, but that's another story.

      Of course there is a slew of Open Source OSes for PC (and Macs) out there so Linux ISN'T your only choice (not that it's a bad one).

  • They look like they had fun (Score:3, Funny)

    by tRoll with Butter ( 542444 ) on Saturday October 26, 2002 @02:11PM (#4537717)
    Last PC users' "get together" I went to was AMD's thing where I was at the Altemonte Springs, FL (USA) parking lot at like 6:00AM listening to AMD's marketing schpeel. There was no free food, no music, no activites other than AMD's raffle, it was freezing cold out (okay, wussy Florida-type cold, but it SEEMED freezing) and worse, there were no hot topless women. Say what you will about Apple, but they sure know how to make a get together event fun...
  • I wonder how many bandaids they got through?

    I know when we chuck a load of our old kit away in the summer break, we typically fill up a skip of old 14" monitors and crappy & dead base units - been more than a few injuries where the razor like case edging slices down your finger as you launch a unit from the back of the truck - still, its all good fun :)

    Did any one else feel a little disturbed by the mac porn though..

  • They should have held this event at Christmas... (Score:3, Funny)

    by fooguy ( 237418 ) on Saturday October 26, 2002 @02:51PM (#4537863) Homepage
    that way, if something had gone wrong, Janie Porche could have showed up and saved it.

    Was Gianni Jackone on hand to manage them all, or are track suits illegal in Amsterdam?

    Track suits are, afterall, the official uniform of the state of New Jersey.

  • Mac porn sucks. (Score:5, Funny)

    by zmalone ( 542264 ) <wzm.pylae@com> on Saturday October 26, 2002 @02:56PM (#4537885) Homepage
    Now, I approve of the concept of computer porn, but the example above is just derivative of far better porn sites. I mean, the Unix Sex [unixsex.com] site(not entirely work safe) has been around far longer, and their selection of photos are far superior. You people call yourselves geeks, and yet you don't even know of good places to find man on pdp11 [unixsex.com] photos, sheesh.

    (my karma is so dead for this one)
  • I especially enjoyed Mac porn, but hey, if you are under 18, don't click the above link ;-).

    Oh, that'll keep the minors away, I'm sure.

  • ellen feiss nude!!! (Score:5, Funny)

    by atari2600 ( 545988 ) on Saturday October 26, 2002 @03:10PM (#4537959)
    Check this out (only for adults) Shes nude here [hypermart.net] Alright you idiots - stop talking about the girl already - shes ugly...oh yeah beat me about the bush and put this thing as offtopic but im sick of Ellen Feiss on /.

  • mac porn huh? (Score:3, Funny)

    by Nomad37 ( 582970 ) on Saturday October 26, 2002 @05:17PM (#4538515)
    I wonder if any of those macs had RAM Doubler installed on their Hard Drives?

    - sorry, I'll be quiet now

  • Response from MacFreak.org (Score:3, Informative)

    by johankool ( 620935 ) on Sunday October 27, 2002 @02:21PM (#4542586)
    Dudes!

    I must say I have laughed very hard on all your comments and complaints about this topic. Let me explain what happened in the Netherlands on October 19th.

    That was the day that the Dutch and Belgian people that often meet each other online at our forum had the chance to meet each other in real life. All other events on that day were just to spice it all up a little. And that worked! We got attention in national newspapers and radio, and about the worldwide attention on websites we can't complain either. Cool but not the most important, that was the fun to see and meet online friends!

    * Old Dutch PC Throwing
    Yes, there were 5 old PC's striped from any component used for this. There was no way that these machines could be used for any useful use. Yes, we know there are other OS'es that can run on those PC's besides Windows, but they didn't run Mac OS, so that was good enough for us.

    We did even donated some working PC's to a hospital. So don't blame us for having some fun with old cases. Btw, IBM's cases were the strongest! And all mess was cleared.

    The winner won a printer! Freely made available by a kind sponsor! And even with this price, it was all A JOKE!

    * Ellen Feiss
    What to say? It is A JOKE! People! It is A JOKE! Besides, Holland has to keep up its image on _legal_ stickies, right? ;-) Guy or girl, does it really matter?

    * Sleazy.MacFreak.org
    This initiative of Peter Villevoye was put up for entertainment purposes only... What else to say? It is A JOKE! People! It is A JOKE!

    * MacFreak.org hosted on Linux
    Yes, true. And we aren't ashamed of it. We are happy enough with our host that provides the space for free! Even better, soon they'll be moving us to a XServe machine!

    * MacFreak Day
    Just to let you know: next year we likely repeat this event. Join us next time! ;-) Quite some people that commented can use a good laugh, as I see it.... Life is not always serious!

    Greetings from the entire MacFreak Crew!
    MacFreak.org

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