What, Cheney’s working for Apple now? Completely off today’s topic, Pab, you ought to see something that Teresa Burritt posted on her blog. It made me think of Her Majesty…
And for those who are wondering, you can’t read that text even in the high def version of the strip. You’re not supposed to. If you’re curious, it’s the actual iTunes EULA, including the part where you agree not to use iTunes to manufacture nuclear weapons.
“MAFIA, n: [Acronym for Mechanized Applications in Forced Insurance Accounting.] An extensive network with many on-line and offshore subsystems running under OS, DOS, and IOS. MAFIA documentation is rather scanty, and the MAFIA sales office exhibits that testy reluctance to bona fide inquiries which is the hallmark of so many DP operations. From the little that has seeped out, it would appear that MAFIA operates under a non-standard protocol, OMERTA, a tight-lipped variant of SNA, in which extended handshakes also perform complex security functions. The known timesharing aspects of MAFIA point to a more than usually autocratic operating system. Screen prompts carry an imperative, nonrefusable weighting (most menus offer simple YES/YES options, defaulting to YES) that precludes indifference or delay. Uniquely, all editing under MAFIA is performed centrally, using a powerful rubout feature capable of erasing files, filors, filees, and entire nodal aggravations.” Stan Kelly-Bootle, The Devil’s DP Dictionary
No need to read it, they’re all the same. "I promise not to change, copy or steal. I understand that if it doesn’t work I have no legal recourse, and if it causes damage I pay the vendor the amount of damage I suffered. Etc. Etc
perceptor3 over 12 years ago
Sounds more like Microsoft. . .
The Old Wolf over 12 years ago
What, Cheney’s working for Apple now? Completely off today’s topic, Pab, you ought to see something that Teresa Burritt posted on her blog. It made me think of Her Majesty…
Pab Sungenis creator over 12 years ago
Pre-orders now being taken for “Unamused Birds!” http://bit.ly/pffTJm
Sherlock Watson over 12 years ago
Reminds me of the Remington Steele episode “Your Steele the One for Me,” in which someone says, “We made [computers] to serve us; now we serve them.”
Pab Sungenis creator over 12 years ago
And for those who are wondering, you can’t read that text even in the high def version of the strip. You’re not supposed to. If you’re curious, it’s the actual iTunes EULA, including the part where you agree not to use iTunes to manufacture nuclear weapons.
prrdh over 12 years ago
“MAFIA, n: [Acronym for Mechanized Applications in Forced Insurance Accounting.] An extensive network with many on-line and offshore subsystems running under OS, DOS, and IOS. MAFIA documentation is rather scanty, and the MAFIA sales office exhibits that testy reluctance to bona fide inquiries which is the hallmark of so many DP operations. From the little that has seeped out, it would appear that MAFIA operates under a non-standard protocol, OMERTA, a tight-lipped variant of SNA, in which extended handshakes also perform complex security functions. The known timesharing aspects of MAFIA point to a more than usually autocratic operating system. Screen prompts carry an imperative, nonrefusable weighting (most menus offer simple YES/YES options, defaulting to YES) that precludes indifference or delay. Uniquely, all editing under MAFIA is performed centrally, using a powerful rubout feature capable of erasing files, filors, filees, and entire nodal aggravations.” Stan Kelly-Bootle, The Devil’s DP Dictionary
deangup over 12 years ago
No need to read it, they’re all the same. "I promise not to change, copy or steal. I understand that if it doesn’t work I have no legal recourse, and if it causes damage I pay the vendor the amount of damage I suffered. Etc. Etc