Comments on: Fast Enough http://godlikenerd.com/weblog/2005/06/13/fast-enough/ Geeking around town... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:05:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: p i x e l s c r i b b l e s :: journal: Two funny webcomic thingies http://godlikenerd.com/weblog/2005/06/13/fast-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-15402 p i x e l s c r i b b l e s :: journal: Two funny webcomic thingies Thu, 29 Dec 2005 02:27:36 +0000 http://godlikenerd.com/weblog/2005/06/13/fast-enough/#comment-15402 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%--><p>[...] funny webcomic thingies posted at 12:35 PM    David Willis' response to Eric Burns' "The David Willis Sequential Art DerivationPrinciple" (Willis, Willis, Willis, Willis. Willis. Willis?) is nothing less than spectacular.Seriously, I can't stand how everyone in webcomics is ripping me off. Sluggy? I came up with that in sixth grade after making a poop that looked like a rabbit. Penny-Arcade? Just like Shortpacked!, but it's about video games. Real smooth, Tycho. I remember when I told Bobby Crosby that his Halloween pumpkin looked like a little orange dog. Scott McCloud came up with the idea for micropayments based on a "Stupidest ideas ever" rant I posted on Usenet in 1994. To top it off, I've been ghost-writing Websnark for years. Why do you think It's Walky! made it into the "Had me and lost me" category? Oh, yeah, I was really sad about that. Really sad about my comic being permanently linked on the front page!. You have no idea how much traffic that drove to me.:DIn other news, today's Help Desk points out something really, really funny. I have watched the Mac-Intel drama unfold across various news sites, and I have to say that I think Derik Delong's responses have been the most internally consistent. Comments [...]</p> <!--%kramer-ref-post%-->

[...] funny webcomic thingies posted at 12:35 PM    David Willis’ response to Eric Burns’ “The David Willis Sequential Art DerivationPrinciple” (Willis, Willis, Willis, Willis. Willis. Willis?) is nothing less than spectacular.Seriously, I can’t stand how everyone in webcomics is ripping me off. Sluggy? I came up with that in sixth grade after making a poop that looked like a rabbit. Penny-Arcade? Just like Shortpacked!, but it’s about video games. Real smooth, Tycho. I remember when I told Bobby Crosby that his Halloween pumpkin looked like a little orange dog. Scott McCloud came up with the idea for micropayments based on a “Stupidest ideas ever” rant I posted on Usenet in 1994. To top it off, I’ve been ghost-writing Websnark for years. Why do you think It’s Walky! made it into the “Had me and lost me” category? Oh, yeah, I was really sad about that. Really sad about my comic being permanently linked on the front page!. You have no idea how much traffic that drove to me.:DIn other news, today’s Help Desk points out something really, really funny. I have watched the Mac-Intel drama unfold across various news sites, and I have to say that I think Derik Delong’s responses have been the most internally consistent. Comments [...]

]]> By: Derik http://godlikenerd.com/weblog/2005/06/13/fast-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-10778 Derik Fri, 17 Jun 2005 03:11:01 +0000 http://godlikenerd.com/weblog/2005/06/13/fast-enough/#comment-10778 <p>Well, while I'm not sure that they can improve Rosetta that much, I agree about the viability of G5s. That layover period may be messy with some pros sticking with the G5 while others try to migrate to the new Intel Macs. While the change may ultimately be good for the platform, I'm skeptical about the short term ramifications.</p> Well, while I’m not sure that they can improve Rosetta that much, I agree about the viability of G5s. That layover period may be messy with some pros sticking with the G5 while others try to migrate to the new Intel Macs. While the change may ultimately be good for the platform, I’m skeptical about the short term ramifications.

]]> By: Jason http://godlikenerd.com/weblog/2005/06/13/fast-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-10710 Jason Thu, 16 Jun 2005 22:37:24 +0000 http://godlikenerd.com/weblog/2005/06/13/fast-enough/#comment-10710 <p>Keep in mind that they've got a year to work out the software issues with the OS, they'll be running next years' chips, and most importantly, if the AltiVec issues are really so bad, that will likely be why you will see G5s stay in the line through the end of 2007 :-)</p> Keep in mind that they’ve got a year to work out the software issues with the OS, they’ll be running next years’ chips, and most importantly, if the AltiVec issues are really so bad, that will likely be why you will see G5s stay in the line through the end of 2007 :-)

]]> By: Derik http://godlikenerd.com/weblog/2005/06/13/fast-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-9773 Derik Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:34:10 +0000 http://godlikenerd.com/weblog/2005/06/13/fast-enough/#comment-9773 <p>Yes he does. I want one of those turtlenecks.</p> Yes he does. I want one of those turtlenecks.

]]> By: Andy in Evansville http://godlikenerd.com/weblog/2005/06/13/fast-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-9612 Andy in Evansville Tue, 14 Jun 2005 02:47:35 +0000 http://godlikenerd.com/weblog/2005/06/13/fast-enough/#comment-9612 <p>Amen brother. Well said.</p> <p>I'm still a member of the congregation of Steven P., and never bought snake oil from him....hope I won't soon be either. The guy knows how to make a presentation though, doesn't he?</p> Amen brother. Well said.

I’m still a member of the congregation of Steven P., and never bought snake oil from him….hope I won’t soon be either. The guy knows how to make a presentation though, doesn’t he?

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