CSCHERRER@RUBY.VCU.EDU (04/10/91)
Is Apple developing a sense of Humor One of their directories in Bric-a-brac.apple.com is pub/nerdtools or has this always been there. ____________________________________________________________________________ |Chris Scherrer--------> Increasing his BITNET:cscherrer@vcuruby | | his loan debt daily! INTERNET:cscherrer@ruby.vcu.edu| |Medical College -------------------- | | of Virginia I am in debt. Therefore, I exist to be in debt. --Me. | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
tbandit@athena.mit.edu (Carlos E Reategui) (04/10/91)
In article <91C30C0F6CDF40BC16@Gems.VCU.EDU> CSCHERRER@RUBY.VCU.EDU writes: >Is Apple developing a sense of Humor >One of their directories in Bric-a-brac.apple.com >is pub/nerdtools > >or has this always been there. >|Chris Scherrer--------> Increasing his BITNET:cscherrer@vcuruby | >| his loan debt daily! INTERNET:cscherrer@ruby.vcu.edu| >|Medical College -------------------- | >| of Virginia I am in debt. Therefore, I exist to be in debt. --Me. | >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don't know about that but you should see the titles on their Developers CDs. The code names of some of their projects are also quite funny. And don't forget their adds. Carlos tbandit@athena.mit.edu
alfter@nevada.edu (SCOTT ALFTER) (04/10/91)
You forgot its response when you want to quit an FTP session: 221 CUL8R. Better than the usual "goodbye," isn't it? Scott Alfter-----------------------------_/_---------------------------- Support Operation Apple Storm! / v \ Apple II: Internet: alfter@uns-helios.nevada.edu ( ( the power to be your best! GEnie: S.ALFTER \_^_/
daveh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (David H. Huang) (04/11/91)
In article <1991Apr10.164234.25379@athena.mit.edu> tbandit@athena.mit.edu (Carlos E Reategui) writes: >Don't know about that [nerdtools directory] but you should see the >titles on their Developers CDs. The code names of some of their >projects are also quite funny. And don't forget their adds. The nerdtools directory has been around for a while... I like the fine print on their ads too. >Carlos >tbandit@athena.mit.edu -- David Huang | "Calzoni Pizza: Internet: daveh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu | Delivery in six UUCP: ..!ut-emx!ccwf.cc.utexas.edu!daveh | hours, or else your America Online: DrWho29 | pizza is cold."
dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons) (04/12/91)
In article <91C30C0F6CDF40BC16@Gems.VCU.EDU> CSCHERRER@RUBY.VCU.EDU writes: > >Is Apple developing a sense of Humor >One of their directories in Bric-a-brac.apple.com >is pub/nerdtools *Developing*?! :) Apple has always had a sense of humor. Someone pointed out that the "Developer Helper" CDs have interesting titles: 1. Phil and Dave's Excellent CD 2. Phil and Dave's Excellent CD, The Release Version (it's a different Dave) 3. A Disc Called Wanda 4. Discy Business 5. Night of the Living Disc 6. Gorillas in the Disc ----- You have to be careful when you go on vacation, too. I did not see the following first-hand, but I have seen the story repeated with consistent details enough times that I think it's true, not folklore. One poor guy came back from vacation to find that his helpful coworkers had completely filled his cubicle with white Styrofoam(tm) packing material. As he was digging his way into his cube, an -innocent- passer-by saw the guy digging in, and said "Oh, so that's *your* car out there in the parking lot." Now, the guy was pretty attached to his Porsche, so he went "Gaaak!" and ran outside to see what was going on. In the parking lot he found his helpful coworkers wrapping his Porsche in plastic, with the aid of borrowed shrink-wrap machine. ----- In the lobby of this building, there is no full-time receptionist/guard, so in the chair behind the guard desk someone put an inflatable (and inflated) Godzilla(tm?) creature, holding a "Welcome" sign. ----- One more thing: Did you see the "McIntosh: The Power to Crush the Other Kids" pseudo-commercial on Saturday Night Live? (I know some of you did, I saw it in somebody's .sig!) The way I heard it: After it aired, NBC got a request from Apple for a copy of the tape of that commercial. At first they really didn't want to send it, but once the guy at the Apple Library convinced them that some Apple folks thought it was funny and didn't want to make trouble over it, apparently NBC agreed to send the tape. -- David A. Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems Apple II System Software Engineer | P.O. Box 875 America Online: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons My opinions are my own, not Apple's.
sk2f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Seth D. Kadesh) (04/12/91)
You can find some really funny stuff in the glossary of the Apple IIe Reference Manual... (I'm at work now, otherwise I'd offer some quotes). -seth tHe mAd ScienTisT, and other carnations ----------------------- sk2f@andrew.cmu.edu | everything seems so easy this way but I'm going under tmSatCMU@DRYCAS.BITNET| fast, I'm slipping away, am I so crazy? - Marillion