Word: macintoshes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...computers were breathing a little easier last week after having uneasily anticipated the "Columbus Day Computer Virus" earlier this month. Hackers trembled at the prospect of a terminal illness which would wreak destruction upon term papers, lab data and anything else within the grasp of its electronic claws. A Macintosh user down the hall, immune to such plagues, offered some timely advice to stem the virus's spread...
Hhhhhmmmmm. I calmly restarted the machine, assuming that some advanced self-correcting mechanism would kick in. Negative. This time, I was confronted with a dark screen with a small Macintosh in the center with X's instead of eyes, like a thrashed Loony-Tunes cartoon...
...witnessing the dreaded "Sad Macintosh...
Unfortunately, this naive instinct to probe mechanics becomes replaced by a jaded acceptance of its ubiquitous presence. An example of this appears in Bloom County, where Oliver Wendell Jones's Banana 2000 computer (which looks suspiciously like a Macintosh) strives to achieve simple respect, even from a young boy. While Oliver engages in computer pirating fantasies with the Banana, he feels no remorse in trashing his friend for a new model. Technology and young Oliver maintain a merely professional relationship...
THERE is a footnote to my escapade with the Macintosh. I turned it upside down and it worked...