macbigot commented on Tech's 10 worst entry-level jobs

"I did enjoy the descriptions (and the whining); it took me down a few dark, dank memory lanes that I was parked on (in gridlocked traffic) for the first decade after college. But I agree with several posters here who are a bit surprised that most of these jobs are still at the level the bulk of us would have preferred (big-time!) to what we went through in our own less-than-stellar formative years. For me, the worst part was as a gateway controller at a major mortgage bank, where my piddly responsibility was to double-check that home loans written by people would be accepted by the proprietary computer system -- truly a job bereft of need (The account executives were already typing the applications into their PCs, why did they need me?)."

macbigot commented on Windows XP-Loaded Asus Eee PC 4G-X Invades Japan With Aplomb

"I'll wait for the Apple miniBook, thank you. Hopefully, it won't be more than $700."

macbigot commented on Question of the Day: Do You Prefer Ultralight Laptops?

"Thin and light is irrelevant."

macbigot commented on Ultralight Lenovo X300 Series Thinkpad Leaked

"Here's the irony: Apple's last good subnotebook was actually manufactured by IBM: the PowerBook 2400. [skyscraper.fortunecity.com] [www.wired.com] [everymac.com]"

macbigot commented on Laser Target Alarm Clock: There is No Way I'm Doing This in The Morning

"Yeah, I'm thinking I might need a case of these if I keep a habit of shooting with the wrong..."

macbigot commented on MacBook Air: Vent or Praise in this Flamewar Thread

"I'm not mad because it's a product in search of a market (there are, after all, lots of pretentious executive types out there who don't need a real computer). I'm mad because I didn't get what I wanted: are real subnotebook. Remember the Duo?"

macbigot commented on Steve Jobs: "People Don't Read Anymore," Android Is Going Down

"The MacBook Air is to Steve Jobs what the remastered editions of the first three Star Wars movies were for George Lucas."

macbigot commented on U.S. Army to Instigate Wider Mac Implementation

"Why are we even arguing about this?"

macbigot commented on Ice Cream Company Gives Away 10,000 Frozen iPods Inside Popsicles

"Metal-detector tactical gloves."

macbigot commented on Hype Sheet: Radio Shack is Wrong on So Many Levels

" Back to the actual topic of the post: for a while I thought Penelope was played by Mandy Amano (a la Pepsi girl, Macinstein girl-o-de-month, etc.)."

macbigot commented on A-Space, MySpace for Feds

" My profile address is [www.A-Space.gov] ..."

macbigot commented on A day after Apple's iPod onslaught,

" That's not an 'iPod Killer'; that's iPod's Bitc..."

macbigot commented on The Ultimate Car Accessory: The Faux Stick-On Sunroof

" Reminds me of the fake cellular antennas that everyone used to stick on their Pintos."

macbigot commented on Sprint Dumps Needy Customers

" Chiming in..."

macbigot commented on Breaking: Several AT&T Stores Forced Customers to Buy Accessories With iPhone

" OK, seeing a trend here..."

macbigot commented on Windows Vista Error?

" 0xdeadbeef said: "Apple is the Republican Party of computers."