Tech Talk in a Stillwater

**Alan H** · 24th February 06, 06:52 PM

Me (kilted) and me mate Allan (chinese guy with dark glasses) give a poster presentation on a collaborative software package at the National SIGUCCS meeting, last November.

Note the X Marks kilt pin!

**Steeplechase** · 24th February 06, 09:00 PM

I'm sure that you had their undivided attention. Perhaps a convert or two.

**pdcorlis** · 24th February 06, 09:07 PM

Not only do you wear a kilt well, but you work with Macs too? You must have been the envy of the whole convention!

**clancelt** · 24th February 06, 09:12 PM

Originally Posted by pdcorlis

Not only do you wear a kilt well, but you work with Macs too? You must have been the envy of the whole convention!

The key phrase there is "you work with Macs"

Had they been PC's he would of been working "on" them :rolleyes:

**GMan** · 24th February 06, 09:26 PM

Great shot Alan. Did you answer any tech questions regarding the Kilt?

**Bob C** · 24th February 06, 10:18 PM

Macs are crap. I'm stuck with one at work. I would never allow one in my house.

The kilt looks good, though.

**Graham** · 25th February 06, 05:31 AM

Originally Posted by Bob C.

Macs are crap. I'm stuck with one at work. I would never allow one in my house.

The kilt looks good, though.

Now them is fightin' words!
No fight with me, I'm PC, but I've always admired macs and want to buy one sometime.

Alan you look very comfortable and natural in a kilt, it must have been real fun to wear it to such a place. It's a good way to draw attention to what you are presenting.

**Alan H** · 25th February 06, 02:53 PM

About a thousand people attend the annual Fall SIGUCCS. Amazingly a whole mess of people know who I am.

Is it because of my shining brilliance? No.
Is it because of my incredible insights and questions that probe to the heart of the matter and unearth new truths?

No.

It's because I was the guy in the kilt.

I'm not complaining.

Macs, PC, they both do amazing things. I work with them both as well as with LINUX, and Solaris machines. This back and forth about "Macs are junk" or "PC suck" is completely silly. You can do great work with both platforms. There are advantages to each platform. I use them both every day in work and get lots of work done on both, as well as on a LINUX workstation. There are also disadvantages to both platforms...

Windows users, do you keep up on your OS Patches? Every week you need to download the next patch or you risk virus infection, or having your machine turned into a virus-spreading machine by a hacker. Macs don't have that problem.

Mac users, there are three times the number of available software titles out there for PC than there are for Mac.

See what I mean? There are fifty more reasons to choose one platorm or the other, and they're both perfectly valid choices. So get a grip, gang. They're just computers, not religion.

**bubba** · 25th February 06, 03:06 PM

Alan, besides the software availability a PC is cheaper than a Mac. To some folks computers are a kind of religion, just like bikers and motorheads have their preferred machines. I use a PC because it's cheap but I sure don't worship the silly thing. Oh NO! The Windows God is threatening me with a Blue Screen!!!! AAAaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!