Fanboys
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What would you consider a fanboy? Who has the worst Fanboys? Are all fanboys bad? Are you a fanboy? Which fanboys do you secretly hate the most?
Brad Australian The PHP MVP - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.
Bradml wrote:
Who has the worst Fanboys
Apple of course. And Google followers And Windows users. And don't get me started on the Linux guys... Every industry has its own unique set of fanboys but that's the nature of humanity. It's called rationalisation. Having just bought my first iMac (it goes with the decor, you see...) I'm finding that I like it, but, y'know, it's just a machine. A machine with some weird, weird annoyances and totally undeserving of its loyalty. The packaging is nice but the UI is one that you need to know how to use it to, well, use it. Don't unplug a peripheral without ejecting; when installing something and you are presented with a box with the installed app and the applications folder, you need to drag from one to the other (even though the install process seemed to have gone through all the steps). No tips or hints or clues. And all at a hefty premium of course. My feeling is that the fanboy mentality is directly proportional to the financial pain involved or the amount of work needed to work with the item. The more pain, the more rationalisation, the more the fanboy mentality comes out.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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What would you consider a fanboy? Who has the worst Fanboys? Are all fanboys bad? Are you a fanboy? Which fanboys do you secretly hate the most?
Brad Australian The PHP MVP - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.
In my book, a fanboy is someone who puts up with (or disregards) excruciatingly painful downsides to something while praising it blindly. I do consider there to be die-hard fans that I don't call fanboys, though they are excluded because they admit the faults of their choice and prefer it based on circumstance; these people usually acknowledge that there is no "best," but merely a "best for the situation." Apple has the worst fanboys because Apple has proven time and time again that they don't care about their consumers with awful licensing practices, restrictive systems and active prevention of free consumer choice; this doesn't make all Apple products bad, but it means many apple "fans" are just Sheeple that don't read the books they preach. Businesses and maybe even the world need Fanboys to help mitigate the occurrence of those opposite of a fanboy which immediately disown something just because they ran into something they don't understand. The Fanboy is most qualified to show somebody all the pros to something while avoiding the cons ;p. Some would probably call me a fanboy, though I propose that I do acknowledge the fallbacks of even thos things which I use frequently and I typically will not use something unless I think it's the right thing to get the job done to the best of my ability. I secretly hate Linux fanboys; Linux is great for certain things, but the Linux fanboys think they're running the *perfect* OS without acknowledging some really really painful setup, packaging, configuration and usability scenarios. It's the only OS where I still experience dependency-hell on a regular basis. Though my favorite fanboys are the Linux ones that try to point you to tools best for you, not just the ones they use; these fanboys are probably the most educated I've encountered.
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What would you consider a fanboy? Who has the worst Fanboys? Are all fanboys bad? Are you a fanboy? Which fanboys do you secretly hate the most?
Brad Australian The PHP MVP - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.
First, I think it's hilarious that people are saying how much they detest Linux fanatics on the beta LAMP section of CP. I'm sure this doesn't bode well with the Linux folks who are checking this out for the first time! Second, here's a real fanboy[^].
:josh: My WPF Blog[^] All of life is just a big rambling blog post.
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First, I think it's hilarious that people are saying how much they detest Linux fanatics on the beta LAMP section of CP. I'm sure this doesn't bode well with the Linux folks who are checking this out for the first time! Second, here's a real fanboy[^].
:josh: My WPF Blog[^] All of life is just a big rambling blog post.
I'm happy to move over to the main site and bash Windows fan-boys just to strike a balance.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I'm happy to move over to the main site and bash Windows fan-boys just to strike a balance.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
I'm happy to move over to the main site and bash Windows fan-boys just to strike a balance.
:-D I know that's true!!
:josh: My WPF Blog[^] All of life is just a big rambling blog post.
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First, I think it's hilarious that people are saying how much they detest Linux fanatics on the beta LAMP section of CP. I'm sure this doesn't bode well with the Linux folks who are checking this out for the first time! Second, here's a real fanboy[^].
:josh: My WPF Blog[^] All of life is just a big rambling blog post.
Are those electrodes attached to his testicles? :omg:
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Bradml wrote:
Who has the worst Fanboys
Apple of course. And Google followers And Windows users. And don't get me started on the Linux guys... Every industry has its own unique set of fanboys but that's the nature of humanity. It's called rationalisation. Having just bought my first iMac (it goes with the decor, you see...) I'm finding that I like it, but, y'know, it's just a machine. A machine with some weird, weird annoyances and totally undeserving of its loyalty. The packaging is nice but the UI is one that you need to know how to use it to, well, use it. Don't unplug a peripheral without ejecting; when installing something and you are presented with a box with the installed app and the applications folder, you need to drag from one to the other (even though the install process seemed to have gone through all the steps). No tips or hints or clues. And all at a hefty premium of course. My feeling is that the fanboy mentality is directly proportional to the financial pain involved or the amount of work needed to work with the item. The more pain, the more rationalisation, the more the fanboy mentality comes out.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
Apple of course. And Google followers
Yep, those are givens :)
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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First, I think it's hilarious that people are saying how much they detest Linux fanatics on the beta LAMP section of CP. I'm sure this doesn't bode well with the Linux folks who are checking this out for the first time! Second, here's a real fanboy[^].
:josh: My WPF Blog[^] All of life is just a big rambling blog post.
Josh Smith wrote:
here's a real fanboy
:wtf: Now I have to somehow erase that image from my mind :laugh:
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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Are those electrodes attached to his testicles? :omg:
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
Think inside the box! ProActive Secure Systems
I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopesI don't want to know :laugh:
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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Josh Smith wrote:
here's a real fanboy
:wtf: Now I have to somehow erase that image from my mind :laugh:
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
Paul Conrad wrote:
Now I have to somehow erase that image from my mind
Sorry pal! :-D
:josh: My WPF Blog[^] All of life is just a big rambling blog post.
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Paul Conrad wrote:
Now I have to somehow erase that image from my mind
Sorry pal! :-D
:josh: My WPF Blog[^] All of life is just a big rambling blog post.
That's all right :-D
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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What would you consider a fanboy? Who has the worst Fanboys? Are all fanboys bad? Are you a fanboy? Which fanboys do you secretly hate the most?
Brad Australian The PHP MVP - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.
Bradml wrote:
Who has the worst Fanboys?
Ruby On Rails
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long
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Bradml wrote:
Who has the worst Fanboys?
Ruby On Rails
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long
Bradml wrote: Who has the worst Fanboys?
Jamie Zawinski of Netscape fame... http://www.jwz.org/tent-of-doom/ :bob:
modified on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 2:16 PM
