Filed under: Cult of Mac
Zombie Apocalypse: The Computing Perspective
Today, David Hambling over at Wired posted about surviving a Zombie Apocalypse through best practices. What's missing from this article, however, is the IT spin on things. As you know, zombies are primarily Wintel users, formed from the primordial ooze of Enterprise computing and minimal IT support as much as from Voudou curses and spiritual possession.
Mac users are naturally resistant to Zombie attacks despite lower per capita conventional firearm ownership due to their reliable computing environment. Fewer trips to IT support means limited exposure to a transformed city-scape where maddened zombie hordes roam for victims. Plus, Apple users can listen to their own portable lifestyle soundtrack on their iPods while watching the walking dead rampage through the streets. Safety + entertainment = win, win.
Unfortunately, in the case of Vampire rather than Zombie attacks the case is reversed. By a 20% margin, Wintel users have better access to holy water and crosses. And I'm pretty sure that wooden iPod cases won't work well as stake-through-the-heart replacements and the iRosary was never brought to market as an actual product. Should Apple decide, however, to enter the undead-thwarting arena, you can be sure their devices will be sleek, well designed and offer that Jonathan Ives je ne sais quoi.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ramesh said 2:24PM on 4-04-2008
Interesting topic - however, the metaphors are too many making it a little difficult to read.
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Zachary Hinchliffe said 2:58PM on 4-04-2008
I think it's meant to be a joke.
Chris said 2:38PM on 4-04-2008
Love the Stubbs photo!
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Sam said 2:49PM on 4-04-2008
Slow day huh?
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ZeAngryFrenchy said 3:46PM on 4-04-2008
It's "je ne sais quoi" :)
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billg said 4:27PM on 4-04-2008
So this is what we get when you branch out.
Speaking of pseudo-hacking... "wintel"? Who still says that? Does that mean "winamd" users are safe from harm?
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retrocactus said 5:19PM on 4-04-2008
They need to watch "Zombies in Plain English":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVnfyradCPY
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Dan S. said 6:40PM on 4-04-2008
Another easy $5 for Erica Sadun and another waste of Blogsmith's bandwidth.
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qwert said 5:40AM on 4-05-2008
I dont get it.
Could you please help me out and tell me at least what it is that im not getting?
Oh, and what about the rare breed of winvia folks, and all the lintel, linamd, linvia, lincell, linppc, bsdtel, bsdamd, amippc, and so on folks? how will they get affected by the something i dont get?
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