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Blast From The Past: Nook Touch Hacked To Run Mac Os 7

#1 PCWorld

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 02:24 PM

Post your comments for Blast From The Past: Nook Touch Hacked to Run Mac OS 7 here

#2 JenniferSolinski

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 03:17 PM

"Mike Cane got the OS running on his Nook with help from developers on the 68k Macintosh Liberation Army forum. "

I think you're mistaking user FlyingToaster for Mike Cane.

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 03:28 PM

Hi Elizabeth, I am FlyingToaster from the 68kmla.org forums. The story on how this came to be is incorrect. It was my nook, not Mike Cane's that the system was installed on and photos originated from.

http://68kmla.org/fo...hp?f=15&t=11650

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 03:33 PM

Those are not Mike Cane's photos

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 03:37 PM

Please get you're story straight before posting an article. Makes me second guess any article I read if even the simplest one is filled with mistakes.

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 05:34 PM

This is a poorly written article, and it's a shame that it's gaining popularity. There are items in here from all different places, and well...it's written like an 8th grade essay. PCWorld for shame. I hope Elizabeth doesn't get paid to write these articles, at least use spell check, Micosoft Word.

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 08:40 PM

JenniferSolinski, on 18 June 2012 - 05:34 PM, said:

"Micosoft Word," eh?

If I were you, I'd run spellcheck before I started throwing rocks...

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 08:52 PM

DTNick, on 18 June 2012 - 08:40 PM, said:

"Micosoft Word," eh?

If I were you, I'd run spellcheck before I started throwing rocks...

If I were you, I would read the article before throwing rocks. JenniferSolinski was pointing out one of the errors that you missed in the article.

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 08:55 PM

Ok guys, I have edited the post to stress the hack is not directly affiliated with Mike Cane, and is Sean's work.

Though I should stress it was never written they were Mike's photos actually, and the majority of links are for the forum, directing straight to the posts you need to see--hardly all over.

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 09:01 PM

PaulDarr, on 18 June 2012 - 08:52 PM, said:

DTNick, on 18 June 2012 - 08:40 PM, said:

"Micosoft Word," eh?

If I were you, I'd run spellcheck before I started throwing rocks...

If I were you, I would read the article before throwing rocks. JenniferSolinski was pointing out one of the errors that you missed in the article.

Yes. And we're more than happy to correct factual errors--we want to get the story right (see the author's comment above).

Anyway, enough with Internet comments melodrama--here's a kitty:

http://cheezburger.com/6345425920

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 09:26 PM

DTNick, on 18 June 2012 - 09:01 PM, said:

PaulDarr, on 18 June 2012 - 08:52 PM, said:

DTNick, on 18 June 2012 - 08:40 PM, said:

"Micosoft Word," eh?

If I were you, I'd run spellcheck before I started throwing rocks...

If I were you, I would read the article before throwing rocks. JenniferSolinski was pointing out one of the errors that you missed in the article.

I'm pointing out that something is wrong, and you in return are rude about it. This website is a joke. Talk about throwing rocks.

This post has been edited by JenniferSolinski: 18 June 2012 - 09:29 PM

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 10:05 PM

JenniferSolinski, on 18 June 2012 - 05:34 PM, said:

Full disclosure: writing is by far the easiest and most lucrative career anyone can possibly undertake.

/sarcasm

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 10:11 PM

JenniferSolinski, on 18 June 2012 - 09:26 PM, said:

DTNick, on 18 June 2012 - 09:01 PM, said:

PaulDarr, on 18 June 2012 - 08:52 PM, said:

DTNick, on 18 June 2012 - 08:40 PM, said:

"Micosoft Word," eh?

If I were you, I'd run spellcheck before I started throwing rocks...

If I were you, I would read the article before throwing rocks. JenniferSolinski was pointing out one of the errors that you missed in the article.

I'm pointing out that something is wrong, and you in return are rude about it. This website is a joke. Talk about throwing rocks.

Apologies if I came across as rude, but to be honest, I was a little insulted by your comment there, hence the thorny response. There is a difference between saying "hey, you guys made a mistake," and comments like, " I hope Elizabeth doesn't get paid to write these articles."

(Just the same, I guess there's also a difference between "thanks for pointing that out" and "you made a typo in your comment about typos"... )

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Posted 19 June 2012 - 12:46 AM

JenniferSolinski, on 18 June 2012 - 09:26 PM, said:

DTNick, on 18 June 2012 - 09:01 PM, said:

PaulDarr, on 18 June 2012 - 08:52 PM, said:

DTNick, on 18 June 2012 - 08:40 PM, said:

"Micosoft Word," eh?

If I were you, I'd run spellcheck before I started throwing rocks...

If I were you, I would read the article before throwing rocks. JenniferSolinski was pointing out one of the errors that you missed in the article.

I'm pointing out that something is wrong, and you in return are rude about it. This website is a joke. Talk about throwing rocks.

Eh, no offence taken, this is the first time this has happened on any of my hundreds of articles for this site, and I have no problem with people leaving comments to improve a story. Of course, it's a bit annoying that time difference means I might not be able to address it as quick as you would like to see--I will get to it though!

So thanks for the feedback anyway, I hope my edits have helped make it clear that this was all FlyingToaster and not Mike (who was a source).

In honesty though, you'd be hard pressed finding a news site/blog where comments that seem rude aren't thrown about. I'd say PCWorld's is actually kind of tame.

baggingspam, on 18 June 2012 - 10:05 PM, said:

Full disclosure: writing is by far the easiest and most lucrative career anyone can possibly undertake.

/sarcasm

Yeah, I'm smoking a cigar and sitting on my pile of money as I type this

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Posted 19 June 2012 - 11:28 AM

Wow. Mind blown. I'm giving up trying to explain, because you guys don't get it.

P.S. In honesty, usually the editor of an article isn't the ones making the rude comments, I'd expect things to be tame on PCWorld, not be insulted by trying to correct you guys so you don't look silly. Microsoft is still misspelled btw. I'm sorry to come off as harsh if I did, but I just sort of expected more out of this site. I am not a writer by any means but c'mon. Gizmodo did a better article, and I'm the last person to want to admit that because I'm not a fan of them.

What I said still stands that this site is a joke and will not be coming back here for any more technology news that's for sure.

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 02:35 AM

DTNick, on 18 June 2012 - 10:11 PM, said:

(Just the same, I guess there's also a difference between "thanks for pointing that out" and "you made a typo in your comment about typos"... )

DTNick in case you still have not read the article, the spelling error "Micosoft" still remains in the article. The comment by JenniferSolinski was quoting an error in an article. I hope that is clear enough for you.

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 09:58 AM

Hello--PCWorld copy editor here. I just happened across this blog post--and the associated comments--and I've corrected two typos in the article: "proably" and "Micosoft."

As many readers know, PCWorld does not copyedit blog posts. As a result, such posts have a somewhat higher incidence of typographical errors and grammatical problems than do our online feature articles and product reviews.

In this instance, it appears that both the author of the blog post and the editor of GeekTech got distracted by criticism regarding the factual accuracy of the post and didn't realize that the reference to "Micosoft Word" in Ms. Solinski's third comment was a quotation from the post.

We regret the errors.

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 01:12 PM

I think I owe the participants in this comment thread an apology. I reacted before thinking, and behaved unprofessionally and immaturely. And for that, I am terribly sorry.

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 01:19 PM

DTNick, on 20 June 2012 - 01:12 PM, said:

I think I owe the participants in this comment thread an apology. I reacted before thinking, and behaved unprofessionally and immaturely. And for that, I am terribly sorry.

Chill dude, all is forgiven and we still love you.. kinda... well... let's just say you don't make us that sick to our stomachs.

Be well

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Posted 03 July 2012 - 11:10 AM

Regarding...
"Hi Elizabeth, I am FlyingToaster from the 68kmla.org forums. The story on how this came to be is incorrect. It was my nook, not Mike Cane's that the system was installed on and photos originated from."
Sean is right on the mark, he did a brilliant job on this, and went beyond the "talk" and did the walk... and kudos to him!

http://68kmla.org/fo...hp?f=15&t=11650