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iT4c0 · Apr 11, 2006, 01:11 AM

I am doing a t-shirt project for my class. I want to put a sentence on the t-shirt that defines a mac geek. It has to be strong, short and clever. If I end up using someone's quote. I will send them a t-shirt for free. Please help me?
Let's get creative here people~

Thanks for the help!

mduell · Apr 11, 2006, 01:44 AM

G Finder

iT4c0 · Apr 11, 2006, 01:47 AM

Originally Posted by mduell

G Finder

wow, I guess I am not geek enough to understand that.

care to explain??

Salty · Apr 11, 2006, 02:19 AM

G Unit is a common phrase on T-shirts these days.

I would probably go with iGeek

I can't really think of anything else that sounds really T-Shirty. Then again I'm not a small slogany type.

I think I'd probably like a shirt that says,

"My laptop's sexier than your laptop."

©öñFü$íóÑ · Apr 11, 2006, 03:58 AM

From the old "Classic" days....

1) "I blessed my System Folder"
2) "Secret About Box" (the little System 7.5 bug in the Notepad app.)
3) "Cozy lummox gives smart squid who asks for job pen" (a little long, but it's from opening a Font in Mac OS Classic) (probably best to divide it into two lines if you're gonna put it on a T-Shirt)
4) A/ROSE (only TRUE Mac geeks would be able to make any sense out of it)
5) "ZAP THE P-RAM!" (i'm sure i've never, EVER done this on a PC...)
6) "FROG-BLAST THE VENT CORE!" (Marathon 2: Durandal)
7) 1.5 GHz G5 > 3.8 GHz P4 (where '>' stands for 'is greater than') (i know, i know... i most likely don't know the first thing about comparing chips to chips.... but then again, most non-geeks don't even care)

Alas, i have none from OS X to share...

Dr.Michael · Apr 11, 2006, 04:11 AM

Think Mac

or

iThink, iPower

although Apple drops the "i".

What about QUAD or the number one geek toy: iCluster

angelmb · Apr 11, 2006, 05:29 AM

I guess it would look cooler than just the "03:15 undergoing scheduled maintenance" text

Kevin · Apr 11, 2006, 05:31 AM

Originally Posted by mduell

G Finder

That always didn't work.

DeathToWindows · Apr 11, 2006, 07:12 AM

root user, bow before me!

MrsLarry · Apr 11, 2006, 08:02 AM

here's my contributions...

iMagination

i mac.

iT4c0 · Apr 11, 2006, 08:10 AM

thanks guys!
Those are great. keep them coming.

how about something shows what a mac geek is all about?
like this

mac geek - a person who is obsess on apple product and refuse to use 2 bottom mouse.
I don't know. that just came out on top of my head.
I am horrible at this. again thanks for all the help!

mindwaves · Apr 11, 2006, 10:45 AM

X Marks the Spot

One More Thing....

rickey939 · Apr 11, 2006, 10:53 AM

There's no place like 127.0.0.1

or

There's no place like ~home$

production_coordinator · Apr 11, 2006, 11:05 AM

Welcome to Darwin!
[localhost:/Users/1337] root#

or

I opened up my Mac.

angelmb · Apr 11, 2006, 11:37 AM

Originally Posted by rickey939

There's no place like ~home$

Really good.

production_coordinator · Apr 11, 2006, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by rickey939

There's no place like 127.0.0.1

This one is my personal favorite as it makes no sense unless you are a quasi-geek

rickey939 · Apr 11, 2006, 12:04 PM

Originally Posted by production_coordinator

This one is my personal favorite as it makes no sense unless you are a quasi-geek

Phew, I'm glad I have no idea what it means then.

loki74 · Apr 11, 2006, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by mduell

G Finder

I think that if we MUST make fun of the G Unit thing, it should be something like, iUnit... but I like the plays off of "theres no place like home" the best.

©öñFü$íóÑ · Apr 11, 2006, 01:21 PM

"How'd you like to Dock at my AirPort?"

rickey939 · Apr 11, 2006, 01:41 PM

"I play hide and sync with my .Mac"

SSharon · Apr 11, 2006, 01:42 PM

Originally Posted by rickey939

There's no place like 127.0.0.1

or

There's no place like ~home$

You can get it now at
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/coder/5d6a/

rickey939 · Apr 11, 2006, 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by SSharon

You can get it now at
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/coder/5d6a/

Haha, awesome! I don't like the font they chose though.

Salty · Apr 11, 2006, 02:56 PM

Wouldn't it be more there's no place like ~/ ?

That'd be cute to get on your t-shirt.

SSharon · Apr 11, 2006, 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by Salty

Wouldn't it be more there's no place like ~/ ?

That'd be cute to get on your t-shirt.

I actually looked online for the shirt since I knew I had seen it before. Funny thing is I saw /~ not 127.0.0.1 so someone else must be making them as well.

davesimondotcom · Apr 11, 2006, 03:30 PM

production_coordinator · Apr 11, 2006, 03:36 PM

MC68040-4-ever

davesimondotcom · Apr 11, 2006, 03:54 PM

Mac Geek World Tour
-------------------
Chicago
New York
Geneva
Monoco
Athens
Los Angeles
Cairo
San Francisco

Of course, it would look better with those actually in the fonts by those names by the wonderful Susan Kare.

davesimondotcom · Apr 11, 2006, 04:12 PM

This is cropped from a fake ad that, if I remember correctly, came from Wired magazine circa 1997 or so. The rest of the ad goes on to talk about a ficticious operating system for Mac called "Eden" that will "leave all other operating systems feeling cast out."

macaddict0001 · Apr 11, 2006, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by davesimondotcom

Mac Geek World Tour
-------------------
Chicago
New York
Geneva
Monoco
Athens
Los Angeles
Cairo
San Francisco

Of course, it would look better with those actually in the fonts by those names by the wonderful Susan Kare.

I love that idea. but they would have to be anti-aliased so they would lose some of their magic.

mduell · Apr 11, 2006, 10:08 PM

"G FINDER" (which the forum software mangled into G Finder) has nothing to do with "G Unit" (whatever that is). It was the way out of the debug window thing on OS8/9 Macs.

We had a lot of fun in jr high "locking" peoples computers by hitting the key combo for the debug window.

Kevin · Apr 11, 2006, 10:18 PM

Anyone remember Macsbug?

Sage · Apr 11, 2006, 11:44 PM

Does it have to be something that only other Mac geeks will “get”, or does it have to be something that most computer-literates should be able to get?

Redmond, start your copiers! (Or whatever it was those Tiger posters said.)
Loading Extensions…
It’s Oh Es Ten, not Ecks
⌘
Find anything with ⌘–Space
Sosume
What’s a MAC?

iT4c0 · Apr 12, 2006, 12:10 AM

good question, Sage
I was looking for more like the words that most people would understand.
However, all the thing you guys mentioned were great.
I need to be more geeky to understand them as because I switched after OS 9 era.
keep them coming guys!

Dr.Michael · 04:00 AM

Originally Posted by rickey939

There's no place like 127.0.0.1

or

There's no place like ~home$

rickey939, what kind of box do you use?
127.0.0.1 is universal and /home is unix. Mac uses /Users not /home! Also cd ~/ feels at home on every unix box.

What about "unix reinvented" maybe you can decorate the x or the i-dots with an apple.

I read hfs+ or
I read hfs+ journaled
find my resource fork (

)
ichat with anyone
I keep my toolbox in ROM
My choice is Cocoa in Aqua - or with one more hint
iDrink Cocoa in Aqua

Cool thread, iT4c0

Dr.Michael · Apr 12, 2006, 04:06 AM

Originally Posted by ©öñFü$íóÑ

From the old "Classic" days....

1) "I blessed my System Folder"
2) "Secret About Box" (the little System 7.5 bug in the Notepad app.)
3) "Cozy lummox gives smart squid who asks for job pen" (a little long, but it's from opening a Font in Mac OS Classic) (probably best to divide it into two lines if you're gonna put it on a T-Shirt)
4) A/ROSE (only TRUE Mac geeks would be able to make any sense out of it)
5) "ZAP THE P-RAM!" (i'm sure i've never, EVER done this on a PC...)
6) "FROG-BLAST THE VENT CORE!" (Marathon 2: Durandal)

great ideas!
What does 4 mean?

Apfhex · Apr 12, 2006, 04:37 AM

Originally Posted by DeathToWindows

root user, bow before me!

I like this one.

Originally Posted by macaddict0001

I love that idea. but they would have to be anti-aliased so they would lose some of their magic.

I also really like the "Mac Geek World Tour" idea. Couldn't you use Photoshop (I know, raster blah blah) and turn off text anti-aliasing to achieve the right effect? Or heck, with all those sharp aliased edges you could probably trace them in Illustrator pretty well.

macaddict0001 · Apr 12, 2006, 09:52 PM

Originally Posted by Apfhex

I like this one.

I also really like the "Mac Geek World Tour" idea. Couldn't you use Photoshop (I know, raster blah blah) and turn off text anti-aliasing to achieve the right effect? Or heck, with all those sharp aliased edges you could probably trace them in Illustrator pretty well.

yeah but it still wouldn't be hand drawn by susan kare. I've been thinking about some phrases myself here are some of them.
think different
folklore.org
(shirt with giant power symbol)
(shirt with the entire crazy ones speech)
(shirt with six color apple logo or possibly original logo)

Apfhex · Apr 13, 2006, 12:03 AM

A shirt with a giant power symbol doesn't really speak "Mac geek", it's kinda generic.

How about something like "I (giant command symbol) you!".... or something better than that.

©öñFü$íóÑ · Apr 13, 2006, 12:28 AM

Originally Posted by Apfhex

"I (giant command symbol) you!"

BRILLIANCE!

Daveecee · Apr 13, 2006, 12:38 AM

Moof!

Angus_D · Apr 13, 2006, 04:58 AM

Originally Posted by Dr.Michael

great ideas!
What does 4 mean?

A/ROSE was a lightweight OS which ran on NuBus cards (and had an INIT), back in the day.

analogika · Apr 13, 2006, 05:03 AM

"Sorry, a system error occurred."

analogika · Apr 13, 2006, 05:05 AM

"I'd rather be driving a Macintosh."

(for those who remember the ads)

euphras · Apr 13, 2006, 07:28 AM

Originally Posted by Angus_D

A/ROSE was a lightweight OS which ran on NuBus cards (and had an INIT), back in the day.

Wasn´t it a system extension?

edit: found it myself: http://developer.apple.com/dev/techs...processor.html

rickey939 · Apr 13, 2006, 08:39 AM

Originally Posted by analogika

"I'd rather be driving a Macintosh."

(for those who remember the ads)

"I'd rather be editing a .plist"

hart · Apr 13, 2006, 08:45 AM

I vote for "I (command) you"!

that's just geeky and mac-ish enough but not too obscure but also a clear difference from Windows. At least from my experience switching back and forth between mac labs and windows labs for all my classes.

davesimondotcom · Apr 13, 2006, 09:26 AM

Originally Posted by Daveecee

Moof!

I had a shirt with Clarus on it once...

davesimondotcom · 09:54 AM

How about "I (command) my Mac"?

I'd buy that shirt...

ism · Apr 13, 2006, 09:41 AM

My naff contribution:

h.app y

The y is kind of cludged on the end there. Perhaps /h.app/y would be better. Perhaps not

analogika · Apr 13, 2006, 09:55 AM

Originally Posted by euphras

Wasn´t it a system extension?

edit: found it myself: http://developer.apple.com/dev/techs...processor.html

An INIT *is* a System extension.

And a cdev is a control panel (or was, until developers started building more and more INIT/control panel combinations where the control panel was just a regular application that edited the INIT's preference file).