Dog bites man

[libertango]

I submitted the Mac Mini snow crash video as a news item to Slashdot. They rejected it.

So, apparently, this happens on Macs so often it is not news. "Dog bites man," rather than, "Man bites dog."

"Just Works," My Ass.

{Direct link to the YouTube video.}

Comments

[sandial.livejournal.com]

Steve Green is visiting me prior to his flight back to the UK today and told me about your problem, which I'd never heard of before, even though he made it sound like a common Mac Mini issue. I Googled it and quickly fond this mention of it by you here on LJ.

Did Slashdot actually say they were rejecting your video because it's old news? As far as I can see, it isn't really particularly common, though there is one convert from Windows who posted a video similar to yours on Youtube.

A more tightly-delimited Google search [search terms: "mac mini" "snow crash" -"snow leopard"] yields only 773 hits, so it can't be that common a problem.

Since I was thinking of getting a Mini to be able to run Snow Leopard, I'll be quite interested in hearing more of your investigation of this problem. It certainly looks like a hardware issue to me. Since your post in May, has the machine been examined by actual Apple techs?

[hal-obrien.livejournal.com]

Did Slashdot actually say they were rejecting your video because it's old news?

No, that was me being snarky. It was passed up without comment. I don't believe it's a common issue at all, for much the same reasons you have here. Most of the hits on "mac snow crash" and related searches turn out to be Neal Stephenson related except for hits pointing to me. I'd expect more company, if it was common.

Since your post in May, has the machine been examined by actual Apple techs?

No. That's mostly due to laziness on my part, and to a lack of urgency. A quick power cycle clears the problem without apparent ill effect. At that point it's just a nuisance, albeit a spectacular nuisance.