TUAW Recommends Joke App 65
ejdmoo writes "The Unofficial Apple Weblog, a very popular Apple enthusiast site, has accidentally posted (and since retracted) a recommendation for an application called Procrastinatr. Though the original website for Procrastinatr promises to 'efficiently prioritize your calendars and regain lost time,' it gives no real description of the functionality. In reality, the application was written as something of an extensive joke between friends, moving all iCal appointments and tasks forward a week. The author has since apologized and posted a fix for users who borked their calendars. This story once again highlights the importance of making sure something is legitimate before letting it run loose on your system, even if it appears to be coming from a reputable source."
sigh (Score:4, Insightful)
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This just in (Score:2)
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National vs. International (Score:1)
As opposed to the international news site I'm reading the story on right now?
You may have forgot the Slashdot slogan is "News for Nerds".
Re:sigh (Score:2, Insightful)
Timeshifting (Score:5, Funny)
Only one way! (Score:2)
Next Week (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Next Week (Score:4, Funny)
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missed chance for potential irony (Score:2, Funny)
This statement would've been a whole lot funnier if it had been editorial commentary rather than submitter commentary.
New Apple Slogans (Score:5, Funny)
"Switch...When you get around to it."
"Get a Mac...Someday."
coming from a reputable source (Score:5, Insightful)
This app could have saved them! (Score:5, Funny)
In a more important story .... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:In a more important story .... (Score:5, Funny)
Um (Score:2, Insightful)
Honestly, anybody investing much time in making iCals probably has too much time on their hands, but schedules stuff for the future anyways.
Isn't this technically a Trojan virus? An application that when installed corrupts your data. I don't want to be devil's advocate here, but it doesn't require a terribly sophisticated delivery method to trick Apple users
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How about modding you down for throwing bits of jargon around and hoping one'll stick?
Oh the irony (Score:5, Funny)
Timothy, Zonk and the rest of you guys, are you paying attention?
Re:Oh the irony (Score:2)
There are questions that should be asked (Score:2, Interesting)
You could read through the source code... no, that's ridiculous. Unless the program is as simple as this one was (I think I could re-write this in one line of awk) then reading the source code would take weeks or even months. That's assuming you have the knowledge.
You could take the recommendation of a trusted source; a source who is trusted through having recommended other software before which was good softwa
Learn your lesson?? (Score:1)
What a brilliant idea! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What a brilliant idea! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What a brilliant idea! (Score:2)
I'm sorry, but you're plainly wrong.
If it sent the e-mail, you'd still have to meet all the appointees. That would only be 20% effective.
However, if it failed to send the e-mail, all your time would be free.
Re:What a brilliant idea! (Score:1)
Aha! Some smart person could get really rich selling another program to run the procrastinator app on a regular basis. All my problems would be solved!
Now that you mention it... (Score:5, Funny)
update to Procrastinatr (Score:4, Funny)
not to mention... (Score:2)
"Nope, sorry. I have an extremely busy schedule tomorrow."
Re:not to mention... (Score:1)
are you seriously advocating /.ers give up the few chances they have to go on an official date?
ah, nevermind, I've obviously got the wrong idea about you, you're a /._2.x_er
/. crowd . . . err, yeah, nothing witty now, sheesh, karma whoring without the benefits of
To all the rest of the
On running something just because someone told you (Score:5, Funny)
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Being "not ready for desktop" means there is an entry barrier, and thus we at least get less idiots. And this is not something to shake a stick at.
EVERYONE should know not to run code you don't know is legitimate
Uhm, Xen (Linux code) or qemu/vmware?
There's a dingy little Windows app n
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Slashdot Editors? (Score:1, Funny)
Also on TUAW - iStache (Score:2)
Apparently another application put together for the Useless App Contest - more about it on Dustin's imeem blog [imeem.com]
I may as well post my own witty comment... (Score:5, Funny)
Not a Joke -- Hofstadter's Law (Score:1)
Jealousy (Score:2, Funny)