Surrounded By Mammals (2/9/99)
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Okay, about this whole mammals.org thing: we're still puzzled. We don't know why mammals.org is mapped to Apple's home page. We also don't know why the mammals.org domain name is actually registered in Apple's name. We simply don't see how it fits in with Apple's secret plans for global domination. On the plus side, many, many faithful viewers wrote in with observations and/or suggestions, some of which are excerpted below. Can you put the pieces of the puzzle together?

  • The ecological spin: Brian Frey: One coworker remarked on the Non-Profit domain registration of ".org", which led to another coworker's speculation that Apple's planning a "Buy a Mac, save a whale" promotion...
  • The evolutionary spin: John R. Nash: Microsoft = big, lumbering dinosaurs. Apple = mammals, waiting in the wings to take over. DOJ = big comet hurtling towards the status quo... Any questions?
  • The hunt for like domains: Mike Cowan: I think I have a scoop for you. fish.org & reptiles.org both link to Internet/intranet design firms. Apple could be moving in that direction.
  • Bill enters the picture: Chris Eschweiler: Okay, so having mammals.org mapped to Apple is weird enough. But, like so may other AtAT viewers, it is not enough just to be weird...extreme is only the beginning. That's why I thought I'd check out reptiles.org, just to see if it was mapped to O.J. Simpson or something. It's not but on the retiles.org webpage is a link to Smack Bill Gates. Coincidence? I don't think so.
  • Things get really scary: Paul Anderson: If you think that mammals.org is frightening have a look at http://www.lemurs.com/.
  • The inevitable Disney connection: Daniel Papa: In response to the mammals.org situation, doesn't Disney have a new Animal Kingdom now?
  • Our theory falls: Allen Huffman: I don't know where you got the iFurby information. My source says Jobs already axed that project.
  • A Dogcow for every conspiracy: Adam Keller: About the mammals.org thing: Maybe Apple is holding the domain hostage until Clarus the Dogcow is classified as a mammal?
  • The end of the world: Richard Malstrom: I know humans and apes are both mammals, but are you thinking what I'm thinking? Planet of the Apes! That's right. The government entrusted Bill's Windoze NT to run the defense system and oops, it crashed and set off a nuclear explosion! Dave, it was a bug Dave.

The truth is out there, probably hiding behind a lemur or something. Incidentally, Apple has so far not responded to our email on the issue, and we're not holding our collective breath. Perhaps this is just one of those things that Mankind Was Not Meant To Know™. But that doesn't mean we can't keep looking...

 
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The above scene was taken from the 2/9/99 episode:

February 9, 1999: Boston, New York, Boston, New York-- we wish the Macworld Expo folks would make up their minds, already. Meanwhile, Apple China unveils the Yosemite to the delightful sound of chainsaws on Wintels, and the mammals.org thing is bigger, but no clearer...

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 1329: Playing Musical Cities (2/9/99)   Color us incensed! There was a time when attending the East Coast Macworld Expo every year was a no-brainer for your friendly AtAT staff, since it was held mere miles from our headquarters in Boston...

  • 1330: "Wintel Bashing" Indeed (2/9/99)   So the rest of the Mac news world is poring over Apple's SEC 10-Q report for the first fiscal quarter, looking to dig up fun little tidbits about our favorite computer company and its financial status...

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