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Back From The Grave (3/28/00)
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The really fun thing about soap operas is the fluidity of the cast. Characters can leave the show one day and suddenly resurface three years later. Remember when Dylan came back to 90210? Heck, characters can even die in particularly horrible and mutilating ways and then just walk back onto the set one day as if nothing ever happened, with no explanation. Continuity's not the priority in this game; drama is.
That's why we're intrigued to hear that a long-departed AtAT guest star is apparently returning to the Mac universe. Faithful viewer Chris Turner sent us a hot tip about the old site MacInsider apparently rising from its own ashes. Now, only AtAT's longest-addicted viewers are going to remember MacInsider; it was a rumors site that self-immolated under "suspicious circumstances" back in 1997. After only four months of dishing dirt on all things Apple, MacInsider "voluntarily" retired, but evidence hinted that the people running the site weren't exactly on the up-and-up. MacCentral did some digging back then and discovered that MacInsider was, in all likelihood, not run by ex-Apple employees with still-employed friends feeding them data, as MacInsider claimed. InterNIC registration info hinted strongly that MacInsider was run by an Apple reseller called Computers Plus, who apparently violated Apple nondisclosure agreements to post its "inside info." Computers Plus was also often mentioned on MacInsider as having great deals, despite the fact that MacInsider took advertising money from other resellers who probably had no idea they were advertising with a competitor.
Once all that info came to light, MacInsider conveniently decided to retire, and since then the site's been inactive. But now if you visit www.macinsider.com, you'll find no content, but there's a teaser saying, "MacInsider Reborn; Stay Tuned." Now, if this were a simple case of a completely new site using the old MacInsider domain name, we wouldn't expect to see the phrase "MacInsider Reborn." So what exactly is in store for this site which shut itself down over two years ago amid scandal and shame? Well, like the teaser says, you'll have to stay tuned to find out.
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Other scenes from that episode: 2185: "Fished In! Fished In!" (3/28/00) So it was supposed to be the Big Day™ for "Redmond Justice"-- sort of an antitrust Super Tuesday. Barring sufficient headway between the government and Microsoft towards reaching a settlement in the case, Judge Jackson had decreed that he'd issue his long-awaited verdict (otherwise known amongst the antitrust fan base as the "Microsoft Smackdown")... 2186: Preparing For November (3/28/00) While Microsoft's involvement with the government is primarily litigious in nature, it looks like Apple's playing the politics angle instead. For those of you who regularly visit iReview (and that may not be many of you, given how infrequently new iReviews are added), you may have noticed a couple of new sites on the list...
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