Is Apple Toying With Our Minds?
Ran across a funny thing in href="http://forums.macnn.com">MacNN's forums
this morning. User "theiliad" (the same Mac fan who
attempted to href="http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?u
bb=get_topic&f=12&t=003159">infiltrate Apple's
plant in Ireland in search of clues for the
approaching MWNY's offerings) pointed out a bit of wit
on href="http://www.apple.com/macosx">Apple's Mac OS X
page. Take a look towards the bottom-right of the
page, at the text snippet under the "EightBall" download
link... Clever little piece thrown in there. Seems the
web guys at Apple are having a little fun with us, no
doubt to tide them over until the moment Wednesday
when they get to redirect to the updated Apple On-Line
Store full of treasures untold...
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