Hello, fellow aficionados of Macintosh computers all over the
world! I hope you are all scraping together your last cents (pence,
pfennige, escudos, dinares, whatever) to buy that lovely new
metal-looking takeaway computer which our prophet and visionary
numero uno, his insanely greatness Steve Jobs, has brought upon us
like manna from the heavens.
Funny that at the end of April, as I was just in the middle of
my contemplation on religion, Steve Jobs , and Apple Computer, a
large green envelope folloped into the hall of my modest house in
the Scottish wilderness with the census questionnaire of her
Majesty's Government.
Every ten years the queen and her ministerial minions want to
know whether we are still out there, how may of us are still
around, whether we're healthy, in work or maybe lazy b******s, what
ethnicity we feel we belong to, and what we believe in. Many felt
that religion is not anyone's business at all, but apparently a lot
of clever people out there put "Jedi" under the question of which
faith they belong to. Some were even more clever and stated that
"OS X" was there faith of choice. Does that categorize them as
pagans, devil-worshippers, or just plain loonies?
Another couple of thousand of her Majesty's subjects apparently
put "Steve Jobs Worshipper," "Macintosh User," and "Apple Computer"
in the appropriate box.
The most important question is whether this will have any
influence on future policy decision of the government? Will VAT on
iMacs be lowered? Is Steve Jobs birthday going to be a public
holiday? Will floppy disks be banned? Will there be tax-increases
on Windows machines? Maybe even a Knighthood for Woz?
One thing is nevertheless for certain: There a lot of people who
should get out more. 
