OC’s network restricted to gullible Mac users

Posted on January 26th, 2010 @ 12:46 pm

We had a Oklahoma City WordPress User’s Group meetup last night. We’ve been meeting monthly for several months now in Oklahoma Christian University’s PEC building. I was presenting on the WP sIFR plugin. Little did I know what awaited…

When I got there, everyone was having problems connecting to the internet. Everyone on a Mac, that is. Turns out OC now has a standard hotel-like agreement you have to go through to connect to their network.

No big deal, right?

Wrong. Part of their process includes downloading an application that checks for antivirus software. Yes, even on a Mac. And if you don’t have any installed, you can’t connect to the internet.

What kind of a person buys antivirus software for their Mac?

I’m glad you asked! The type of person who buys and installs anti virus on their Mac is also likely to purchase:

Anywho, naturally all of the technologically inclined people in the meeting were running Macs (with one exception) and were therefore unable to connect. Fortunately, I had preloaded all my tabs in Chrome and could therefore still give my presentation, as long as I didn’t click on anything.

P.S. To clarify, the network is actually restricted to anyone with an OC issued computer, gullible Mac users and “normal” Windows users.

P.P.S. Thanks to Wesley Fryer for his blog post with a screenshot of the travesty and excellent notes on the WordPress meetup.

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Wesley Fryer

Kudos to you Tim, for coming with pre-loaded tabs on your browser!

I was bummed I left my AT&T 3G data card at home, which I usually keep in my backpack for moments like last night! I hope they get that situation resolved before our next meeting.

Thanks for your preso last night. I learned a lot! :-)

January 26, 2010 @ 2:35 pm


Tim Priebe

It was really just last minute preparation that led to the tabs being pre-loaded. Finally, procrastination paid off.

January 28, 2010 @ 6:50 pm

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