On 8 June 2010 18:29, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote:
On 2010-06-08 10:28 , Bruce Dayton wrote:
Isn't that the 'Apple' way? Tight control?
it has nothing to do with Apple -- if the school were using Windows it seems
clear they'd have a similar policy; i've seen the same kind of
This is probably going to be my last on Mac vs PC for now. I'm getting
busy at school and barely have time to follow the list.
There are about 70 students in my class, broken into three sections.
Among the 70, there are maybe 10 who are over the age of 21. All the
rest are right out of high
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The network is also set up to be Mac only, to indoctrinate the kids
properly from the beginning
John, you're getting the idea ;-)
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 6:19:51 AM, you wrote:
JS This is probably going to be my last on Mac vs PC for now. I'm getting
JS busy at school and barely have time to follow the list.
JS There are about 70 students in my class, broken into
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Isn't that the 'Apple' way? Tight control?
Ridiculous!
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On 2010-06-08 10:28 , Bruce Dayton wrote:
Isn't that the 'Apple' way? Tight control?
it has nothing to do with Apple -- if the school were using Windows it
seems clear they'd have a similar policy; i've seen the same kind of
policy (for Windows and/or Mac) in various environments with
Seem to have touched a raw nerve.
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 10:29:04 AM, you wrote:
sh On 2010-06-08 10:28 , Bruce Dayton wrote:
Isn't that the 'Apple' way? Tight control?
sh it has nothing to do with Apple -- if the school were using Windows it
sh seems clear they'd have a similar
On 2010-06-08 11:32 , Bruce Dayton wrote:
Seem to have touched a raw nerve.
eh? just wasn't a sensible comment
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 10:47:23 AM, you wrote:
sh On 2010-06-08 11:32 , Bruce Dayton wrote:
Seem to have touched a raw nerve.
sh eh? just wasn't a sensible comment
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On 2010-06-08 12:18 , Bruce Dayton wrote:
If you could see the forest through the trees, I think you would see
it as sensible.
i see a forest of attitude through trees of poorly-aimed snark
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 11:37:24 AM, you wrote:
sh On 2010-06-08 12:18 , Bruce Dayton wrote:
If you could see the forest through the trees, I think you would see
it as sensible.
sh i see a forest of attitude through
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On 2010-06-08 12:18 , Bruce Dayton wrote:
If you could see the forest through the trees, I think you would see
it as sensible.
i see a forest of attitude through trees of poorly-aimed snark
On 6/8/2010 12:28 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote:
Isn't that the 'Apple' way? Tight control?
/Strict/ control, (ask Cotty).
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I've got nothing useful to add here but, as this thread seems to be
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On 2010-06-03 22:36 , John Sessoms wrote:
None of the Mac gurus at school could figure out how to take a screen shot.
those aren't gurus; you can tell them control-command-shift-3, or
control-command-shift-4 to crop while taking; screenshot goes directly
to clipboard; if you want a file,
From: Joseph McAllister
On Jun 3, 2010, at 21:36 , John Sessoms wrote:
From: Daniel J. Matyola
Based on my experience so far, it's easier to get the Windoze
computer to do what *I* want it to do right out of the box
That is not my experience. Windoze loads a lot of crap that I have
2010/6/4 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com:
And not by osmosis, my friend, not by osmosis.
:-)
Certainly not. Especially if you consider what actually happens in
osmosis; which is the passage of very small molecules across a passive
membrane. In practice, only water molecules are small
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Give you another one. On Windoze, I can do a print screen and then paste
the screen-shot into paint or Photoshop, crop to the part I want, save
it as a jpeg and insert that jpeg into a Word (or Open Office Writer
document as an illustration.
2010/6/4 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com:
Thank you for acknowledging my presence, Jostein!
Did I hit anything?
A 100% hit rate, I think. All messages threaded properly even in gmail. :-)
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On Jun 3, 2010, at 9:38 PM, Cotty wrote:
Strange as it may seem, there are plenty of people in the world who
would like to use a computer for various tasks - say, accessing the
internet, Skyping distant relatives, writing a letter to the bank - but
who are not the least bit interested in
On Jun 4, 2010, at 00:03 , AlunFoto wrote:
2010/6/4 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com:
And not by osmosis, my friend, not by osmosis.
:-)
Certainly not. Especially if you consider what actually happens in
osmosis; which is the passage of very small molecules across a passive
membrane. In
On 4 June 2010 08:11, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote:
If it isn't your cup of tea, go have a coffee instead. You'll still get a
caffeine hit, it just tastes different.
At last! Something to Mark!
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2010/6/4 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com:
If you wish to flaunt your dictionary acumen by practically quoting it
verbatim on me, save it. I looked it up before I wrote it, and decided it
was too narrow a definition. I stand by mine in defiance!
Sorry Joe. Used to teach aquaculture and
2010/6/4 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com:
On Jun 3, 2010, at 04:40 , AlunFoto wrote:
2010/6/3 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net:
I've restored from Time Machine on a number of occasions without
difficulty. It seems to do an excellent job without my having to take any
real action.
It is my opinion, however, that anyone who thinks they can go out and buy
their first computer, plug it in and start using it without reading the
manual(s), attending a class, joining a support group, and more, is
woefully assuming they are superhuman, Windows or Mac.
or they might not
2010/6/3 steve harley p...@paper-ape.com:
don't know about elsewhere, but the U.S. monumentally botches driver
education and testing; it considers a continuous massacre on the roads to be
a necessity for preserving basic freedoms; little do the victims realize
that they are martyrs for the
Oh, and of course I will most likely run into a problem with Adobe's
bitchy DRM on LR, but that's beside the point just now, right? We're
pretty much in agreement that Adobe would be well off doing something
about that. Let's just assume the shop can fix that one for me.
What say you?
I
2010/6/4 Bob W p...@web-options.com:
There are more people out there than you might realise who haven't a clue,
and don't care. And why should they? The computers should work more like the
TV and the toaster, and so should the systems that we IT people make them
use.
And marketing try to tote
2010/6/4 Bob W p...@web-options.com:
I don't think you'd have much trouble with Adobe on LR. I originally bought
v1 for my 32-bit Windows XP and have just installed LR it on the new 64-bit
W7 box from the same installation media - now v2 - followed by all the
upgrades online. The original
I don't think you'd have much trouble with Adobe on LR. I originally
bought
v1 for my 32-bit Windows XP and have just installed LR it on the new
64-bit
W7 box from the same installation media - now v2 - followed by all the
upgrades online. The original media also contain the Mac versions, so
On Jun 4, 2010, at 2:23 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
You can do a screen shot, a window shot, or a selected area shot of any
proportion or size with a Mac, either through keyboard shortcuts, or using
the included with the O/S little program called Grab. Can't show you
here, because this
On Jun 4, 2010, at 3:48 AM, AlunFoto wrote:
Then one day shit happens, and the Mac is somehow beyond repair and/or
retrieval. As a newbie I really don't know how to cope, so let's say I
take my TM to the computer shop, and tell them I'll buy a new Mac from
them on the condition that they
On 2010-06-04 01:48 , AlunFoto wrote:
Since I don't own a Mac, why would I have wasted money on a Time Machine? :-)
But truth be told, I investigated the possiblilty of using a TM to
back up my windows computers.
really? Time Machine is software built into Mac OS X, you can't buy it
On 2010-06-04 00:23 , John Sessoms wrote:
However the software doesn't give me the choice of NO. It only gives me
the choice to change the configuration so as to make the drive useless
or to cancel.
If this were Windoze software, there would be some way to turn the
software off.
i think this
On Jun 4, 2010, at 10:57 , steve harley wrote:
On 2010-06-04 01:48 , AlunFoto wrote:
Since I don't own a Mac, why would I have wasted money on a Time
Machine? :-)
But truth be told, I investigated the possiblilty of using a TM to
back up my windows computers.
snip
you seem have Time
On Jun 4, 2010, at 00:37 , AlunFoto wrote:
2010/6/4 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com:
If you wish to flaunt your dictionary acumen by practically quoting
it
verbatim on me, save it. I looked it up before I wrote it, and
decided it
was too narrow a definition. I stand by mine in
On Jun 4, 2010, at 11:10 , steve harley wrote:
On 2010-06-04 00:23 , John Sessoms wrote:
However the software doesn't give me the choice of NO. It only
gives me
the choice to change the configuration so as to make the drive
useless
or to cancel.
If this were Windoze software, there would
On 2/6/10, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed:
I've yet to see any of them to get an image to open in Photoshop on
first try. Same problems I have ... Oops I clicked it and it's opened
the wrong program. Close that one and drag it onto the Photoshop icon.
Bizarre. Something drastically
On 3/6/10, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed:
OMG it is a religion! I thought the concept was a joke.
All Windows users will burn in hell - no joke.
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On 03/06/2010, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote:
When you first got in a car, I presume you had no instruction whatsoever
and simple put your hands on the steering wheel expecting it to make a
loud noise and move forward?
Fortunately no license is required to operate a toaster.
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On 03/06/2010, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote:
On 3/6/10, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed:
OMG it is a religion! I thought the concept was a joke.
All Windows users will burn in hell - no joke.
And be forced to use a Mac for eternity I figure, dog help us.
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OMG it is a religion! I thought the concept was a joke.
All Windows users will burn in hell - no joke.
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I'll be ok, I have a fire-retardant black polo-neck.
Any true mac fan has the apple logo branded on his chest. Across a nipple.
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On Jun 3, 2010, at 5:17 AM, steve harley wrote:
On 2010-06-02 04:06 , David Mann wrote:
For something that was created on a Mac, the system stores extra data that
associates the file with the program that created it.
this was true until 10.6 ... starting with Snow Leopard, the creator code
On 6/3/2010 11:05 AM, Cotty wrote:
On 3/6/10, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed:
OMG it is a religion! I thought the concept was a joke.
All Windows users will burn in hell - no joke.
See you there ;-).
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2010/6/3 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com:
Doesn't say a thing about the quality of the system, of course. But
Apple will eventually find itself in trouble if they don't deliver to
this group.
They do.
You can use your Mac (iMac, MacBook, Whatever) right out of the box. Just
like you
2010/6/3 Cotty cotty...@mac.com:
On 3/6/10, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed:
OMG it is a religion! I thought the concept was a joke.
All Windows users will burn in hell - no joke.
Sometimes it really gives a better perspective being atheist.
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2010/6/2 steve harley p...@paper-ape.com:
i think Apple attempts to address these needs with an appliance approach
rather than study the user manual, practice, stress about it and maybe
you'll get it right; i personally believe that simplicity is overrated, but
i also see that Apple's (and
2010/6/2 steve harley p...@paper-ape.com:
however Macs are extremely configurable for those who learn how; for example
Time Machine may not be the best solution for photographers; among other
reasons, those who use Lightroom or Aperture may wind up storing versions of
databases that store
On 3/6/10, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed:
For those who learn how, nothing is difficult. My gripe with this was
that Apple seem to attract the users least likely to be bothered with
just that. Such a trust in any computer system seems quite unhealthy
to me.
Strange as it may seem, there
2010/6/3 Cotty cotty...@mac.com:
That fact that Apple (seems to) attracts users least likely to be
bothered with learning 'how' is far from a gripe - it is actually a big
selling point, and indeed was such when the Mac was first launched.
My comment was not about the quality of the _system_
On Jun 3, 2010, at 5:18 AM, AlunFoto wrote:
2010/6/2 steve harley p...@paper-ape.com:
however Macs are extremely configurable for those who learn how; for example
Time Machine may not be the best solution for photographers; among other
reasons, those who use Lightroom or Aperture may wind
2010/6/3 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net:
I've restored from Time Machine on a number of occasions without difficulty.
It seems to do an excellent job without my having to take any real action. It
even backs up my encrypted files and enables restoration of them if they're
lost or
On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:15 -0400, paul stenquist
pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
On Jun 3, 2010, at 5:18 AM, AlunFoto wrote:
2010/6/2 steve harley p...@paper-ape.com:
however Macs are extremely configurable for those who learn how; for
example
Time Machine may not be the best
2010/6/3 Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm:
Hmmm.
I somewhaty innocently started this thread so I dip in now and then to
try to understand how it's managed to develop into such a monolith.
The trouble is, now I have no idea at all what any of you are talking
about..
No worries,
So you admit that Mac worship is a religion?
On 6/3/2010 12:35 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote:
On Jun 2, 2010, at 19:22 , P. J. Alling wrote:
This still cracks me up...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWxC8ezE4Dk
Every religion (W)(A) is filled with crackpots who deride other's in
hopes you
2010/6/3 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com:
I made a snide remark implying that Apple attract the most
tecnologiacally ignorant users by marketing...
Technologically, that would be. Fell under a spell, I guess... :-)
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On 6/3/2010 12:34 AM, Rob Studdert wrote:
On 03/06/2010, Joseph McAllisterpentax...@mac.com wrote:
God, the rigidity of the mind of one who is schooled in the way of Windows
before seeing the true enlightened way of the Mac!
OMG it is a religion! I thought the concept was a joke.
On 6/3/2010 4:55 AM, AlunFoto wrote:
2010/6/3 Cottycotty...@mac.com:
On 3/6/10, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed:
OMG it is a religion! I thought the concept was a joke.
All Windows users will burn in hell - no joke.
Sometimes it really gives a better
On 6/3/2010 4:05 AM, Cotty wrote:
On 3/6/10, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed:
OMG it is a religion! I thought the concept was a joke.
All Windows users will burn in hell - no joke.
No they won't they /know/ they've served their time in hell.
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On 3 June 2010 22:47, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
OMG it is a religion! I thought the concept was a joke.
Well now you know.
This guy already knew, and dressed appropriately:
http://poorlydressed.com/2010/01/19/fashion-fail-think-different-but-not-that-different/
or
On 6/3/2010 9:03 AM, Anthony Farr wrote:
On 3 June 2010 22:47, P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
OMG it is a religion! I thought the concept was a joke.
Well now you know.
This guy already knew, and dressed appropriately:
On 03/06/2010 2:01 AM, Cotty wrote:
When you first got in a car, I presume you had no instruction whatsoever
and simple put your hands on the steering wheel expecting it to make a
loud noise and move forward?
My understanding is that is more or less how Macs are sold.
They just work
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On 6/3/2010 9:19 AM, William Robb wrote:
On 03/06/2010 2:01 AM, Cotty wrote:
When you first got in a car, I presume you had no instruction whatsoever
and simple put your hands on the steering wheel expecting it to make a
loud noise and move forward?
My understanding is that is more or less
On 03/06/2010 5:56 AM, AlunFoto wrote:
I made a snide remark implying that Apple attract the most
tecnologiacally ignorant users
And I confirmed it with another snide remark.
Don't forget about that
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On 03/06/2010 7:25 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
As you know, cars just work too.
Interestingly enough, I had to take my truck back to the dealer during
it's first rainstorm because I both couldn't get the windshield wipers
to work and also couldn't figure it out from the little drawing in the
On Jun 3, 2010, at 7:40 AM, AlunFoto wrote:
2010/6/3 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net:
I've restored from Time Machine on a number of occasions without
difficulty. It seems to do an excellent job without my having to
take any real action. It even backs up my encrypted files and
2010/6/3 William Robb war...@gmail.com:
And I confirmed it with another snide remark.
Don't forget about that
Certainly not. Credits are due. :-)
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Thanks Paul.
It's the best testimony for Time machine I've seen so far. :-)
Jostein
2010/6/3 P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net:
On Jun 3, 2010, at 7:40 AM, AlunFoto wrote:
2010/6/3 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net:
I've restored from Time Machine on a number of occasions without
Thursday, June 3, 2010, 1:15:18 AM, you wrote:
C On 3/6/10, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
I'll be ok, I have a fire-retardant black polo-neck.
C Any true mac fan has the apple logo branded on his chest. Across a nipple.
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Wow! Mac fans have nipples? And I
2010/6/3 Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com:
Wow! Mac fans have nipples? And I thought they just had dual
'cores'...grin
hehehe.
Apple + nipples = napples?
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On 6/3/2010 7:18 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
So you admit that Mac worship is a religion?
On 6/3/2010 12:35 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote:
On Jun 2, 2010, at 19:22 , P. J. Alling wrote:
This
On 2010-06-03 03:18 , AlunFoto wrote:
Or are there any Mac users here who can stand up and guarantee that a
Mac and a Time Machine will provide adequate backup of all user data
straight out of the box.
define adequate backup ... and just who would guarantee any backup
without a high-priced
On 2010-06-03 02:47 , AlunFoto wrote:
The comparison to car driving crossed my mind too. Computers are
becoming tools every bit as ubiquitous as cars. However, most
societies require drivers to prove their skills by obtaining a license
before they can legally drive out of that parking lot. Maybe
I thought I'd check in and see how it was going. I mean, how bad could it be?
I might never be able to use my iPod Touch again.
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Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 23:03:25
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Subject: Re: OT - Abobe
On Jun 3, 2010, at 01:05 , Cotty wrote:
On 3/6/10, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed:
OMG it is a religion! I thought the concept was a joke.
All Windows users will burn in hell - no joke.
Love it !
On the other hand, don't you think they've been in Hell long enough?
Joseph
On Jun 3, 2010, at 02:18 , AlunFoto wrote:
Or are there any Mac users here who can stand up and guarantee that a
Mac and a Time Machine will provide adequate backup of all user data
straight out of the box. From reading that famous document, the
manual, I'm not convinced.
No one can
On 03/06/2010 9:28 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote:
On the other hand, don't you think they've been in Hell long enough?
John has probably been in hell far longer than he would care to be.
Seriously Joe, your beloved Macs don't work any better than a PC of
equivalent component quality, and I
On 01/06/2010, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote:
.. I do get pissed off when, every time I open a .PDF file, I end up
with a little taskbar notifier telling me there is an update available.
I've tried to turn it off a couple of different ways, but it comes back.
It's actually fairly well
On Jun 3, 2010, at 03:08 , AlunFoto wrote:
2010/6/3 Cotty cotty...@mac.com:
That fact that Apple (seems to) attracts users least likely to be
bothered with learning 'how' is far from a gripe - it is actually a
big
selling point, and indeed was such when the Mac was first launched.
My
On Jun 3, 2010, at 04:40 , AlunFoto wrote:
2010/6/3 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net:
I've restored from Time Machine on a number of occasions without
difficulty. It seems to do an excellent job without my having to
take any real action. It even backs up my encrypted files and
From: Daniel J. Matyola
Based on my experience so far, it's easier to get the Windoze
computer to do what *I* want it to do right out of the box
That is not my experience. Windoze loads a lot of crap that I have to
get rid of, and it makes it difficult to load non-MS programs and make
them
On Jun 3, 2010, at 04:56 , AlunFoto wrote:
Oh, and Joe McAllister has tried to win some branch of argument by
message precision bombing, I think.
Thank you for acknowledging my presence, Jostein!
Did I hit anything?
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On Jun 3, 2010, at 05:18 , P. J. Alling wrote:
So you admit that Mac worship is a religion?
Not in the ecumenical sense, but yes. More of a fervor, I think. Like
sports! Yankees and Red Sox. Manchester vs… vs… whoever they are
versus in your neck of the planet.
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On Jun 3, 2010, at 21:36 , John Sessoms wrote:
From: Daniel J. Matyola
Based on my experience so far, it's easier to get the Windoze
computer to do what *I* want it to do right out of the box
That is not my experience. Windoze loads a lot of crap that I have
to
get rid of, and it makes it
On 04/06/2010, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote:
Suppose your first camera was ever was a K20D. You'd be screwed up for years
trying to figure out how and why it worked on your own, without at least
reading the entire manual twelve times over. An intelligent person would
seek help
On 2010-06-01 22:48 , P. J. Alling wrote:
Some file systems don't use extensions, they associate programs and data
using other methods. I don't know how Apple did it in the pre OS-X days,
(I didn't care enough to actually learn), but Now I assume they use the
Unix conventions.
Mac OS X has
2010/6/1 Cotty cotty...@mac.com:
In my experience, those who make a living from the tools they use make
it a point to understand them and ensure they keep working, be that
cameras, lenses or computers. In this respect, it will be the same for
PC users and Mac users.
Of course it should be the
On Jun 2, 2010, at 3:13 PM, William Robb wrote:
Now I realize that Paul won't believe me, but a few years ago I was talking
about computers with an acquaintance who is both a Mac user and an idiot. I
mentioned something about file extensions and he didn't have a clue what I
was talking
On 02/06/2010, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote:
My point is that Jostein's sample users in the south Atlantic appears to
me to be only indicative of a bunch of people on a photo trip to the
south atlantic, with few full-time professional photographers on board.
Using a computer, be it a Mac or a
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 12:48 AM, P. J. Alling
webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
Which don't necessarily need file extensions, there are a variety of methods
that
would work without extensions that don't involve magic.
There are also methods that DO involve magic.
On 2010-06-02 04:06 , David Mann wrote:
For something that was created on a Mac, the system stores extra data that
associates the file with the program that created it.
this was true until 10.6 ... starting with Snow Leopard, the creator
code associations are no longer respected by the
On 2010-06-02 03:32 , AlunFoto wrote:
Besides, people use their computers for more purposes than just image
storage/processing, and a little understanding really goes a long way.
so might we expand László Moholy-Nagy's famous quote to say:
The illiterate of the future will be ignorant of the
On 6/2/2010 7:27 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote:
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 12:48 AM, P. J. Alling
webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
Which don't necessarily need file extensions, there are a variety of methods
that
would work without extensions that don't involve magic.
There are also methods
On Jun 1, 2010, at 02:54 , steve harley wrote:
On 2010-05-31 12:22 , P. J. Alling wrote:
Richer and better educated doesn't necessarly translate to more
intellegent.
which is why i didn't say i had disproved the assertion; just
pointing out how fruitless my search for the study had been
On Jun 1, 2010, at 04:44 , AlunFoto wrote:
For example, one of the guys made a
substantial (his word) income from printing fine art for other
artists. He owned one of those giant Epsons, nine thousand something.
I had to help him recover his LR catalogue twice, convert his emails
to text-only,
On Jun 1, 2010, at 06:11 , William Robb wrote:
With Mac, you are locked in to what Steve Jobs tells you to buy.
Now I realize that he and Jesus Christ are one and the same to
(apparently most) Mac users, but I still like the option of choice.
Then for daddy God's sake, buy a Mac and use
On Jun 1, 2010, at 06:27 , William Robb wrote:
I reiterate: Adobe had 1.5 years advance notice. Apple made available
lists of software that would break. Adobe was at the top of the alpha
list. Adobe, in couched terms, basically said their software would
break
under undisclosed
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