Jed and Sean, I encourage you to please stay on this list. I've learnt a lot about the mac since joining purely for interest's sake. If you're really stuck with something, then by all means post, but don't just post for the sake of it without trying first. My advice would be to try and ignore people who try to fend you off. I'm on several lists, including this one, and I don't post for the sake of it; in fact, I rarely post on here since, as I stated, I've joined as I want to learn as much as I can about the mac before considering to purchase one, which may be after my university studies, I don't know. Hope this helps, and enjoy! Chris Hallsworth BrailleNote mPower user Website: www.chrishallsworth.co.nr ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jed Barton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby theblind'" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 11:09 PM Subject: RE: Don't take this the wrong way
Good for you. If you don't like the messages people are posting, then don't read. Personally I have been a mac user for 3 weeks, and have learned a lot thanks to people on this list. Personally, I'm not a read it manual kind of guy, and learn by doing. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Jolley Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 6:03 PM To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind Subject: Don't take this the wrong way Hi folks, What is it with some people on this list not bothering to read documentation or attempt to work things out for themselves? This Sean person or whoever he is constantly posts without any common sense. He doesn't seem to obviously read documentation. Alright, I have asked the odd question but let's run down what I managed to do within my first month: 1. Sorted out male 2. Sorted out newsgroup access. 3. Gotten myself a decent set of apps for digital editting. 4. Installed all the tools necessary for writing and playing interactive fiction. 5. Gotten myself aquainted with mac OS from scratch as it is a good deal different to OS 9 with outspoken. 6. Installed and used VLC media player. 7. Gotten Fusion for running windows and installed it independently. 8. Managed to update my blog and get to grips with Marsedit 2.0 Oh, let me see, I bought my mac in august and started from nothing? I forgot, people on this list seem to think I don't know what the hell I am on about. With a wide range of experience in music composition, arrangement and engineering, not to mention mathematical research and so on I am well aquainted with computers and there abilities. I started with Eureka A4 systems, programmed them and used them for music composition and arrangement. My point really is that it is getting rather boring to see the same requests on this list and people don't take time to learn things. Why? If you buy a mac, invest the time in learning it. Just my thoughts. -James-
