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Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.
-- Henry David Thoreau
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On Jun 17, 2004, at 7:35 PM, Bill Holt wrote:
> Well, I've been running OSX (10.2.8) for about three months now, and
> think
> that's a reasonable trial period. Although I can see how it could be
> very
> highly rated for a new user, for me, a long time Mac person, it's
> irritating
> features are still dominant.
>
> Yes, I do just love it that I've not had one, notta, system crash
> during
> that period. And I do run some heavy aps, all at the same time. So a
> crash
> every once in a while wouldn't have disappointed me.
>
Not crashing does sounds like a good thing (smile).
> But what irritates the bejeebers out of me is the way that years of
> user
> experience has been so callously discarded. Why was "make an alias"
> changed
> from Command-M to Command-L? New folder is now command-option-N, vs
> the
> twenty year practice of Command-N. Command-N now does something
> useless.
> And did navigation have to be made so flipping cumbersome? It used to
> be
> easy, now it's not. Now it's like working a damned computer! If what
> you
> want to do isn't what the system guesses you'll be wanting to do, well
> hold
> onto your hat buddy 'cause you're going for a ride. It's as if the
> next
> modal Ford came out with the gas on the left and the brake on the
> right.
>
They do make sense in the way they are used now, but I can understand
the irritation of dealing with the small changes that catch you by
surprise.
The finder is now an application that manages windows as its documents
so command-n is actually making the finder act like the other programs
have for those twenty years in that you get a new document (new finder
window). Command-m for "minimize" or "make the window small", Ehh no
biggy, but again it is a change.
Navigation is a bit easier under Panther than Jaguar.
> On the plus side, if Micro$oft had been in charge, the gas pedal would
> have
> replaced the volume control knob on the radio, or perhaps that knob
> would
> have been given a dual function; push in and turn right to accelerate,
> pull
> out and turn right to increase volume. Of course, before using the
> dual
> function knob to decelerate, a voice would come out of the speaker
> asking,
> "Are you sure you want to decelerate?" You'd have to affirm the
> request by
> screaming "Jesus save me!" into the horn button - now conveniently
> located
> under the passenger seat.
>
Yeah it could be worse huh? (really big smile).
> Argh.
>
> And now the danged thing won't start back up. I needed to switch back
> to
> OS9 to do a few things that won't work under X - scsi connected
> scanner,
> that sort of thing. Eventually, after multiple tries, I did manage to
> get
> it to restart in system 9. Now, however, it won't go back. It says "
> ....
> can't open .... can't open ..... can't open" and then gives up on OSX
> and
> opens in 9.2.
>
> So I guess I'll have to reinstall the system so I can run the one
> thing I
> have that requires OSX.
>
Use OS-9's disk utility to check the drive. Your system folder has
become "unblessed" and needs to be "blessed" again so the Start-up
sequence will recognize it. Some folks have gotten the system folders
to be recognized by dragging them to the desktop then back into the
hard drive. Disconnect all none-necessary devices such as the scsi
ones, etc. Zap the pram a few times.
You might also try starting up in single-user mode (no guarantees this
will work with an unblessed folder) by holding down the s key while
booting. If it boots, follow the on screen instructions closely.
Jerry
> Argh. There's a mole from Micro$oft working at Apple. He needs to be
> found
> out, drug out onto the lawn, and have the, well, you know, stomped out
> of
> him.
>
> OK, I feel better now.
>
> BTW: Does anyone want a Newton 130? Works fine, door and flaps
> missing,
> backlight flakey, no stylus. Price: put a soft drink in my hand at
> the
> next meeting. I got 2100 fin a great deal, and it is a magnificent
> little
> machine. Hand writing recognition that's actually useful! Woo hoo!
>
> Bill Holt
>
>
>
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