On Jun 1, 2010, at 21:48 , P. J. Alling wrote:
Is that a Tom or a Queen you would prefer???
This sounds like a case of you only get to do what Steve thinks you
should do.
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 about.
He said (and I paraphrase) "we don't use file extensions on Macs,
we just click the icon and it opens.
Apparently Macs just know what the file is by magic....
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. Which don't necessarily need
file extensions, there are a variety of methods that would work
without extensions that don't involve magic. I find it very
annoying that Microsoft wants to look like Apple so much that they
hide file extensions by default, even though the extensions are there.
Apple uses them, but has pretty much always hidden them. Early on you
had to "Get Info" about a file to find it's type. Now you have a
choice as to either show them or not. I show them, so I don't have to
"Get Info" to know. It doesn't matter really, as all you have to do is
click on any file to make something dance and show you it's
stuff. :-)
Joseph McAllister
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There is no off position to the genius switch.
Genius can, however, be observed as insanity.
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