Though I've worked on M$ machines for years, most of those years almost exclusively on PC, you'll not find me a very strong supporter of them. Quite the contrary. And in some ways, I feel that I'm a far better judge because of those years than some of my long standing Mac friends who've never more than watched over another's shoulder for a couple of minutes, posted hate mail on a user group, and repeated what they've heard other PC haters whine! ;-)
"The rest of the internet"? Who are they? They are us! And standards aren't what some back-room consortium of techno-geeks says they are. Standards are what is "standard" for a given industry or culture. And this standard is so old that hearing about it is actually new to me. Again, no M$ lover, I. But "a quick thought overnight"????? We're talking TWENTY ONE YEARS and (technologically) lifetimes ago!!!!!! I'm not pontificating the obvious here. I'm only noting that "the rest of the internet" has already made the necessary moves to keep up with the best of what all this tech can offer the user. Do we hang on to ancient rules just because they once worked? I certainly hope not. Have fun, ht ////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ On 11/21/03, Ben Kennedy wrote: >On 21 11 2003 at 10:27 am -0500, tass wrote: > >>It was written in 1982. THAT'S 19 EIGHTY 2!!!!!!! >>It's not the Magna Carta, it's the Rosetta Stone!!!!!! >>[...] >>78 characters may have been all that could fit on a 9" monochrome >>screen. But it's time to leave the mule and cart behind. > >Thanks tass, we all agree with you. Now, as soon as you can convince the >rest of the internet, we're ready to roll! > >(Contrary to the doctrine put forth in the Microsoft world, standards and >world harmony don't happen just by having a quick thought overnight, >shutting one's eyes, and applying brute force in the direction of one's >own whimsy) > >-ben > >-- >Ben Kennedy, chief magician >zygoat creative technical services >613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 >http://www.zygoat.ca > > >
