While the above discourse on location is quite informative, I'd like to add one point which needs clarification: the difference between the location (folder/pathname) and the application.
I get so sick of asking people where foo.doc is and being told "It's in Word."
In addition to EQ, which was already discussed, you may also want to check Sound Enhancer. I don't know if iPod uses it or not ( I don't own one), but it horribly distorts music from my Cube into my home stereo.
Check (in iTunes) Preferences:Playback and be sure Sound Enhancer is turned off.
The Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band CD, as I recall, came out "Twenty years ago today" after the original 1967 album. I still haven't got my copy. Maybe I'll pick it up on the 40th anniversary.
"Except that Apple does this as well. Each version of OSX is more inconsistant than the last.. which isn't a suprise since they fired all their usability experts over a decade ago.
This so true. The "Save file requester is totally munged, and, since return/enter no longer opens folder, it is impossible to save to the folder of my choice without moving my hand to the mouse.
Software Update and System Preferences both quit when you close the window. So do Disk Utility, Network Utility and a bunch of other apps.
For software update, this makes sense. That does piss me off about SysPrefs and DiskUt. Software update still pisses me off, by requiring a reboot on quit. Please give me a "Thanks for the upgrade, now go away and let me reboot in my own goddamn good time" button. Instead, I choose to force-quit SU until it's convenient to interrupt my workflow.
So is Apple guilty of making stupid ass-umptions now? Or can you explain why Network Utility quits when the window closes, but Airport Admin Utility doesn't?
Yes, Apple is highly guilty of making ass-umptions, and while OS X is vastly superior to original OS for stability, networking and multitasking, it is wholly inconsistent and in many ways broken.
I maintain, however, that "Close" and "Quit" are separate choices, each requiring only one step.
"First, closing the only open window does not close the program."
Thank God for that. I hate closing a window, and the app simply vanishing. It's like a saw that unplugs itself every time I reach the end of a board. If I want to close, I'll close, if I want to quit, I'll quit. It's another stupid ass-umption windows makes for me.
That was the car I first learned to drive (in Oklahoma yet). My dad had a thing for Morris Minors; he's owned about 4 of them. He calls it "the only true sports car -- because it gives the elements an equal chance." And he would have been glad to fuel it with cat carcasses.
As part of the launch, Microsoft paid $12,000,000 for the rights to use the Rolling Stones' song "Start Me Up" (containing the prophetic line 'You make a grown man cry')."
I've often wondered if MS corporate/legal fully reviewed and vetted the use of "Start Me Up," as in addition to 'You make a grown man cry,' it also includes the phrase 'You make a dead man cum.'
I thought we were supposed to be the third most intelligent species on the planet -- behind the dolphins and the pan-dimensional beings who present themselves as mices.
Interestingly enough, the Oklahoma data is relatively recent, about 1.5-2 yrs old.
You can see the Oklahoma Memorial, where the Murrah Building stood until 1995. The memorial was created in roughly 1997-98, considerably later the the Apple campus. Also visible downtown is a new library built in ±2003. Not shown is the new federal building built in ±2004 to replace the Murrah building.
Thanks for the invitation. Instead, I think I need to stay here and incourage change from the inside.
As the wise old philosopher Merle Haggard once said, "If you don't love this country, leave it. And if you do, then you should stay here and fix the sonofabitch."
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Now that's a reason to post AC.
You can't talk about my wife that way!
While the above discourse on location is quite informative, I'd like to add one point which needs clarification: the difference between the location (folder/pathname) and the application.
I get so sick of asking people where foo.doc is and being told "It's in Word."
Word, (Excel, et.al.) is a tool, not a place.
The physical world equivalent would be asking
"Where do keep your screws?"
"In my screwdriver."
In addition to EQ, which was already discussed, you may also want to check Sound Enhancer. I don't know if iPod uses it or not ( I don't own one), but it horribly distorts music from my Cube into my home stereo.
Check (in iTunes) Preferences:Playback and be sure Sound Enhancer is turned off.
I stand advised.
(Yes, I click through EULAs without regard to content as well.)
Well for starters, I believe /. retains some rights to your post, so you cannot claim copyright over it.
I guess you've never noticed this disclaimer above every discussion:
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
The Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band CD, as I recall, came out "Twenty years ago today" after the original 1967 album. I still haven't got my copy. Maybe I'll pick it up on the 40th anniversary.
"Except that Apple does this as well. Each version of OSX is more inconsistant than the last.. which isn't a suprise since they fired all their usability experts over a decade ago.
This so true. The "Save file requester is totally munged, and, since return/enter no longer opens folder, it is impossible to save to the folder of my choice without moving my hand to the mouse.
Software Update and System Preferences both quit when you close the window. So do Disk Utility, Network Utility and a bunch of other apps.
For software update, this makes sense. That does piss me off about SysPrefs and DiskUt. Software update still pisses me off, by requiring a reboot on quit. Please give me a "Thanks for the upgrade, now go away and let me reboot in my own goddamn good time" button. Instead, I choose to force-quit SU until it's convenient to interrupt my workflow.
So is Apple guilty of making stupid ass-umptions now? Or can you explain why Network Utility quits when the window closes, but Airport Admin Utility doesn't?
Yes, Apple is highly guilty of making ass-umptions, and while OS X is vastly superior to original OS for stability, networking and multitasking, it is wholly inconsistent and in many ways broken.
I maintain, however, that "Close" and "Quit" are separate choices, each requiring only one step.
"First, closing the only open window does not close the program."
Thank God for that. I hate closing a window, and the app simply vanishing. It's like a saw that unplugs itself every time I reach the end of a board. If I want to close, I'll close, if I want to quit, I'll quit. It's another stupid ass-umption windows makes for me.
They trademarked "Moof"?!?
you gotta have 50 -60"+ for the living room
Why?
Are you that spoiled, or just that blind?
That was the car I first learned to drive (in Oklahoma yet). My dad had a thing for Morris Minors; he's owned about 4 of them. He calls it "the only true sports car -- because it gives the elements an equal chance." And he would have been glad to fuel it with cat carcasses.
Q. Why do the English drink warm beer?
A. Because they have Lucas refrigerators.
I've often wondered if MS corporate/legal fully reviewed and vetted the use of "Start Me Up," as in addition to 'You make a grown man cry,' it also includes the phrase 'You make a dead man cum.'
Brilliant, sig, j!
or you could just laugh...
I thought we were supposed to be the third most intelligent species on the planet -- behind the dolphins and the pan-dimensional beings who present themselves as mices.
"Its a G3 400Mhz" ...is enough to tell me it has firewire.
;-).
Anything 333mhz and below is non-firewire. Anything 350 mhz and above includes firewire.
I only know this cause I was ebaying for a used iMac for the wife, and firewire was the dealbreaker (for videos of the grandbaby, y'know
Interestingly enough, the Oklahoma data is relatively recent, about 1.5-2 yrs old.
You can see the Oklahoma Memorial, where the Murrah Building stood until 1995. The memorial was created in roughly 1997-98, considerably later the the Apple campus. Also visible downtown is a new library built in ±2003. Not shown is the new federal building built in ±2004 to replace the Murrah building.
Thanks for the invitation. Instead, I think I need to stay here and incourage change from the inside.
As the wise old philosopher Merle Haggard once said, "If you don't love this country, leave it. And if you do, then you should stay here and fix the sonofabitch."
"Would that be wirth somethin' to ye laddie? Or should I just punch up 'Clear'?"
"How do we know he din't invent the thingie?"
(RE your sig: I, Me, Mine was a Harrisong)
Duh, it's obvious:
;-)
"Evocative nomenclature."
You can have that one for free, Squid
Open the template "normal.dot" in your templates directory. Switch to page layout view (or outline view, whatever floats your'n) and save.
Now Page Layout is your default view.
go'blessyamyte!
mmm...
Being "former," I wouldn't think you're obligated -- but you've absolutely earned the right!
Aaaw, come on, Asshat is great word.
/., so it's a meme! /Dons FRS
Such a great mental image of a guy whose ass right below his stovepipe -- like yours!
It's alliterative with AC!
And i learned it from