IMHO OS X is a great OS for a newbie, or at least someone that's not terribly familiar with the ways of the Classic Mac OS. OS X is a royal pain in the ass for a Classic Mac OS guru though.
Thank you! With reservations on the whole "newbie" comment, this is what I've been saying all along. If you're used to doing things the "Classic way" and you either refuse to change or cannot change then it's going to be a pain. But if you're coming from somewhere else, or can easily adapt to change, then OS X rocks.
Nearly all of the anti-X arguments boil down to "It doesn't do things the way I am used to, therefore it sucks."
When I first got my Mac, I booted it into OS9 just to see what it was like. It didn't last very long. I nearly freaked out when I couldn't find a way to shut it down. (What's so 'special' about shutting down a computer anyway?) Do I think this is because OS9 sucks? Of course not! I didn't like it because I wasn't used to doing things the way OS9 did. Merely a personal preference.
That's what Barry was talking about in the quote (to which Cusack's character responded the above); he had good taste in music.
Who decides what is good taste and what is bad? Use what works for you, be open to new ideas, but never let anyone say your taste is bad just because it's different than theirs.
I used to "prefer" to drink shit wine...
I don't even want to contemplate how such a beverage is made.
If we stop using coal and oil today it will only take a few hundred years for the enviroment to repair itself. If we stop generating power using nuclear fuel today, it will take much longer (millions of years) for nuclear pollution to become safe. That is the main problem with nuclear power.
Why oh why, if you aren't interested in Lego stories did you take the time to post a comment about it? Believe it or not, there are people on this site who care about Lego. This is not "Slashdot- News for crush. Stuff that only matters to crush."
...it's pretty demeaning to assume gender has a hold on tech knowledge.
I agree, but the poster never said such a thing. He said that his girlfriend doesn't know the difference between a Meg and a Gig. He didn't say all women don't know the difference. Believe it or not there are people (some of whom are women) who don't know a thing about tech issues.
If you want to hear original music, they need to get paid.
I'm in a band. We're not artists (too fancy!), but we are entertainers. We've been playing for 18 months now and haven't made one thin dime. In fact, with equipment costs we're over a thousand in the hole. Yet we still make original music. Why? For the love of it. It's fun, and it satisfies an urge we have to create something. Sure, we might not make great music, but that's not the point.
People will always make music even if you don't pay them. In fact, this will weed out the bastards who are only in it for the money. Music can only get better!
Mr. Black
Making original music for the hell of it.
"...decided to gang up against another country and 'revoke' their claim to sovereignty? That's absurd. The only way they could do it would be with force."
*cough* Iraq *cough*
(Not saying it was right, just pointing out that the world is an absurd place.)
we're not constrained by the GPL to give away our work
So you take code for nothing and give nothing back to the community? Yeah, why would any developer want to use the freedom-hating GPL when we can use the BSD license and do free development work for corporations?
OMG! They're going to KNOW what students are in class that day! EVERYBODY RUN AND GET YOUR TIN FOIL HATS!!!
Back in my day (Class of '97), the teacher took attendance by calling out the names of the students. Guess what? It worked! No need to track our every movement.
As a side note, I was watching a BBC report on PBS the other day about the launch. Whenever the reporter refered to the Chinese media he never forgot to say "state-owned" or "state-controlled".
After all, we know that state-owned media is Evil(tm), except when it's the BBC or PBS...
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There's still some space dust on this comment yet:
(Blows off space dust)
Stop liberating people from their lives, countries, families and resources.
There you go.
Thank you! With reservations on the whole "newbie" comment, this is what I've been saying all along. If you're used to doing things the "Classic way" and you either refuse to change or cannot change then it's going to be a pain. But if you're coming from somewhere else, or can easily adapt to change, then OS X rocks.
Nearly all of the anti-X arguments boil down to "It doesn't do things the way I am used to, therefore it sucks."
When I first got my Mac, I booted it into OS9 just to see what it was like. It didn't last very long. I nearly freaked out when I couldn't find a way to shut it down. (What's so 'special' about shutting down a computer anyway?) Do I think this is because OS9 sucks? Of course not! I didn't like it because I wasn't used to doing things the way OS9 did. Merely a personal preference.
Who decides what is good taste and what is bad?
Use what works for you, be open to new ideas, but never let anyone say your taste is bad just because it's different than theirs.
I used to "prefer" to drink shit wine...
I don't even want to contemplate how such a beverage is made.
You don't believe the Dock exists? Heathen!
Everyone knows that Jerry Falwell composes his sermons against the evils of homosexuality on a flower power iMac.
My counterargument: "It's the way *I* want it to be! Therefore, it is God!"
You don't hate God, do you?
If we stop using coal and oil today it will only take a few hundred years for the enviroment to repair itself. If we stop generating power using nuclear fuel today, it will take much longer (millions of years) for nuclear pollution to become safe. That is the main problem with nuclear power.
Why oh why, if you aren't interested in Lego stories did you take the time to post a comment about it? Believe it or not, there are people on this site who care about Lego. This is not "Slashdot- News for crush. Stuff that only matters to crush."
I agree, but the poster never said such a thing. He said that his girlfriend doesn't know the difference between a Meg and a Gig. He didn't say all women don't know the difference. Believe it or not there are people (some of whom are women) who don't know a thing about tech issues.
I'm in a band. We're not artists (too fancy!), but we are entertainers. We've been playing for 18 months now and haven't made one thin dime. In fact, with equipment costs we're over a thousand in the hole. Yet we still make original music. Why? For the love of it. It's fun, and it satisfies an urge we have to create something. Sure, we might not make great music, but that's not the point.
People will always make music even if you don't pay them. In fact, this will weed out the bastards who are only in it for the money. Music can only get better!
Mr. Black
Making original music for the hell of it.
"...decided to gang up against another country and 'revoke' their claim to sovereignty? That's absurd. The only way they could do it would be with force."
*cough* Iraq *cough*
(Not saying it was right, just pointing out that the world is an absurd place.)
So you take code for nothing and give nothing back to the community? Yeah, why would any developer want to use the freedom-hating GPL when we can use the BSD license and do free development work for corporations?
Americans have never heard of lobbyists then? Oh, I guess mentioning that is "class warfare". *snicker*
Wrong! You purchase a license.
You use it...
Wrong! It uses you! (sorry)
Hahahahahaha! Hilarious!
No such creature exists!
Sure, there are people who tolerate Windows, but fans? Come on!
"Sure, the bumper is fused to the engine block, but the guy swears he was doing the speed limit. I guess we gotta let him go."
Thank God!
Back in my day (Class of '97), the teacher took attendance by calling out the names of the students. Guess what? It worked! No need to track our every movement.
After all, we know that state-owned media is Evil(tm), except when it's the BBC or PBS...
And all the games they don't make any more
Stayed up late playin' Zorro
Woke up early to play GI-Joe
(Funky Bass)
C64 By:
Mr.Black