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snip) Of course you do, 'Teacher' Snit;) Here is 'Teacher' Snit showing his vast knowledge explaining...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
Gee, let's pick another task: How do you set one PDF to open with a program different than the default program other PDF's...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
Ever watch Sesame Street when they play "One of these things is not like the...
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snips On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:56:15 -0500, Tim Murray That's the best you've got? You can't tell the difference between free and non-free, but pointing that out...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
Your "logic" is flawed. If a student is better at, say, math, than another that does not imply he is better in *all* situations and *all* conditions, it...
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Snot snotted: Well, the problem is that you make blanket statements. Like "OSX is easier to use" This is so obviously unadultered...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
You mean it is not likely someone who has never used a Mac would talk about them. LOL! Well, you talk about Macs and you admit you have essentially never used them, but...
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Snot snotted: While my experience with OSX is just about 1 week of usage, this has nothing to do with *your* claims, Snot. After all, it wasn't me...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
A whole week, eh? LOL! Yeah, you are in a strong position to disagree. No wonder you felt the...
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Snit Nope., Snot. I already told you that my (or anybody elses) experience with OSX has ZERO impact...
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Snot snotted: What *reality* Snot? The one where *you* claim that "OSX is easier to use" And where *you* have to provide support for *your* claims? Or the...
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Snit Lets take a look at what Snot snipped, as he has no answer: ----------------- What reality Snot? The one where you claim that "OSX is easier to use" And where you have to provide...
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Snot snotted: You mean that claim that *you* are unable to provide *any* solution how to do an extremely simple task for linux *at* *all* in OSX? *That* claim, Snot? Well, explain it...
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Snit You mean that claim that you are unable to provide any solution how to do an extremely simple task for linux at...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
Well, typical, anyway. Gee, how many times do you want to play *this* game? You...
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BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 15:01:13 -0700, Again you skip answering this simple question How do you Make a compressed...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
As I wrote above: ----- Then he started asking about a task he felt was done more easily in...
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BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 17:19:54 -0700, or you...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
You can also use the CLI in OS X. The CLI, however, is rarely used by most users. The GUI tools are used far more often...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
Gee, a couple different problems with your comments: 1) The last time someone in this...
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Snit Ok, you never said that you downloaded it as freeware. I'm buttuming like so many...
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snips On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 23:49:21 -0700, GreyCloud I will - if it's actually worth the money. And... here's the real kicker... it has to be *worth the money*. Take backups. My...
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snips On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 11:38:33 -0700, GreyCloud Whoops - you're doing the same thing he's doing - conflating "easy for...
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snips On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 17:55:17 +0100, Sandman Thank you. "Of computer users". Those who use the machine. Thus, any...
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snips On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:24:23 +0100, Sandman My tools can do the job. Based on the collective inability of the...
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snips On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:51:57 +0100, Sandman That's nice. Still haven't provided the...
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snips On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 22:13:52 +0100, Sandman No, like backing up to a...
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Sandman Your reading comprehension problems kick in again. He did not say that OSX can't handle shell scripts. He mentioned a specific task. An extremely simple one for...
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Sandman And, predictably, you snipped all of the post (Snot "educated" you well) where you could have shown that OSX actuallymaybe up...
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Sandman Still snipping *all* of it, right, Sandman? The "Snot technique". You are unable to answer, so you snip just everything And you even claim that this has nothing to do...
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snips On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:55:10 +0100, Peter Köhlmann Of course he is. He knows damned well he can't offer a solution to the problem at...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
Not only am I surprised at the fact that you managed to type so many words in a row (or did someone help you?) but also the sheer irony...
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Kelsey Bjarnason I also don't like having to buy hardware from apple alone I like choice, and apple is doing...
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Sandman The reason is that you Mac-fanboys buttert that "OSX has 'ease of use'" and others much less so. This...
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BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 16:10:35 +0100, I completely, utterly disagree. Ease of use can mean different things, depending on the person, the task, the...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
Who do you think is claiming ease of use is only about discoverability? While that...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
Of course - but I think such a comparison would focus more on the apps and less on the operating system. Because any other ease of use is only a combination of competence...
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Kelsey Bjarnason In this case, my definition of 'easy' is like in picking his pockets...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
You *could* write raw postscript and send it to the printer and get darn near any output you wanted. I bet you use...
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Snit What does *raw postscript* have to do with backing up data? Funny that the lp daemon on Solaris, if hooked up to a postscript printer, automatically prints in postscript. I write scripts using vi...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
It has something to do with what you call eyecandy wrappers - you could just write raw PS with a program like notepad...
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Snit What could be harder is more like it. Very seldom. Word processors are used as intended. Programmers don't use Word processors in the sense that...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
What do you find hard about *Notepad*! It has got to be one of the easiest to use programs...
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Snit Nothing hard about it. Just doesn't have the features that vi has. Barking up the wrong tree there. Nope. The majority will document the...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
Ok, then write raw postscript in VI if you wish. I am not in reference to internal comments. You are...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
What is absurd about it? If one knows all the arcane commands of PostScript it would not be...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
Sure, and I will grant that using CLI commands, in general, are not nearly as...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
At least you admit you merely made a bad buttumption. Thanks. Let's see... go to Google... type Yasu... Granted, it was not the top hit. 1...
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Snit And Snit makes another loveually disparaging remark about me. You really are a repulsive individual, Mike. Is this appropriate behavior for a "teacher"? Not in my book. I can only hope someone from...
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snips On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 15:15:16 -0700, Snit One minor nit. Well, two, actually...
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This one is bizarre... Snit writes: "Few people ever find their calling in life. I have found mine. Or, more accurately...
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In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Snit wrote on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:13:37 -0700 crontab -e crontab -l chmod-chown ? ? chmod, most likely; the notion of a "trusted app" is unknown to Linux although one...
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Snit Oh, Sun has plenty of tools for programmers. If you have a Sun box or running Solaris on x86 you can download for free their SunStudio11 development IDE with C-C++-Fortran95...
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BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 19:26:25 -0700, When you offer actual evidence, rather than handwaving, it might be. But all you do...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
I look forward to your link to the post where I said this particular task was easier in OS X. Good luck. You...
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BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 21:30:13 -0700, how would that be easier than on Linux? Simple buttertion...
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Snit Because then it would be *at* *best* as easy to use, not "easier" And you have not...
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snips On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 17:19:54 -0700, Snit Sorry, this doesn't - and never has - explained the steps involved to accomplish the job...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
I am not interested in turning this post into a How To manual for Automator. There is plenty of good info on the Apple site. Do you...
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snips On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 19:08:55 -0700, Snit I see. So your continued claims of ease of use aren't actually backed by anything which might actually...
Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro
Being that I have not stated Automator would be an easier solution to the exact hand picked problem, what good would it do to...
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snips On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:51:08 -0700, Snit I don't care whether you use Automater or BASIC. It's your OS, your system...
One Linux Box, 6 Users 3253
I'm trying to work something like this out so Sinister Jr can have linux-Mac...
One Linux Box, 6 Users 3254
No, only 2. The Userful method is free for only 2 desktops. It's paid if you want all 10. At least that was the impression I got. I didn't really follow...
Windows Starter Edition Screenshots 3255
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz wrote on Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:09:14 +0000 Erm...the wallpapers are nice enough (Tiger, Taj, and mountain) but where's the rest of it? A bit of...