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an angry mac user

I got it to play on my PC, it's got some weird codec. WMP 9, I think.

I didn't get it. Most of what he was talking about I've had problems with on PCs, not Macs. Executables, three fingered salutes (maybe on 9), system files!?! WTF. I've had problems with renamed Windows system files, and odd crashes and such, but very rarely on a Mac. Does this stuff really even happen on a Mac? Especially with OS X? Has this guy used a Mac since 9 (or 8, or earlier)?

He says he did it on a Mac, but it's encoded with a fairly new (and proprietary) Windows codec?

If it's supposed to be ironic, I guess I did get it but that doesn't make it funny. "Angry man beats up perfectly good computers because he says they do these annoying things, that they don't really do".

Maybe OS 8.
 
Originally posted by solvs
Maybe OS 8.
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OS 8 doesn't have springy dock icons though. that's the only thing. we could brush it off as someone talking about the "old" mac OS, but not after he talks about the dock.
 
ok lads - here is the low down. The file is a low low quality MPEG-4 file. It is 7.6MB and distirbuted as a sit file.
Could somebody please mirror this as my server will not take too many downloads of this size.
Thanks alot and i hope someone is honest enough to help.

mac switch
 
funny how he is bashing macs, then encodes the video into .wmv (windows media) which noone seems to be able to watch.

by the way, i opened it in mozilla, which launched the windows media 9 player, and saved it from there. only 3.45MB.
 
I think he's being sarcastic, since at the end he says the video was created on a mac. If all that stuff were true, then he wouldn't have been able to do the video on a Mac.

What does cmd+.+spacebar do anyway?
 
Originally posted by Schiffi
I think he's being sarcastic, since at the end he says the video was created on a mac. If all that stuff were true, then he wouldn't have been able to do the video on a Mac.

What does cmd+.+spacebar do anyway?
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It was an old way to shut down a program or shut down the computer I believe. Similar to control+alt+del on the pc side.
 
It's not funny because it's not consistent.

If he were making fun of OS8 or 9 it would be funny, but when he starts bitching about the Dock in addition, it becomes clear that he's talking about OSX too and he wouldn't have the disappearing alias stuff (he calls 'em shortcuts) or the system freezes.

With OSX you can't rename or move root files by accident (or on purpose, unless you're dedicated and go through Terminal) Why would you be in your OS9 System Folder to be able to click and rename by accident anyway? What's there that you could screw up that way?
 
Originally posted by tazo
It was an old way to shut down a program or shut down the computer I believe. Similar to control+alt+del on the pc side.
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He's confusing it with Open Apple ("command" or "cloverleaf") + Shift + esc (or was it ctrl + apple + esc?)
 
It's still got an Open Apple on it . . .

Originally posted by Fender2112
Hmmm...I've always called it the Apple key, also. Wonder why? Now I remember. I have an old Quadra 700 set up for the kids. The command keys have an Apple symbol on them.
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The Command key still has the "Open Apple" on it. At least it does on a TiBook.
 
Okay can somebody pleeeeeeeease tell me why the command key is called "Open Apple"? I see the Apple logo but where does the "Open" come from? Is it because you can use it to open stuff or something? That doesn't make much sense though.

I used to hear people who didn't know much about Macs call it the Open Apple key, but I've never known why.

--Fred
 
Originally posted by FredAkbar
Okay can somebody pleeeeeeeease tell me why the command key is called "Open Apple"? I see the Apple logo but where does the "Open" come from? Is it because you can use it to open stuff or something? That doesn't make much sense though.

I used to hear people who didn't know much about Macs call it the Open Apple key, but I've never known why.

--Fred
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IIRC the command key to the right of the space bar used to be a "solid" apple while the command key to the left of the space bar was just an outline or "open" (like it is today). So "open apple" refered to one key and "closed apple" refered to another.

At least this what I remember from a long, long time ago in a place called 6th grade. ;)


Lethal
 
Originally posted by LethalWolfe
IIRC the command key to the right of the space bar used to be a "solid" apple while the command key to the left of the space bar was just an outline or "open" (like it is today). So "open apple" refered to one key and "closed apple" refered to another.
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Yeah, you recall correctly. I'm stumped though, 'cause I remember that the closed Apple key did something different than the open Apple key, but I don't remember what it was.

By the way, Command+Option+Esc used to get an app to Force Quit (sometimes, other times that app would just freeze with the Force Quit window partly built, verrry handy). Now it opens the Force Quit menu.
 
Originally posted by DVDSP
Yeah, you recall correctly. I'm stumped though, 'cause I remember that the closed Apple key did something different than the open Apple key, but I don't remember what it was.
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Thanx for the confirmation. Glad to know I'm not nuts. ;)

There was probably a 7 or 8 year period where I never touched a Mac, and it was during this time that they dropped the "closed Apple." So when I started using Macs again I always said "open Apple" because that's what I remembered. One day I noticed that both keys were now "open" and I was like, "hmmm... I'm sure I sound like a dumbass saying 'open apple' when that describes both keys now.'" So I tweaked it down to just "apple", and only in the past year or so have I started calling it "command." Guess I'm just slow to change sometimes. ;)


Lethal
 
The "Closed Apple" key harkens back to the Apple IIe days. If you wanted to do a "cold boot" from the floppy drive, you had to hold down the Closed Apple and some other key which has been deleted from my memory to make room for Terminal commands. :)

Regards,
Gus

P.S. I like how he refers to "Update manager" and "the Executable File".
 
Open vs. Closed Apple

As I recall the timing of dropping the Closed Apple (and for a while BOTH Apple keys) coincided with the trend to make Applications work similarly on both Macs and PeeCees. (This was mostly MS Apps.)

PeeCee Apps used Command keys which Apple did not have (due to Open and Closed Apple) so it was confusing for the cross-platform people. I think on a few models the "clover" (heh) was accompanied by cmd (for command) and not an Apple at all. Then over time the Apple came back. At least that's my recollection.
 
he's probably just a mac user/lover who has a very good sense of humor. :D

and the macs he destroyed are probably dead machines anyway..;)
 
I must say i was quite suprised by these replies.

It appears there are 2 types of people, ones that think these problems are on the mac, and ones that think these are pc problems


a lot of people said what hes talking about doesn't actualy happen and that its a problem with pc's

well, some of the parts i laughed at the hardest, because they are TRUE (ive had it happen to me)

-if you accidently click on a file, it renames to nothing

go ahead and try it if u think it never happens, specialy if ur in detailed view, if u click on the name it instatnly renames

-dragging files from cd just create shortcuts

on a pc drag and drop will (a) on the same drive, move (b) on a different drive, copy


there are also a couple things that dont actualy happen, he claimed that you can delete system files, wich you cant.

so that of course is just a joke
many people asked "is this ment as a joke?" yes its ment as a joke, but a lot of what he says frequently happens


heres some things i want to quote
If he were making fun of OS8 or 9 it would be funny, but when he starts bitching about the Dock in addition, it becomes clear that he's talking about OSX too and he wouldn't have the disappearing alias stuff (he calls 'em shortcuts) or the system freezes.
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alias stuff is all over osX especialy with connections to ftp servers

funny how he is bashing macs, then encodes the video into .wmv (windows media) which noone seems to be able to watch.
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were did you get that idea? if no one can open it then how did everyone watch it? do you even know what wmv is?? its a windows media player file, wich works on, omg! windows media player, wierd isn't it?



i guess this brings up the whole argument of the problems on macs vs pc, and i dont want to get into that but i will say this


THESE PROBLEMS DO OCCUR ON MACS, NOT NECCISARILY YOUR RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY DO HAPPEN, SO DONT SAY THAT THEY DONT.
 
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