puuukeey said:
Wow your posts are incredibly hard to digest. Aside from that, how is it NOT part of the core features? You obviously are not sure what you're talking about.
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Wow your posts are incredibly hard to digest. Aside from that, how is it NOT part of the core features? You obviously are not sure what you're talking about.
baummer said:
Teehee, and if you could make a third party operating system modification just by changing options in system preferences, I don't think anyone would pay you for it.
I should stop now, and unsubscribe from this thread. 
definiton of core features.... take a look here: http://developer.apple.com/macosx/architecture/ whats on top whats on bottom?
all I'm saying is that I'm a centrist. aside from george bush being evil, I think smaller government is a good Idea as long as well thought out ideas are allowed to be executed as options to citizens and not end all be alls. pleanty of people might love the dock, some people hate it. same thing with social programs
get my metaphor?
the use of your computer should be an expression of who you are not which computer you own. its a convas not a work of art how many more metaphors can I make here????
all I'm saying is that I'm a centrist. aside from george bush being evil, I think smaller government is a good Idea as long as well thought out ideas are allowed to be executed as options to citizens and not end all be alls. pleanty of people might love the dock, some people hate it. same thing with social programs
get my metaphor?
the use of your computer should be an expression of who you are not which computer you own. its a convas not a work of art how many more metaphors can I make here????
iGary said:
Good point... guaranteed steve never will read that. Why would he give out his own personal email address? There is, Im sure, a room full of guys right now laughing like crazy.... Kind of reminds me of my roommate who just wrote a letter to George Bush... gets a responce, typed of course, that doesnt reply to anything he said in the letter... which means it is of course a responce that the government sends to every person who thinks they can actually make a difference by writing in. Just thought it was funny
iGary said:
Suprisingly, writing an email to SJ does sometimes help.
I remember when my PB was stuck at applecare for 8 weeks. I got fed-up and emailed SJ. That email got forwarded to Tim Cook, who then forwarded it to the head of Apple Europe, who then sorted out my issue and personally phoned me.
I'm not saying it was steve that initially forwarded the email, but it certainly did help in my case.
Seriously guys
my situation: my dad bought 4 powerbooks after the 12" PB's first came out. Basically my entire family (6) now has a computer to themself.
Anyways, I was neglecting enough to let my powerbook fall about 3 ft. It slid off, so there was only the vertical force at play. My PB is fine, except if you really look, the jack on the 'book is slightly off center. The power chord, however wasn't as lucky. It bent significantly. It still works great, but is a difficult plug-in. I was fortunate enough to pass this off to one of my sisters, who never said a word about it. Mwahaha. Lucky, eh?
This shows that the chord is quite excellent. Fraying due to years of bending in one direction may be an issue, but the bending: they're very sturdy. if you have the computer in your lap, don't sit so that one point on something plugged in is supporting about half of the powerbook's weight. fron about 2.5 to 4 lbs of constant pressure. Depending on how far away from the side you suppoet the book by the plug, you're talking VERY serious stress. 3 days of this would destroy anything plugged into the side of the computer, especially at the corner
don't sit so that the computer is being supported by a power chord. Seriously.
my situation: my dad bought 4 powerbooks after the 12" PB's first came out. Basically my entire family (6) now has a computer to themself.
Anyways, I was neglecting enough to let my powerbook fall about 3 ft. It slid off, so there was only the vertical force at play. My PB is fine, except if you really look, the jack on the 'book is slightly off center. The power chord, however wasn't as lucky. It bent significantly. It still works great, but is a difficult plug-in. I was fortunate enough to pass this off to one of my sisters, who never said a word about it. Mwahaha. Lucky, eh?
This shows that the chord is quite excellent. Fraying due to years of bending in one direction may be an issue, but the bending: they're very sturdy. if you have the computer in your lap, don't sit so that one point on something plugged in is supporting about half of the powerbook's weight. fron about 2.5 to 4 lbs of constant pressure. Depending on how far away from the side you suppoet the book by the plug, you're talking VERY serious stress. 3 days of this would destroy anything plugged into the side of the computer, especially at the corner
don't sit so that the computer is being supported by a power chord. Seriously.
this thread is really sad. Apprently all you can not take the fact that some does not like some of the things about their apple computer and wants them changed. and you all clearly believe that Apple and Steve Jobs is god and anything they say or do is best way to do it and everyone else is god.
Really a guy just states an opinan not flaming anyone and look what all of you do. This is a clear example why a lot of people dont like apple because they hate the cult. it also shows why the fanitic and zealots are more of a problem than helpful because they flame anyone that says they dont like blah blah part of apple. Now you could offer helpful advice but NO you choose to flame. You all need to GROW UP.
Really a guy just states an opinan not flaming anyone and look what all of you do. This is a clear example why a lot of people dont like apple because they hate the cult. it also shows why the fanitic and zealots are more of a problem than helpful because they flame anyone that says they dont like blah blah part of apple. Now you could offer helpful advice but NO you choose to flame. You all need to GROW UP.
You can still get your spelling, captialization and basic grammar correct, and maybe throw in some space here and there, linebreaks are very readerfriendly... Not to mention a civilized and polite tone will help in not alienating the receiver of the letter...Davito said:What if someone's mothertongue is not english
(As Firefox hasn't got spell check: 10 points given for every spelling error found in this post...
)I claim 20 points.
Note: I did this only for the points offered.
I claim 20 points - "captialization" should be "capitalization" and "linebreaks" should be "line-breaks".Mitthrawnuruodo said:You can still get your spelling, captialization and basic grammar correct, and maybe throw in some space here and there, linebreaks are very readerfriendly... Not to mention a civilized and polite tone will help in not alienating the receiver of the letter...
(As Firefox hasn't got spell check: 10 points given for every spelling error found in this post...
Note: I did this only for the points offered.
honestly I wrote it more for mac rumors than for steve. Grammar natzis always amazed me because I'm such a concept oriented person.
All I can think when I get comments like this is "ok whats the more intelegent thing to say? 'your post has no validity because even though you have something to say, you haven't memorized strunk and white!' or 'good point, might wanna work on the grammar but heres what I think about your point...'"
These are the same people that memorized time lines in history class, got As and but couldn't come up with an interesting or original point to save their lives. Now matter how much ray kurzwiel you've read, humans are still smarter than machines. so stop giving me syntax errors and EVOLVE A BIT!
ARG!!!!! FLAME ON!
-matt
All I can think when I get comments like this is "ok whats the more intelegent thing to say? 'your post has no validity because even though you have something to say, you haven't memorized strunk and white!' or 'good point, might wanna work on the grammar but heres what I think about your point...'"
These are the same people that memorized time lines in history class, got As and but couldn't come up with an interesting or original point to save their lives. Now matter how much ray kurzwiel you've read, humans are still smarter than machines. so stop giving me syntax errors and EVOLVE A BIT!
ARG!!!!! FLAME ON!
-matt
Then why didn't you post it as an open letter to SJ here on MR, instead of actually sending it...?puuukeey said:
And, it sounds like you would be far happier with a OpenBSD, FreeBSD or Linux system than with Mac running OS X. You can still use Apple Hardware, but configure any of those other system with the window system of your choice...
You may even make a creative challenge of it, and see if you can't make a better and cooler looking system than the reigning champions...
puuukeey said:
There will always be those who consider the idea less important than the niceties of its expression. Those are, I think, sad people, and not, I think, reflective of the spirit in which Apple Computers came to being or in which its products are fashioned.
If expression requires exactitude, there would be very little of it worth bothering with at all. And if a complaint needs to be formed in perfect grammar, with perfect spelling and perfect punctuation in order to be read and noted, the chances are the manufacturer won't be listening anyway.
Language is worth nothing if it isn't for communication. There are no rules or rights or wrongs in how you use it, as long as you use it sufficiently to communicate your thoughts. I'm pretty sure Steve Jobs understands that well, even if others appear not to.
I believe this is a good letter (not grammatically)... but, if you look around this forum you will immediately know that apple won't care just because most of the people around here feel so aggreviate when apple is criticized...
ohh well... we will have recurring problems for life if we don't demand solutions and have apple-brainwashed kids going the unlogical way to protect our beloved apple!
ohh well... we will have recurring problems for life if we don't demand solutions and have apple-brainwashed kids going the unlogical way to protect our beloved apple!
io_burn said:
If you really want to get technical...
When you write a formal piece, you have to write out your numbers if they are less than two digits. So "3" would need to be "three."
I am NOT a "Grammar Natzi" I just play one on T.V.