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Re: Smokers are smarter, I say.

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On 5/2/17, 2:03 PM, in article op.yzmp3lc4js98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 02 May 2017 21:25:03 +0100, Anonymous <nobody@remailer.paranoici.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> In article <op.yzmkegidjs98qf@red.lan>
>> "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Sat, 22 Apr 2017 23:44:57 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 4/22/17, 3:25 PM, in article op.yy4a8ampjs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
>>>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 22:26:17 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 4/16/17, 2:15 PM, in article op.yys3z7n3js98qf@red.lan, "James
>>>>>> Wilkinson
>>>>>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> I have no issue with a modular tool -- but if the BEST choice he can
>>>>>>>>>> find
>>>>>>>>>> for it does not even have auto-spell checking that is sad.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I use it by choice.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Right. And presumably the best choice you can find... I mean why would
>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>> not use that? Maybe out of habit? But unless there is a good answer it
>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>> the best choice... and as you admit it has a significant weakness.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Again, not putting you down for it. My Usenet client SUCKS! But it has
>>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>> pretty good abilities in terms of "smart folders" and so I stick with
>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>> (and there is simply nothing free on macOS I have found which I like).
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Which is why you're both stupid for using rare OSs.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Ah, you like to use what is common... no matter what downsides it might
>>>>>> have. OK.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The more that people use something, the more effort is put into making it
>>>>> work
>>>>> well.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Plus it makes you more compatible with everyone else, and you have the
>>>>> support
>>>>> from more other people.
>>>> 
>>>> There are many tasks I do which are done better on macOS than on Windows,
>>>> in
>>>> part because of the software but also because of the tools macOS provides
>>>> me. Here is a partial list:
>>>> 
>>>>   - Proxy icons
>>> 
>>> Just read up on what those do, and it doesn't make life any simpler. I can
>>> do all that stuff easily in Windows without a little icon.
>>> 
>>>>   - A Media Browser
>>> 
>>> Built into Windows File Explorer.
>>> 
>>>>   - Full screen programs integrating with virtual desktops
>>>>   - PDF Services
>>>>   - A system wide color selector which allows for add-ons
>>>>   - A system wide font manager where you can define sets and more
>>>>   - Application services
>>>>   - Renaming and moving and duplicating from within programs
>>>>   - QuickLook (and its integration with so many programs)
>>>>   - Saved status indicators
>>>>   - A visual versioning system - which allows easy copying and pasting
>>>>     from earlier versions
>>>>   - A visual backup system that allows a novice to "dig back" into their
>>>>     history
>>> 
>>> [skipped these, I have some TV to watch]
>>> 
>>>>   - Consistent print dialogs
>>>>   - Consistent save and open dialogs
>>>>   - Consistent common dialog names and placements and hot keys
>>> 
>>> Consistent in Windows too.
>>> 
>>>> These things are not done perfectly on macOS and the programs that run on
>>>> it, but they are generally done well.
>>>> 
>>>>>>> Use windows and have a
>>>>>>> huge array of choice for newsreaders and every other program.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> But that does not mean Windows always has the best-of-class software NOT
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> best workflows.
>>>>> 
>>>>> More options, more likelihood of the best.
>>>> 
>>>> I use iWork often... nothing like it on Windows that I know of.
>>> 
>>> Looks just like MS Office to me.
>>> 
>>> And whats with the i before everything?  It gives an impression that a Mac
>>> is a child's toy.  Do they still use words like"finder" and "chooser"?
>>> 
>>>> And other
>>>> tools on Windows do not, of course, tap into the things I list above or
>>>> similar things. They cannot because Windows does not offer most of those
>>>> (though with the dialogs I guess it is not too far off).
>>>> 
>>>> But use what you like. That is why *I* like macOS, but it does not mean it
>>>> is the best choice for you... nor that it is the best choice for those who
>>>> prefer Linux. Good to know at least the basics of each, though, so you can
>>>> decide for yourself (assuming you care to).
>>> 
>>> Tried them all, hate everything but Windows.  Linux is too geeky, Mac is too
>>> childish.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will
>>> eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish
> 
> What is the point to your reposts?

Someone proving the script-troller wrong about his denials of someone being
obsessed with me. 

-- 
Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot
use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow
superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

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Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Anonymous <nobody@remailer.paranoici.org> - 2017-05-02 20:25 +0000
  Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-02 22:03 +0100
    Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-02 14:20 -0700
      Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-02 23:53 +0100

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