Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal Date: 7 Jun 2014 15:58:09 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 60 Message-ID: References: <1lmqa29.k4rshchnvytzN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> <27idnRNKcuWKYw_OnZ2dnUVZ_hadnZ2d@giganews.com> X-Trace: individual.net tXdZWQ+JjYwuA+cnhqcYaA1j2VzumQET6UqTjjpXWtALogZvRo Cancel-Lock: sha1:LlzeeFWFBOlG+8f5UiUi1Ke0BGQ= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:22430 On 2014-06-07, Alan Browne wrote: > On 2014.06.07, 10:12 , Jolly Roger wrote: >> On 2014-06-07, Alan Browne wrote: >>> On 2014.06.06, 21:57 , Jolly Roger wrote: >>>> On 2014-06-07, Alan Browne wrote: >>>>> On 2014.06.06, 20:02 , Tim McNamara wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>> He should develop it on his own and then market it as donation or >>>>>>> license ware. That's the best way to see if he's "right". >>>>>> >>>>>> Why? Is he breaking some kind of law doing it the way he's doing it? >>>>> >>>>> Of course not. However given that he's presenting with deception rather >>>>> than truth, I'd be very wary. >>>>> >>>>> Claim 1 that he makes: >>>>> "Bring Usenet Back to the Mac" >>>>> >>>>> There is nothing to bring back. It never left - there are various >>>>> clients available and they do more that enough. >>>> >>>> I interpreted it more as a gimmicky marketing phrase stating that the >>>> application will give Mac users a great Usenet experience. You seem to >>>> be taking it *quite* literally instead. That's fine, I guess, but we all >>>> know marketing slogans are typically anything but literal, factual >>>> statements. So to me, it seems just a little disingenuous to take such a >>>> harsh stance based on such a literal interpretation of a marketing >>>> slogan. And in the end, really, who gives a flying fuck? I'm much more >>>> interested in the actual usability and performance of the final product >>>> than any silly marketing text about it. >>> >>> Good for you. >> >> What's good for me? >> >>> And what about the fake bug farts he posted? >> >> You'll need to back up your assertion that they were faked. > > Show me they weren't. You made the claim. The burden of proof is on you. Show the proof, or recant. Simple. > It's strange that the "bug" appears in one sentence and not in the other > with the same punctuation. Strange? I think not. It was likely both created and sent with alpha-quality software, and it's quite possible at some point during authoring something prevented Cocoa from doing its normal substitution. > All you great experts should tell me why that is so. I can't explain why you find this so strange. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR