Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Yosemite or how to make OSX look like iOS :( Date: 1 Aug 2014 19:33:28 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 100 Message-ID: References: <53d53ab8$0$17073$c3e8da3$dd9697d2@news.astraweb.com> <280720141546366846%michelle@michelle.org> <310720140656217518%michelle@michelle.org> X-Trace: individual.net 73lhtna4eW6r4fzmJQzjDAzzFp1fyrDoeUNONLkpuUhFIuKyeC Cancel-Lock: sha1:S2BJx7ms5SYCGoLU487Lk69rdOA= X-Face: _.g>n!a$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.system:62799 On 2014-08-01, FPP wrote: > On 2014-08-01 18:17:09 +0000, Jolly Roger said: > >> On 2014-08-01, FPP wrote: >>> On 2014-08-01 15:53:47 +0000, Jolly Roger said: >>>> On 2014-08-01, Lewis wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Nope. It could imply "Oh noes, this isn't like what I used in 1992, it must >>>>> be terrible." >>>> >>>> Yup. I suspect that's closer to home in this case. >>>> >>>>> Frankly, there are soooo many better options that resurrecting the Apple >>>>> menu that I am really surprised anyone is still putting forth effort on >>>>> resurrecting a bit of System 7. >>>> >>>> Some folks seem to be hopelessly and forever stuck in the past, >>>> resisting *any* changes, good or bad. >>> >>> ... he says to a guy running the Yosemite beta on a fiber optic >>> network... and who uses 10.9.4 on a daily basis. >> >> No, I said it to a guy who refuses to let go of the ancient Apple >> menu paradigm when other (some better) options exist. ; ) Nice try, >> though. > > That's rich, coming from you. You've come to the conclusion that I'm > "hopelessly and forever stuck in the past resisting *any* changes, good > or bad" based on ONE program I use I said "some people". Whether you fit that definition or not at that time was unknown. And it was more about you complaining about Apple making the change while dismissing or refusing to admit there are other ways to do the same things. Had you simply said, "yes, I see there are other ways, but still prefer this one" and left it at that, I doubt we'd be having this discussion to begin with. > - and, yet, you completely discount > the other hundreds of ways I'm standing, not at the leading edge of > technology, but at the BLEEDING edge of technology. Some people doesn't mean "only you". As you have pointed out in later posts, it's possible to be resistant to some changes but not others. Naturally, all humans are guilty of this, including me - and you. > I've seen you do this to other people, over the years, bur I always > figured they deserved it. I know better, now. And now you're doing it to me in this very post. One good deed deserves another? : ) > Yeah, you've sure got a keen grasp of your own close-minded view of the > world. If it helps you feel superior to make pompous pronouncements > based on thin air, fine. Whatever lets you sleep at night. My statement, no matter how you dislike it, is true: Some people *do* seem to be hopelessly and forever stuck in the past, resisting change. You have made it clear you aren't one of them, and that's a good thing. > But let's see if you can recognize someone who's REALLY "hopelessly > stuck in the past", OK? > > On 2014-03-05 23:59:25 +0000, Jolly Roger said: > >> I myself have Macs that will never be upgraded past 10.6. >> I even have Macs in my possession that will never run anything past >> classic Mac OS 6 or 7. The key difference is I am not complaining that things have changed, while you are. ; ) While I do have newer hardware that does run the latest and greatest, I'm not about to throw perfectly useful machines away strictly because they can't run the latest OS - especially when they are providing useful services to me. > Or let's take a look at this gem... > > On 2014-03-08 20:38:18 +0000, Jolly Roger said: > >> I have disk images for classic Mac OS System 1 through 9 and Mac OS X >> 10.0 through 10.9 (with various minor point release versions for each). Not sure what you think is wrong with this. > I'll bet you don't have any mirrors in you house, either... Some people probably don't. I do. Do you? Not sure what this has to do with anything. > You're not clinging to "old" technology... you're clinging to decrepit > technology. I have a special sig, just for you... You sure get bent out of shape easily. -- 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