Re: Looking at Macs from a PC user's perspective

On 21/8/05 2:47 AM, in article 200820051147554179%NoSpamDammit@xxxxxxxxxxx,
"Mark Conrad" <NoSpamDammit@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In article <BF2CFCE3.39DF%wally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Wally
> <wally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> You claimed to be having Heart surgery, and here you are as large as life
>> posting, could you point out where my assumption of a successful procedure
>> was in error? (or was this merely another misunderstanding? LOL)
>>
>> Perhaps the surgeon never intended to operate.....merely diddle a bit? ;=)
>
> You are not far wrong there. My surgeon was ran out of business for
> performing unnecessary operations. The hospital was shut down, then
> later sold.

Gee! that must be an inconvenience for your community?

> In my particular case, the surgeon did good work. Majority of my
> symptoms disappeared, scans showed that the stints he implanted opened
> up most of my arteries. One artery on backside of my ticker is too
> ulcerated to allow stint implantation.

I am pleased to see all went well for you, but, you have failed to explain
how ...

"I assume your surgery was a success?" warranted your comment...

"Yet another implied unwarranted conclusion? You are hopeless."
But I am sure you have your reasons, for not explaining yourself!

>
>
>
>> So this "heck of a lot of computer work in the aircraft, all of it on a
>> Mac," is done on your Pismo or Lombard?
>
> On the Lombard. If that really old Mac is stolen or damaged, no big
> deal. Any time I need processing horsepower,

To move the larger icons around? <joke>

> or want to retrieve a
> needed file from my home, I could use Timbuktu in order to slave a big
> nasty G5 at my home.
>
> Dropping the TB2 connection is not a problem for me when retrieving
> large graphics files, because I always carve up my files into small
> pieces using "split" from Terminal, _before_ I transfer the file.
>

>
>> So your "years of running a Mac" which you claim does not make you a Mac
>> user, consists of shoving a few icons around on the screen...LOL
>
> Basically, yes. Being you are bound and determined to ignore the
> spirit of this thread and dwell instead on what you perceive as my
> flaws and inconsistancies in posting,

I am gratified that you can admit to the inconsistencies in your posting
without assuming that it is merely my jumping to conclusions.


> I will therefore make you happy with the following admission:
>
> I know extremely little about PCs, Macs, Windows, OS X, and any other
> computer topic you care to mention.

I fear you are doing yourself a disservice, I am confident that the coming
months will restore your faith in yourself ;=)

> In the past, I knew a small
> amount about such subjects, however in my old age my memory is failing
> miserably.
>
> Now you can file that statement and use it later to lambast me, which
> seems to give you pleasure.

Not at all.....I am confident that that statement will be of more use to you
in the future than it will be to me!

> I hope for you sake that you avoid my plight when you get older,

Which one?.....the memory thing?

> however there is a definite possibility that you will not.
>
> A 1989 study found that 10 percent of people over 65 and 50 percent of
> those over 85 had Alzheimer's disease. (I am 76, so go figure)
>
> ...ref pg 11, Summer 2005 issue "AI magazine", an in-house magazine
> available for members of AAAI only, but perhaps you can take my word
> for the reference.

Of course.
>
> As long as I am posting references, I want to get a bit closer to the
> "spirit" of this thread, by posting one of the many websites that sell
> special printers FOR PCs AND WINDOWS ONLY, the kind of printers that
> can be used for exotic purposes such as fabricating needed parts or
> tools for a colony of people on the planet Mars - - - when it would be
> impractical to transport the part from Earth.
>
> Newly designed parts created in a CAD program can be created, or
> existing parts can be scanned.
>
> CAD spec's could be sent from Earth to Mars in a matter of hours, an
> exact clone of the part could be fabricated on Mars in a few hours.
>
> This "printer" will only run when connected to a PC using Windows-2000
> or Windows-NT
>
> This is yet another case where us Mac users are hurting because we have
> such a small share of the market, compared to PC users :(
>
>
> <http://www.lasersharp.com/Z810.htm>
>
>
> The printer weighs a modest 1,240 pounds. I was afraid to chase down
> the price, but I imagine it is in the $100,000 range.

How the average Mac user can sleep at night not have the ability to own such
a printer is beyond me! Perhaps by the time an Apple Store is Mars bound
things will have changed?

>
>
> Entry level 3D printers are available from other websites, costing less
> than $3,000
>
> The general principle these PC printers work on is laying down thin
> layers of powder, then using a laser beam to instantly melt and
> solidify the powder in selected areas.
>
> Advanced models of these printers can even handle blind holes and
> sealed-off areas.
>
> "Workable" plastic models can often be produced.
>
> The plastic models can also be used to create forms that can be used to
> cast metal parts.
> Mark-

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