Re: I really do like OS X but . . .

On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:57:53 -0500, ZnU <znu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>In article <pofjr19scigeuhq3fpo64qg6m4vc3erh5b@xxxxxxx>, foo@xxxxxxx
>wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 22:32:05 GMT, George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >In article <mr-EF8E70.20443602012006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> > Sandman <mr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >> In article <bp5er1t0pv7un1i7unh979fccfat3no5tk@xxxxxxx>, foo@xxxxxxx wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > >and the conventions of dot extensions rather than resource
>> >> > >forks,
>> >> >
>> >> > We've been through this. Find a PDF. Remove the extension. Go to
>> >> > Finder's Advanced preferences, and turn on Always Show Extensions.
>> >> > Remove the extension again of that file. Now notice you can't
>> >> > doubleclick on it, and the Mac has no idea what to do.
>> >>
>> >> Sounds like the same old claim you've been trying to pull for years that I
>> >> shot
>> >> down before with this movie:
>> >>
>> >> http://www.sandman.net/files/extensions.mp4
>> >
>> >Yep.
>>
>> Nope. Last time Znu replicated it. Have all of you forgotten
>> already?
>
>OS X can identify files using either type codes or file extensions. If a
>file doesn't have either, OS X obviously won't be able to identify it.
>As I said the last time there was a nice long thread on this issue,
>there are no other factors involved. There is really nothing more to
>discuss.

No worries; I just find it amusing Sandman's still up to his old lies.
.

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