Re: XP: Cool feature with a weakness

"Steve Carroll" <noone@xxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
noone-7B9028.19102213042007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 4/13/07 6:10 PM:

In article <C2457081.7D289%SNIT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Snit <SNIT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Steve Carroll" <noone@xxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
noone-8DBDF5.17351213042007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 4/13/07 4:35 PM:

To quote Steve from an earlier message in this thread:

"I can, from a user account, hold down the control, option and Apple keys
on
a modern Mac while pressing the number 8 and it will "screw with" others
(who may want to run graphics apps or whatever)... and it'll stay that
way
when I log out. There is no video card in this equation..."

Assuming that does in fact stay in effect when a normal user logs off,
that's the same "problem" you're talking about with display drivers on
Windows.

I missed where Steve said that, but assuming he was correct

So you weren't aware of how to access this feature from the keyboard.
New prediction... listen to the bull you'll spew on your next post to
see you claim you were aware. I'm 1-1 right now... make me 2-2, Snit;)

you would be
right... it would be a similar problem. On G3s running 10.3 and on my G4
running 10.4, however, what he says is clearly *not* the case. I wonder
if
he can give an example of a case where it is true. Knowing Steve: I bet
not!

That's why I said a modern Mac. Hold on... OK, I just tried it on my
dual G4 1Ghz tower (about 5 years old) and it works as described. The OS
is 10.4.9... but I know it worked before that. Are you sure you are
holding all 3 keys down and then pressing the number 8 (NOT the keypad
8)?

I am sure I am altering the video to go into "white-on-black" mode.

Gee, it's about time you looked at the 'System Preferences/Universal
Access' panel... Mr. IT teacher.

And
students at the HS I work at have done this as well... it effects their
account and no other...

And there it is... my *extremely accurate* prediction comes true in
record time... in *exactly* the way I said it would play out (account):

"Watch for the conditions regarding 'accounts' that will
undoubtedly appear that stray from this 1st post"

(snip additional crap where Snit strays from his OP)

You claimed that when an OS X screen is put into black-and-white mode that
this carries over to other users. I commented on what that would mean *if
you were correct* (it turns out there is no reason to think you are correct
for *any* Mac)... and then you lied and claimed I must have meant I did not
know the keyboard short cut for the feature. Then, in your grand moment of
glory, you predicted I would call you on your lie. How clever of you, eh?

Yes, Steve, I *often* call you on your lies and your inability to understand
what you read. So you got me - I am calling you on it again. Do you want a
cookie?


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