Re: XP: Cool feature with a weakness

On 14/4/07 9:22 AM, in article C2457AD3.7D2A4%SNIT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"Snit" <SNIT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Steve Carroll" <noone@xxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
noone-15A773.19121313042007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 4/13/07 6:12 PM:

In article <C2456E72.7D282%SNIT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Snit <SNIT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Steve Carroll" <noone@xxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
noone-BAFC0F.17283313042007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 4/13/07 4:28 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.

Well, it's not the exact same problem but it does contain the ability to
"screw with" a user even after logging out. A person logging back in to
that
account couldn't really use an app like Photoshop or Painter with the
screen
whacked out like this. I once did this to my wife and she thought the video
circuitry was crapping out;)

My prediction... Snit will change the criteria from his OP:

"Here is the weakness: I can change the orientation from my user account,
even
a non-Admin, and the orientation will stay altered even when I log out... "
-
Snit

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

Wow, Steve, how poorly your predictions are.

Bull. I called it perfectly.

So... any minute now you're going to create a thread entitled
"OSX: Cool feature with a weakness"... right? I mean, you were wrong
about XP so you should be retracting this thread and apologizing while
you create the new thread that truly *is* a part of the 'experience on
an OSX machine'.


Hey, Steve... your BS is not working.

I talked about how it is a mistake to have a non-admin user account be able
to set video settings that would strongly adversely effect other users.

You talked about far more than that Snit! see below.

You
claimed the same thing could be done on OS X, and yet you cannot find *any*
support for your claim... and I have examples of many machines where this is
*not* the case.

Actually Steve was very careful *not* to claim that they were the same
thing!

"Well, it's not the exact same problem but it does contain the ability to
"screw with" a user even after logging out. A person logging back in to
that account couldn't really use an app like Photoshop or Painter with
the screen whacked out like this. I once did this to my wife and she
thought the video circuitry was crapping out;)"-Steve Carroll

And as for Steve's prediction...

"My prediction... Snit will change the criteria from his OP:

"Here is the weakness: I can change the orientation from my user
account, even a non-Admin, and the orientation will stay altered even
when I log out... " - Snit

In your OP you talked about changing the orientation from your "user
account" and then stated that it could also be done from "even a non-Admin"
account!

But since then you have restricted your comments to reflect only non-admin
accounts ..such as...

"I pointed out that it is a bad thing to have a non-admin user be able to
modify the screen settings to be able to "mess with" other users."-Snit

Steve's prediction was correct!

"Watch for the conditions regarding 'accounts' that will undoubtedly appear
that stray from this 1st post;)"-Steve Carroll

Steve was also explicit when he talked about the weakness (?) in OSX...

"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)..."-Steve Carroll

"a modern Mac"! and you respond by talking about ...

G3 machines running 10.3 and a G4 machine running 10.4.! LOL

"Steve claimed to have an example, but it is something I know darn well does
*not* do as he says on, at least, G3 machines running 10.3 nor my G4 machine
running 10.4."-Snit

Steve's example was clearly the machine(s) that he tried it on...'moderm
Macs' But I can confirm that on my G4 400 with 10.4.8 onboard it performs
exactly as Steve said it would...control-option-command-8 the screen
reverts, shut the computer down or log out whatever you want to do, restart
or log back in and the screen is still as it was as a result of the keys
pressed!

So what you claim to ..."...know darn well..." is certainly not a fact on
all Macs of that vintage...does yours act as you suggest? Personally I doubt
it!


To bury that BS of yours you made up stories about how I did not know
keystrokes you have no way of know if I did or did not know

As for knowing the keystrokes to use...you *knew darn well* what they were
did you Snit? LOL!

(I did, by the
way) and then puffed up your chest in pride as you predicted I would call
you on your lies.

Do you *still* deny you are consumed by your hatred?

Are you certain that it is he that is being consumed Snit? ;-)

.

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