Re: computers review


"Tim Adams" <teadams$2$0$0$3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:teadams$2$0$0$3-8ADC9B.14261929122007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In article <mr6dnYVblZTFDevanZ2dnUVZ_ternZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"John" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Steve Carroll" <trollkiller@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:trollkiller-4BE9FC.10541529122007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In article <C39BB2FC.9F555%CSMA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Snit <CSMA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> "Wally" <Wally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
>> C39C6A24.10122%Wally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 12/29/07 5:18 AM:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 29/12/07 7:46 AM, in article
>> > C39ACAD4.9F467%CSMA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> > "Snit" <CSMA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >> "Steve de Mena" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
>> >> 2qKdnZdnqvzdyOjanZ2dnUVZ_j6dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx on 12/28/07 12:57 PM:
>> >>
>> >>>>> Only if "talking computers" includes claiming (with his usual >> >>>>> lack
>> >>>>> of
>> >>>>> support) that people are lying and trolling about their problems
>> >>>>> with
>> >>>>> Leopard. My battery issue is a known issue... one that Apple
>> >>>>> cheerleader
>> >>>>> Snit asserts I've only read about but am not actually >> >>>>> experiencing
>> >>>>> myself. As it turns out, the problems I'm experiencing with my
>> >>>>> superdrive are also known, though, not dependent upon Leopard...
>> >>>>> but
>> >>>>> some people only had the problem arise when they installed
>> >>>>> Leopard...
>> >>>>> I'm one of those people. I tried one of the fixes (a very weird
>> >>>>> one) I
>> >>>>> read about... didn't work for me. I'm trying to recalibrate my
>> >>>>> battery
>> >>>>> right now... hopefully that'll take care of the problem with it.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> No Problems at all running on three Macs here: MacBook Pro, Mac >> >>>> Pro
>> >>>> and
>> >>>> Powerbook G4. Sounds like operator error Steve.
>> >>>
>> >>> Sounds like BS on your part John.
>> >>
>> >> Not having problems sounds like BS?
>> >
>> > Of course it does, considering that John has already admitted to not
>> > having
>> > any "significant problems!" that must imply that he has had problems >> > of
>> > some
>> > sort, he seems to suffer from the delusion that if he is not
>> > experiencing
>> > problems right now.. Then nobody else can be!
>>
>> You are absurdly nit-picking his wording and then jumping to >> conclusions
>> he
>> does not state or imply.
>
> "Actually", you're the guy doing that.
>
>> Steve's comments seem to be BS... based on the
>> facts I state below.
>
> What 'alleged' "facts" do you believe are stated below by you?
>
>> You habitually defend Steve no matter how much you
>> need to twist and stretch things... so be it.
>>
>> > To any right minded person John's comments appear to be BS!
>> >
>> > Should we all adopt John's logic and assume that as not all iMacs
>> > owners had
>> > the problems that you claim to have had with yours then it was >> > operator
>> > error in your case also? .... No I thought not! :-)
>>
>> That is not John's logic - it is yours. And it is faulty.
>
> Look up a bit... you'll see that John's "logic" has him finding that > the
> battery and drive issues I'm experiencing are the result of "operator
> error". At least one other poster has commented on John's "logic" as
> "BS".
>
>
>> >> What problems would you expect him to
>> >> have? Steve's claims, on the other hand, *do* seem to be BS.
>> >>
>> >> * How many people do you know with so many problems with Leopard?
>> >> Seems
>> >> Steve is pretty unique in having so many problems he *blames* on >> >> the
>> >> OS.
>> >
>> > Tommy Troll might not agree with you there! ROTFL
>>
>> Yes, trolls other than Steve might have claimed to have as many >> problems.
>> Fair enough.
>>
>> >> * Steve's claims about his problems have been inconsistent:
>> >
>> > Your interpretations are largely the cause of making it appear that >> > way
>> > as
>> > can be seen below...
>>
>> Incorrect.
>
> He's absolutely correct... and I see that your reading comprehension
> hasn't improved at all.
>
>> >> at first
>> >> he talked about battery problems and the inability to burn CDs, >> >> but
>> >> then later said he was not able to install software updates
>> >
>> > "software updates" Snit or particular updates?
>> >
>> > " One other annoying thing... the Adobe AE updater will not find >> > the
>> > AE app
>> > to perform the most recent update. It updated the rest of CS3 and i >> > can
>> > see
>> > (and run) AE just fine... but the updater is blind for some
>> > reason."-Steve
>> > Carroll
>>
>> A particular one... of which I told him how to fix. He has not yet
>> commented as to if my fix worked for him (it almost surely would). >> Why
>> would he complain about the problems but not note the fixes if he were
>> not
>> spewing BS?
>
>
> As I don't use AE on that computer I didn't bother to perform the
> obvious fix of a reinstallation. I 'complained' for the purpose of
> noting problems with a "Leopard reinstall" (the name of that thread's
> title)... I did so for informational purposes.
>
>> >> and,
>> >> bizarrely enough, he blamed Leopard for "generating false
>> >> characters" -
>> >> a claim that later morphed into one where he claimed he was >> >> "getting
>> >> a gray character (an exclamation point inside of a geometric >> >> shape)
>> >> on the right side of the login field." If his claims were not BS
>> >> why
>> >> would they change like that?
>> >
>> > Where was the change in his claims Snit? a character apparently
>> > appeared
>> > that he did not type!
>> >
>> > "for example, it exhibited the problem on a startup right after the
>> > Leopard
>> > reinstall, (it also did it the first time I loaded Leopard) but now >> > the
>> > keyboard is working fine. I was getting a gray character (an
>> > exclamation
>> > point inside of a geometric shape) on the right side of the login
>> > field.
>> > Both times I logged in with an external USB keyboard and the problem
>> > seems
>> > to go away. Weird."-Steve Carroll
>> >
>> > Clearly Steve has found that different keyboards result in different
>> > behavior "weird" describes that adequately!
>> >
>> > See that's what's wrong with your interpretations Snit you form them
>> > after
>> > obviously not understanding what is written, it's no wonder you make
>> > the
>> > same mistakes over and over again! I can only hope you take your own
>> > advice
>> > and make more of an effort to rectify that problem in 2008!
>>
>> Steve changed his story from a claim of "generating false characters" >> to
>> showing a weird symbol in a password field... a single "geometric >> shape"
>> he
>> refuses to describe.
>
> I didn't "change" what I wrote regarding generation of false
> characters... I added additional info by describing an alert I got. As
> usual... your "facts" are delusions.
>
>> His story changed... no matter how you try to defend him or how many
>> insults
>> you spew against me.
>
> The "story changed" by my providing additional info, info you are
> whining about me not having provided that reality shows I *did* > provide.
> IOW words... you really need to lock yourself out of your medicine
> cabinet again... and quickly;)
>
>> >> * Steve has been unable to state what error message, if any, he >> >> gets
>> >> when he tried to burn a CD...
>> >
>> > Not stating one (if indeed there was one) is no indication that he >> > is
>> > unable
>> > to, perhaps you should consider who it was that asked him for one in
>> > the
>> > first place, you may then discover that he considered it a waste of
>> > time
>> > supplying one!
>> >
>> > Steve's post of ...
>> >
>> > " The ones an Apple cheerleader like yourself will ignore or pretend >> > I
>> > made up."-Steve Carroll
>> >
>> > ... Makes that point perfectly I would have thought!
>>
>> Your excuses for his inability to post the error messages (if any) are >> of
>> no
>> more value than his. After I jumped in to help him so did others - >> and
>> he
>> did not offer any more details for them.
>
> That's an easily provable lie:
>
> <noone-4875D9.15311823122007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Why do you bother when your lies are so transparent?
>
>> If you are seeking to have a
>> *real* problem fixed you post what the error message is... simply *no*
>> reason not to. Steve is not able to do so... unless you think he is >> so
>> incompetent he cannot... in which case his claims are clearly BS!
>
> So, in other words... you *assumed* that I was seeking to have my
> problem fixed, got it. Here's a hint for you... I'm perfectly capable > of
> researching fixes on my own... if they exist. I posted to make a
> point... not to seek a fix. Again we have another fine example of your
> monumental reading comprehension problems having you see "facts" that
> are not in existence. Here is the post that started it:
>
> <noone-B08DE2.08082519122007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Feel free to point to the part in it, or any other post, where I am
> 'seeking' to have anything fixed regarding these problems. Here is the
> basis behind what I've written:
>
> "I like Leopard but Apple really needs to fix some of these issues".
>
> For the reading impaired, like yourself... this means that Apple should
> fix these problems so that the user doesn't have to deal with trying to
> find fixes (if they even exist).
>
> (snip the remainder of Snit's "facts" based on his reading > comprehension
> problem)
>
> -- > --
> Steve C

Battery calibration problems go waaaaaaaay back with SOME Apple batteries.
It IS NOT a Leopard problem.

Wow, John finally admits that Steve's computer might just have a problem.


Steve said LEOPARD was the problem you dumb***. The problem affects multiple OSs.

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