Posted by Spanky The Thunder Chicken on 08/21/05 18:25

In article <pan.2005.08.21.15.18.27.889245@127.0.0.1>,
PerfectReign <root@127.0.0.1> wrote:

> On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 08:47:44 -0500, Spanky The Thunder Chicken pretented
> somebody gave a rat's ass and spewed forth:
>
> > In article <pan.2005.08.21.12.47.03.50711@127.0.0.1>,
> > PerfectReign <root@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 07:25:01 -0500, Spanky The Thunder Chicken
> >> pretented somebody gave a rat's ass and spewed forth:
> >>
> >> > In article <de8e0d$g76$7@oliveloaf.databasix.com>,
> >> > dave hillstrom <DaVe@MeOw.OrG> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 19:18:23 -0400, FrozenNorth
> >> >> <frozennorth123@canada.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >On August 20, 2005 6:35 pm jafar tossed the following into the
> >> >> >public domain:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 14:56:41 -0400, FrozenNorth wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>> On August 20, 2005 3:09 am Onideus Mad Hatter tossed the
> >> >> >>> following into the public domain:
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>>> http://www.backwater-productions.net/_test_platform/bw3/
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >>>> Let me know whether the Flash file loads dead center in your
> >> >> >>>> screen, what OS you're using, what browser and what yer screen
> >> >> >>>> res is set at.
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >>>> This new method ~should~ work on Macs, unlike the CSS vertical
> >> >> >>>> centering method, which completly frells on the Mac. Like the
> >> >> >>>> CSS method this one is also W3C compliant.
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >>> One more failure on the pile, Mattie, Linux 2.6.12, Mozilla
> >> >> >>> 1.7.10, screen
> >> >> >>> at 1024x768, image off towards the upper left. But do keep
> >> >> >>> trying, it makes so many people laugh at your skills.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Mozilla 1.7.11, Firefox 1.0.6, Opera 8.0.2, under Gentoo Linux
> >> >> >> (kernel 2.6.12-gentoo-r4) still working fine. Using Shockwave
> >> >> >> Flash plugin v7.0 r25 if that helps.
> >> >> >> Your bad experience with it FrozenNorth is possibly your fault?
> >> >> >> ;)
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >One of Hatter's million email supporters/slurpers are you?
> >> >>
> >> >> pardon me, but is this thread going to be at all entertaining? or
> >> >> should i just killfile this thread full of cranky mac a linux people
> >> >> now and put it out of my misery?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > You should BOW BEFORE THE MAJESTY OF TEH MAC!!1!
> >>
> >> Macs have a browser?
> >>
> >> Wow.
> >
> >
> > It's a bastard version of Konqueror and an even more bastard version of
> > IE.
> >
> > Mac is the bastard child of computers.
>
>
> LOL!
>
> Actually I quite like the current Mac OS. I think it seems to have a nice
> mix of usability and stability - especially when compared to System 7 -
> System 8. (I never tried system 9.) My father-in-law uses a G4 with OSX
> for his work. (He's an editor.)
>
> If the hardware weren't so fucking expensive and single-sourced I might
> have looked at buying more macs recently.
>
> Instead I upgraded from Windows to Linux. :)


You can pick up an older G3 (Blue & White) or G4 for cheap ($100-200),
which will run OS X (up to Tiger, but the next version probably won't
run on the G3). It's not fast, but it works. I just needed it for
compatibility testing, and now I use it for usenet because it pisses
Dave off.

--
Father Uncle Mac Usin' Antny
mhm 11x10

[Back to original message]