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Apples/Pears Windows/windows

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Yet another switcher whinges that Macs do not work the same as Windows PCs and that Microsoft’s software for the Mac is different to the Windows version. Ok it is the day before MacWorld Expo so the article is probably more click bait than serious journalism but you have to wonder what these people are thinking. If you do not like Microsoft’s software for Macs don’t use it. If you prefer Picasa to iPhoto then ask Google for a Mac version – oh look here it comes now! But Picasa’s insisting that my EyeTV stream was a picture became rather irritating. I am guessing that iPhoto’s new Facebook button will be the deal clincher in this house :-/

 

One commentator to the switcher article said:

It still boggles my mind the hoops I have to go through to do something simple like renaming a file on Mac. What’s the hotkey for that? Oh, there isn’t one. You need to click and hold the mouse button down on the file name for what feels like a random amount of time (and if you get it wrong and “miss”, the file opens instead… which means whatever app it’s associated with also opens).

What? How hard can it be? Select whatever you want to rename, hit Enter, Type a new name, hit Enter, done.
Look…
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Another common theme is the Mac’s menu bar not being attached to individual windows. Just because Microsoft managed to get this, and much else, wrong when they tried to recreate a window based operating system like the Mac had is hardly a reason to condemn the Mac. What you are doing is opening a document in the window not running an application in the window. You can open lots of documents all using the same application. You do not want lots of windows with the same application running in each. Which is why when you close a window on the Mac the application does not Quit.

Hey ho!

Things I did not know (part 703.5-b)

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There is a Simple English Wikipedia for children, non-English speakers etc. which seems like a good idea and an opportunity to waste even more time 😉

You can use your UK library card number to access all manner of online resources. Usually the larger your local authority the larger the range of resources available but even our modest library service offers many useful links. Guess I will have to get a library card now 😉

Is this a question?

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If you have an hour or two to kill answering questions at WikiAnswers can be fun. Mostly it is kids doing their homework – I wanted Homework Sucks as my user name but someone had already taken it – but sometimes the questions can become a little surreal…

How Many People in Australia Hate Carrots?
Where was she raised?
Why is Steve important to computers?
How do you know when he is going to brake up with me?
What was the outcome of his struggle?
When did the hole us become a state?
Will you maerry me? 
What is a good place to get black shirt?
What do children get for christmas? 
Do you have a specific job or goal in mind?
When and where did the story happen? 
Does a guy like you if he stops you in the hall to talk about random stuff?

The Wikipedia ban thing

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According to the BBC report it was a single reader who started the whole chain of events. Were they aware that the record has been around for decades and was once freely available in UK high streets?

One would imagine that a body like the Internet Watch Foundation would have some understanding of how the Internet works. Do they not realise that anyone can Google for the image if they want to see it and that, as Wikipedia may be copied freely, you can find the Wikipedia article elsewhere anyway? The text from the article is available on a mobile phone version – without the image but updated to include information on the censorship.

Meanwhile we are left with the even more disturbing image….

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Update: 10th December 2008

IWF backdown

“…in light of the length of time the image has existed and its wide availability, the decision has been taken to remove this webpage from our list.”