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From: Mike Rosenberg on 22 Oct 2006 10:29 Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > I have a program called, "Disk Burner" which comes as part of O.S. > > 10, > > I have never seen any program with that name as part of OS X. Neither have I. OS 9 had "Disc Burner" (with that exact spelling), but OS X has never had a separate burning program as far back as I can recall. -- <http://designsbymike.biz/macconsultshop.shtml> Mac-themed T-shirts <http://designsbymike.biz/musings.shtml> Mostly muckraking T-shirts <http://designsbymike.biz/prius.shtml> Prius shirts & bumper stickers <http://cafepress.com/comedancing> Ballroom dance-themed shirts & gift
From: Tony Winston on 22 Oct 2006 10:29 Michelle Steiner wrote: > > In article <453B7021.30DF5472(a)address.com>, > Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > > > I'm still using the punctuation rules of English I learned from Mrs. > > Gliksman in my Grade 9 typing class in about 1972. > > > > I was taught proper English. > > > > The periods have a purpose: They indicate that the letters should be > > pronounced one at a time. Without them the abbreviation reads as > > "osix" > > This has nothing to do with grammar. But it seems that you have > everything to do with pedantry. Jon was pedantic first. He made an issue of this. Tony
From: Tony Winston on 22 Oct 2006 10:31 Jon wrote: > > Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > > > This is not a forum for discussion of the rules of English. If you're so > > interested in the topic I suggest you join an editing forum. > > That is corrrect, but it is a forum where we discuss Apple and things > related to it, such as its products. Those products have proper names, > and those names are chosen by Apple, not by us. If we want to refer to > things or people that have proper names, we should use those names > properly. Between people that is common courtesy, and when referring to > things it ensures that we are at least referring to the same thing, as > well as respecting the owner of the name. Therefore, "Mac OS X" it is. > > And it is also e.o.d., as far as I am concerned. Now you're being hypocritical, because I don't know what e.o.d. means, but everyone knows what O.S.X. means. Tony
From: Mike Rosenberg on 22 Oct 2006 10:36 vTony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > I thought I DID answer the question. Isn't Disk Burner a DVD burner? He was referring to hardware. Is your CD-ROM drive also a DVD burner? Go to About this Mac under the Apple menu, then click on More Info. Under Hardware on the left side, click on ATA, then report back on whatever appears on the right with CD and or DVD in it. Disc Burner is an OS 9 program that lets you use a burner. > I also have an old version of Toast. I don't know if Patchburn II would > update that old version of Toast. (The salesman at the Mac store told me > it would, but I want to make sure before I install Patchburn.) Patchburn updates the Mac so that Apple programs can work with non-standard burners. In other words, if you install a third-party burner, to get it to work with, say, iTunes, you would need Patchburn. Toast is independent of this, and if it doesn't work with a specific burner, it itself needs to be upgraded. -- <http://designsbymike.biz/macconsultshop.shtml> Mac-themed T-shirts <http://designsbymike.biz/musings.shtml> Mostly muckraking T-shirts <http://designsbymike.biz/prius.shtml> Prius shirts & bumper stickers <http://cafepress.com/comedancing> Ballroom dance-themed shirts & gift
From: Mike Rosenberg on 22 Oct 2006 10:38
Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > Jon was pedantic first. He made an issue of this. No, he didn't. He responded to you. -- <http://designsbymike.biz/macconsultshop.shtml> Mac-themed T-shirts <http://designsbymike.biz/musings.shtml> Mostly muckraking T-shirts <http://designsbymike.biz/prius.shtml> Prius shirts & bumper stickers <http://cafepress.com/comedancing> Ballroom dance-themed shirts & gift |