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From: Steve Hix on 22 Oct 2006 16:36 In article <453B7021.30DF5472(a)address.com>, Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > Jamie Kahn Genet wrote: > > > > It's OS X or OSX or anything without the excessive full stops. > > > > Regards, > > Jamie Kahn Genet (who is in a pedantic frame of mind today ;-) ). > > 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". No, it doesn't. At least, not to anyone who knows what they're talking about.
From: Dave Balderstone on 22 Oct 2006 18:38 In article <michelle-C316F2.15303922102006(a)news.west.cox.net>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <453BC0EC.A0B189B1(a)address.com>, > Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > > > It shouldn't be a case of using the wrong media, because they're > > Apple DVDs. > > > > This is a tough case to solve. > > One question still remains (unless I missed the answer): Does your > drive support burning DVDs? At this point (it's tough to keep track) the answer appears to be "yes". It now remains to try to get a straight answer out of Tony about his software configuration. That seems to me to be a mug's game. I have other things to do before I die.
From: Mike Rosenberg on 22 Oct 2006 18:41 Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > One question still remains (unless I missed the answer): Does your > drive support burning DVDs? Yes, we've established that. It's a Sony DVD-RW U14A, as indicated by System Profiler. -- <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 19:20 Kurt Ullman wrote: > > In article <michelle-1C9233.08123522102006(a)news.west.cox.net>, > Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > > In article <1hnlubd.wxh0ygmxoathN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, > > mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote: > > > > > > Also, people here use slang like "luser" and "troll," which is not > > > > proper English. > > > > > > Your use of single quotation marks is incorrect, as is putting the > > > comma outside the quote. Someone else can correct you on the use of > > > "like." > > > > Putting the comma outside the quote, and using single quotation marks > > are both correct usage. Your 1972 grammar is out of date. > > > > I wonder, do you write I.B.M. and A.T.T. instead of IBM and ATT? It depends on how lazy I feel. > both my AMA and AP Style books both say punctuation is usually omitted > from abbreviations constituting compound words or phrases. Thus, ATT and > IBM would be correct. The exception would for those that aren't usually > capitalized. Thus, freight on board would be f.o.b. The AP style book is for jouralists. Tony
From: Tony Winston on 22 Oct 2006 19:44
Dave Balderstone wrote: > > In article <michelle-C316F2.15303922102006(a)news.west.cox.net>, Michelle > Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > > In article <453BC0EC.A0B189B1(a)address.com>, > > Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > > > > > It shouldn't be a case of using the wrong media, because they're > > > Apple DVDs. > > > > > > This is a tough case to solve. > > > > One question still remains (unless I missed the answer): Does your > > drive support burning DVDs? > > At this point (it's tough to keep track) the answer appears to be "yes". > > It now remains to try to get a straight answer out of Tony about his > software configuration. I'm using Disk Burner. Mike suggested using CD/DVD lens cleaner or trying a different brand of CDs to avoid the error message. I don't know which option is preferable. Tony |