Proposal for an iPad newsgroup
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From: Kathy Morgan on 12 Mar 2010 02:21 JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > Kathy Morgan wrote: > > > Just a point of information: the procedure for creating new groups in > > the Big 8 has changed and there will be no Call for Votes. Instead, > > after the RFD has been posted and discussed (and possibly subsequent, > > modified RFD's as a result of the discussion), > > > Has an RFD been made ? No. >Prior to the RFD being made as per the "Official" > process, isn't it normal to have a initial discussion within the > affected existing newsgrouyp to gather initial comments that allow the > leader to write the formal RFD ? Yes, and that initial discussion is sometimes but not always crossposted to news.groups and/or news.groups.proposals. -- Kathy
From: Warren Oates on 12 Mar 2010 08:04 In article <fmoore-79132C.13483511032010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Fred Moore <fmoore(a)gcfn.org> wrote: > Thanks again, Michelle, for getting this thread started. I think y'all should think about an alt group -- keep the cabal (tinc) off your asses. alt.flonk.alien.steve.jobs.vampire.nose.flonk.ipad or like that. I don't think you can use apostrophes. There's a cabal (tinc) among the alt types too, but they're getting old now. I miss the old days, one could drive Chris Lewis [spit] into a raving frenzy by sending out a control message. Where's Burnore? What happened to Howard Knight? -- Very old woody beets will never cook tender. -- Fannie Farmer
From: �n�hw��f on 12 Mar 2010 11:00 Larry <noone(a)home.com> clouded the waters of pure thought with news:Xns9D38B1505D9Anoonehomecom(a)74.209.131.13: > "�n�hw��f" <snuhwolf(a)yahoo.com> wrote in > news:Xns9D3857BFFB41Csnuhwolfyahoocom(a)216.196.97.142: > >> Question for the regs...will this iPad group be extra absorbant >> and have wings for those "heavy days"? >> >> > > Like Adobe FLASH(R), Steve opposes Tampon(R) support on iPhone OS > devices. > > ...something about memory leaks and security.....(c;] > Must Have App number 1...PMS predictor. -- http://www.skepticalscience.com/ cageprisoners.com|www.snuhwolf.9f.com|www.eyeonpalin.org _____ ____ ____ __ /\_/\ __ _ ______ _____ / __/ |/ / / / / // // . . \\ \ |\ | / __ \ \ \ __\ _\ \/ / /_/ / _ / \ / \ \| \| \ \_\ \ \__\ _\ /___/_/|_/\____/_//_/ \_@_/ \__|\__|\____/\____\_\
From: Fred Moore on 12 Mar 2010 11:20 In article <110320101054565824%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > In article <fmoore-79132C.13483511032010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Fred Moore <fmoore(a)gcfn.org> wrote: > > > - mac: Officially, Apple has said (repeatedly) that the iPhone, the > > Touch, and the iPad run a version, even if substantially altered, of > > **Mac** OS 10, > > they've *never* said that. Steve himself said it at the original introduction. Can't get much more official than that: 'He promoted the fact that the new iPhone is powered by the same core OS X operating system that the Macintosh computer is based on...' <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/10/technology/10apple.html> > what they said was that it runs 'os x', not 'mac os x'. OS X without _Mac_ OS X is just an ellipsis. What the hell does the 'X' (10) refer to if not the tenth major revision of the **Macintosh** operating system (see quote above). Or are you reading the 'X' literally as in 'EX marks the spot'? Does the M$ X-Box run OS Ex? > > and even if Apple has renamed this mobile OS the 'iPhone > > OS'. This OS still started with Mac OS 10. > > no. See above. > > The iPad is a Mac. > > it is not a mac at all. not even remotely close to one. It runs a variant of the same OS. See above. > > That said, > > the iPad as well as the iPhone and Touch are designed to work with Doze > > computers. > > they're designed to work standalone, however, they will sync with mac > or windows computers. Thank you for agreeing with me. > > I wouldn't want to limit discussion by scaring off some of > > those platform users, even though few of them have ever been that > > considerate to Mac users in the past. However, to be platform agnostic, > > comp.sys.handheld.ipad would also work. > > that leaves out the iphone and ipod touch. Yes it does, and that's a legitimate point of discussion. I have to say that JF's response has mostly persuaded me to comp.sys.apple.handhelds, though I have some concerns about lumping strictly phone issues in with devices which are not explicitly phones.
From: Larry on 12 Mar 2010 11:51
"�n�hw��f" <snuhwolf(a)yahoo.com> wrote in news:Xns9D395BF8E4CD3snuhwolfyahoocom(a)216.196.97.142: > Must Have App number 1...PMS predictor. > > Wow! That app could pull $10,000/copy and would still bring its server to its knees! Every husband or boyfriend would want one! Tech support: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/hum1/girl_to_wife.htm -- "iPad is to computing what Etch-A-Sketch is to art!" Larry |