> -----Original Message----- > From: Ralph Walter > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 9:19 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Interim rule #4 > > > My whine about Macs is about the > typeface they use internally (or their default typeface, or > something), which looks cheesy to me. However, it didn't > stop me from spending a ton of money repairing and upgrading > on the Twentieth Anniversary Mac I picked up down at The > Summit Mall (I thought it was some weird tricycle when I > first saw it). The TAM now sits behind me as I write this and > I refuse to to give to The Little Ralphs, even though about > all I use it for is it's built-in radio and CD player. First, I congratulate you on your acquisition of a 20th Anniversary Mac. You are wise to safeguard it from TLRs; in 50 years, it will be a treasure worth more to them than a few computer games and gum wads stuffed into the keyboard today. Be sure your will restricts them from using it or selling it before its full value is realized; if you can't trust them, then will it to me. I'll take care of it for you. Now, you curmudgeonly atavistic throwback (one of my very favorite terms dredged from the Department of Repetitive Redundancy Division): we are on the threshold of the 30th Anniversary Mac. You need to get with the program. OSX oozes a sylvan lushness. The Chicago font is gone. Dead. History. Hie thee over to yon Apple Store and drive a machine with OSX. I've been running it exclusively at home for months now with no problems, only delight, and it's only going to get better. Makes coming into work and using this PeeCee even more distasteful now than it ever was. Of course, the Microsoft hegemony exists over there too, but at least it is customizable unlike AOL hegemony. HTH, __________________________________________________ Dan Becker, Exec. Dir. "Oh joy! Rapture! Now Raleigh Historic I have a brain!" Districts Commission - Scarecrow [log in to unmask] 919/890-3678 -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>