[geeks] Mal de OS X

Phil Stracchino alaric at metrocast.net
Sun Dec 28 12:40:10 CST 2008


Mark Benson wrote:
> They'll get tit right in the end but it'll take time.

I dunno about that...  I personally find tit to be pretty much fine
right as it is.  ;)



OK, OK, seriously ...

>>> Apple's sleep code is buggy on everything.
>> What I can't figure out is that it seems to work for some people all  
>> the time.
>> I had to turn sleep functions off on my Mac Pro because it KP'd so  
>> much if I let it sleep.
>> That sucks because as you know, a Mac Pro is not exactly a lean  
>> machine.
> 
> I put mine to sleep manually when I leave the desk or not at all. I  
> have had problems myself with letting the OS do it for me, and not  
> just on a Mac Pro.

I find "sleep" mode itself usually works fine ... the problem comes when
you want to wake the machine up.



     Mr. Praline: All right then, if he's restin', I'll wake him up!
(shouting at the cage) 'Ello, Mister Polly Parrot! I've got a lovely
fresh cuttle fish for you if you show...

     (owner hits the cage)

     Owner: There, he moved!

     Mr. Praline: No, he didn't, that was you hitting the cage!

     Owner: I never!!

     Mr. Praline: Yes, you did!

     Owner: I never, never did anything...

     Mr. Praline: (yelling and hitting the cage repeatedly) 'ELLO
POLLY!!!!! Testing! Testing! Testing! Testing! This is your nine o'clock
alarm call!

     (Takes parrot out of the cage and thumps its head on the counter.
Throws it up in the air and watches it plummet to the floor.)

     Mr. Praline: Now that's what I call a dead parrot.

     Owner: No, no.....No, 'e's stunned!

     Mr. Praline: STUNNED?!?

     Owner: Yeah! You stunned him, just as he was wakin' up! Norwegian
Blues stun easily, major.




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