Re: [WinMac] making a mac cd-rom AUTO-start/play/run

Daniel L. Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Thu, 16 Dec 1999 22:07:43 -0500

        Uhh, John...

        This was a bug, acknowledged by Apple; and fixed...

        And then they broke it AGAIN with QT4!

        I mean, come on! this is not a programming bug - This is sheer stupidity
that even a 5th grader can understand... The bug is a box checked by
default... You fix the bug by changing the default, unchecking the box...

        And then you put the bug back in by checking the box a year later!

        HOW STUPID CAN APPLE'S PROGRAMMERS BE?!

At 12:17 PM 12/16/99 -0500, you wrote:
>thanks for the Family Feud flashback...but if you think you have found a
>BUG, why not take constructive action and REPORT it, instead of sitting
>there like a squab, and being uselessly loud?

        Haven't you heard of QUALITY CONTROL?!

>> From: "Daniel L. Schwartz" <expresso@snip.net>
>> Reply-To: winmac@lists.best.com
>> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 22:22:45 -0500
>> To: winmac@lists.best.com
>> Subject: Re: [WinMac] making a mac cd-rom AUTO-start/play/run
>>
>>
>> Bzzzt... Wrong Answer!
>>
>> Check the MacInTouch archives on the AutoStart 9805 Worm...
>>
>> At 11:51 AM 12/15/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>> Dan...did you send a bug report to Apple, or is your venom reserved for
our
>>> exclusive enjoyment
>>>
>>>> From: "Daniel L. Schwartz" <expresso@snip.net>
>>>> Reply-To: winmac@lists.best.com
>>>> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 09:42:16 -0500
>>>> To: winmac@lists.best.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [WinMac] making a mac cd-rom AUTO-start/play/run
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dear Tom,
>>>>
>>>> Autostart is enabled & disabled in the QuickTime Control Panel... But
>>>> there's a known bug that was entered with - And acknowledged by -
Apple 19
>>>> months ago when the AutoStart 9805 worm came out. Apple claimed they
fixed
>>>> it by setting the default to *DISABLE* autoplay in the QT3 control panel.
>>>>
>>>> Guess what?
>>>>
>>>> I just took delivery at a customer site YESTERDAY of a G4/400 Sawtooth
>>>> w/MacOS9... And in my initial setup, the QuickTime Control Panel had
>>>> autoplay ENABLED.
>>>>
>>>> Those assholes...
>>>>
>>>> At 08:27 AM 12/15/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>>>> is it possible to make a mac cd-rom (using toast) that will auto-start,
>>>> run, play -- when the user puts it into their mac??
>>>>>
>>>>> the concept i'm working on/with is the windows autorun.inf file that
tells
>>>> the computer what to do...
>>>>>
>>>>> yes, i know autorun is not universally loved, but the people i work for
>>>> don't know very much about software in the first place, sigh...
>>>>>
>>>>> thank you!!
>>>>>
>>>>> :) tom
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> tom@visualwave.com
>>
>>
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