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

John C. Welch(jwelch[at]aer.com)
Thu, 16 Dec 1999 23:51:24 -0500

not as stupid as Microsoft's

then report it again..quit being a damn squab about it...oh hell I'LL report
it

> From: "Daniel L. Schwartz" <expresso@snip.net>
> Reply-To: winmac@lists.best.com
> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 22:07:43 -0500
> To: winmac@lists.best.com
> Subject: Re: [WinMac] making a mac cd-rom AUTO-start/play/run
>
>
> 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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