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

Daniel L. Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Fri, 17 Dec 1999 00:35:16 -0500

        OK, so Micros~1 breaks a NetScrape DLL - So What's New?!

        But a friggin' checkbox in a Control Panel... Come on! That's as
embarrassing as the following True Story:

`` One of the funniest "most-embarrassing-moment" stories I've come upon in
a long time was about a lady who picked up several items at a discount
store. When she finally got up to the checker, she learned that one of her
items had no price tag.
   
        Imagine her embarrassment when the checker got on the intercom and boomed
out for all the store to hear, "PRICE CHECK ON LANE THIRTEEN, TAMPAX, SUPER
SIZE." That was bad enough, but somebody at the rear of the store
apparently misunderstood the word "tampax" for "THUMBTACKS." In a
businesslike tone, a voice boomed back over the intercom. "DO YOU WANT THE
KIND YOU PUSH IN WITH YOUR THUMB OR THE KIND YOU POUND IN WITH A HAMMER ???""

At 11:51 PM 12/16/99 -0500, Jack Welch, who in person is really a nice
chap, wrote:
>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?!

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