I'm not going to go into a big long explanation of the problems switchers have with installing Mac apps (John Gruber and Lukas Mathis have already covered it enough).

Instead, I'm going to leave you with this little thing I threw together. The inspiration came from the Trash window which I butchered to make it. This is what I consider to be the best way Apple could fix this little problem if they were to extend the options in disk image creation to include a method of auto-installation as seen below.

After installation, the virtual disk can auto-eject itself and chuck the disk image file into the Trash. Sound good?-----------

I read through the book yesterday and I know how the test works from a theoretical standpoint and just plain imagination, but I wanted to see what exactly the test is like in terms of difficulty and how easy it is to decipher what's on the screen.

Well I found out that some people really don't like it. On the other hand, it sounds easier than the Victorian test was in 2007!

I know it's not going to be unreasonable but it's worrying not knowing how realistic the test will be. Will it be a smooth frame rate of 24 frames? Or will it be typical animation of about 8 to 15 frames? And what's the passing mark? Is it 100% (15/15) or is it 50% (~8/15 - the passing mark for SACE)? Why is it so hard to find out about this one test?!-----------

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So awesome it landed on Reddit.

My dearest Clara,
I hope this letter finds you well. It has been many years since I have seen your smiling face, and I am afraid it may be many more. The Console Wars continue unabated and now that Valve has picked a side I feel it may never end. I forgot why I decided to enlist in this foolish endeavor. We trudge on, lambasting the competition whenever we can, but I feel it has little effect. All sides are so entrenched in their disparate beliefs that I feel there will be no end. It has even consumed another generation. I saw that young Prichard boy on the other side of the line shouting "ZOMFG RROD LOL!" It tasks me greatly to see another boy lost. I remember seeing him just a babe when I enlisted to support the SNES militia. I doubt he would have joined if he had seen what my tired eyes have seen o’er and o’er again. The forlorn looks of all those abandoned by General Robert E. Sega still haunt me so. Nevertheless, I will fight on.
With love always
Lieutenant OW-Holmes

Awesome.-----------

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Never trust a journalist who willingly can't read.

You type things such as: "Nah. cant go. So keen but. :) (expletive) mum wont let me go. Dont know wot her last slave died of. Sucks. But im doing alright aye. U?"

We adults don't know what that really means. We are left in the communication gloom, understanding only skerricks but enough to get the drift that yours is a tribe to which we do not belong. And we know that is the way you like it.

Here's a translation.

Nah, can't go. So keen, but. :) Fuck, Mum won't let me go. Don't know what her last slave died of. It sucks but I'm doing all right aye. You?

In other words, the person in question can't go out because their mother is supposedly being an evil slave driver and they hate the situation. That said, they're fine and they want to know the condition of the person they are talking to.-----------

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Here's their argument.

Try taking a screenshot on a Mac. (Print Scr doesn't work)
Or deleting a file in Finder. (Del doesn't work)
Or resizing a window (Only at the bottom right thank you very much)
Or maximizing a window (The green button only makes it as big as Mac thinks it should be)
Or showing the desktop (Where's my Show Desktop button? Oh press F11, that's intuitive!)
Or playing Left 4 Dead (Okay... that's a low blow... but Macs hate games)

And here's the rebuttal in similar form.

• Try taking a screenshot on a PC. (Cmd+Shift+3/4 doesn't work)
  
• Or deleting a file in Explorer. (Cmd+Delete doesn't work)
  
• Or resizing a window (Fuck me, stop resizing all over the place)
  
• Or zooming a window (The maximise button only makes it as big as the screen)
  
• Or showing the desktop (F11 doesn't work? Oh press that little tiny button in the corner that looks like the GNOME panel buttons that move the panel around when it's not expanded, that's intuitive!)
  
• Or working (Okay... that's a low blow... but PCs hate working)

If you don't think any of these are fair because that's not the way it works then look back at the way Mac OS X and then think of how others get by. It might be different but we prefer it.-----------

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American politics is confusing.

The duo explains that they perceive liberals as having both delusions of entitlement to remain free from satire, and a propensity to enforce political correctness while patronizing the citizens of middle America.^[35][36]

Since when have liberals been for political correctness?-----------