Putting that Mac vs PC thing back into its astronomical track

Hello,

Let's tackle a less loaded hehe and more astronomical topic.

What's the correlation between Mac and Apochromatic refractor ownership?
PC and Celestron 11? How many people do think their 6" apo outperforms 11"
SCTs? How many of them think $3000 of Mac outperform $1000 of PC hardware
and how does that correlate with fluorite zealots vs mirror fans?

I own both Mac and PCs and a small apo and a C11 - I'd rate myself
oecumenic. What about you?

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Pierre Vandevenne wrote:

What's the correlation between Mac and Apochromatic refractor ownership?
PC and Celestron 11? How many people do think their 6" apo outperforms 11"
SCTs? How many of them think $3000 of Mac outperform $1000 of PC hardware
and how does that correlate with fluorite zealots vs mirror fans?

I own both Mac and PCs and a small apo and a C11 - I'd rate myself
oecumenic. What about you?

I own about 70 computers (no, really), a mix of Macs, one PC running XP
(games), a couple running FreeBSD and the rest being c.1980 relics
(Apple ]['s, a couple of ICL One-Per-desks etc).

I also own a 10" Newt, a 5" acho and a 3" achro.

I guess you could call me 'undecided' :-)

Jim
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(Jim) wrote in
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I own about 70 computers (no, really)

Well, actually, that's also roughly my case, although I've never really
counted - I collect old stuff, and we've basically kept everything that was
used at the company.

Since you're a fellow collector/nutcase ;-) you deserve a link

http://macscan.securemac.com/

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Pierre Vandevenne wrote:

I own about 70 computers (no, really)

Well, actually, that's also roughly my case, although I've never really
counted - I collect old stuff, and we've basically kept everything that was
used at the company.

Since you're a fellow collector/nutcase

Oh, the latter, for sure - I picked up a NeXT slab last week :-)

;-) you deserve a link

http://macscan.securemac.com/

"Macintosh Spyware

Coming soon is a complete list of spyware for the Macintosh that
MacScan detects"

Hmmmmm.

Jim
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(Jim) wrote in
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Oh, the latter, for sure - I picked up a NeXT slab last week :-)

Lucky B, I want one!

Coming soon is a complete list of spyware for the Macintosh that
MacScan detects"

Hmmmmm.

Still, I am not making this up - and they do give a list actually -

http://capmac.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=187

Programs currently detected by MacScan:
TakeDown Suite
TextTrap
SuperSave
Peeping Tom
Mac Life Insurance
Invisible Oasis
Last Resort
KeyStroke
Keystroke Recorder
TypeSaver
TypeRecorder
Monitorer X

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John Steinberg wrote in news:010320051709247855%
:

Pierre Vandevenne wrote:

Since you're a fellow collector/nutcase ;-) you deserve a link

http://macscan.securemac.com/

Impressive. Perhaps you should have done some drilling down, though.
http://macscan.securemac.com/spywarelist.html

Scary, huh?

What about doing what you preach?

Did you look at the readme, windbag?

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John Steinberg wrote in news:010320051800261601%
:

So nasty. Tut tut.

Well, you've been calling me a liar three times in less than an hour.

Even many a casual Mac user would recognize over half

Ah, and what about the other half then? I though nothing, absolutely
nothing existed.

the listed
application as nothing even remotely qualifying as spyware. I suggest

Ah, OK, after launching baseless ad hominem attacks and being factually
proven wrong about six times in a row, now it gets down to the opinion of
"casual Mac users", a title I am apparently not worthy of, despite my
connection to the development of successful Max OS software?

All of this in an unreasonnable defense of your pet OS.

Get real John.

You've been demoted from jester to clown, and a sad one.

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John Steinberg wrote in news:010320051953564924%
lid:

That's your right, but the irony here is that virtually every one of
your accusations against me is what's known in psychiatric circles as
"projecting."

Aha.

I happen to have MD: what are your qualifications in that field John?

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Pierre Vandevenne wrote:
John Steinberg wrote in
news:010320051953564924%
lid:

That's your right, but the irony here is that virtually every one
of
your accusations against me is what's known in psychiatric circles
as
"projecting."

Aha.

I happen to have MD: what are your qualifications in that field John?

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Pierre Vandevenne - DataRescue sa/nv - www.datarescue.com
The IDA Pro Disassembler & Debugger - world leader in hostile code
analysis
PhotoRescue - advanced data recovery for digital photographic media
latest review: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1590497,00.asp

Steinberg I'll bet is a wannabee with no graduate education. But he is
an expert on all things--just ask him. He has the "answers"--the rest
of the world in his view is just plain stupid ignoring his vast store
of wisdom. I'll bet the shrinks have a catchy little term for that
"disorder".

Pierre Vandevenne wrote:
What's the correlation between Mac and Apochromatic refractor
ownership?
PC and Celestron 11? How many people do think their 6" apo
outperforms 11"
SCTs?

I wouldn't touch any of that with the proverbial 10 foot pole! ;-)

Peace,
Rod