From: Alan Baker on
In article <8c0galF8qjU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
"MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:

> "Alan Baker" <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote in message
> news:alangbaker-789ED2.11520105082010(a)news.shawcable.com...
> >
> > No, Bobby, what we are are happy users of Macs who don't like to see it
> > run down simply because we are happy.
> >
> But you're perfectly fine running down PC users who are also happy.

I haven't run anyone down, Mike.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
<http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: MNMikeW on

"William Clark" <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote in message
news:clark-B9248E.15102705082010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> In article <8c0febF361U1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:
>
>> <bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message
>> news:vgvl56dsud0ubcuqlqq5tmfoku8g57hpi8(a)4ax.com...
>> > On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:57:51 -0400, William Clark
>> > <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
>> >
>> >>In article <f4nl56d3bt6b4iqvl5jv675n7tjqhijjpe(a)4ax.com>,
>> >> bknight(a)conramp.net wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 11:29:06 -0400, "R&B"
>> >>> <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >>> >Because when new ones come out, people want the new stuff that comes
>> >>> >with 'em...instead of sticking with old technology.
>> >>> >
>> >>> >Randy
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>> You can rant, and tout, all you want, but for the casual user, which
>> >>> is the vast majority, PCs work just fine, and the hubris of Mac users
>> >>> is a turn-off.
>> >>
>> >>No disagreement there. Each to his own.
>> >
>> > That has been my position from the beginning, and I don't take kindly
>> > to anyone suggesting that I lied when I say that I've never had a blue
>> > screen I haven't.
>> >
>> > I'm perfectly happy with PCS and don't need the snobbery from some Mac
>> > users.
>> >
>> > BK
>>
>> I 've yet to meet a Mac owner that wasn't a snob.
>
> You know, if you are going to barge into this discussion, which some of
> us are trying to keep at an informed and helpful level, could you
> contribute something other than yet another of your moronic one-line
> cliches?
>
> Just a thought.

Helpful?


From: bknight on
On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:54:34 -0700, Alan Baker <alangbaker(a)telus.net>
wrote:


>And you saying it "worked fine for me", just proves my point about
>people not realizing how the tools they are using can be holding them
>back.
>
Nothing is holding me back Alan. You'd do well to try to determine
what's in your head, and not try to read other's minds.

BK
From: bknight on
On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:04:50 -0700, Alan Baker <alangbaker(a)telus.net>
wrote:


>And is your attitude the same in every part of life? When you hear about
>a better way to hit the golf ball from a pro, do you tell him, "your
>years of experience don't count"?

I would only hear from him if I thought he was a good pro and I hired
him.

Hint.

BK
From: Alan Baker on
In article <gi3m561ghd470cj525fq3a9ram11374lca(a)4ax.com>,
bknight(a)conramp.net wrote:

> On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:54:34 -0700, Alan Baker <alangbaker(a)telus.net>
> wrote:
>
>
> >And you saying it "worked fine for me", just proves my point about
> >people not realizing how the tools they are using can be holding them
> >back.
> >
> Nothing is holding me back Alan. You'd do well to try to determine
> what's in your head, and not try to read other's minds.

LOL

Look, Bobby: I know this stuff because it has been my business to know
for twenty years.

I'm not reading your mind, but I am understanding perception bias and
using my experience of many, many people whom I've either sold or
supported the computers.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
<http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>