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  • #31
    It's amazing the lengths some people will go to in order to justify the fact that they can't spell.
    When you type as fast as I do, mistakes are made. Especially at the hours I post.

    I don't think I need to justify typos and spelling mistakes, especially when the idea behind the sentence is still obvious.

    It's amazing, to me, how somebody who you'd think would be rather adept at debates has sunk to criticizing grammar and spelling on an internet forum.
    "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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    • #32
      I believe you were the one who started criticizing grammar and spelling. That's what made your mistake delightfully ironic and humourous...
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      • #33
        Originally posted by Asher

        When you type as fast as I do, mistakes are made. Especially at the hours I post.

        I don't think I need to justify typos and spelling mistakes, especially when the idea behind the sentence is still obvious.

        It's amazing, to me, how somebody who you'd think would be rather adept at debates has sunk to criticizing grammar and spelling on an internet forum.
        Aggie, Asher has got a point here. Criticizing other people's grammar and spelling on an informal message board is just ridiculous.
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        • #34
          Originally posted by Asher You really think the program works without the CPU?

          It's not something you can guage the impact with by looking at the CPU usage at any given point. They work by intercepting all keyboard input in a buffer and then analyzing it.

          I don't want that **** on my computer...
          ... seriously, dude. Perhaps it's inefficient on *your* OS. That doesn't mean it's universally inefficient. Just build spellchecking capability in to the text input widgets of the interface toolkit you're using and it *will* *not* take any CPU time it doesn't need to take. If you really type so fast that your spell checker can't keep up or uses an unacceptable amount of CPU time, then I commend you - you truly are quite superhuman.
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          • #35
            While I'm no where near an Apple fanboy, I think it borders on the idiotic to criticize a feature which spelling on grammar checks every writing that you do. That's a fabulous feature!
            “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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            • #36
              Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
              I believe you were the one who started criticizing grammar and spelling. That's what made your mistake delightfully ironic and humourous...
              In official business correspondence. Not on internet gaming forums.

              There is a huge difference.

              ... seriously, dude. Perhaps it's inefficient on *your* OS. That doesn't mean it's universally inefficient. Just build spellchecking capability in to the text input widgets of the interface toolkit you're using and it *will* *not* take any CPU time it doesn't need to take. If you really type so fast that your spell checker can't keep up or uses an unacceptable amount of CPU time, then I commend you - you truly are quite superhuman.
              Just what universal text input widgets exist?

              You do realize that games do not use the OS input widgets, right? You do realize that XUL-based apps (Firefox, Thunderbird, Mozilla) do not use the OS input widgets? you do realize that Java-based apps do not use the OS input widgets (SWT being the exception)?

              To have it globally like Aggie described would require an inefficient implementation to intercept keystrokes and put them in a buffer, then spellcheck them. Further, how does this even WORK on non-standard input boxes? Do you randomly draw red lines where you THINK the text is?

              A "system-wide" spellchecker, which intelligently uses the OS widgets, would be useless to me as a Firefox user...
              "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
              Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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              • #37
                Originally posted by Asher

                In official business correspondence. Not on internet gaming forums.

                There is a huge difference.

                There is?
                A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.

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                • #38
                  I forgot I'm dealing with people who've never left the coddled world of Artsy Academia...

                  "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                  Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                  • #39
                    History professors/instructors are vital for the sake of posterity.
                    A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.

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                    • #40
                      In official business correspondence. Not on internet gaming forums.

                      There is a huge difference.


                      I guess Apple employees place as much importance on their correspondence with you as I do...
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                      • #41
                        Just out of morbid curiosity, can anybody give an example of a stupider Asher vs. Agathon argument? Is this the pinnacle of their craft?

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                        • #42
                          Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
                          I guess Apple employees place as much importance on their correspondence with you as I do...
                          It's their loss.

                          On the third reminder email I CC their manager, and their response is pretty quick after that.
                          "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                          Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                          • #43
                            It's their loss.


                            I'm sure it is...
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                            • #44
                              Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
                              It's their loss.


                              I'm sure it is...
                              All I'm trying to do is my job, which is to make development on MacOS X faster and easier, and Apple's reps just didn't give a sh*t until I CCed their manager.

                              I've yet to talk to anyone I would consider remotely competent at Apple on their OS X development and developer relations teams.
                              "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                              Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                              • #45
                                Hell, with the sheer numbers of people using computers — more and more with every passing year — a company doesn't need to *dominate* the market in order to make a frickin' profit. Apple seems to be doing just fine with its 4 percent or so of the market share. Last I heard, they were sitting on quite a pile of cash in the bank, too.

                                Apple may never become another Microsoft — and I sure as hell don't want it to — but it won't be fading into history anytime soon, either.

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