Mac vrs Unix

CobraBoy (tbyars@earthlink.net)
Mon, 10 Feb 1997 12:00:15 -0800


UNIX: cd /usr/local/etc/httpd/cgi-bin/registration

MAC : click on usr
find, then click on local
find, then click on etc
find, then click on httpd
find, then click on cgi-bin
find, then click on registration
fuck, windows all over the place.
close usr
close local
close etc
close httpd
close cgi-bin

oh, wait, a shortcut!!!

"Apple"-F : find registration
wait
wait some more
"show" registration
close find application

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UNIX: cp test.txt /

MAC : Click on "test.txt"
Then hold down the "option" key
if (disk_icon is visible)
{
drag(test.txt to disk_icon)
}
else
{
let go of the "option" key
move everything around sporadically until disk_icon appears
drag(test.txt to disk_icon)
}

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UNIX: rm test
MAC : if
(you_know_the_super_special_i'd_tell_you_but_i'd_have_to_kill_you_top_secret_key
_combination)
{
then do_it;
}
else
{
if (you_can_see_the_trashcan)
{
drag "test" to trashcan
}
else
{
move everything sporadically until you can
see the trashcan
}
Click on Special->Empty Trash
}

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UNIX: emacs
MAC : simpletext

nuff said.
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UNIX: rm -rf /*

MAC : Are you sure you want to do this? y
No, really, Are you sure you want to do this?y
No, really, can we call your parents first?n
I don't really think you meant to do that. y
No, really, Are you sure you want to do this?y
Perhaps we should discuss the files, one by one.
I think we're getting a divorce.y
"I ... love ... trash" (stupid sesame street extension)
Sorry, system folder is in use. Quit application?y
Sorry, cannot quit system folder.
Sorry, Item "Trash" cannot be removed because has items in it that
are in use.

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If you can get someone who's smart enough to help you,
sometimes you put up with some of their idiocyncracies. - Gil Amelio

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