Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I love it when you talk dirty. Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Feb 4, 2012, at 8:46 PM, Richard Man wrote: > Mark, OS 9 is not Unix. OS X is derived from NeXT, which uses a Mach kernel > (the core of an OS, from CMU) with lots of BSD Unix stuff on top. The > majorly odd thing about OS X vs. a vanilla Unix or Linux distribution is > that OS X uses Objective-C as the prime interface to the OS API vs. plain > C. > > On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > >> And that was also system 9. Not 10. Which was Unix not whatever odd thing >> it >> was before before Steve Jobs came back on. >> >> -- >> Mark R. >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ >> >> >>> From: Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 09:21:21 -0800 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Snow Leopard Warning >>> >>> Roger, >>> >>> Before Apple went to using an Intel processor, they used one jointly >>> developed by Apple, Motorola, and IBM. It was called the Power PC. >>> Programs developed in the Power PC era would not run on the Intel >>> processor. Apple created an interpreter called Rosetta (appropriate >>> name) so that these older programs would still run on the new >>> processor. Rosetta was not included in Lion. >>> >>> So, if you had no legacy programs you needed to run, Lion was fine. >>> >>> Herb >>> >>>> Interesting, all this talk of upgrade issues. I went from Snow Leopard >>>> to Lion with no problems at all. >>>> >>>> >>>> Roger Hart >>>> Detroit >>>> USA >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Richard Man >>>> <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: >>>>> Thanks, my wife upgraded to Snow Leopard only under duress and she >>>>> absolutely does not want touch Lion. I will make sure she doesn't >>>>> auto-download this. >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> For those of you running Apple's Snow Leopard (O/S X 10.7) please be >> aware >>>>>> that a pushed out security update (10.7.3) can really foul up your >>>>>> computer, especially if you are running any Rosetta based applications >>>>>> (other applications are crashing too). >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >> http://www.macrumors.com/2012/02/03/snow-leopard-security-update-kills-powerp >>>> c-apps-using-rosetta/ >>>>>> >>>>>> I currently have a Mac still on 10.7 to run my ImagePrint RIP as >>>> to upgrade >>>>>> it to work on Lion costs about $800!! >>>>>> Good luck, >>>>>> Bob >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Bob Adler >>>>>> Palo Alto, CA >>>>>> http://www.rgaphoto.com >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> -- >>> Herbert Kanner >>> kanner at acm.org >>> 650-326-8204 >>> >>> Question authority and the authorities will question you. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >