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Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-11-15 03:27:23 +0000
Wow, not so good.
Still don't have my G-4 duali on line. Verizon doesn't support MacOS 9.0.4.
Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-11-15 12:04:18 +0000
Neither does MATLAB... does anyone?
Posted by tommy on 2006-11-15 12:24:34 +0000
Well, yeah, but Matlab* is an executable that needs to be compiled separately for each platform.
Verizon's just offering a network service... it shouldn't really care what machine/OS is at the other end of the cable. As long as your machine knows how to talk to the DSL modem (or whatever you're using), Verizon shouldn't care if you're using a Vic-20.
Conor, Verizon is incompetant beyond comprehension. I've never, not a single time, had a transaction with them that went smoothly. I'd like to put in a plug for Covad if you're looking for DSL service. I've been happy with them for 5 years, and they've never cared that I don't have a Windows computer.
* Note proper capitilization on "Matlab"
Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-11-15 12:52:23 +0000
MATLAB is an acronym, as well as a trade name registered in all capital letters.
Verizon has FIOS, which makes DSL look like a 300 baud modem hooked up to a Vic-20.
Verizon doesn't _support_ Mac < 10, but that doesn't mean it doesn't work. It just means that you if you call customer support, they don't guarantee the person on the phone will know how to get to the network connections information on your computer or be able to help you at all... which really isn't that different than the service the rest of us get.
Posted by tommy on 2006-11-15 13:23:36 +0000
a) I'd grudgingly grant you MatLab. But, MATLAB is totally retarded. Reminds me of the character SanDeE* from "LA Story". Abiomed used to try to make me spell it "ABIOMED" when I worked there, too. I will not break rules of English grammar on the whims of corporate motherfuckers! I have my principles.
b) I wish I could get FIOS, but it's not everywhere yet... and if you're going DSL, I'd recommend against Verizon, that's all.
c) Amen, brother. There's a big difference between "not supporting" and "actively thwarting".
Not sure if this is true anymore, but Verizon used have a policy of actively thwarting. They used to require you to run a program on your home computer which would "set up your account" (really all it did was connect to their server and register a password for your username). This program only ran on Windows, and if you called them, they would refuse to set up your password in another manner.
However, once you got past this step, the Verizon DSL connection would work just fine with whatever computer you wanted. So, I'm sure you can get Mac9 working with it, Conor.
Posted by tommy on 2006-11-15 13:24:09 +0000
Lorbering...
Tommy, reply to the post to which you are replying!
Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-11-15 13:36:33 +0000
Nice.
Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-11-15 14:16:50 +0000
I'm open to suggestions on how to get a Mac OS 9.0.4 box running on the interweb. Note: My wife is the contact to verizon. That's not my call.
Posted by tgl on 2006-11-15 15:21:29 +0000
This commment is in reply to 24308, which is in turn a reply to 24307.
a) Agreed, tommy. Grammar should not be held hostage to such superfical and ephmeral things like trademark law. The law is made up, grammar is not. Er....
Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-11-15 15:32:54 +0000
I've been googling around, and I can't find a definitive resource on capitalization rules for acronyms from someone who knows the difference betwixt an acronym and an initialism.
However, most resources I find say that unless an acronym is a common word like radar or scuba, it should be in all caps, regardless of whether the acronym is a true initialism, or if it happens to be a composite of components of sub-words.
Therefore: MATLAB == correct, MatLab == incorrect, Matlab == incorrect.
I believe camel-casing is never grammatically correct. Therefore: The MathWorks == vile.
Posted by tgl on 2006-11-15 15:35:14 +0000
The spelling of "ephemeral" and "superficial" should not be subject to transitory, man-made concoction, either.
Posted by G lib on 2006-11-15 17:27:55 +0000
*I believe that your true RS.N registered name is tommy, not Tommy.
Posted by tgl on 2006-11-15 17:33:17 +0000
This might require a wooden computer.
Posted by MF DU on 2006-11-15 17:37:03 +0000
this thread is entertaining the hell out of me. (It is competing on the level of geekiness I usually only see on the Jandek listserv)...
Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-11-15 18:00:24 +0000
Clearly, that capitalization is due to being at the beginning of the sentence.
Posted by tommy on 2006-11-15 22:04:43 +0000
So, SIMULINK, then? BENELUX???
I, too, cannot find a definitive reference.
Corbett's "The Little English Handbook" simply says "Observe the conventions governing the capitalization of certain words", then gives a handful of examples. Thanks a lot, Corbett. Asshole.
The Bedford Handbook says "Capitalize abbreviations when they are for departments and agencies of government, other organizations and corporations; capitalize the call letters of radio and television stations". No mention of abbreviations/acronyms for other things.
The Beacon Handbook comes closest: "Abbreviations and acronyms -- including those for organizations, businesses, time designations and documents -- and radio and television call letters are almost always capitalized. But, they are not clear on whether "capitalized" means every letter is a capital, or just the ones that begin words. The examples they give only show "initialisms". And what's with the "almost"?
Posted by MF DU on 2006-11-16 11:48:07 +0000
does anal retentive have a hyphen?
Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-11-16 12:02:27 +0000
Yes.
Posted by MF DU on 2006-11-16 12:26:26 +0000
For Ten D and Tommy's enjoyment: Ground vs. Grinded from the Sun Nov. 5th Glob.
Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-11-16 13:47:53 +0000
For the record, I love The Word, which is a weekly column in the Ideas section of the Sunday Glob. I have that one sitting on my couch waiting for me to get around to reading it on the thomas.
Posted by MF DU on 2006-11-16 14:50:09 +0000
Everytime I read that I think of 10D, I usually forget to post the links, though.
Posted by tommy on 2006-11-16 16:47:00 +0000
Sometimes.
No hyphen when the phrase comes after the noun it modifies:
"Tommy is anal retentive."
Use a hyphen when the phrase comes before the noun it modifies:
"The anal-retentive Tommy..."
This was a Rule of the Week in Mr. Jahnle's class at Billerica Memorial High School. Salad days.
Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-11-16 17:32:32 +0000