On Thursday, April 10, 2003, at 01:59 AM, Crazy Miz B-Miz B's Porch & Crazed Cowboys wrote: > > On Monday, March 24, 2003, at 12:17 PM, Wilkin, Wayne (Mass) wrote: > >> Boot into 9. Boy are you guys old school. Your going to boot into 9 for >> everything you can't trash you'll be doing that for ever. You guys >> should >> get more familiar with the Terminal. > > Yah....but darling Waynes'world: > > Those of us who have had Mac forever and are Unix ignoramuses---well, > some have a reason... > > (By the way, I think you mean "You're..." and "forever.") > > I've bought every book I could for trying to learn/understanding > X/Unix, etc. > > AND EACH ONE WARNS TO DO NOTHING rather than work in Terminal until we > really know what we are doing...because we could do great harm. > > And I think Unix is really new and different and strange for us---and > so we'd be committing computer suicide to randomly follow casually > given directions... > > especially when they sound kinda bratty! > > I am without doubt certain that you are handsome, charming, genius-ish, > and a Unix Wizard. > > But I, alas am but a poor citizen of the Old School, and by the way, > Steely Dan played a damn fine version of that...oh, dear. You may not > have been alive. Or if you were, then you're a feisty older feller... > > Yeah! Whatever! > > TERMINAL: here comes Miz B... > > Three hours later: > > TERMINAL: > > Terminal? > > Termi- > > > Unless you have something specific to do and are armed with the appropriate commands you are wading into the deep end and will drown. It is nice to have a terminal (CLI Command window) even nicer not to have to use it. Jim