[Ti] 2 machines, 2 different problems

[b]

Steve Wozniak paused, thought it over, and spoke thusly:

>At 9:24 AM -0400 5/22/04, John McGibney wrote:
>
>  >The windows don't seem to remember the Icon placement nor settings to keep
>>arranged by name. The global settings for Icon view are "Keep arranged by
>>name" this setting doesn't change. But when the Applications folder and
>>Utilities folder are opened they revert to "this window only settings and
>>the icons, window size, etc. are all messed up. Window placement is off etc.
>>If I set window view options back to global they stay for a while, usually
>>the next reboot. If I set the "This window only" settings to keep...by name
>>placement will also foul up after a while.
>
>I have almost the same problem. Every time I run certain installers 
>or log out or have my Finder quit and restart, or Restart my 
>PowerBook, many of the folders I use (root level, Applications 
>folder, Library folder, etc.) lose all their View Options. These are 
>all 'this window only' settings. I spend a lot of time resetting the 
>View Options every day, only to lose them when something eventually 
>happens.
>--

Oh jeez, don't get me started on the FileManager (Finder). Setting 
prefs for that is the 'logical' equivalent of pissin' in the wind.

I had a dream that IBM gave Apple a separate RS6000 for the chipset, 
whose sole duty was to run the Finder, with its own programmablity, 
dedicated memory, etc. (I think it was an older 300mHz chip, like in 
the multi-processor SGIs, heheh). Dreams don't have to make sense, 
right? <laughs>

~flipper