Re: Amelio's ouster

["Brian J. Bernstein" <bernstbj@ix.netcom.com>]

Dave Althoff wrote:
> 
> Geoff Kaiser (SuperKais@MacConnect_REMOVE_THIS.com) wrote:
> 
> (among other things...)
> 
> : Macs know when a disk or volume is on the drive and when it's ejected
> : (try looking at the contents of a floppy on Win95 and then eject the
> : disk; the contents are still showing, even though the disk is gone.
> : Won't happen on a Mac)
> 
> Stick a floppy into the Mac.  The disk mounts.
> Select the floppy icon.
> Press OA-E (Eject Disk).  The disk pops out.
> But the contents of the disk still appear mounted on the desktop.  The
> Mac, however, is smart enough to know that the disk isn't *really* there,
> and will ask for it if it needs it.  This is why you should always
> *unmount* your floppys when walking away from a public terminal.  Nothing
> more annoyng than "Please insert the disk 'Joe's Stuff'." when Joe is long
> gone...

  Oh forget that.. you forgot the most ANNOYING bug (feature?) in the
MacOS!

Try this:

  Insert a disk, open it, use it for something (say.. write a page of a
paper), and then OA-E(ject) the disk, so it becomes "ghosted"

  Insert said disk into another machine, just SLIGHTLY change the
contents of the disk. Hell, create a directory and then remove it.

  Put disk back into Mac.   Good luck using that disk again.


  ..and then some kind soul created RealEject, and all was well..

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Brian J. Bernstein
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