Comments on: Is that real voodoo in there? http://www.macalope.com/2006/10/10/is-that-real-voodoo-in-there/ Full of sound and furry Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:20:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daniel Axelrod http://www.macalope.com/2006/10/10/is-that-real-voodoo-in-there/#comment-373 Daniel Axelrod Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:33:19 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=57#comment-373 Does it <a href="http://begthequestion.info/" rel="nofollow">beg the question</a> or simply raise it? Does it beg the question or simply raise it?

]]> By: BKWatch http://www.macalope.com/2006/10/10/is-that-real-voodoo-in-there/#comment-372 BKWatch Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:57:40 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=57#comment-372 you, see, the Voodoo found the missing Maynor wifi hack and broke into another network to get the update.... you, see, the Voodoo found the missing Maynor wifi hack and broke into another network to get the update….

]]> By: pedro http://www.macalope.com/2006/10/10/is-that-real-voodoo-in-there/#comment-371 pedro Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:02:33 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=57#comment-371 Gus seems like the kind of guy who would take a video camera to a magic show...... just to try to spoil the fun for the rest of us. "See?! Can't you see?! There's actually two people in there! He didn't really cut her in half!" Party pooper Gus. Gus seems like the kind of guy who would take a video camera to a magic show…… just to try to spoil the fun for the rest of us. “See?! Can’t you see?! There’s actually two people in there! He didn’t really cut her in half!” Party pooper Gus.

]]> By: scott lewis http://www.macalope.com/2006/10/10/is-that-real-voodoo-in-there/#comment-370 scott lewis Wed, 11 Oct 2006 06:56:42 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=57#comment-370 90% of what computers do is to annoy the user predictably. We generally call them "dialog boxes". 90% of what computers do is to annoy the user predictably. We generally call them “dialog boxes”.

]]> By: David Chartier http://www.macalope.com/2006/10/10/is-that-real-voodoo-in-there/#comment-369 David Chartier Wed, 11 Oct 2006 04:52:57 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=57#comment-369 HIGdoo HIGdoo

]]> By: keith http://www.macalope.com/2006/10/10/is-that-real-voodoo-in-there/#comment-368 keith Wed, 11 Oct 2006 04:36:34 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=57#comment-368 Looks like the Macalope got tricked up by the unpredictable nature of the "predictable" behaviour Looks like the Macalope got tricked up by the unpredictable nature of the “predictable” behaviour

]]> By: Macalope http://www.macalope.com/2006/10/10/is-that-real-voodoo-in-there/#comment-367 Macalope Wed, 11 Oct 2006 04:18:26 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=57#comment-367 No, no, no. It's VOODOO! Thanks, Gus. No, no, no. It’s VOODOO!

Thanks, Gus.

]]> By: Gus Mueller http://www.macalope.com/2006/10/10/is-that-real-voodoo-in-there/#comment-366 Gus Mueller Wed, 11 Oct 2006 04:08:33 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=57#comment-366 VP checked that there was an update via a background thread the previous time you launched, and then the next time you launched it remembered that and let you know. The reason why VP doesn't let you know right away is because the HIG says not to. Something about annoying the user unpredictably. VP checked that there was an update via a background thread the previous time you launched, and then the next time you launched it remembered that and let you know.

The reason why VP doesn’t let you know right away is because the HIG says not to. Something about annoying the user unpredictably.

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