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Article #170Autodoubler & other transparent compression progs
From: Rick Zeman
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 16:33
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 16:33
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On 10/30/92, Leonard Rosenthol was heard to say regarding "Autodoubler & other
transparent compression progs:"
LR> From: leonardr@netcom.com (Leonard Rosenthol)
LR> Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
LR> Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760
LR> guest)
LR>
LR> In article <720410842.AA00000@blkcat.UUCP>
LR> Rick.Zeman@p943.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Rick Zeman) writes:
LR>
> On 10/28/92@12:22:55 AM, Mike Steiner was heard to say regarding
> "Autodoubler &
>
> Geez, Mike, either you're incredibly lucky or incredibly blessed.
> SSS
>
> is LADEN with bugs--non destructive bugs, but bugs nonetheless. Phantom
> compression and decompression of files that aren't even marked as files
> to
> be compressed, interferes with PrintMonitor in many, many applications.
> I'm lucky: I just added a 330 meg drive so I could turn it off! ;-)
>
>
LR> I think the use of the word laden (especially capitalized) is WAY
LR> off base, Rick! Sure, SpaceSaver has some bugs (two of which you
LR> mention
LR> and both of which are fixed for the upcoming 1.0.2 update), but so
LR> does
LR> EVERY other piece of software on the market.
Okay, I retract the capitalization of laden but not the use of the word.
True, EVERY other piece of software has bugs--nothing's perfect--but most
are a heck of a lot more subtle, ie. in more obscure uses of the software.
Not, as in SSS's case, _visibly_ manifested in the basic operation of the
program (do underlines count???). Glad to see that y'all nailed the
PrintMonitor bug, though.
LR>
LR>
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From: Rick.Zeman@p943.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Rick Zeman) Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!blkcat!Uucp Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Autodoubler & other transparent compression progs Message-ID: <720475264.AA00000@blkcat.UUCP> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 11:33:56 -0500 Lines: 49