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Reply With QuoteI get and reject it.Originally Posted by fryke
But you _do_ get that a number with *two* points is _not_ a decimal number, right? 10.4.9. 10.4.10. No problem. We could have 10.4.147 and it'd still be higher than 10.4.9. Also: Ever heard of IP addresses? 192.168.4.155 is higher than 192.168.4.40, btw.The extra points are just there for readability, I say! As for IP addresses, those aren't even pronounced as decimals, and before human-readable base-10 conversion, they actually function as decimals anyway. I've always preferred notation with leading zeroes, which is perfectly legit, technologically.
In any case, the disconnect will lead to confusion, so it's not desirable. I think Apple has always agreed, but with the Leopard scheduling snafu they had no choice.
I remember believing Snak (an IRC client) was dead for a about half a year and that the web site had reverted to an old version, since I had 4.8 and 4.1 (er, "4.10") was all that was available online. 4.8 > 4.10000000....
And before you say it: Dolby is just innumerate.
Apple is now in the company of Microsoft, AOL, and Real Media. Need I say more?
(This post could use more smilies, but dammit, they'd just look stupid in such large numbers!
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- June 21st, 2007, 11:39 AM #9
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No problem with the update here.
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- June 21st, 2007, 01:22 PM #10
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- June 21st, 2007, 03:10 PM #11
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I wouldn't have mentioned Dolby. That's just ridiculous.
... However, I still have to point out: Two points equals *non*decimal. No way about it. What would you have suggested instead? 10.4.9.1? 10.4.9a? All unacceptable in my opinion. It's the tenth update to Tiger. 10.4.10. Easy. Much easier to agree on than that the full version should read "Mac OS ten, ten point 4 point ten" aloud, though. I'm still saying "eks" for the first X. Mac user since 1987. Running Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion on a MacBook Air 11" & an iMac 27" and whatever's newest for my iPhone 4s, iPad 3 and AppleTV 2.
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- June 22nd, 2007, 12:27 AM #12
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10.4.A works - mixing hexadecimal with non-decimal decimal
- June 22nd, 2007, 10:30 AM #13
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Could be a coincidence but im unable to send webcam on aMSN since updating (connection times out. Not tested receiving webcam).
If anyone else can test to see if they can thatd be great.
- June 22nd, 2007, 05:57 PM #14
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Try repairing permissions from within Disk Utility. Originally Posted by Madelin
As for me, I just updated today to 10.4.10 using the Combo Updater and so far everything seems OK. I did notice a Security Update in Software Update right after I did the 10.4.10 Update (update update update...
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- June 22nd, 2007, 06:53 PM #15
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What about the software that fails to run with an error...
something like this...
"requires OS X 10.3 or later",
this tells me that someone other than me thinks this looks like 10.4.1.
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- June 22nd, 2007, 07:33 PM #16
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I guess those software devs didn't think different enough then and have to revisit their code...
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