Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Fwd: It all depends how you drive... [NFC]

[Auto World (autoworld]

No, Hans, what it means is that Macs get forked twice as often as PCs. 

Probably same for its users too, if this ad is any indication: 

http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/getamac/betterresults_480x376.mov

Heh heh. 

Bob
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Hans E. Hansen 
  To: Bob Prosser 
  Cc: The FerrariList 
  Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 9:05 AM
  Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Fwd: It all depends how you drive... [NFC]


  So, in essence what you are saying is that a Mac looks at a PC
  and says, "Fork you!"

  Or did I misinterpret that?

  Hans.

  On 1/3/07, Auto World <autoworld [at] roadrunner.com> wrote:
  > Ken: basically speaking, a Mac file is made of two parts called a data 
fork, and a resource fork. Yes, they're a PITA when receiving Mac email on a PC.
  > The data fork contains what we generally call a file on the PC, that is the 
text created by a word processor, the pixels building a picture, etc. When 
transferring data files between Macintosh and PC, the data fork is generally 
the only part of interest.
  >
  > The resource fork may contain the code of a Mac program, the commands of a 
font file, etc. Some Mac programs store a preview picture in the resource fork.
  >
  > ... one more example of the useless stuff in my head.
  >
  > Bob Prosser
  >
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