OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/20241/Discover_OS_X_Hidden_Artistic_Side Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:44:44 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com ..aaaahhh.. http://osnews.com/thread?328952 http://osnews.com/thread?328952 ..the article was shallow to say the least ..what was the article about? a mac os X image class and its method? hidden or unknown icons?

i must have missed it, what "artistic side" was i supposed to see/get from the article? Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:14:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (mtzmtulivu) Comments windows http://osnews.com/thread?328957 http://osnews.com/thread?328957 In addition to a wide variety of NeXT icons, you'll also find a full complement of - horror of horrors! - Windows bitmaps. .... It's a mystery why this set of bitmaps were added to AppKit and why they're still there.

because openstep did also run on windows nt:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/OPENSTEP_on_Windows_N...

and there was the yellow box of rhapsody:

http://www.mac-guild.org/rhapsody/yellow-windows.html Edited 2008-09-02 18:08 UTC Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (puenktchen) Comments Where's the 's'? http://osnews.com/thread?329012 http://osnews.com/thread?329012 Don't you mean "Discover OS X's Hidden Artistic Side"? Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (siride) Comments RE: Where's the 's'? http://osnews.com/thread?329026 http://osnews.com/thread?329026 I've been taught in school, as well as at university where I actually study English, that both are correct.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe#Possessive_apostrophe

More specifically:

"If a singular noun ends with an /s/ or a /z/ sound (spelled with -s, -se, -z, -ce, for example), practice varies as to whether to add 's or the apostrophe alone. In general, a good practice is to follow whichever spoken form is judged better: the boss's shoes, Mrs Jones' hat (or Mrs Jones's hat, if that spoken form is preferred). In many cases, both spoken and written forms differ between writers."


The 'x' is an /s/ sound, and as such, it is okay to omit the 's'. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom_Holwerda) Comments RE[2]: Where's the 's'? http://osnews.com/thread?329030 http://osnews.com/thread?329030 But OS X is pronounced Oh-Ess-Ten. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Johann Chua) Comments How do you do it? http://osnews.com/thread?329039 http://osnews.com/thread?329039 I'm a complete XCode newbie, and can't figure out how to get Interface Builder to manipulate the window as mentioned briefly in the article, i.e. "drop a NSImageView control onto a window and set the image name to NXdefaulticon." I'm probably missing something simple... Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:30:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (MobyTurbo) Comments RE[2]: Where's the 's'? http://osnews.com/thread?329040 http://osnews.com/thread?329040 I was also taught to not put the 's' after s-sounds early on, and then taught the opposite (rather vehementently) later on in HS and college. From a linguistic standpoint, it really makes no sense to leave it off since "'s" is a clitic (that attaches to a whole phrase), not just some optional or irregular possessive suffix that goes on a single noun. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (siride) Comments Comment by pinochet http://osnews.com/thread?329297 http://osnews.com/thread?329297 NeXT was really innovative for the time , imagine, neat features developed years ago still neat today. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:07:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (pinochet) Comments RE[2]: Where's the 's'? http://osnews.com/thread?329412 http://osnews.com/thread?329412 the X can never be an "s" sound because ever since the release of OS "X" people out there are being educated that it is read OS "ten" that is the name of the product, not "OS X" literally -- and there is no "S" in "ten". Therefore the correct writing has to be OS X's (read: OS ten's) Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Googol) Comments RE[2]: Where's the 's'? http://osnews.com/thread?329416 http://osnews.com/thread?329416 Thom-- interesting article, but I have to agree with the other grammar nerds here. 'Mac OS X' is correctly pronounced 'Mac OS Ten' which certainly does not end with an 's' sound. Thus, the correct possessive is 'Mac OS Ten's' or, in written form, 'Mac OS X's'.

If the pronunciation was X (like the letter X), then either way would be considered correct. However, 'The Elements of Style'-- which is an excellent little guide on how to write well-- says in Rule #1 under 'Elementary Rules of Usage' to always end singular possessives in an 's, regardless of the final consonant. I personally follow the 'Elements of Style' rule, rather than the 'whatever you want' rule I was taught in school.

Using an 's in this case is probably the best bet, since there are two commonly-used pronunciations of Mac OS X (the correct 'ten' and incorrect 'X'). The 's is right in both cases; the ' is only right in one of the two.

Anyway, forgive us for nitpicking and keep up the great work :-). Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:52:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (achmafooma) Comments