site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com On Oct 9, 2005, at 11:15 AM, Peter Seebach wrote: _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... What if my host is a desktop which happens to be living in a laptop chassis? The word "enforce" brings to mind images of whole days lost to struggling with a piece of software which thinks it knows what I need and is wrong. If you have ever held any sliver of compassion for your fellow creatures, MAKE IT A USER-OVERRIDEABLE OPTION. Seriously, I can't even imagine when the key question would be "laptop or tower". Portable devices? I have taken my Mac mini to coffee shops. Unportable devices which will never be unplugged or moved? My main desktop system was a Pismo in a docking station for several months. In mission-critical operations such as performing Show Control at a live event, an accidentally-closed laptop lid could potentially halt an entire performance, and more importantly, it might even harm people's lives, ie when triggering pyrotechnics, machine control, animatronics, etc. Sometimes, kernel hacks are justified... ;) -- Shaun Wexler MacFOH http://www.macfoh.com This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com