User talk:Mattabat

Welcome!

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Boot Camp

Boot Camp does two things. It lets you non-destructively re-parition your hard drive and it burns a bunch of Windows drivers onto a CD. That is it. AlistairMcMillan 17:37, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It provides an Apple machine the ability to emulate a PC by providing *code* that allows it to do so. Hence, translation emulation, at least in my book. I agree the distinction between compatibility layers and translation emulation is sometimes slim, but in this case it overcomes BIOS incompatibility, significant hardware differences and everything. Translation emulation, in other words.

Oh, also, the main *point* of translation emulation is that an operating system has the capability of running *natively* on the same processor. Just because something *natively* can use the same processor doesn't mean every other bit of hardware is native; a good example is the Amiga running classic Macintosh software. Mattabat 10:10, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please take five minutes to read up on what Boot Camp actually does. Boot Camp only does TWO things. It re-partitions your hard drive and burns some drivers to a CD. It does not have ANYTHING to do with emulation. Mac OS X runs natively on Intel processors, there is NO emulation involved. AlistairMcMillan 18:35, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mind if we make this debate public? I know some other people might disagree with your argument. Mattabat 06:02, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Everyone can read your Talk page. It is not private. AlistairMcMillan 16:09, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Boot Camp is not a boot loader=

How many times does this need to be said. Boot Camp is not a boot loader. Boot loader, Boot Camp is not. Boot Camp != boot loader. Boot Camp does not load anything at boot. AlistairMcMillan 12:08, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Boot selection screen has been available on Intel-based Macs since they were released. That selection screen is actually available on PowerPC-based Macs as well. It is nothing to do with Boot Camp. AlistairMcMillan 12:42, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Translation emulation

I already replied to you post on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Translation emulation. The phrase "translation emulation" is still unsourced. The source you added never uses that phrase. AlistairMcMillan 12:43, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Westies (people)

Hi Matt. If you proposed Westies for deletion whilst not log on, you might consider explaining your reasons on that page. I support your listing of that article for deletion. --WikiCats 10:49, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Matt. I have been fighting hard to maintain NPOV in the Wikipedia. A resurrected copy of Easties is at User:Richardshusr/Easties (people). You are invited to contribute to it in the hope of having it reinstated. Thanks for your support. --WikiCats 10:09, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

HVACR

Hi; I saw your addition of HVACR. How do you see that fitting in with HVAC? Tom Harrison ^Talk 14:21, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely, well done :) Redirect really fits well. Mattabat 05:04, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Abe Lincoln and sport

Why is it that some see pointing out Abraham Lincolns interest in sport is out of place in an article about the man? - There is http://baseball-almanac.com/prz_qal.shtml that points out he played rounders/cricket hybrid games in his youth, and his playing baseball with children on the lawns of the White House. Added to the fact he attended a important cricket match in 1859 (as per the article by the Smithsonian Institution I linked to but Rjenson seemed to doubt the veracity of) and you have a picture building up of a man interested (at least mildly) in sport. Is all that out of place in a n article about him, and if so how? Mattabat 11:43, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're mischaracterizing your sources. The Baseball Almanac link doesn't say anything about Lincoln's youth. Two of the quotes are from editorial cartoons, written by newspaper editors, not Lincoln himself. Only two of the other quotes actually pertain to Lincoln's own actions, and one is an unattributed "early childhood letter" that just mentions a man (presumably Lincoln) running across the lawn in a coat. The other quote is intriguing, but it's about baseball, not cricket, and you'd need to follow it up with a lot more. As it stands, it's purely anecdotal. The Smithsonian article doesn't indicate that the match he attended was important. (It also says the match in question happened in 1849.) That he attended a single match does not establish any kind of a pattern. You only have to look to the present day for how often politicians (and people in general) attend sporting events without being notable, avid followers of the sport in question. The removed section even admitted that there is no record of his having attended another match. One match in ten (or more) years isn't much of a show of passion.

More than this, though, Wikipedia doesn't exist for "building up pictures" - it's for pictures that have already been built. You're gathering shreds of evidence and speculating about them. Wikipedia isn't a forum for speculation or original research - it's for established facts. Gorilla Jones 12:52, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK. No more additions to the Abraham Lincoln article - given up. Its quite clear anything I add isn't worth adding. Its original research apparently. Mattabat 06:41, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, if you think you have come across an under-explored area of Lincoln scholarship, you really ought to dedicate a website to collecting what you find about it. Personally, I'd be interested in reading something like that. And the Smithsonian link might be worth a mention in a cricket article (if you haven't already added one). Gorilla Jones 06:52, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Drop Bear

Your edits here constitute vandalism. Drop bears are not allegedly fictional. They are completely fictional. The rest of what you added is pure fiction. Don't do it again. If you want to add content to WP, ensure you can cite appropriate 3rd party references. --Gene_poole 12:02, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If drop bears are fictional, why didn't provide a third party reference? When and where were they made up, for instance? - The rest of what I added was not pure fiction, it was not cited, there's a difference. I might point out there entire article is not referenced. You are merely voicing your opinion by labelling what I added as vandalism and deleting indiscriminately. I can provide references to aggressive behaviour in koalas towards people when disturbed and handled, however I am discouraged when you are prepared to label others who add as vandals offhandedly and delete their additions. Merely to say something is allegedly fictional is not to say they are real; I mean by saying that although drop bears have been said to be fictional, proof of their non-existence has not been provided. Mattabat 04:36, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Crocodile Dundee trivia section

The problem was that that trivia section was copied word-for-word from IMDb. We can't do that, even if it is sourced, because it constitutes a copyright violation. (Everything posted on IMDb is copyrighted.) --Hnsampat 12:40, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Education in Australia

Noticed your edit and thought you might like to join WikiProject Education in Australia. Just add your name to the participants section if you wish. Cheers. Twenty Years 13:45, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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