Some
Basic
Mac
Principles
Part
26
The
Macintosh
computers
are
designed
to
be
the
easiest
to
use
computers.
Here
are
some
general
tips
on
how
to
get
the
most
from
them.
MENUS
(The
Pully-down
things)
1
.
Menus
can
be
found
in
many
of
the
classier
restaurants
(not
McDonald's),
and
basically
list
what
you
can
have
to
eat.
Menus
on
computers
do
essentially
the
same
thing,
except
you
can't
eat
them.
You
will
see
the
list
of
menus
at
the
top
of
your
screen.
Almost
every
program
has
at
k'ast
three
major
menus,
the
Apple
menu
(It
looks
like
an
apple.
Fancy
that!),
the
File
menu,
and
the
Edit
menu.
After
that,
menus
are
generally
program
specific.
That
means,
for
those
of
you
who
can't
read
to
words
in
a
row
that
are
more
than
two
syllables
long,
that
you
can't
have
a
picture
menu
in
a
program
that
only
does
music,
with
no
support
of
pictures
whatsoever.
Makes
sense,
huh?
To
use
a
menu,
follow
these
simple
(and
I
do
mean
simple)
instructions.
Use
the
mouse
(the
thing
with
the
tail),
and
swing
it
around.
Just
kidding.
Move
the
mouse
to
the
top
part
of
the
screen
that
has
the
menus
listed,
and
hold
the
mouse
button
down.
Not
too
hard,
or
it
will
scream.
Move
the
mouse,
while
still
holding
the
mouse
button
(you
can
do
two
things
at
once
can't
you?)
over
to
one
of
the
menu
titles,
and
it
will
pull-down.
That's
why
they're
called
pulldown
menus.
Simple
huh?
For
those
of
you
with
problems
doing
more
than
one
thing
at
a
time,
don't
forget
to
breathe,
very
important
to
breathe.
If
you
move
the
mouse
down
the
list
of
items
(still
holding
the
mouse
button),
the
item
you
are
over,
it
you
are
permitted
to
use
it,
will
become
highlighted
(white
on
black
instead
of
black
on
white,
(you
know,
zebras
in
heat)).
Occasionally,
another
menu
will
pop
out
to
the
side
of
one
of
the
selections.
This
means
that
that
item
is
soooo
complicated
that
it
has
to
give
you
more
choices.
To
use
these
items,
simply
move
the
mouse
over
to
one
of
the
items,
and
continue
down
the
list.
Right
now,
you're
saying,
this
is
real
cute,
but
what
can
it
do
for
me?
Well
greedy
guts,
you
can
select
one
of
the
items
by
simply
letting
go
of
the
mouse's
button.
You
can
just
hear
the
little
bugger
sigh,
can't
you?
2.
Go
ahead,
experiment,
select
items
to
ycur
hearts
content.
If
the
computer
blows
up,
remember,
it
wasn't
me
that
did
it,
it
was
you.
Anytime
a
requestor
(a
little
window
(an
area
on
the
screen
with
a
border
around
it))
pops
up,
simply
click
on
the
CANCEL
button.
That
way
you
don't
actually
set
the
self-destruct
sequence.
.3.
To
gel
the
fancy
stuff,
see:
HOW
TO
USE
REQUESTORS
"
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soon
to
a
wall
near
you.
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note:
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Free
Press
accepts
no
responsibility,
nor
does
the
author
for
anything
stupid
your
may
do
while
following
this
article.
Movie
Review
by
Molly
Eichar
Starring
Tom
Selleckand
Laura
SanGiacomo
Directed
by
Mike
Nichols
This
shcald
be
subtitled:
"John
Wayne
Goes
to
Australia
and
Cleans
Up
the
New
West"
Forget
the
PR
hype
about
"Adventure,
Romance
and
Comedy
are
Back!"
it
is
the
same
old
story
about
how
the
outsider
comes
to
the
West
and
rights
wrongs.
(Good
on
him
someone
has
to
do
it).
There
is
no
complexity
to
this
film;
it
is
almost
insulting.
The
makers
leave
nothing
to
the
viewer's
idea
box.
The
first
thing
that
you
want
to
know
is,
"Is
this
a
film
about
a
good
guy?"
and
the
answer
drops
into
your
lap.
Tom
Selleck
make
it
possible
for
an
elderlycouple
to
getofftheship
from
America
in
their
rightful
turn
without
being
hustled
and
shoved
aside
by
an
aggresssive
American.
Nice
guy,
Tom,
but
maybe
he's
too
nice?
Not
to
worry;
he
raps
the
American
a
sharp
one
in
the
crotch
with
his
ever-present
rifle.
This
symbolism
is
a
little
too
much
for
me,
but
the
audience
loved
it.
Laughter
rollicked
around
the
theatre.
After
the
ship
has
arirved
in
Australia,
Quigley
Down
Under
we
get
a
quick
forshadowing
of
the
theme
of
the
movie.
A
gang
of
convicts
is
seen
very
briefly,
and
a
touching
view
of
their
leg
irons
is
whisked
past
our
sight.
We
know
that
the
movie
is
going
to
deal
with
injustice,
but
it
isn't
the
legal
system
that
is
in
for
it,
so
we
only
get
this
short
quick
take
on
the
convicts.
Romance?
You
bet.
And
guess
what,
he
startsoutimmediatelysavingawoman
(Laura
San
Giacomo)
from
the
unwanted
attentions
of
a
gang
of
bullies
who
wants
to
haul
her
back
to
the
ranch
with
them.They'vebecome
tired
of
laying
the
local
black
women
(who
may
or
may
not
be
tired
of
laying
them
they
don't
say)
so
they
are
recruiting
women
in
their
charming
fashion
abduction.
No
way,
says
OUR
HERO,
and
a
round
of
absurd
brawling
ensues.
Naturally
the
HERO
discovers
that
this
gang
of
thugs
lias
been
sent
as
his
welcoming
committee.
They
all
decide
to
let
bygones
be
bygones,
and
chug
merrily
on
their
way
to
the
ranch.
The
woman,
Crazy
Cora,
has
by
this
timeattached
herself
to
OUR
HERO
so
she's
along,
too.
Much
beautiful
scenery.
Long
way
to
ranch.
"We've
been
on
his
land
for
the
last
two
days,"
gives
us
an
idea
of
the
BAD
GUY'S
land
holdings
and
his
power.
The
BAD
GUY
appears.
Within
a
day,
OUR
HERO
has
shown
his
incredible
superiority
with
a
weapon,
and
has
made
his
stand
against
the
BAD
GUY.
It
turns
out
that
he's
been
hired
to
shoot
aboriguies.Hcdoesn'tlikethis,whathero
would?
and
throws
the
BAD
GUY
out
of
his
own
house.
Twice.
Unexplained
sabotage
by
the
aboriginal
butler
leads
OUR
HERO
to
a
savage
shit
kicking
by
the
cowboys,
and
he
is
taken
out
and
dumped
in
the
desert.
The
woman?
She
goes,
too.
I
gues
no
one
wants
her
anymore.
Abandoned
in
the
outback,
they
struggle
against
men's
brutality
and
the
elements.
They
are
inexplicably
saved
by
the
aborigines,
who
have
no
reason
to
be
picking
up
whites,
and
go
on
to
stop
a
couple
of
random
slaughters
of
aborigines
by
the
BAD
GUY'S
gang.
This
insures
that
the
BAD
GUY
knows
that
they
have
survived,
and
a
man
hunt
is
on.
OUR
HERO
and
Crazy
Cora
adopt
a
black
baby.
Ali
too
predictable,
and
all
too
violent
I
was
sickened
by
the
depiction
of
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Hose
aborigines
being
herded
off
a
cliff
to
their
deaths.
Quigley
kills
all
of
the
bad
buys
eventually,
but
makes
all
the
right
moves
when
he
does
it
He
offers
to
let
any
of
them
freely
leave
the
ranch
before
sunrise.
Very
righteous
and
honorable
of
him,
and
the
bad
guys
react
in
a
reassuringly
bad
guy
manner
they
stay
with
their
black-hearted
leader
until
the
end.
More
gratuitous
violence
as
Quigley
makes
a
mistake
and
gets
caught
again.
He
is
shot
in
the
leg,
and
victoriously
dragged
behind
a
galloping
hose
back
to
the
ranch.
A
shootout
ensues
with
Quigley
you
guessed
it
shooting
not
only
the
BAD
GUY,
but
twohenchmen
who
havetheirpistols
trained
directly
on
him.
Quigley
reunites
with
his
lady
fair,
who
has
miraculously
recovered
from
her
bout
with
insanity.
Groan.
A
piece
of
trash
that
has
little
humour,
too
much
violence,
and
no
heart
The
brain
is
the
only
muslcle
that
will
get
you
through
life