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From: jsp@key.COM (James Preston)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: init contest (was Re: INDISPENSIBLE INITs and CDEVs)
Message-ID: <2122@key.COM>
Date: 12 Sep 90 00:08:17 GMT
References: <10092@goofy.Apple.COM> <44610@apple.Apple.COM> <318@skye.cs.ed.ac.uk>
Reply-To: jsp@penguin.key.COM (James Preston)
Organization: Key Computer Laboratories, Fremont
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In article <318@skye.cs.ed.ac.uk> nick@lfcs.ed.ac.uk writes:
}In article <44610@apple.Apple.COM>, chuq@Apple.COM (The Wandering Phew) writes:
}|>dowdy@apple.com (Tom Dowdy) writes:
}|>
}|>>Remember, he who dies with the least INITs in his system folder, wins.
}|>
}|>Then I'm in trouble. I'm rapidly approaching "iconwrap critical" on my two
}|>page display.
}
}If you're hitting the right-hand edge, you're probably on a par with me
}(about 2 rows on my SE/30). If you're wrapping round and are hitting
}the TOP of the screen, then you've got a serious addiction :-)

Ok, it's time for a contest.  Who has the most inits that live happily
together?  Since this is my contest, I get to write the rules, and I'm
going to define it by number of start-up icons.  Any init that doesn't
produce a start-up icon is obviously a Communist plot anyway, so they
shouldn't count.

Since there are no prizes for the winners, there should be no ballot-box 
stuffing.  By that I mean no one should be tempted to load up on harmless 
and useless inits.  Let's stick to the way you normally run your machine.  
On second thought, those who wish to experiment and further man's quest
for knowledge should be encouraged, so let's have one category for "most 
inits used on a day-to-day basis" and a second category for "maximum number 
of inits ever seen by man".

I currently count 20 icons, but that's only about one and a half rows on
a standard screen, so I'm pretty sure that Chuq and Nick have me beat.

Remember, it only counts if the machine is actually usable.

--James Preston