On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 09:48:50AM -0600, <Bob Proulx>: ~> Alpt wrote: ~> > Ok, let's rephrase it: if you crashed with your car and you're still ~> > alive then, even if you are experienced, you can still crash with ~> > it. no? eheh ^_. ~> ~> Every so often I make a mistake. Everyone does. This is similar to ~> making a mistake with a wood chisel in the wookshop or a knife in the ~> kitchen. In those cases you can injure yourself. Woodworking tools ~> and kitchen knives are obviously terribly dangerous things and we must ~> all work to abolish their use! We must make them safe so that users ~> cannot hurt themselves. Right? But would anyone trade in those tools ~> for "safe" versions of them?[1]
Well, if the "safe" version is intelligent and turns the blade in rubber when it understands it will cut a finger, I think yes. (There's also the case when the user wants to cut his finger, then he uses the double force mode :) ~> > So why don't let the user keep a list of important directories or ~> > files ? It's just an handy option, the user can decide to use it or ~> > not, and surely it doesn't protect him totally because there are so ~> > many ways to smash the own machine, but at least it's better than ~> > nothing :) ~> ~> Usually the user does not know the list of important directories until ~> after they have removed one. hahaha, that's true, but maybe the ones listed here can be considered "important": http://freaknet.org/alpt/src/utils/rum/files/rm.conf Best Regards -- :wq! "I don't know nothing" The One Who reached the Thinking Matter '.' [ Alpt --- Freaknet Medialab ] [ GPG Key ID 441CF0EE ] [ Key fingerprint = 8B02 26E8 831A 7BB9 81A9 5277 BFF8 037E 441C F0EE ]
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