Re: USB keys to the gate of madness

2006-10-28 Thread jrodman
On Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 09:22:30PM +0200, A. Pagaltzis wrote: > * Yossi Kreinin [2006-10-28 13:15]: > > WHY do I have to manually mount/umount these fucking things, > > and why is silently corrupting my files a reasonable way to > > enforce this wonderful policy? > > The alternative is to mount t

Mailing list hate (was: USB keys to the gate of madness)

2006-10-28 Thread A. Pagaltzis
> To: hates-software@siesta.unixbeard.net, h...@hates-software.com Mailing lists with multiple subscription addresses suck goat blow. Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis //

Re: USB keys to the gate of madness

2006-10-28 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Yossi Kreinin [2006-10-28 13:15]: > WHY do I have to manually mount/umount these fucking things, > and why is silently corrupting my files a reasonable way to > enforce this wonderful policy? The alternative is to mount them with synchronous data writing. Which they are (at least used to be) to

Re: USB keys to the gate of madness

2006-10-28 Thread H.Merijn Brand
On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 10:46:55 -0500 (CDT), pe...@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) wrote: > > I wish this sad state of affairs were universally true, because last time I > > needed them to work, 2 out of 3 USB sticks used a different file system > > I have never seen a memory stick shipped with anythi

Re: USB keys to the gate of madness

2006-10-28 Thread Peter da Silva
> I wish this sad state of affairs were universally true, because last time I > needed them to work, 2 out of 3 USB sticks used a different file system I have never seen a memory stick shipped with anything but FAT or FAT32. What someone else puts on them is a different ball of tentacles.

Re: USB keys to the gate of madness

2006-10-28 Thread Yossi Kreinin
Peter da Silva wrote: On Oct 28, 2006, at 6:13 AM, Yossi Kreinin wrote: I also wonder why isn't there a standard file system for these wonderful devices. FAT32 is what everyone uses on them. Bad as it is, and patent-encumbered to boot, it's pretty hateful that it's the standard... but with

Re: USB keys to the gate of madness

2006-10-28 Thread Peter da Silva
On Oct 28, 2006, at 6:13 AM, Yossi Kreinin wrote: I also wonder why isn't there a standard file system for these wonderful devices. FAT32 is what everyone uses on them. Bad as it is, and patent-encumbered to boot, it's pretty hateful that it's the standard... but with embedded devices using

USB keys to the gate of madness

2006-10-28 Thread Yossi Kreinin
I'm visiting a customer. I want to merge a few changes (mine and theirs) in the code. I do so, and we leave the office to test the thing (which is done outdoors, don't ask). We run it, and I notice that the merge must be wrong. I look again at their source files, which are on a USB disk-on-key.

Re: Eclipse

2006-10-28 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
On 27 Oct 2006, at 20:28, Jonathan Stowe wrote: On Fri, 2006-10-27 at 13:00 -0400, Patrick Carr wrote: And yet they didn't mention the superiority of APL. Strange, that. Do they even remember APL? Mmmm...quad backspace divide. -- Dave Hodgkinson - Music photography http://www.davehodgkin