** John Paul Wallington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-15 23:45]: > Paul Tansom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > option required was 'delete'. Now I know that means 'delete this > > reference in the list of files to burn', but it was still unnerving. It > > put me in mind of the Mac concept of dragging your floppy disk icon > > across to the shredder to eject - I'm sorry, that still says format to > > me, or delete all contents! > > The Mac wasn't quite that bad: you were dragging to a Wastebasket > rather than a Shredder to eject. Still pretty nonsensical, I suppose. > Metaphorically one would more likely retrieve one's data by rummaging > through the garbage for it intact rather than stitching together a > gazillion chads. I seem to recall that the OS/2 Workplace Shell had a > Shredder desktop object. ** end quote [John Paul Wallington]
Ah, that would explain it then. I wasn't convinced shredder was correct, and I was an OS/2 user for some years - in fact without OS/2 I'd never have bought my first PC since when I first came across Windows I considered it very out dated and of no practical use for real work (I was used to the Amiga at the time). OS/2 gave me a usable OS for the hardware, and given that I was working at IBM at the time, and wanting more IT work I sort of had to get into the x86 arena. If I hadn't I wouldn't have bought that first IBM L40 laptop, and it was an internal IBM forum on getting Linux running on the L40 that first got me interested in Linux - so praise be to OS/2, and I did enjoy using it, which is something I could never say for Windows. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 ====================================================================== Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Crawford House, Hambledon Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6NU -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/