1) Having an entire drive that size the same partition is a liability and a foolish thing to do to begin with.
That's your opinion.
2) If FAT32 can't cope with a 250GB partition (which it can), then split it up.
Windows XP won't format a 250 HD as Fat32. Neither will OS X. The very page you link to says Fat32 is limited (practically) to 124.55 GB. (To be fair, I did find a hack using Partition Magic that let me format the entire 250 GB as Fat32, and that's what I'm using now. It works ok, except OS X Finder likes to crash very often when the drive is plugged in.)
3) Oh and btw, what the hell world do YOU live in where linux can't read NTFS?
Point out in my post where I said Linux can't read NTFS. Go on, I'm waiting.... What's that? You say I never typed that and now you're putting words into my mouth? How interesting! I'll get my revenge by putting words in your mouth.
4) Also, according to an earlier reply to my grandparent thread, there is a HFS+ utility for Windows that allows read/write.
Ok, but 1) this doesn't help for Linux, and 2) it also means I can't cart my HD to a buddy's house and use it without installing software on his computer.
Um... But with DRM you aren't able to make a backup most of the time! And if you do so you might be breaking the DMCA law if you bypass the DRM security.
You've never used iTunes, I take it.
To back up your music files, you move the file to the CD drive and hit 'burn'. That's it. There's no DRM involved, it's just a plain ol' file like any other. (Heck, iTunes even has a setting for making its own backups-- you can set it to burn the music files instead of CD tracks, then burn any playlist you want for easy backups.)
I come from a world where things that have portable hard drives use compatible filesystems that any box (mac, linux, windows) can easily read.
Which world is this? I want to move there.
My 250 GB external HD is too large to format as Fat32 (the only format that OS X, Windows and Linux all read/write.) Windows and Linux won't read the HFS+ format OS X likes, OS X and Linux won't read the NTFS format that Windows likes, and OS X and Windows won't read the EXT3 format that Linux likes.
What the hell world are you in where this problem doesn't exist? What magical format are you using for your external hard disk?
I never said "dude, switch to Walmart Connect because ITMS sucks". My point is, being able to play music from multiple music stores using the same software is a good thing.
Yeah, but since all those stores use WMP DRM, it's basically guaranteeing a Microsoft monopoly in the music DRM market. I don't see that as a good thing.
Yes, but for 99.99% of the market, all of that is a non-issue. You're not really contesting the OP's premise, you're just setting yourself up as a counter-example.
You can make a lot of money from furries. Take an established section of the web market, add the word "fur" to it, and sell it at an inflated price and you're into money.
What exactly do you think Apple would do with BeOS if they had them? I mean, seriously... OS X is already better than BeOS was in its heyday and even if it weren't, it would probably be a ton quicker to re-implement BeOS technologies rather than somehow backport them.
There are different type of trackballs. I use the "thumb" type, and I can easily rest my thumb on it without moving the pointer at all. Try it. (The "finger" type might not work as well, but I can't stand those anyway.)
Where? Seriously? Do you mean buy 10 from eBay, paying $100 over retail?
I'm sorry, but claims like that require evidence, and I don't see that you got any. IF there were 10 Xbox 360s sitting around for sale somewhere, someone would already have bought them and put them on eBay for a healthy profit. Unless you're just sitting on them at some podunk gaming store to be a jerk or something.
See, I read those words, but the only thing that enters my mind is, "waaaaaah! waaaaaaaaaaaah! there's people who don't think like me! And enough other people who don't think like me voted for them that they hold high positions in the government! waaaaaaaah!"
Seriously, try to act like an adult. Guess what? You could be wrong.
We would not have a game industry these days without Nintendo, Sega and yes, Sony, along with the developers that went along with them (and they were mainly Japanese as well).
Whaaaaa? You honestly think that if Nintendo/Sega hadn't existed, NO OTHER COMPANY in America would have produced a video game console between 1984 and 2006? Seriously?
Frankly, I prefer American games and American consoles.
What's your point? You're blaming the tool for the user's problems.
Windows doesn't create shares by default. These morons had actually gone our of their way to make their network that insecure. How can you possibly blame Windows for that one?
and you get a day by day (or however much you fancy) snapshot so you can roll back your files to any snapshot in time you have recorded, on a process by process basis. I.E. you can have two different days open at the same time in different processes.
Yikes!!! How does the UI for that work? How the heck is a user supposed to know that changes he's making in one window will save as "April 2nd" and changes he's making in another window (to the SAME FILE) will save as "April 4th?" That sounds like a time bomb waiting to happen.
Did the makers of Plan 9 actually test this with any actual non-supergeek users?
Yes, and I'm sure their scientific papers would include the phrase "drunken cowboys." You could at least pretend to have some respect for the other side.
I'd just be happy if the HUD in America's Army let you up the font size in the chat window. Note to game developers: You can't read 8 point text on a 1680x1050 monitor without shoving your face right up to the screen, and you can't do that without getting shot in the game.
The small font size makes the "Report Location" button useless... I hear the beep, but I can't read the location.
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Bin Ladin isn't doing anything the French Resistance in WWII wasn't doing decades ago, he just has more communication tools to work with.
Holy crap, I gotta get in on this. What hasn't been done yet? I could use the money.
1) Having an entire drive that size the same partition is a liability and a foolish thing to do to begin with.
... What's that? You say I never typed that and now you're putting words into my mouth? How interesting! I'll get my revenge by putting words in your mouth.
That's your opinion.
2) If FAT32 can't cope with a 250GB partition (which it can), then split it up.
Windows XP won't format a 250 HD as Fat32. Neither will OS X. The very page you link to says Fat32 is limited (practically) to 124.55 GB. (To be fair, I did find a hack using Partition Magic that let me format the entire 250 GB as Fat32, and that's what I'm using now. It works ok, except OS X Finder likes to crash very often when the drive is plugged in.)
3) Oh and btw, what the hell world do YOU live in where linux can't read NTFS?
Point out in my post where I said Linux can't read NTFS. Go on, I'm waiting.
4) Also, according to an earlier reply to my grandparent thread, there is a HFS+ utility for Windows that allows read/write.
Ok, but 1) this doesn't help for Linux, and 2) it also means I can't cart my HD to a buddy's house and use it without installing software on his computer.
Um... But with DRM you aren't able to make a backup most of the time! And if you do so you might be breaking the DMCA law if you bypass the DRM security.
You've never used iTunes, I take it.
To back up your music files, you move the file to the CD drive and hit 'burn'. That's it. There's no DRM involved, it's just a plain ol' file like any other. (Heck, iTunes even has a setting for making its own backups-- you can set it to burn the music files instead of CD tracks, then burn any playlist you want for easy backups.)
I come from a world where things that have portable hard drives use compatible filesystems that any box (mac, linux, windows) can easily read.
Which world is this? I want to move there.
My 250 GB external HD is too large to format as Fat32 (the only format that OS X, Windows and Linux all read/write.) Windows and Linux won't read the HFS+ format OS X likes, OS X and Linux won't read the NTFS format that Windows likes, and OS X and Windows won't read the EXT3 format that Linux likes.
What the hell world are you in where this problem doesn't exist? What magical format are you using for your external hard disk?
I never said "dude, switch to Walmart Connect because ITMS sucks".
My point is, being able to play music from multiple music stores using the same software is a good thing.
Yeah, but since all those stores use WMP DRM, it's basically guaranteeing a Microsoft monopoly in the music DRM market. I don't see that as a good thing.
Why didn't you back-up your data? How the hell could this possibly be Apple's fault? Do you blame Apple for your lost spreadsheets and images also?
iTunes specifically reminds you to back-up your music every time you buy some.
Yes, but for 99.99% of the market, all of that is a non-issue. You're not really contesting the OP's premise, you're just setting yourself up as a counter-example.
The most obvious example would be Napoleon Dynamite. 100% original material, shot on a small budget and hugely successful.
http://furry.wikicities.com/wiki/WikiFur:What_Wiki Fur_is
Someone beat you to it. Sorry.
You can make a lot of money from furries. Take an established section of the web market, add the word "fur" to it, and sell it at an inflated price and you're into money.
Ask http://www.furcadia.com/ or http://www.furbid.ws/
What exactly do you think Apple would do with BeOS if they had them? I mean, seriously... OS X is already better than BeOS was in its heyday and even if it weren't, it would probably be a ton quicker to re-implement BeOS technologies rather than somehow backport them.
Maybe it's something like cats and dogs, how they know you should be home at a certain time and will stand at the window looking for you.. *shrug*
I've always just assumed that my cat's really stupid and sit on my back porch the entire day I'm at work.
Battlefield 2 is out (and runs well) on Xbox, BTW.
There are different type of trackballs. I use the "thumb" type, and I can easily rest my thumb on it without moving the pointer at all. Try it. (The "finger" type might not work as well, but I can't stand those anyway.)
Where? Seriously? Do you mean buy 10 from eBay, paying $100 over retail?
I'm sorry, but claims like that require evidence, and I don't see that you got any. IF there were 10 Xbox 360s sitting around for sale somewhere, someone would already have bought them and put them on eBay for a healthy profit. Unless you're just sitting on them at some podunk gaming store to be a jerk or something.
Of the Russian livestock shortage of 1987?
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A shame that one was fixed.
See, I read those words, but the only thing that enters my mind is, "waaaaaah! waaaaaaaaaaaah! there's people who don't think like me! And enough other people who don't think like me voted for them that they hold high positions in the government! waaaaaaaah!"
Seriously, try to act like an adult. Guess what? You could be wrong.
Ok, I agree with much of your post, but...
We would not have a game industry these days without Nintendo, Sega and yes, Sony, along with the developers that went along with them (and they were mainly Japanese as well).
Whaaaaa? You honestly think that if Nintendo/Sega hadn't existed, NO OTHER COMPANY in America would have produced a video game console between 1984 and 2006? Seriously?
Frankly, I prefer American games and American consoles.
What's your point? You're blaming the tool for the user's problems.
Windows doesn't create shares by default. These morons had actually gone our of their way to make their network that insecure. How can you possibly blame Windows for that one?
and you get a day by day (or however much you fancy) snapshot so you can roll back your files to any snapshot in time you have recorded, on a process by process basis. I.E. you can have two different days open at the same time in different processes.
Yikes!!! How does the UI for that work? How the heck is a user supposed to know that changes he's making in one window will save as "April 2nd" and changes he's making in another window (to the SAME FILE) will save as "April 4th?" That sounds like a time bomb waiting to happen.
Did the makers of Plan 9 actually test this with any actual non-supergeek users?
Yes, and I'm sure their scientific papers would include the phrase "drunken cowboys." You could at least pretend to have some respect for the other side.
Could that quote possibly be taken any more out-of-context? Criminy.
I'd just be happy if the HUD in America's Army let you up the font size in the chat window. Note to game developers: You can't read 8 point text on a 1680x1050 monitor without shoving your face right up to the screen, and you can't do that without getting shot in the game.
The small font size makes the "Report Location" button useless... I hear the beep, but I can't read the location.
But I have a good feeling about this one!!!