On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 14:30, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > *Those* people are not the ones to pay attention to > when trying to understand the computer. You are one of those people. Oh yes, I'm a complete fool. And ignorant. That's why I started using computers at age 8 (a trs-80 model III) and why I learned 6509 assembler, too. That's why I wrote about 500 articles about hardware and software, because I don't know what formatting a removable drive is. Gee, I thank the heavens that I ran into you to explain me what formatting actually means... > You should be thankful that there are nitpickers correcting the mistakes > that people make, and think, otherwise Linux would be the complete > shambles that Windows is. Linux will continue to be the niche market OS if people like you have your way. People who come from Windows will want to, gee, _format_ a thumb drive either as fat16 or fat32, or ext4 why not, and they will find no format command, just mkfs, which, gee, does what they want to do. But is an 'alias' included? of course not. It's much better to leave them guessing and asking 4000+ times on Linuxquestions "how do I bloody format a flash drive"? http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&site=&source=hp&q=format+flash+drive+linux+site:linuxquestions.org&btnK=Google+Search&pbx=1&oq=&aq=&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.&fp=8611df39e77e29eb&biw=1360&bih=571 Four thousand results, I kid you not. On Linuxquestions alone. And not only that, God save them from entering this list, where some will begin an argument about "formatting" not being actually formatting, and that formatting does not erase the contents of the drive. I despise arguments like yours, I really do. And I honestly believe people like you prevent Linux from becoming mainstream. Hey look, IoMega and HP are language sinners too, they call formatting something that, according to you, is not formatting!: http://www.iomega.com/support/manuals/zip2a/use_disks.html "You can format your Zip disks to quickly erase all of the files on the disk, change the format type (Mac or PC), or to repair a disk that has developed errors." And look, HP too... HP USB storage Format Tool http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Business-PCs-Deskpro-EVO/Help-with-HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool/td-p/1126393 I guess you'll have to add the whole of the PC industry to your list of evil doers. Better start writing letters, quick... FC -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
