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Charlie Tame wrote:
> caver1 wrote:
>> dennis@home wrote:
>>>
>>> "Charlie Tame" <charlie@tames.net> wrote in message 
>>> news:uN%23NKlDFIHA.2004@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>>
>>>> The same reason that GW Bush doesn't announce when he's NOT going to 
>>>> bomb somebody, because then there's nothing to worry about, is 
>>>> there? Are you know complaining that Linux doesn't constantly warn 
>>>> you when nothing is wrong?
>>>>
>>>> Christ almighty, what is wrong with this?
>>>
>>> Its a poor analogy? Who knows what else is wrong with what you said?
>>>
>>>> You are saying that someone with your claimed experience cannot 
>>>> understand a simple message like this one?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.tames.net/screenshot.jpg
>>>
>>> So which of those partitions has data on that is going to be destroyed?
>>> Answer: none or one or both or the ones not listed, take your pick 
>>> they are all correct.
>>
>>
>> There is no pleasing you. No matter what the answer you say but- "what 
>> if?'
>> You're shown that the warning is there. Then you ask why is it there.
>> The partitions that are going to be destroyed are the ones that you 
>> are going to repartition.
>> If its the whole disk its the whole disk. If its the free space its 
>> the free space. If you do it manually its the ones you pick. No you 
>> cannot use the same partition for two different OS's.
>> Of course if you say okay you might want to warn your neighbors that 
>> they will have to shut their computers down so it won't destroy their 
>> data.
>> And by the way give me a screen shot to prove that it won't.
>> caver1
> 
> 
> Well the point is quite admirably illustrated. There is no pleasing 
> someone who does not want to be pleased.
> 
> It is unfortunate that it is not possible to make things completely 
> idiot proof but it is not, and all Dennis has proved is that not only is 
> it impossible but if anyone could prove that fact 'twould be Dennis.
> 
> You don't give a ten year old a gallon of gas and some matches and tell 
> him to light the grill, and apparently some are not safe with a CD. I 
> guess that's life :)


Thank you Charlie.
caver1