Re: Ubuntu erased my whole hard drive

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From: dennis
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:24

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"Stephan Rose" <nospam@spammer.com> wrote in message 
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>
> And honestly, I find "...this will destroy all data..." to be more than
> clear enough. If someone can't understand the meaning of that I wonder if
> they should be allowed to operate a toaster...nevermind actually
> installing an operating system.

Well yes its perfectly clear as long as you know what "data" is.
So even a simple statement like that is assuming the user is computer 
literate.
I can easily see people thinking "well I didn't buy any data so I don't have 
any to destroy".
Its easy to make assumptions when you know about a subject.

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