Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Thumb-drive format Date: 23 Jul 2014 21:50:53 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <2014072212484624068-xxx@yyyzzz> <220720141556414588%nospam@nospam.invalid> <2014072214405916785-xxx@yyyzzz> <230720141315271710%YourName@YourISP.com> <7bcus99241d5pugk53kc9qmd8hqb6eknhh@4ax.com> <230720140001156390%nospam@nospam.invalid> <8130t919376dfusc91u206va6perumg01k@4ax.com> <230720141639340056%nospam@nospam.invalid> X-Trace: individual.net O3j+RUISn4PgyI9iQtr9gwpbk4zQ8C6yvEg2eSfDN7+I1+YFI4 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Ku+xJLy9fsM6cWvI3D+GWa2TafA= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:62393 On 2014-07-23, John wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 16:39:34 -0400, nospam > wrote: > >>the fact that you have to install a third party hack for the ability to >>write ntfs confirms what i said. >> >>and it really is just a hack since the ntfs format is proprietary and >>had to be reverse engineered, which means it may not have 100% >>compatibility, something that can be a very serious problem. > > Okay. You know best. I'm wrong. I'm *always* wrong. You are *always* > right. > This was a fine discussion but you win. > Your prize is my continued absence. > Enjoy. > J. Get used to it. He never admits he is wrong about anything. He'll argue about minutia until the end of time or until you get bored with him and leave the discussion (which he will naturally count as some sort of private victory for himself) before he lets that happen. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR