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From: tacit on 4 May 2008 20:51
In article <dd7b2$481d35f9$483144f0$12226(a)FUSE.NET>,
"Bob" <no(a)mailplease.com> wrote:

> I thought of another question: Will Time machine back up the XP, Vista
> partitions as well as the Mac OS X partition?

Nope, not if you use Boot Camp.

If you use Parallels or Fusion it will, because the Windows "hard drive"
is actually a file. But it won't back up a Boot Camp partition.

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From: Jolly Roger on 4 May 2008 23:18
In article <040520082046051443%dave(a)N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>,
Dave Balderstone <dave(a)N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:

> In article <040520082039498899%dave(a)N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>, Dave
> Balderstone <dave(a)N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:
>
> > So you should be. I certainly never make mistakes that that.
>
> So you should be. I certainly never make mistakes LIKE that.
>
> :-P

*grin*

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From: Mark Conrad on 5 May 2008 00:13
In article <jollyroger-6958BC.16524004052008(a)individual.net>,
Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote:

> It's basically downloading a couple DMG files and
> installing them. Big deal.

Not as easy as you imply it is

Apparently difficult for one of the other posters on
that website also, because he could not find one of
the dmg files, and the poster who said the dmg file
was available neglected to post _where_ it could
be found.



> Even with the error fix, ...

That's even another "gotcha" that your suggested website
failed to mention at all - - -

1) What about the error fix, not a word
mentioned about needing a fix
in your website instructions.

2) Where does one download the fix?
3) How does one apply the fix?

Are we supposed to find out about that fix the hard way?



> To each his own, of course...

Thank you, I will take "easy" way almost every time.

I myself prefer commercial-for-pay products, because if
something breaks, I can yell at the vendor and get him
to fix it - - - beats thrashing around looking for fixes
among other users as clueless as I am.

Besides, I believe top flight work-for-pay programmers should
be rewarded for their efforts, instead of working for nothing.

Less qualified programmers can always cut-their-teeth on
the for-free software market, of course.

Hmm, I wonder if open source would work for other fields,
like medical or automotive?

Open Source Brain Surgery, offered by surgeons who work
for free - - - or Open Source Automobile Construction,
offered by engineers who work for free.


Naw, the all-powerful medical AMA would drag them into court
and hang them by their thumbs.

For the autos, who would pay for those expensive factory robots.

Just not feasible.

Mark-
From: Jolly Roger on 5 May 2008 01:16
In article
<noneof-08895C.21131004052008(a)earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
Mark Conrad <noneof(a)urbusiness.invalid> wrote:

> In article <jollyroger-6958BC.16524004052008(a)individual.net>,
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > It's basically downloading a couple DMG files and
> > installing them. Big deal.
>
> Not as easy as you imply it is

Yes, really, it's that easy.

> Apparently difficult for one of the other posters on
> that website also, because he could not find one of
> the dmg files, and the poster who said the dmg file
> was available neglected to post _where_ it could
> be found.

LOL... Someone had trouble finding a file on the web. Oh my god that is
one hellishly complex procedure!!! ...as if someone's inability to find
something on the web somehow reflects the relative complexity of the
task. Going by your logic, all the silly Google Groups posters who ask
basic questions they could have avoided with the simplest Google search
must be tackling "complex problems". Sorry, but BZZZZZZT! Not quite.

> > Even with the error fix, ...
>
> That's even another "gotcha" that your suggested website
> failed to mention at all - - -

I have no affiliation with that web site - it's in no way my site.

And the fix *is* mentioned in the comments on that very same web page.
> 1) What about the error fix, not a word
> mentioned about needing a fix
> in your website instructions.
> 2) Where does one download the fix?
> 3) How does one apply the fix?
>
> Are we supposed to find out about that fix the hard way?

How about finding out about it the easy way instead - by downloading and
installing the software?

The instructions at the top don't mention a fix. Perhaps that's on purpose.
Maybe the person who wrote the comment stating the fix was needed was
wrong. Or maybe the developers of MacFUSE and MacNTFS-3G already fixed
the issue. Open source development typically moves faster than commercial ware, so that wouldn't
surprise me.

I just downloaded and installed both wares, and there's no such error.
So this is a non-issue.

> > To each his own, of course...
>
> Thank you, I will take "easy" way almost every time.

As I have stated, this *is* easy. I just did it - I downloaded two DMG
files, double-clicked each to install, and I was done. If you think
downloading and installing two DMG files is hard, it must be a struggle
for you to get anything done on your computer!

> I myself prefer commercial-for-pay products, because if
> something breaks, I can yell at the vendor and get him
> to fix it - - - beats thrashing around looking for fixes
> among other users as clueless as I am.

More like: You can yell at the developer, cross your fingers and hope he
responds quickly and then hope again he has a work-around solution you
can use until they get around to releasing the next revision. Then you
can wait who-knows-how-long for them to actually make the next revision
publicly available, and hope it's not a paid upgrade.

> Besides, I believe top flight work-for-pay programmers should
> be rewarded for their efforts, instead of working for nothing.
>
> Less qualified programmers can always cut-their-teeth on
> the for-free software market, of course.

Really? Is it your contention that open source software is written by
novice programmers? I guess you've never heard that corporations
actually employ very skilled software developers to contribute to open
source software huh? IBM does in a huge way. Others do as well.

> Hmm, I wonder if open source would work for other fields,
> like medical or automotive?

Actually, it does work.

> Open Source Brain Surgery, offered by surgeons who work
> for free - - - or Open Source Automobile Construction,
> offered by engineers who work for free.

You seem to also think that open source programmers work for free.
You're quite silly...

> Naw, the all-powerful medical AMA would drag them into court
> and hang them by their thumbs.
>
> For the autos, who would pay for those expensive factory robots.
>
> Just not feasible.

You are truly out of touch. Open source software is quite well off in
the automotive and medical industries, as well as the scientific and
other industries.

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