From: MassiveProng on
On Thu, 01 Mar 07 12:34:42 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com Gave us:

>Oh, definitely. We were on the mainframe world of timesharing
>computing. It's requirements are very different from the small
>computers you know about.


Bwuahahahahahahah! The bitGawd has spoken. Hilarious.
From: MassiveProng on
On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:25:44 -0600, "nonsense(a)unsettled.com"
<nonsense(a)unsettled.com> Gave us:

>Phil Carmody wrote:
>
>> kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) writes:
>>
>>>>ls -lu
>>>
>>>I assume you had a point.
>
>snip blather
>
>> So his point wasn't worth getting.
>
>Every time you touch a file it is written to.

Depends on the OS, dumbass.
>
>Touching a file is sufficient to introduce error.

Totally depends on the OS, dumbass, not to mention the underlying
file system.

Try again, dipshit.
From: Phil Carmody on
"nonsense(a)unsettled.com" <nonsense(a)unsettled.com> writes:
> Phil Carmody wrote:
>
> > kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) writes:
> >
> >>>ls -lu
> >>
> >>I assume you had a point.
>
> snip blather

i.e. you didn't understand.

> > So his point wasn't worth getting.
>
> Every time you touch a file it is written to.

a) We weren't talking when you touch a file, assuming you know
what 'touch' is, which isn't likely given your general ignorance.
b) You're wrong, for one of the reasons explained clearly in the
'blather' that you didn't understand.

> Touching a file is sufficient to introduce error.

See 'b' above.

Phil
--
"Home taping is killing big business profits. We left this side blank
so you can help." -- Dead Kennedys, written upon the B-side of tapes of
/In God We Trust, Inc./.
From: Phil Carmody on
kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) writes:
> What I suggested was a complete image of the
> drive. This would store the times as they were at the time archive was
> made and not change anything about any of them

Thank you for re-iterating that. Indeed, BAH's and unsettled
arguments, which I've been foolishly countering due to their
evident superficial flaws, are in fact completely irrelevant.

Phil
--
"Home taping is killing big business profits. We left this side blank
so you can help." -- Dead Kennedys, written upon the B-side of tapes of
/In God We Trust, Inc./.
From: nonsense on
Phil Carmody wrote:

> "nonsense(a)unsettled.com" <nonsense(a)unsettled.com> writes:
>
>>Phil Carmody wrote:
>>
>>
>>>kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>ls -lu
>>>>
>>>>I assume you had a point.
>>
>>snip blather
>
>
> i.e. you didn't understand.
>
>
>>>So his point wasn't worth getting.
>>
>>Every time you touch a file it is written to.
>
>
> a) We weren't talking when you touch a file, assuming you know
> what 'touch' is, which isn't likely given your general ignorance.
> b) You're wrong, for one of the reasons explained clearly in the
> 'blather' that you didn't understand.
>
>
>>Touching a file is sufficient to introduce error.
>
>
> See 'b' above.

Your blustering arrogance has no foundation. Too bad, you
do the verbiage so well.