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SubjectRe: nice troll (was: All this resource-fork AKA multiple stream nonsense)
Stefan Monnier wrote:

> >>>>> "Albert" == Albert D Cahalan <acahalan@cs.uml.edu> writes:
> > You have a 1.5 GB compound document.
> > It contains 3 evenly sized parts.
> > You want to extend the middle part by one byte.
>
> You know perfectly well that this 3-component document will be represented not
> as a file but as a directory, so extending the middle part is just as easy as
> with "forks".
> Using bogus arguments is not a good way to convince people around here.
>
> Stefan

Ah, but some days bogus arguments can give you the warm feeling of being in the
majority!

Steve



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