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Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 18:49:22 -0800
From: Daryll Strauss <daryll@valinux.com>
To: David Feuer <David_Feuer@brown.edu>
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Subject: Re: [Fwd: NTFS repair tools]
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In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20001209213353.00b8bef0@postoffice.brown.edu>; from David_Feuer@brown.edu on Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 09:34:59PM -0500
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On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 09:34:59PM -0500, David Feuer wrote:
> At 08:12 PM 12/9/2000 -0600, Rene wrote:
> >I think part of the problem is that there are other things labeled
> >DANGEROUS that actually do work fairly reliably (offhand, I'm thinking
> >off the IDE config stuff..). Perhaps it needs to explicitely say
> >'This is broken and is gauranteed to destroy your data. Do not use it'
> >
> >The 'DANGEROUS' label seems to suggest that it -may- destroy data, which
> >leads to the 'it won't happen to me' mentality.
> 
> For what it's worth, I absolutely agree with this.  I have the same 
> impression when I just see the word "dangerous".

Why not call a spade a spade and label it BROKEN. I do think that's
stronger than DANGEROUS.

						- |Daryll
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