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|    Jeff Smith to Alan Ianson    |
|    Dad, what does this mean?    |
|    21 May 19 16:05:02    |
      MSGID: 1:282/1031.0 5d5b9cfb       REPLY: 1:153/757.0 72489756       TZUTC: -0600       CHARSET: PC-8       Hello Alan,              >> How many dads have had a child come to them ask ask "Dad, what does       >> formatting drive C: mean?"?              > I've seen a tagline like that.              Me too.               >> I for sure know of at least one dad. :-)              I had a daughter come to me back in the plain DOS days and ask me that       question.              > Wasn't the format option on right click menus at one time?       >I just double checked.. ;) and all the mkfs options are in /sbin, safely out o       > reach of the average user. :)              I have safeguarded any PC's usable by people other than me to prevent such       occurrences.              Haven't quite figured out how to safeguard PC's from myself. :-)              Jeff              --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-4        * Origin: Fidoneet: The Ouija Board - Anoka, MN -bbs.ouijabrd.net (1:282/1031)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 14/5 15/0 2 19/36 34/999 90/1 104/57 106/201 116/18       SEEN-BY: 120/302 331 123/140 128/2 153/7715 218/700 222/2 226/16 17       SEEN-BY: 229/354 426 452 1014 230/150 152 240/5832 249/206 307 317       SEEN-BY: 249/400 250/1 261/38 100 1466 266/512 267/155 282/1031 1056       SEEN-BY: 291/1 111 317/3 320/119 219 322/757 340/400 342/13 200 393/68       SEEN-BY: 396/45 633/0 267 280 281 412 640/1384 712/620 848 886 770/1       SEEN-BY: 801/161 189 2320/105 3634/12 5020/1042       PATH: 282/1031 261/38 712/848 633/280 229/426           |
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