[mdlug] The new "surface" computer

[Ingles, Raymond]

> From: Garry Stahl

> >     I have no idea why anyone would consider that a "good" feature...

> It might be tinfoil hat thinking, but as much as MS likes to poke into
> "MY" computer this function does not surprise me at all.  The better to
> hide their "offical" spys.

 Actually, I think this can be attributed to stupidity rather than malice.
Macs use a second data stream in a file to good effect - the "Resource Fork".
(The regular data is called the "Data Fork"). The "Resource Fork" can contain
things like dialog box definitions, internationalizable strings, and so forth.
There was a tool called "ResEdit" that would let you play with them; you could
change the sounds an application made or whatever.

 MS put the capacity in NTFS, but never really came up with a use for it.
A lot of their stuff is like that, just features to list in marketing
brochures.

 Sincerely,

 Ray Ingles                                   (313) 227-2317

 "Well, I say there are some things we don't *want* to know!
            Important things!" - Ned Flanders

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