On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 04:39:57PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Feb 2016 20:07:33 +0000
> Rainer Weikusat <rainerweikusat@???> wrote:
>
> > There are really only two options:
> >
> [snip]
> >

> > 2. Mount r/w and expect people messing around with the fs as superuser
> >    to know what they're doing.

>
> Chefs know what they're doing, but they still have fire extinguishers
> with which to put out any fires. When the downside is severe enough,
> safety measures are called for regardless of the skill of the operator.
>

In this case the stupid design is not to be blamed, but maybe the
(missing of proper) documentation of such silly behaviour is the real
culprit.

I don't excuse people for not knowing that they can damage their
system, *if* they have been given the opportunity to acquire the
necessary knowledge about that issue.

Then, I have to say that I personally find it still very stupid to
give the possibility to brick a laptop without putting large blinking
red signs of warning everywhere, to specify that there is this risk.

My2Cents

KatolaZ

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