Scali wrote:Before you start accusing people, take your own advice:
You are 'inventing' cons which aren't actually cons, because I have spec […]
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j^aws wrote:^^ I suggest you get some reading comprehension glasses and actually try to understand what someone is trying to say before making up stuff. Builds have pros and cons. You are highlighting cons in my build, and I'm highlighting cons in your build. We have different goals. Look up counter-argument, instead of accusatory 'moving goal posts' comments and move on.
Before you start accusing people, take your own advice:
You are 'inventing' cons which aren't actually cons, because I have specifically stated that I would ideally want a 'period correct' machine for every piece of software I want to run.
Now, your example of an XT running Duke Nukem 3D is ridiculous for the simple fact that the XT is from a different period than Duke Nukem 3D is. Based on my earlier definition, I would never even try to run Duke Nuken 3D on an XT in the first place.
This sort of thing annoys me, you understand? You are being argumentative, and putting words in my mouth, which you expect I respond to. It's not a counter-argument, it's a strawman. Which is poor form in a debate.
In my case, I am pointing out that some of the things you push as 'pros' may not actually work out as you claim in practice. Those are proper counter-arguments, which I have explained with actual examples and data.
Now, if you would say: "But your goals may require many machines", I would say: I've already answered that. End of discussion. Stop dwelling on it.
If something isn't clear then just ask. But don't accuse someone before this. And actually think that the person you are replying to might be aware of what you are posting and you are annoying them by not reading their previous response.
But let me explain the Duke Nukem 3D example, so you know what I meant by posting it (it was meant to be ridiculous to get the point accoss):
- I'm more than aware that you want to make multiple builds. I entered this thread knowing this for your 'museum'.
- You should be aware that I don't want to make multiple builds and have fewer, as I mentioned wayback that there should be a 3rd option in this thread: "Widest scope".
- I've acknowledged that builds aren't perfect, backwards compatibility isn't perfect and builds have pros and cons.
- You were trying to explain my De-Turbo'ed XT won't run all XT software. I'm more than aware of this, and my prior post acknowledged this.
- My De-Turbo'd PC won't run all XT software, therefore to fix this, I need new XT build (extra build = Con to me).
- I already know you will have multiple builds to run something like Duke 3D. Asking you to try this on your XT was highlighting the absurdity of this. But at the same time, this is a PRO for me because my build can do this.
A Pro to you can be a Con to me because we have DIFFERENT goals. Move on.