blog: fast folder size plugin

[nikos]

here's the comment area for today's blog post found at
https://www.zabkat.com/blog/folder-size-revisited.htm

[johngalt]

Nice. One thing though:

here's the jest of it:

Was that on purpose?

[nikos]

gist of it rather!

[Kilmatead]

I saw that too, but I rather liked it, and figured he was just being subversive on purpose.

A test, if you will, to see if I can rise above the froth on my coffee, if I can embrace my inner humanity whilst all around those are losing theirs, and most importantly, if I can tell the difference between a Clementine and a Satsuma in a blind test. I mean, really, what are those South Africans up to exporting these things? When this global commerce fad finally collapses, and we're all scraping the lichen off the rocks for breakfast, we're going to see these halcyon days of enjoying fluid folder sizes as the Montmartre-esque absinthe that they are.

Nikos is a cleverer adversary than he lets on... disarmingly charming and beguilingly so... it makes my inner-Columbo begin to wonder... jist how likely am I to blow a mere typo out of proportion and start confusing my adverbs for adjectives? Like Tangerines to Oranges...

That reminds me though, I did have to add a "ReadMe" file to the package, as it seems some people are only downloading it from the blog and not the forum so they never see the meagre installation instructions... causing a most wrathful confusion amongst the otherwise kindly villagers...

[johngalt]

I saw that too, but I rather liked it, and figured he was just being subversive on purpose.

As did I, so I asked.

I was expecting a more Nikosian answer, such as "Why wouldn't it be?"

A test, if you will, to see if I can rise above the froth on my coffee, if I can embrace my inner humanity whilst all around those are losing theirs, and most importantly, if I can tell the difference between a Clementine and a Satsuma in a blind test. I mean, really, what are those South Africans up to exporting these things? When this global commerce fad finally collapses, and we're all scraping the lichen off the rocks for breakfast, we're going to see these halcyon days of enjoying fluid folder sizes as the Montmartre-esque absinthe that they are.

Nikos is a cleverer adversary than he lets on... disarmingly charming and beguilingly so... it makes my inner-Columbo begin to wonder... jist how likely am I to blow a mere typo out of proportion and start confusing my adverbs for adjectives? Like Tangerines to Oranges...

Why yes. Yes, he is! But, underneath that disarming charm lies layers upon layers of ... snark.

Just read any of his replies to anyone asking a question when trying to use X² in a manner that he either doesn't account for, or else has decided is a niche manner.

[FWIW, Nikos, I am not bashing you - while it is more true than not, I'm simply stating a fact, and not complaining about it lol]

That reminds me though, I did have to add a "ReadMe" file to the package, as it seems some people are only downloading it from the blog and not the forum so they never see the meagre installation instructions... causing a most wrathful confusion amongst the otherwise kindly villagers...

Makes it easier to resort to the olde tried, tested, and true RTFM, eh?