[X-Unix] What's in an MP3's resource fork..? [Was: Re: [X4U] ._annoying_files on SMB shares - can I remove them..?]

[Alex]

On Tuesday, Apr 20, 2004, at 05:48 Canada/Eastern, Stroller wrote:

> [...] There are definitely some file-types out there that use the 
> resource fork, which as a relative newcomer to OS X I find extremely 
> annoying, but I wish to preserve the resource fork when unsure. 
> .textClipping is notable [...]

That's a bit like saying, "As a newcomer to China, I find it annoying 
that people here speak Chinese!" (Or, as an American academic once told 
me -- and he wasn't pulling my leg -- "It's so strange you guys in 
Eastern Europe speak these crazy little languages. I thought you all 
spoke Russian.")

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