Martek: Another tendency I've noticed in pedants is they seem to look at things as black-and-white, instead of as shades-of-gray.
Not everything needs to be looked at in shades of gray, sometimes it really is just black and white. :)
Martek: For example, do you really think that nobody else (except you <g>) knows the distinction?
Of course not, never claimed anything of the such.
Martek: Do you really think I meant every single person does know?
You said and I quote... "
We all know those distinctions". I'm only going by what you stated.
Martek: You 'guarantee' that there are many people that have no idea. That's a 'Captain Obvious' observation. Any of us could also 'guarantee' that many folks have an idea. We'd all be correct :) Perhaps that's it - a pedant looks at the glass as half empty - and can't recognize when someone is seeing it as half full.
No, because if you look through this thread & forum there is clear evidence supporting such statement. You can of course guarantee many do know and you would probably be correct. Those people generally aren't in this thread or forum however.
Martek: So even though it's heavily inferred in my post that I know the difference (otherwise why posit it as an example?); as I already noted, a pedant just can't help saying it. Even when it's obvious. They cannot stop themselves. You have made my point :) Hey, it isn't anything personal; it's just observations.
If you knew it or not is irrelevant, the main point was by allowing such things
we continue to promote people thinking things that aren't correct.
Martek: I hope you have a fruitful career in the field. I'm a retired 'computer field' guy myself, and I loved every single day of my 25+ years in it. Hopefully you'll find it as good a career as i did. :)
Cheers
Good for you... glad you had a great career honestly. This is again irrelevant to the main point. You haven't disagreed with what I actually stated on a technical level, so I feel your just trying to argue over something stupid to make yourself feel better or to make your opinion valid. I don't know, but it's really not my concern nor do I care.
It isn't anything personal; it's just observations. Take care though. :)
BKGaming: Sorry but I kind of find this funny because you like the downloader, but the downloader is technically a client. In computing, a client is a piece of hardware or software that accesses a server to get information or services. Your using a web browser to post which is technically a client. All Galaxy is, is a stripped down web browser essentially.
I just find it funny when people say the like the downloader and dislike clients (aka Galaxy) when there both essentially clients... especially when Galaxy is basically the downloader + more options.
skeletonbow: Not to mention that people complain about gaming clients being bloated and they just prefer to do all of that in the web browser, and today's web browsers use several hundred megabytes on a fresh start without loading a web page yet, and basically use about the exact same amount of memory as any other gaming client such as Steam. It's really a hollow argument. :)
GOG Downloader only uses about 31MB or so from what I can see. I don't give a crap though, I have Steam, GOG Downloader, GOG Galaxy, Origin, Uplay all running right now along with 3 web browsers and over 300 web pages loaded. 32GB of RAM makes me totally not give a crap whatsoever. :)
Very good point also. :)