3 Apr
2013
3 Apr
'13
5:35 p.m.
On Wed, 3 Apr 2013, Ethan Dicks wrote:
On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Ian King <IanK at
vulcan.com> wrote:
My favourite tidbit of this sort of thing is this:
"Windows has detected that a gnat has farted near your computer.
Press any key to reboot."
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
As I understand it, a certain large software
company of my acquaintance
uses the mandatory reboot as a convenience, rather than determining
whether affected components are in fact in use. Easier for the programmer
- sorry, user! You don't matter.
And if you ever lived through a fresh install of Windows 2000 on blank
hardware, you can probably relate to this "joke" we came up with during
the endless cycles of hardware detect/reboot along the way...
"Windows has detected mouse movement. Windows will reboot to commit
this change"