In article <48F2A90D.8050701 at jetnet.ab.ca>,
"bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca" <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> writes:
Richard wrote:
...and I find batch mode to be highly
frustrating. I learned
computing in an interactive environment on terminals and I never want
to go to a batch environment, I always prefer the immediate feedback
of interaction. Sometimes even waiting for a compiled language pisses
me off :-).
But back then ... you could go for a coffee break.
Now days you have to baby sit the computer when it reboots, after a
interactive edit under win-*insert year here*
Honestly, I have no idea what you people do with your Windows
installations that makes them ticking time bombs. Maybe you should
just stop doing whatever you are doing to your Windows installations
if that's how it always ends up.
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