Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 22:21:25 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> Cc: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org>, "Technical Information" <tech_info@threespace.com>, "FreeBSD Chat Mailing List" <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Feeding the Troll (Was: freebsd as a desktop ?) Message-ID: <15370.64965.526103.881475@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <01bb01c17bb1$78653110$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <008901c17a30$7d084f40$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15367.37543.15609.362257@guru.mired.org> <040701c179af$4bda25f0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15367.43943.686638.723011@guru.mired.org> <003301c179ea$8925d270$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15368.2156.193643.17139@guru.mired.org> <005601c179f3$a4030640$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15368.5624.255357.964607@guru.mired.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20011202215531.018f3d80@threespace.com> <15370.62287.191056.315669@guru.mired.org> <019501c17baf$4ae465a0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15370.63985.8644.745618@guru.mired.org> <01bb01c17bb1$78653110$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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Anthony Atkielski <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> types: > Mike writes: > > Oh, horse pucky. Anyone who noticed that time > > passes knows that computers crashing sucks. > Most people don't experience crashes with the frequency that you adumbrate. The people I know do. If you have a pointer to a survey that indicates the opposite is true for the general populace, I'd be interested in reading it. > Even when crashes occur, for the casual desktop user they are inconsequential. Correct. They just suck. > I've known several people, in fact, who reset the machine whenever they are > having a problem, just to see if that helps--obviously crashes are not a concern > for them, if they can do a hardware reset without blinking an eye. The best thing about windows is that many problems *can* be fixed by rebooting the system. That doesn't change the fact that reboots - whether intentional or not - represent a waste of time, and hence suck. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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