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:shock: I don't know about you, but I would be feeling slightly uneasy . . .

lmao :lol:

nice

Dont worry..just reboot in mid-flight.

I'd be worried if an airport used windows too.

Bah, im sure they only use windows for their departure & arrival screens :D

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In other news...

did anyone else hear about the plane crashes? :shock:

Bah, im sure they only use windows for their departure & arrival screens :D

Hopefully they still have money for safety procedures after shelling out for all those licenses.

Bah, im sure they only use windows for their departure & arrival screens :D

No. They use windows for nearly every computer in an airport. The reason the don't use macs is that they freeze up and then you have to reboot the system again which takes a lot of time.

Bah, im sure they only use windows for their departure & arrival screens :D

No. They use windows for nearly every computer in an airport. The reason the don't use macs is that they freeze up and then you have to reboot the system again which takes a lot of time.

As opposed to a windows fatal exception fault error message? :?: :?: :?:

:shock:

Bah, im sure they only use windows for their departure & arrival screens :D

No. They use windows for nearly every computer in an airport. The reason the don't use macs is that they freeze up and then you have to reboot the system again which takes a lot of time.

They must use a UNIX-based operating system for the important critical stuff, surely?

How often do you people get fatal exception errors?

I never get them, and think about it, there are a buttload of airports around the world, running those things 24 hours a day, of course it's going to happen, there's no computer in the world that could do all that perfectly all the time.

Bah, im sure they only use windows for their departure & arrival screens :D

No. They use windows for nearly every computer in an airport. The reason the don't use macs is that they freeze up and then you have to reboot the system again which takes a lot of time.

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WTF???

1) Macintoshes are not suited for an industrial environment.
2) There's more than just Windows and Mac
3) If they were smart, they'd be using a Linux solution to cut down on costs. It's not like you need a web browser built into a departure time screen.

How often do you people get fatal exception errors?

I never get them, and think about it, there are a buttload of airports around the world, running those things 24 hours a day, of course it's going to happen, there's no computer in the world that could do all that perfectly all the time.

I don't get them; I'm running Windows XP fully patched, stripped-down, and well cared-for, even though I haven't rebooted in three weeks. If I weren't a gamer I'd be running Linux, which gets even fewer crashes.

Looks like they're running 98 or maybe even 95. Silly people.

How often do you people get fatal exception errors?

I never get them, and think about it, there are a buttload of airports around the world, running those things 24 hours a day, of course it's going to happen, there's no computer in the world that could do all that perfectly all the time.

I don't get them; I'm running Windows XP fully patched, stripped-down, and well cared-for, even though I haven't rebooted in three weeks. If I weren't a gamer I'd be running Linux, which gets even fewer crashes.

Looks like they're running 98 or maybe even 95. Silly people.

Maybe they're running ME.

:lol: :lol:

How often do you people get fatal exception errors?

I never get them, and think about it, there are a buttload of airports around the world, running those things 24 hours a day, of course it's going to happen, there's no computer in the world that could do all that perfectly all the time.

I don't get them; I'm running Windows XP fully patched, stripped-down, and well cared-for, even though I haven't rebooted in three weeks. If I weren't a gamer I'd be running Linux, which gets even fewer crashes.

Looks like they're running 98 or maybe even 95. Silly people.

Maybe they're running ME.

:lol: :lol:

They couldn't be that stupid... could they?

*remembers own flirtation with that abomination*
*cries*

I don't get them; I'm running Windows XP fully patched, stripped-down, and well cared-for, even though I haven't rebooted in three weeks. If I weren't a gamer I'd be running Linux, which gets even fewer crashes.


You can get a dual-boot if you want, then you can use Linux for everything-but-games. That's what I do.

I never dared run ME, I saw it on a friends computer.

I couldn't sleep for days, oh the horror.

I never dared run ME, I saw it on a friends computer.

I couldn't sleep for days, oh the horror.

My A-Level IT teacher told me about ME. He had 128 MB RAM, which was a lot at the time, and it kept telling him he needed more. After he had 640MB he realised ME was screwing with him.

You'd think they'd learn their lesson and use some *N*X for the critical stuff, but at least one airline wouldn't take too kindly to that (http://www.newsforge.com/business/03/06/12/132234.shtml?tid=37), and hence one airline will never fly me anywhere.

I don't get them; I'm running Windows XP fully patched, stripped-down, and well cared-for, even though I haven't rebooted in three weeks. If I weren't a gamer I'd be running Linux, which gets even fewer crashes.


You can get a dual-boot if you want, then you can use Linux for everything-but-games. That's what I do.

Not enough hard disk space right now if I were doing a fully-featured installation. That, and I couldn't get online at my university if I were running it.

I don't get them; I'm running Windows XP fully patched, stripped-down, and well cared-for, even though I haven't rebooted in three weeks. If I weren't a gamer I'd be running Linux, which gets even fewer crashes.


You can get a dual-boot if you want, then you can use Linux for everything-but-games. That's what I do.

Not enough hard disk space right now if I were doing a fully-featured installation. That, and I couldn't get online at my university if I were running it.

Really? They won't let you get online using Linux? What are they afraid of?

I don't get them; I'm running Windows XP fully patched, stripped-down, and well cared-for, even though I haven't rebooted in three weeks. If I weren't a gamer I'd be running Linux, which gets even fewer crashes.


You can get a dual-boot if you want, then you can use Linux for everything-but-games. That's what I do.

Not enough hard disk space right now if I were doing a fully-featured installation. That, and I couldn't get online at my university if I were running it.

Really? They won't let you get online using Linux? What are they afraid of?

This: http://overstated.net/media/RIAA_PSA.mpg

Sorry, I really love this video.

Hell, when I was in college, I had enough trouble getting online with Windows, and that was what they supported (and I'm talking in the labs!). When I got fed up with MICRO$~1 (fall of '99, I couldn't take anymore), and went the Way of the Righteous, all I had to do was boot.

I don't get them; I'm running Windows XP fully patched, stripped-down, and well cared-for, even though I haven't rebooted in three weeks. If I weren't a gamer I'd be running Linux, which gets even fewer crashes.


You can get a dual-boot if you want, then you can use Linux for everything-but-games. That's what I do.

Not enough hard disk space right now if I were doing a fully-featured installation. That, and I couldn't get online at my university if I were running it.

Really? They won't let you get online using Linux? What are they afraid of?

This: http://overstated.net/media/RIAA_PSA.mpg

Sorry, I really love this video.

Uh, kinda interesting, but completely irrelevant.

I never dared run ME, I saw it on a friends computer.

I couldn't sleep for days, oh the horror.

LOL! My son had it on his box. I spent more time chasing his crashes then I did working on a BB I helped run. What a piece of crap. I do have to say though that the XP is working pretty well for over a year now. Not one BSD.

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Hell, when I was in college, I had enough trouble getting online with Windows, and that was what they supported (and I'm talking in the labs!). When I got fed up with MICRO$~1 (fall of '99, I couldn't take anymore), and went the Way of the Righteous, all I had to do was boot.

. . . and the congregation all said, "Ah, Man!"

:shock:

. . . and the congregation all said, "Ah, Man!"

:shock:Actually, people mostly said, "What?" They weren't too with it.

I never dared run ME, I saw it on a friends computer.

I couldn't sleep for days, oh the horror.

LOL! My son had it on his box. I spent more time chasing his crashes then I did working on a BB I helped run. What a piece of crap. I do have to say though that the XP is working pretty well for over a year now. Not one BSD.

:shock:

A lot of people I know badmouth XP constantly.

Mostly they say it's ugly, and they don't like how easy it is to do things.

I run XP and love it.

I never dared run ME, I saw it on a friends computer.

I couldn't sleep for days, oh the horror.

LOL! My son had it on his box. I spent more time chasing his crashes then I did working on a BB I helped run. What a piece of crap. I do have to say though that the XP is working pretty well for over a year now. Not one BSD.

:shock:

A lot of people I know badmouth XP constantly.

Mostly they say it's ugly, and they don't like how easy it is to do things.

I run XP and love it.

XP Pro Corp would qualify as "OK" in my opinion. It does its job - providing a kernel upon which different applications can run and interact with each other.

However, there are criticisms. It is ugly in its default setup. It seems Microsoft have not listened to their own advice on GUI design and made quite a lot of unnecessary adjustments to the interface, making it more difficult to use. There is a lot of power-hungry bloatware that makes it slow down and stutter on the 400mhz system I am "testing" it on. You may think a 400mhz system is slow, but at the end of the day the OS should not demand that much power. In my opinion, an OS should be as lean and mean as possible, with you deciding how much power is sucked up by applications.

And I've seen XP go blue-screen a few times on that system. Mostly due to so-called "WQHL-certified" drivers screwing it up. In fact, six months after its initial installation, I'm having to reinstall it. Mostly due to the amount of spyware crap that my sister likes to install, but still - there is no "repair" option. Only "upgrade" or "install". So you get a choice of an "upgrade" that fixes nothing, or an "install" that destroys everything. Lovely. There was never this much of a problem with DOS.

There's also the "Activation" issue on non-Corp copies of XP that I'm not going to get into here, but suffice to say it's enough for me to call any non-Corp version of XP "utter wank", with the Home version being even worse due to the amount of patches needed.

There's also the firewall that isn't, and the Internet Connection Sharing facility that would classify as a walking security risk if it had legs. And what is with making the default state of Windows XP so that any dumb script kiddie with a program can make your machine reboot from anywhere on the Internet? And what about embedding Windows Messaging Service so far into the OS that any spammer can just trawl the Internet looking for vulnerable machines (which, thanks to the firewall that isn't, there are plenty) and causing your machine to pop up annoying messages unless you enable the firewall that should be enabled by default with so much crap running on the box?

Also, just what the hell is with that XP filesearch utility? An animated dog fer chrissakes? I just want to find a bloody file, not have to click through nice pretty icons and answer questions posed by an anthropomorphic canine before I can type in "*.mp3 [ENTER]".

Well, I'm going to try Windows 2000 next. Not as damned ugly, and I have a license to use it legally. *coff*

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Moonshine
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I agree that XP is a bit understatement bloated, but besides that it is very stable and I hardly ever have to reboot due to Windows itself crashing.