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View Poll Results: UNIX is better than WINDOWS
what?HELLO.i am UNIX. the best! 605 68.52%
whooa, wait a minute. Windows is BETTER than UNIX 48 5.44%
hoo-boy..i don't like both. 64 7.25%
errr...i don't know, what is UNIX afterall? 11 1.25%
windows?never heard of it... 155 17.55%
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Old 02-15-2010, 11:44 AM   #2491
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Are some users really that dumb?
Yes.
 
Old 02-15-2010, 04:06 PM   #2492
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Thanks for the link, MrCode.

It reminds me of my IT courses in college. The professors share many tech support stories including broken "cup holders" and credit cards stuck in the floppy drives. One professor got out of tech support because he was tired of traveling to users' homes and offices just to plug the power cord into the wall.
 
Old 02-15-2010, 07:36 PM   #2493
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What about letters falling down? There was a request for support people to come and fasten/fix them to monitors so they do not fall down any more.

Let's see how many of you can guess what was the cause of this phenomenon.
 
Old 02-15-2010, 07:39 PM   #2494
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I think it's either screen savers or post-it notes.
 
Old 02-16-2010, 07:28 AM   #2495
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^ where's the any key.
 
Old 02-16-2010, 08:11 AM   #2496
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Who the heck is General failure, and why is he reading my hard drive?

Um... "Press any key to continue or any other key to quit."

-Robin
 
Old 02-16-2010, 08:24 AM   #2497
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Who the heck is General failure, and why is he reading my hard drive?
He's Kernel Panic's superior officer, isn't he?
 
Old 02-16-2010, 09:38 AM   #2498
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thanks thats one hell of a link
 
Old 02-16-2010, 05:48 PM   #2499
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What about letters falling down? There was a request for support people to come and fasten/fix them to monitors so they do not fall down any more.

Let's see how many of you can guess what was the cause of this phenomenon.
Actually it is an old DOS based virus called cascade: http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/cascade.shtml
 
Old 02-16-2010, 07:48 PM   #2500
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I found some videos of it on YouTube, pretty neat effect.
 
Old 02-16-2010, 08:02 PM   #2501
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http://vx.netlux.org/vx.php?id=sh00
Simulators for a bunch of dos viruses.
They can run in dosbox, then cannot infect files ether.
 
Old 02-16-2010, 08:42 PM   #2502
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Simulators for a bunch of dos viruses.
Hehe, the "cascade" one is pretty funny:
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Old 02-16-2010, 08:55 PM   #2503
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Well it is true that Linux can sometimes not be very user-friendly.
 
Old 02-17-2010, 01:04 AM   #2504
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Somehow Windows brainwashes people
People who use windows expect every other os be like windows.
That is why there is only one desktop for windows.
The words "user-friendly" should be replaced by behaves like windows.
Just look at the simplicity of the GNOME desktop, or Xfce.
 
Old 02-17-2010, 07:22 AM   #2505
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Last word in designing Windows have:
1. Most users at home
2. Large corporations tech support conferences
3. Bosses at Mircrosoft
4. Bosses in corporations buying most licences

I think this answers most of windows properties?

And regarding Linux user interface, people "calling the shots" are:
1. End user communities
2. Advanced user communities
3. Chiefs in development teams
4. Bosses in support companies

Give it a thought?
 
  


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