__/ [ Tim Smith ] on Thursday 01 June 2006 10:56 \__
> Wow. This is a bit excessive:
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> <http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=151250154&size=o>
Seen this in Digg. Reminded me of:
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| End users may find the security measures that will be shoe-horned
| into the 'operating system' "disruptive", while independent software
| vendors will suffer short-term pain, the analysts' latest report warns.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31548
Let the user control this behaviour, /a la/ KDE. Uniformity is not
necessarily novel, especially when it is braindead.
* User inserts blank CD into drive
* User opens Media Player/Nero/<put your favourite here>
* User drags ISO file onto program
* Program prompts user: "This files seem like it may contain a Linux
distribution. Are you sure you want to proceed?"
< QUIT PROGRAM > < ABORT > < CANCEL > < OK >
* If <OK>, then: "We advice that you do not burn this CD as an ISO. Would you
like to burn this as a file?"
< YES, SIR > < OK > < QUIT >
I guess you see where it goes from here. Also see:
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/3375/106/
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| And guess what? Windows Media Player, which comes with Windows XP and
| can be used for burning CD-ROMs doesn't handle ISO images. I would like
| to thank Microsoft for helping me waste 8 perfectly good blank CDs.
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