__/ [ [H]omer ] on Saturday 16 September 2006 04:33 \__
> Freeride wrote:
>> What the hell does Windows Explorer not understand about this? :)
I suppose you are referring to Windows finding slightly dissimilar cases and
then reasking the same question. For example.
Are you sure you want to delete everything yada, yada?
I found a file that's write protected. What shall I do?
I found an irregular character...
Or worse: path is "too deep". I cannot handle a deep tree structure because
I'm a dumb, backward-'compatible', non-standards-centric Toy O/S.
...
That's what rm -rf is for. You can suppress the nags. This becomes absolutely
^^
vital when you leave the computer alone for several hours (or days) to do a
task and cannot afford prompts -- those that come up and freeze the process.
Back in the days I was using a Windows laptop for backups through
redundancy. Often I would leave it working for 3 hours while at the gym.
Upon return, some goddamn prompt would ruin everything. This not only ruins
the backup, but also requires that I revise what's happening (read: going
'wrong') and repeat the following day, not being able to predict if a
different prompt will stand in the way, again. It's just one among the
things that drove me to coverting everything to Linux.
> You think that's bad ... wait 'till you try Fista:
>
> "Are you sure you want to do that?" >y
>
> "Are you sure that you're sure?" >y
>
> "Your certainty has not been approved by Microsoft, would you like to
> fetch a 'yes I am sure' certificate from Windows Onecare?" >y
>
> "Are you sure you want to fetch a certificate?" >y
>
> "The file 'certainty.cert' you are trying to download may be malicious,
> are you sure you want to download it" >y
>
> "Download complete. Are you sure you want to open the file
> 'certainty.cert'?" >y
>
> "The file 'certainty.cert' has been signed by 'Microsoft Corp.', do you
> want to trust this provider" >y
>
> "Are you sure?" >y
>
> "Are you positive" >fuck off
>
> "Are you sure you want me to fuck off" >y
>
> Next thing you know, Fista users will be required to triple opt-in to
> every assembler-level instruction, as the OS step-traces it's way
> through every operation.
>
> Two choices: build a better OS, or pass the buck to the consumer.
> Hmmm, tough one.
They are said to have 'fixed' it, but be sure it will have a side effect and
a cost. In either case, excessive prompting leads to sloppiness.
"This is a phising site? Enter it anyway?" >y
"You have just dumped your entire Documents folder to the Recycle Bin. Is
that OK?" >y
"Your hard-drive is developing bad sectors" >OK
"I had sex with your wife" >OK
"All your bases are belong (sic) to Microsoft" >OK
Best wishes,
Roy
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