Re: progress in operating systems

On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:04:48 -0700, ChairmanOfTheBored
<RUBored@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:00:57 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:29:01 GMT, AZ Nomad
<aznomad.2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:13:29 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


JeffM <jeffm_@xxxxxxxxx> hath wroth:

ChairmanOfTheBored wrote:
Installing Linux is more than half the fun!

Jeff Liebermann wrote:
If it were easy, it would be no fun. Everyone needs a challenge
to keep them off the streets and out of trouble.

Spoken like a nerd.
When the majority of folks buy something, they want to Just Work.

Yep. I had a former lady friend that was like that. She bought a new
car and drove it for about 10,000 miles without ever changing the oil.
When the engine seized, she couldn't understand why driving an
automobile had to be such a complicated affair. Let's just say that
expectations and understanding vary considerably among the GUM (great
unwashed masses). I have customers with computers that are only a
little better.

You need to do a better job making up facts to support made up stories.
Even a yugo can go 10,000 miles without siezing up.

Next time you tell the story, make it at least 30,000 miles.

Isn't there a Cadillac or something that will go 60K miles between oil
changes? 10K is nothing these days, unless you have a leak. My car has
5K on it, and the oil level is about max, and it looks perfectly
clean.

John


You both missed the fucking point. regardless of how far a new car MAY
travel before its crankcase oil level becomes critical, ANY engine can
find itself short of oil after a 10,000 mile usage without checking it.

I have an advanced state-of-the-art LED thingie in my car that lights
up if I'm low on oil. Or gas. Or windshield washer fluid even.

What do you drive?

ANY car that does get below a critical level WILL suffer catastrophic
critical damage.

If it was a new car, and it ran dry after 10K miles, something was
seriously wrong. Maybe it was a new used car.

Anybody with an IQ above 30 knows that, so you two are on the down low.

Are you going to spend the rest of your life being an antisocial jerk?
That's sad.

John


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