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On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:03:48 -0500, Charlie Tame wrote:

> Stephan Rose wrote:
>> On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:26:53 +0100, dennis@home wrote:
>> 
>>> "Stephan Rose" <nospam.noway@screwspammers.com> wrote in message
>>> news:Z6WdnZP9nbXIjovanZ2dnUVZ8qydnZ2d@giganews.com...
>>>> On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:27:23 +0100, dennis@home wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> <spike1@freenet.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>>> news:aeqfu4-0re.ln1@ridcully.ntlworld.com...
>>>>>> In the sacred domain of comp.os.linux.advocacy, dennis@home
>>>>>> <dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> didnst hastily scribble thusly:
>> 
3.0,3.1,3.11,95,98,98se,nt,2000,xp,vista,soaris,fedora,unixware,ubuntu,rmx
>>>>>>> and a few I have forgotten.
>>>>>>> Which have you installed?
>>>>>> Too many.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do you doubt it?
>>>>>>> Have you never installed windows?
>>>>>> As I said, Too many times.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Let's see some proof that linux didn't warn him then, shall we?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Didn't think so.
>>>>> If you are so sure it does you could show the warning. The fact that
>>>>> I can't show the warning is just evidence that it doesn't exist. You
>>>>> really should try and get the logic correct before demanding
>>>>> evidence.
>>>> http://fosswire.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/
>>>> ubuntufeistyinstallpicture-8.png
>>>>
>>>> Same URL tiny:
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/2qc234
>>> Thanks for that.. I downloaded 7.04 to see what it did but it wouldn't
>>> run under VPC so I still haven't seen the install screens myself.
>>>
>>> I think that anyone familiar with computers would understand those
>>> warnings. but then they wouldn't need them anyway. Its still not
>>> particularly clear to a computer illiterate.
>>>
>>> Maybe something along the lines of  "If you continue you will erase
>>> all your documents and pictures and any games and programs you have on
>>> this machine. This is not recoverable unless you have made copies of
>>> all you stuff on separate media e.g. DVD. If you are unsure please
>>> read the documentation or ask questions at http://.."
>> 
>> Dennis, it does not matter. Seriously, it does not matter. No matter
>> how much you spell it out, no matter how detailed one explains...some
>> user in this world simply will NOT get it.
>> 
>> It's one of the neverending problems I face writing software. No matter
>> how idiot proof I try to make the user interface, the world always
>> manages to invent a better idiot.
>> 
>> And honestly, I find "...this will destroy all data..." to be more than
>> clear enough. If someone can't understand the meaning of that I wonder
>> if they should be allowed to operate a toaster...nevermind actually
>> installing an operating system.
>> 
>> 
> 
> Any recommendations re toasters? I am getting one for my birthday to
> burn CDs..
> 
> (Someone had to say it)

Hahahaha!!! Now that was a good one, thanks for that. =)


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