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In article <VA.00000866.003e0b99@one>, Stuart Grant (sg) writes:

>> No it isn't. `application', `illegal operation' and `terminated'
>> are technobabble.

sg> Piffle. 

Go look in your dictionary. The fact that you're habituated to them
doesn't remove them from the technobabble category. 

>> See, even you couldn't decode it. It means the application will crash
>> all by itself taking your work with it.

sg> I don't have to decode it, I live in the real world and I only need to 
sg> be able to figure out what to do about it. 

So, which VxD do I need to delete and replace? Whatever a VxD is.

It would be better if the message didn't apear at all, `has performed
and illegal instruction' is vacuous and `will be terminated' is about
to become very very obvious. Remove the message and at least everyone
would be saved the bother of looking at the message to be sure it's
not something useful and a mouse click to dismiss it.

sg> When I've work to lose I habitually hit the save button every few 
sg> minutes anyway because I live in an area plagued by power blips, 

So you are doing the work the system and applications should do for
you? I thought even Microsoft programs had got the idea of autosave by
now.

sg> but they've never done any harm or caused me serious losses since
sg> I learned the precautions to take. What would a blip do to
sg> Unix/Linux?

Assuming it was big eneough to get past the power supply and any
precautions, cause the machine to reboot. What do you expect, fire in
the hold?

If you're in that kind of area I'd have expected it would pay to buy a
UPS or switch to a laptop (and hence get the advantage of a battery)
How much time to you lose and what is your time worth?

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