On 12/12/2011 2:35 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote:
> On 12/12/2011 11:24 AM, Jon Elson wrote:
>
>>> On Monday, December 12, 2011 08:50:55 AM Mark Wendt did opine:
>>>
>>>
>>>> What amazes the heck out of me more often than not, is the fact
>>>> that I'm working at the "Naval Research Lab", emphasis on "Research."
>>>> That research demands a computing technology at a pretty high level, and
>>>> the Lab has been at the forefront for years on cutting edge computer
>>>> technology.
>>>>
>> Well, I have been a sysadmin or systems developer for over 30 years. I
>> remember a long time
>> ago purging a VMS directory and wiping out most of a month's billing
>> records before I
>> realized THAT directory was not to be purged. I was kind of late to hit
>> ctrl/C, but saved
>> some of the billing. My boss was NOT happy about that!
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>
> Gene, Mark, Jon:
>
> It seems to me the only essential difference between the rank amateur
> and the super-experienced user is the way they tell their stories about
> how they went wrong with confidence. The amateur talks with wonder ("I
> can't believe I ...."); the old timers with bemusement ("I should of
> known better...." or "would you believe....").
>
> What I always wanted was a hand that would reach out of the console and
> give me a dope-slap when I was about to do something I shouldn't. No
> "are you sure" prompt ever stopped me from hitting "Y<enter>" before my
> brain had a chance to catch up with my fingers.
>
> Regards,
> Kent
>
> Making mistakes at cpu speed since 1964.
>
>
>
Perhaps a better solution to prevent silly mistakes would be for the computer
to "play dead" - ie bluescreen and throw up some cryptic error message about
possible faulty drive sectors, or some CPU undertemp situation ... in the
meantime the computer could carry on as usual in the background safe from
further human interaction. ;-)
Hmm... Perhaps Microsoft has already mastered this technology and they have
kept it a secret for our benefit! :-)
Dave
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