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  • Albo23, on 04/05/2008, -256/+125***** Vista.
    • brownr21, on 04/05/2008, -62/+207***** you.
    • XTrek, on 04/05/2008, -20/+14They left out:
      EnhancedPerformanceSuckingDRMEnabled=TRUE
      MicroTransactionEnabled=TRUE
      • Minarchian, on 04/05/2008, -3/+26That's in an external dll called PerformanceReducingBloat.dll

        You'll find a lot of stuff in that dll.
    • catachip, on 04/05/2008, -11/+46Wow... a lot of Microsoft apologists on Digg now. I thought it was all Mac and Linux users?
    • muzy, on 04/06/2008, -34/+13***** you *****,

      Vista 64bit = awsome, better than XP by a country mile, just give it till sp2 and XP is bye bye
      • amirman, on 04/06/2008, -1/+9will the service pack install because sp1 refuses to install on my wife's laptop.
        • Psythik, on 04/06/2008, -3/+8And that's why you check the specs on your own, instead of listening to the "Vista Capable" sticker.
          • amirman, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1it's got 2 Gigs ram and a 2.2ghz dual core processor what else does it need to run vista?
          • Psythik, on 04/07/2008, -1/+1How 'bout a half-decent graphics card?
          • amirman, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1maybe if microsoft didn't illegally lower the standards of their "vista capable" distinction just to help manufacturers like Dell sell more PCs then i wouldn't have been sold a defective product that refuses to update itself. the graphics card is the ATI radeon Xpress 1150. also by the way indexing is broken. it's a pretty well documented bug that microsoft has yet to even comment on even though microsoft's tech support forums are bursting with complaints about it.
          • Psythik, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1That card is a piece of crap. It's integrated, for cryin' out loud; you should have known better.
      • Sibre, on 04/06/2008, -3/+5Go away Bill
    • chodges4, on 04/06/2008, -20/+41Why are you digging him down? I have vista and it is terrible. The service pack didn't even fix anything. It still takes way too long to start up and shut down...and I spend half of my time on my computer waiting for programs to start or end, not to mention all the times I'm in the middle of something and my whole computer freezes for three and a half minutes. And no I don't have any viruses...it's Vista.
      • KibibyteBrain, on 04/06/2008, -0/+13Actually, my Vista install was working pretty decently until I installed SP1 and it broke Aero hopelessly(composer crashing) and several other functions. Before it was pretty much just XP + eyecandy + a more modern interface/features + slower network service performance, which was pretty ok. I'm pretty sure nVidia is partially to blame for my problems, but a service pack shouldn't do that.
        • Lanlost, on 04/06/2008, -5/+2Yeah.. I have an on/off liking for Vista. I really liked XP with Sp2... overall it worked out better for me than any linux distro or OSX for everyday usage. Note: I have a MacBook, and two desktops.. one with Vista and one with LinuxMint.

          My problem with Vista for the run through was completely nvidias fault. I had a great graphics card that my friend broke and so he gave me out of date, but still better than nothing FX 5200. I installed Vista and the FX 5200 worked fine for Aero. Everything worked great until I went to YouTube. One video would work fine but as soon as I would have more than a few tabs open and a single YouTube, or GOD FORBID more than one YouTube window open, my whole computer would bog down to nothingness. I know this is nVidias fault because the 5200 isn't supported in their newest drivers even though they say its completely Vista compatible and that they will continue to support it. Support my ass, they haven't updated the driver since July of '06. Yes, this was a RC1 era driver.
          This card works great with Linux and Compiz, works great with XP. Works great with Vista for non-Youtube *****. I suppose this could be a flash plugin problem and thus Adobe but since I can load 10 YouTube tabs in either XP or Linux I blame it on nVidia.
          I'm using a ***** ATI card thats Dx9 and it works fine with Vista. Problem solved right? Well now I installed SP1 and Vista itself runs better but now I have a way more annoying problem. If I right click on a YouTube video I get the right-click menu for it AND the right-click menu as if I had clicked anywhere else on the page both at the same time. Not only that but they BOTH lock up until I click off the window. I can't select anything. This means if I DO need to change the video quality I can't ***** do it unless I'm really lucky. Ugh.

          Besides YouTube, Vista runs great for me. It's just a pity.
          • DPyro, on 04/06/2008, -0/+4I once tried to open 10 digg tabs on Firefox but then it crashed so I think it's nvidia's fault
          • JEWestbrookJR, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2You had me until "better than linux or os x". Especially since you're using linuxmint, that distro is a ***** joke.
          • TRENT310, on 04/06/2008, -0/+3GeForce FX5200? I get those on sale for $5 at Office Depot and then use it for nothing other than the fact that it has DVI out so I can run my LCD screens. It's not a great graphics card, better than onboard graphics but it won't run Aero properly if you have OTHER GPU-loading things running at the same time. Compiz is much less GPU intensive.
            Just buy a new video card. $60 will get you something that will run everything just fine. I would stick with nVidia because of proper Linux support in case you need it.
        • Sibre, on 04/06/2008, -0/+4Yes, problems on youtube and bugs in a browser is DEFINITELY the video card's fault.

          Note to self: make sure to check if youtube is utilizing hardware acceleration on my videos...
      • callmejordy265, on 04/06/2008, -4/+3I have a mediocre laptop with only a gig of ram on it, and I have no problems at all. I think you are just impatient.
        • chodges4, on 04/06/2008, -1/+2Well then apparently so is everyone else who uses my computer and asks how i can live with it.
      • DragonForce4, on 04/06/2008, -2/+3Nope, its just your computer.
      • McWombo, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1I think you might have a blown vacuum tube in your processor room.
    • iamtherealwoody, on 04/06/2008, -8/+14Agreed
    • chesscat, on 04/06/2008, -7/+6Right on.
    • Ataxia2008, on 04/06/2008, -5/+3This is even less funny than a normal XKCD comic.
    • Gamer2k4, on 04/06/2008, -2/+6Why is he being dugg down while the image gets dugg up? They're both expressing the same viewpoint...
      • ninja0, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2because apparently a lot of diggers are ***** retarded 8 y/o's
  • Jalh, on 04/05/2008, -105/+47C++ :D
    • Anpheus, on 04/05/2008, -28/+215Yeah, C++ doesn't have an "extends" or "implements"
      And I don't think it's even valid C#.
      Epic fail by someone pretending to be a programmer.
      • piwy, on 04/05/2008, -7/+4_
      • Dested, on 04/05/2008, -0/+56He was also trying to return in a void.
        • DontEatTheFish, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1Lol, i didn't catch that at first...
      • Smegzor, on 04/05/2008, -13/+43Microsoft is pretending to be a programmer. Whats your point?
        • ha1f, on 04/05/2008, -3/+34I get the joke, but the people I know who work(ed) at Microsoft are some of the best coders you're going to find. I blame the project directors.
          • Sibre, on 04/06/2008, -1/+3They worked there until they were discovered writing clean, usable, stable code...
        • MURDERTRON, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1Also, epic fail for Microsoft.
      • houndeyex, on 04/05/2008, -2/+8They did alright at being funny though.
      • cap11235, on 04/05/2008, -10/+2C# uses "import", not include.
        • Diaruemnus, on 04/05/2008, -0/+11Actually, C# uses using, if I understand the syntax correctly. I could be wrong, of course, being fairly new to programming.
      • miriv365, on 04/05/2008, -1/+3Imports is VB.NET
        • thefezman, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2That's a bit scary. Could you imagine an OS written in dot net? Let alone VB.Net?
          /I'm a VB.Net programmer too...
      • muzy, on 04/06/2008, -3/+14omg you all fail at life, its Java,
        • quarkie, on 04/06/2008, -2/+1Java has a macro preprocessor?
          edit: pointed out in the next thread.
        • callmejordy265, on 04/06/2008, -3/+1hmm, what is the Printf relating to then? Java uses println and print.
          • ha1f, on 04/06/2008, -0/+4uh, actually, Java has printf with PrintStream...
        • LordVengeance, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1It's not Java, it's Haha. It's a freakin' joke, guys. Overanalyzing a bit, are we?
        • Soave, on 04/06/2008, -0/+4LordVengeance, it's clearly Java syntax.
          • LordVengeance, on 04/06/2008, -0/+0Uh, you missed the point. It's not supposed to be valid anything. It was an attempt at humor.
      • quarkie, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1I was looking at the ***** named variables.
    • ruddy, on 04/05/2008, -48/+1too bad it's C :(
      • merbot, on 04/05/2008, -3/+50When did C become OOP
        • iplen, on 04/05/2008, -8/+5you can sort of OOP in C... not really OOP more like semi-OOP since you cant extend or implement like Java, but basic function functionality is possible.
        • ruddy, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2When did C become OOP?
          Read the next chapter in C for dummies, theres this little thing called structures. OOP isn't OO design :(
    • ha1f, on 04/05/2008, -15/+10You're an idiot, and who ever is digging or dugg you is an idiot.
    • merbot, on 04/05/2008, -26/+3It's java. extend is equal to c++ : for class inheritance.
      • ha1f, on 04/05/2008, -1/+32This is not Java. It's some kind of bastardization...
      • andycr512, on 04/05/2008, -2/+18If it's Java, why is it using #include? It can't be, and it's no language I've ever seen.
        • strictnein, on 04/05/2008, -0/+2But you just saw it. What a quandary.
    • GodsDragon, on 04/05/2008, -0/+33tiz be the bastard child of C++, Java and vista puns.
    • luftrofl, on 04/05/2008, -1/+3No. It's not.
    • ligyron, on 04/05/2008, -9/+5Could somebody translate this picture (what I assume is a joke) into non-geek?
      • Klarth, on 04/05/2008, -1/+21If you're not a geek you should have no reason to want to enjoy this. Give up.
      • RainDrizzleFog, on 04/05/2008, -0/+5It's saying Vista sucks in a clever way. I'm not a programmer and I figured it out.
    • nreynolds, on 04/05/2008, -1/+4anyways, the VOID main method RETURNS more money... so... it's not even code...

      edit: someone pointed it out lower down...
      • gamr343, on 04/05/2008, -2/+1AND not all control paths return something. It's just bad programming all the way around, lol
        • djbon2112, on 04/05/2008, -1/+1Unless BSOD() terminates the application (I'd assume so). Though I don't know if this bastard language would check for that ;)
        • andycr512, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1Except that it's a void, so it shouldn't return anything at -any- control path...
      • trogdor282, on 04/05/2008, -2/+2You can return LotsMoreMoney as long as it's of type void.
    • thisissami, on 04/05/2008, -2/+5isn't this java?
    • Cenobite, on 04/05/2008, -2/+7It's *****.
      • edzilla, on 04/05/2008, -3/+3the name was already taken, so they went for "vista"
      • CrushThemTorg, on 04/06/2008, -2/+1I wish I could Digg you up more, Cenobite.
      • Bytesage, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1It might be written in *****, but I don't think MS programmers can implement that properly, since they don't seem to even understand their own file formats.
    • m0tbaillie, on 04/05/2008, -1/+8It's a bastardization of C and Java syntax. It is not one single language. printf() comes from C, extends/implements comes from Java (originally).
      • khellendros1984, on 04/06/2008, -1/+2Exactly. It's a joke....stop trying to analyze it, and just take it as funny. Next we're going to get people complaining that it won't compile....
    • muzy, on 04/06/2008, -9/+2its Java, I am a Java expert and Yes its Java.
      • khellendros1984, on 04/06/2008, -0/+8You fail as a Java expert. printf is only accessible through PrintStream, and Java doesn't use include. It uses import. Various variables and functions are declared outside of classes, which is allowed in C/C++, but not in Java. There are also reasons that it's not really C++ either, but I'm sure that doesn't matter to a java expert =p
    • Jalh, on 04/06/2008, -0/+3people dont get the actual joke. more explicit 8===D
    • Philluminati, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1It's an understandable mistake. C and C++ are the only languages I know of that use a preprocessor and understand #include directives.
    • ninja0, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1It looks like C to me.
  • itstomreally, on 04/05/2008, -45/+17Who knew?
  • itstomreally, on 04/05/2008, -55/+14A lot of people actually.
  • simpleboy, on 04/05/2008, -43/+17Loved that
  • aquanutz, on 04/05/2008, -32/+19i love the sco reference in there
  • dgblackout, on 04/05/2008, -46/+8please let this be another code meme where we just repeat the code over and over again.
  • Maddpaky, on 04/05/2008, -15/+958that will never compile. How can it return LotsMoreMoney if the function is a void?

    /sorry
    • getisboy, on 04/05/2008, -20/+174that's just how bad the vista code is
    • InstantRepeater, on 04/05/2008, -2/+4i guess they won't compile it anyway but mutate the '95 binaries randomly with microsoft releasemaker 09
    • raklos, on 04/05/2008, -4/+23So I wasn't the only one checking if it would compile ;) oh dear.
      • khellendros1984, on 04/06/2008, -0/+6you mean aside from all the undeclared variables and functions? =p
        • Maddpaky, on 04/06/2008, -0/+5we assume those are in the included header files.

          gosh, im overanalyzing this fake code too much.
      • DustinHill, on 04/06/2008, -6/+3You actually checked if it would compile? Could you not tell from the syntax that the code wouldn't fly? Why in the baby christ's name would you even need to think about that? Are you currently attending ITT?
    • jabberwolf, on 04/05/2008, -47/+9THATS NOT VISTA CODE ( I know to most it's obvious)
      But to those who don't see the sad carcasm, it's a mactard trying to be funny, but as most mactards are, they know little about computers or programming. What's new?!
      • bigbadgoat, on 04/05/2008, -3/+11How about a computer engineer who's developing a game engine?

        Am I a mactard because I choose to use a macbook at home?
      • jaydoj, on 04/05/2008, -1/+7somebody's cranky. Will your segment of code not compile? It's usually a / you left out. :)
      • MaxPayne3476, on 04/05/2008, -1/+12wooooooooooooooooossssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
      • vault, on 04/05/2008, -5/+2FAIL
      • lpcustom, on 04/05/2008, -1/+6The parent was using something we refer to as "sarcasm." He was making what Master Splinter called "a funny." Also, what is this carcasm you speak of? Is it a form of sarcasm that blows past you faster than a Porsche?
      • amirman, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2mactard huh? i'm guessing it's a pissed of vista consumer.
        • hypodermia, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1that text in the image is rendered by freetype. linux nerd.
      • hypodermia, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1the image's text is rendered by freetype.
    • houndeyex, on 04/05/2008, -0/+10Additionally, still_not_crashed is never declared, but I guess it could be in the include files.
    • Altesse, on 04/05/2008, -2/+5Actually, since it is also compiled with a Microsoft compiler...
      • hirou, on 04/06/2008, -0/+0a.k.a Babelfish translator > jibberish
    • xdvx, on 04/05/2008, -6/+9We know code is bad, but still we buy it.
      We laugh from it, but still we use it.
      We hate it, but still we recommend it.
      • psylence, on 04/06/2008, -3/+7Who recommends Windows? I can see using it if you have to, but recommend?
      • ThinkBox, on 04/06/2008, -4/+3dontt buy it, dont use it, dont recommend it.

        If you bend over and take reprocessed crap - then they will give it to you again over and over and charge you for it.

        • 5dGuy, on 04/06/2008, -5/+6Nothing more reprocessed and stale than [insert Linux distro here]. 12 years and still a loser. 12 years and evry new distro looks more and more like the current version of Windows, except that it's ugly to look at, always a component that is not supported, and looks like it was designed by a 5th grader.
    • XXXXXXXXXXXXXX, on 04/05/2008, -22/+3This article is so ***** lame.
      • drewsheldon01, on 04/05/2008, -1/+5syntax error
      • MrMacMan, on 04/05/2008, -0/+4article you say?
        • amirman, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1wife: what are you doing?
          husband: reading the news honey.
          wife: could you please wash the dishes?
          husband: sure [closes 4chan.org]
      • mitchlourens, on 04/06/2008, -0/+4You are always bashing things, funny or not. You're lame.
    • 10GunSalute, on 04/06/2008, -6/+3Also, there is no such thing as "boolean", it's "bool", and there should be a semicolon after the brackets of class WindowsVista
      • DemonWasp, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1The code given appears to be a sort of mishmash between C++ and Java (maybe that's C#? I wouldn't know).
        • TheCoreh, on 04/06/2008, -0/+7No, C# uses the C++ syntax for inheritance.

          It's also not D.
    • callmejordy265, on 04/06/2008, -2/+3The fact that I actually laughed at, and understood, your comment makes me a loser :[
      • VermiciousKnid, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1I too had an "omg I understand this. I feel like a nerd" moment
      • hobonetweaver, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1The fact that you thought this was significant makes you a poser.
    • KenzoIX, on 04/06/2008, -3/+1and it should be main(), not main :-)
      Or maybe
      int main(long long customerMoney)
      {
      ......
      .....
      return 0;
      }
    • thejynxed, on 04/06/2008, -0/+0That statement is intended to imply that people are pirating Vista left and right anyhow, so the LotsMoreMoney doesn't occur, hence the return to void. It's playing on the old canard that more people pirate Windows than pay for it.
    • SynchCounter, on 04/06/2008, -0/+0Well, assuming that the code is supposed to conform to some C++ standard and not MS's own kind of compiler, main returns an int, and the syntax for a derived class is wrong, and there is no notion of "implements".

      Of course, we can assume it doesn't have to conform to standards, yet "void" means pretty much the same thing in every language...

      Or of course we can note that it's a joke, but honestly, I'm the kind of guy who thinks it's far funnier when you're given joke code that would, in fact, compile.
    • hirou, on 04/06/2008, -0/+0that's just it, They never did compile *vista* they compiled the mumblings of a new born baby and stuck a few punctuation points in here and there
  • vladin, on 04/05/2008, -37/+28#Correction
    SearchAndDestroy(FIREFOX|OPENOFFICEORG|ANYTHING_GOOGLE|ANY_DEVICE_OLDER_THAN_2007);
  • chris9902, on 04/05/2008, -29/+459I'll digg it just for effort (it was also quite funny). It's better than the usual "Vista sucks, buy a Mac" crap we have on digg.
    • aajjcckk, on 04/05/2008, -35/+9***** - Vista is a complete pile of stinking horse ***** isn't it?

      Anyone who says (in little girl's voice) "It works for me! It works for me! Nah nah nah nah-nah!!" - please be quiet.

      It DOESN'T work for MOST people MOST of the time. Ever ask yourself why users, companies, and the IT press have rejected it so comprehensively? It's not because "it works for you".
      • Sornos, on 04/05/2008, -6/+19Have you used it? Using a demo kiosk or a friend's computer doesn't count.
      • combatchuck, on 04/05/2008, -3/+24I have Vista. To tell you the truth, there isn't much difference from XP for normal usage. Besides, you were probably one of the people bitching about how much of a performance hog XP was when it came out, and that it would never gain a foothold when 2000 and 98 were so obviously superior.
      • NightVortez, on 04/05/2008, -4/+13It works for me! It works for me!
      • Onyxblaze, on 04/05/2008, -8/+8Vista, on a computer that meets its reqs, runs very nicely, and does not have a lot of problems.
        • SchmuckofNI, on 04/06/2008, -1/+2I second that. I have 4 gigs of ddr21066 ram and it runs better than my xp machine. Then again, it could be because its the 64 bit edition.
      • thcobbs, on 04/05/2008, -4/+12It works QUITE well for me. Why don't you just shove your fanboism right up your ass.....

        And for reference.... you're
      • dudetaz2003, on 04/05/2008, -1/+3So if it does not run on a computer that does not met the basic requirements is a piece of *****? Oh, and most companies do not upgrade because it would cost waaaaaaaaaaay to damn much. Same goes for most users, they do not have a computer that can run it and have no desire to upgrade it. When they buy a new computer that can run it then they will accept it.
        Also obligatory it works for me.
      • RobotPimp, on 04/06/2008, -3/+11'***** - Vista is a complete pile of stinking horse ***** isn't it?

        Anyone who says (in little girl's voice) "It works for me! It works for me! Nah nah nah nah-nah!!" - please be quiet.

        It DOESN'T work for MOST people MOST of the time. Ever ask yourself why users, companies, and the IT press have rejected it so comprehensively? It's not because "it works for you".'

        Why don't people who say 'It doesnt work for me' BE QUIET? There are 100 million+ Vista installs and if it didn't work flawlessly on the vast majority of machines it ran on the forums would be overflowing with legitimate complaints. Not "OMG VISTA DRM SUX" retarded whinings of idiots. Vista is the fastest growing OS, so when you say users have rejected it you're just looking like an idiot, most people never upgrade an OS they almost always buy a new OS with a new computer, companies are the same, why would they ever upgrade if the software they have works? MS couldn't possibly come up with a feature that would make them do that, they only upgrade to keep support current because they have VERY BASIC needs anyways, but you stupid vista bashers keep repeating this tired easily refuted braindead excuse of an argument EVERY DAY ALL DAY to amuse yourselves, you're just a bunch of idiots.
        • vladin, on 04/06/2008, -3/+1Do you work for Microsoft?
        • thejynxed, on 04/06/2008, -1/+0Once again, some random idiot falls for the OMGZ 100+ million Vista installs! nonsense.

          You forget some very basic facts:

          MS counts every new OEM sale as a Vista sale, if it has Vista or they put XP on it instead.

          Buying a machine with Vista, and then using the downgrade license to put XP on it still counts as a Vista "sale" and "install" to Microsoft, as well as an additional XP install.

          If Vista is so peachy-keen, then why are most OEMs and smaller shops offering XP still?
          • dudetaz2003, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2Because there are still computers that do not meet the system requirements.
        • JayLewis, on 04/08/2008, -0/+0True that! +1
      • amirman, on 04/06/2008, -5/+4running vista on a new good computer, i know how to wrangle a computer, and yet i am having to hack the ***** out of it just so it functions.
    • bc8986, on 04/05/2008, -13/+11If Vista was a new company's product people wold be loving it. Apple is just trendy and would have as many detractors if it were more popular to begin with. Besides at least Microsoft has IT professionals talking about their products.

      "It works for me!"
    • PueSi, on 04/05/2008, -3/+14Pretty much everything in the world is better than the usual "Vista sucks, buy a Mac" crap we have on digg.
    • betterth, on 04/05/2008, -4/+7I would be funny to see the same "source code" article for OSX
      • blackjack75, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1I'd say you can replace references to dos and win95 by BSD and you're all set. But there's no check for user license so you get less material.
      • JayLewis, on 04/08/2008, -0/+0After months of research, I found the source code for OSX:

        writeln ("Hello World!")
    • rlbond86, on 04/06/2008, -8/+5Am I the only one who thinks this really wasn't very funny?

      OH HAHA VISTA SUX
      I don't like the OS or anything, but this really just isn't that funny.
      • 007brendan, on 04/06/2008, -4/+2what!? It was f*cking hilarious!!
    • knight666, on 04/06/2008, -2/+1You are forgetting about the "Vista sucks get Ubuntu!".

      I actually did, and I've been loving it ever since.
      Well, except for game support, but I can always compile something for Wine.

      Baby needs his Tank Racer! (b ")b (1998 release, 45% on CVG)
    • AllanX, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1It wasn't even funny thirteen years ago when I saw it for Windows 95. And the one back then was less ineptly done.
  • ryan83189, on 04/05/2008, -29/+5You can't void main() !
    • reyvehn, on 04/05/2008, -1/+12Yes you can! I've done it several times. :P
    • ryan83189, on 04/05/2008, -1/+2... on some compilers.
    • theshague, on 04/05/2008, -2/+1The microsoft-made compiler I use allows void main()
      PS I only use it because that's what the computer lab at school has, and I'm too lazy to download a better one
    • callmejordy265, on 04/06/2008, -3/+2Public Static Void main(System [] args)

      come on, now.
  • vaga222, on 04/05/2008, -19/+9lol best thing I've seen in a while
    • RSterkenburg, on 04/06/2008, -1/+2if Real_Comment == False
      {
      Digg_Down();
      }
    • joeydoo, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1If that's the best thing you've seen in a while, you need to see more things. Much much more things. Cutlery would be a place to start, walls, lint, cob webs, door nobs..... many things.
  • Soldierboi, on 05/09/2008, -15/+252Dugg for: BSOD();
    • KonnayahaBoogie, on 04/05/2008, -7/+6RunWindowsXP();
    • chrisaug18, on 04/05/2008, -12/+8Out of curiosity whats BSOD stand for
      • HouseCentipede, on 04/05/2008, -5/+42Bring soda or die
      • MaxPayne3476, on 04/05/2008, -6/+27Bitches Suck Our Dicks
      • unclemeat, on 04/05/2008, -17/+7Blue Screen Of Death. What bsodomy.
      • RickyBennett, on 04/05/2008, -23/+4blue screen of death ......... noob
      • JayLewis, on 04/08/2008, -0/+0Bull ***** On Demand

        First thing that came to mind when I saw "BS" lol :p

        But I dunno, I've never tried Vista before.
    • Atomic1fire, on 04/05/2008, -14/+9Blue screen of death
      its a reference to when windows crashes
      Commonly known as the blue screen
      Example
      *computer crash*
      Crap I got a blue screen
    • celkin, on 04/06/2008, -7/+5BSoD's are soooooooo Win98.
    • Miketwo345, on 04/06/2008, -7/+1Yeah but it's wrong -- it should be BVOD.

      Blue VISTA of Death. ;)
  • fuzzmeister, on 04/05/2008, -10/+289I'm somewhat embarrassed that I actually noticed a bug in that code (a void with a return statement). I should probably get outside more.
    • getisboy, on 04/05/2008, -2/+106I'm more embarrassed that I skimmed the code and didn't notice the bug until I read the comments.
      • SuperMoses, on 04/05/2008, -0/+24That's what compilers (and the two diggers that spotted this) are for
        • getisboy, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3too bad they won't let me use one on the AP exam
          • iofthestorm, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2APCS is hell of easy though, and if you can't write good code on paper then you can't write good code in an IDE either.
          • fuzzmeister, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1I've been preparing for the AP too, and while the coding itself is not bad at all, the lack of a compiler to check for bugs is certainly hard to get used to. You actually have to either write it well the first time (gasp) or be very good at thinking like a computer and tracing the flow of the program in your head.
          • mitchlourens, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1It's really easy, I got a 5 with no trouble at all, didn't study. You won't have any trouble.
          • Dwebtron, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2now see, you care about your AP test... I was forced into it by my school and ended up drawing mooninites in the open ended section....
      • xaeon, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1Hang on. I think the mean the bugS. Plural. Anyway, it's not even a real language. It's the bastard love child of C++, Java and a relatively poor joke.
    • dawnraid101, on 04/05/2008, -18/+4I'm more embarrassed that I DONT CARE.
    • isntreal, on 04/05/2008, -2/+4I'm even more embarrased that I don't know even after looking. I suppose it's because I'm a PHP programmer, with some recent experience java. It boggles my mind to read function definitions that don't exclusively declare their types. Time to pick up a C/C++ book.
      • nietzche, on 04/05/2008, -1/+2this doesn't even look like a real language.
        looks more like some kind of c/java hybrid
      • SuperMoses, on 04/05/2008, -0/+6Even as a PHP programmer you should understand the error. You use functions and classes in PHP
        • Patori, on 04/06/2008, -0/+7"that don't exclusively declare their types."
      • IEatHamburgers, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2Should I be embarrassed that I noticed that incompatibility was misspelled? Twice? In two different ways?
        • arjie, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1That's not a bug, it's a feature. I'm more bothered that there's no ***** that makes the message box go Abort, Retry, Fail. This code is fake.
      • Scaryclouds, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2If you know Java you should of realized the error.
        • kcap122, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2If you know English you should have realized that "should of" is a nonsensical construction.
      • diggimator, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1Maybe you need to work more on Java first. Java methods explicitly declare their return types.
    • mihkeltt, on 04/05/2008, -0/+8it doesn't mean you should get outside more, it just means you have an eye for details and you probably are a programmer. don't overthink everything :)
      • SuperMoses, on 04/05/2008, -0/+4He also probably just poking fun at himself as a joke.. don't overthink everything either :)
        • falkonv7l, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1You both are probably just................oh wait
    • lpcustom, on 04/05/2008, -7/+2You should be more embarrassed that you didn't read day 2 of Teach Yourself C++/Java/C in 21 days. If so you'd noticed quite a few more bugs than that.
      • Akidan, on 04/06/2008, -1/+3Hm.. let's look at lpcustom's comment history... troll.. troll.. troll.... troll..
      • Giga, on 04/06/2008, -0/+0Somehow I don't think a C or C++ or Java book would help in this case, much in the same way a cookbook doesn't give good directions to the mall.
        • Figs, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1It probably would since this is neither valid C++ nor valid Java; Java does not use #include, and C++ does not use the 'extends' and 'implements' keywords for inheritance (it uses a colon followed by an optionally access-qualified [like 'private', 'protected', or 'public'] class name).

          If you've done more than a week of programming in either of those languages, this should stick out like a sore thumb.
    • johnl87, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1Yeah, pointing out bugs is kinda moot as the code isn't valid in any language.
  • prodgen, on 04/05/2008, -20/+2Dugg for google destruction
  • MichaelVG, on 04/05/2008, -18/+10Dugg because it seems to work like that.
  • teamparadox, on 04/05/2008, -4/+139With this document I can simply change the last line of code and have it funnel money to me instead of MS...brilliant!
    • Radan, on 04/05/2008, -13/+8You mean all those, what, two? Vista copies they have sold.

      To be honest, I'm pretty impressed the code even had proper line tabbing seeing how Vista was entirely written by an autistic monkey wearing boxing gloves.
    • Metasquares, on 04/05/2008, -3/+16No you can't. Main is void.
      • pagno, on 04/05/2008, -1/+3If youre changing the code anyway, you can just as easily change the return type.
        • mtekk, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1If you are the OS what the hell would you be returning to?
    • JayLewis, on 04/08/2008, -0/+0Lol nice :P

      And... Team Paradox? Dang LEGEND. Seriously you guys are awesome (WBB ftw).
  • GregofJersey, on 04/05/2008, -22/+12Dugg for being amusing =)
  • doshindude, on 04/05/2008, -9/+48dugg for the workingnewfeatures integer.
  • Tr33fiddy, on 04/05/2008, -12/+23Poobles.
  • Aharoni, on 04/05/2008, -43/+24Ugh. Vista bashing is so 2007...
  • mojonandha, on 04/05/2008, -30/+9burried

    /let the product mature
    • solidus636, on 04/05/2008, -3/+4Have a sense of humor.
    • omenmedia, on 04/05/2008, -2/+6I read that as "let the product manure"... that's probably more apt. :)
    • choopie911, on 04/05/2008, -0/+5Letting an OS mature? What?
      • omenmedia, on 04/05/2008, -3/+7Yeah it's not a fine wine, it's an OS, with the longest amount of time between Windows releases ever (XP -> Vista). They had the time, they had the resources, and they produced a turd. What MS really needs to do (and probably never will) is bite the bullet, drop backwards compatibility and start fresh (ala OS X). Until then, each release will be more bloated, more bug-riddled, and more crap.
        • djbon2112, on 04/05/2008, -5/+3Huh?

          They DID drop backwards compatibility! And that's what a lot of you dolts are complaining about.

          DX10 is not backwards compatible. Hence DX9L. Usual complaint.
          The new driver model (at the kernel level) is not backwards compatible. Hence completely new hardware drivers are needed. Usual complaint.

          And, for the record, if you knew ANYTHING about Vista, you'd realize it isn't a "turd", and is a logical step in the evolution of Windows. Did it really need 6 years? No. But that doesn't make it this evil monster of a system that fails as soon as you turn it on that everyone seems to make it out to be.
          • djbon2112, on 04/05/2008, -3/+2I should've added after my second sentence "in some areas". Applications still work the same because the API is the same, but there's no need to change that. It works 100%. Just because Apple decided to move from one codebase to another, completely incompatible one, doesn't mean MS should do the same.
        • connorf, on 04/05/2008, -3/+4You're right vista isn't a turd. It's a downright piece of *****.
    • Purin, on 04/05/2008, -1/+5Even Microsoft is abandoning Vista; Windows 7 comes out next year, right?
      • djbon2112, on 04/05/2008, -3/+1So returning to their original-style release schedule is 'abandoning' the latest version? Does Ubuntu 'abandon' each previous version with a new release? Dolt.
        • orangefly, on 04/05/2008, -1/+3vista will be the shortest lived least used ms os ever....does that make it the winner all you ms fanboys claim it to be....
          • djbon2112, on 04/07/2008, -1/+1Except that I use Linux and hate Microsoft?

            You don't have to be a "fanboy" to realize when people are idiots.
    • Xplodzion, on 04/05/2008, -3/+41. It's an Operating System, it should be great from the start. 2. It's already been a year and 3 months since it was released.
      • ha1f, on 04/05/2008, -1/+5Oh really? What magical operating system do you use that is not only perfect now, but was perfect from the start?
      • djbon2112, on 04/05/2008, -0/+2And in 99.9% of cases today, it works perfectly fine, except for a couple VERY lazy hardware manufactures (Creative) which are NOT Microsoft's fault (see my reply to omenmedia above).
    • metzner, on 04/06/2008, -1/+0its a operating system, not a human. it should work out of the box. linux and mac work out of the box. no errors. maybe driver issues in linux but at least it works. there are ways to tweak linux to make drivers work. mac can work drivers once they are plugged in. microsoft has 5 years to make vista . they could have made something good.
    • harveywalbanger, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1give them time to mature? They'll never mature because they are trying to do everything half assed instead of one thing really well.
  • pkaoc, on 04/05/2008, -26/+4SO GOD DAMN OLD! good thou! i found an error :

    The printf() function is used, yet or arent included???????

    linux FTW!!!!!!!
    • pkaoc, on 04/05/2008, -17/+3That shud have sed - SO GOD DAMN OLD! good thou! i found an error :

      The printf() function is used, yet iostream or stdio.h arent included???????

      linux FTW!!!!!!!
    • vincentweber, on 04/05/2008, -3/+1Dude, Windows is full of bugs :D
    • choopie911, on 04/05/2008, -2/+7Jesus dude, learn how to spell. SHOULD. THOUGH.
      • pkaoc, on 04/05/2008, -11/+1oh my god . ever sent a txt msg b4? or wrote at speed?
        • kevinzak21, on 04/05/2008, -3/+8I text constantly, yet I still do my best to adhere to a somewhat coherent spelling and grammatical structure. The fact that you're using a smaller device doesn't mean that you must shorten every word to a nearly unreadable state.
          • pkaoc, on 04/05/2008, -9/+1Thats it , im actually fed up with digg. If the users aren't fan-boys there just *****. digg me down , see if i give a rats ass.

            p.s "I still do my best to adhere to a somewhat coherent spelling and grammatical structure" You're a ***** moron.
          • Cenobite, on 04/05/2008, -1/+10pkaoc, you forfeited your right to call anyone a moron the moment you typed seven exclamation marks in a row.
          • bejayel, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1pkaoc. Why do you call it writing at speed? That is writing at 13 year old girly girl.
        • Cenobite, on 04/05/2008, -1/+10Typing at speed is no excuse to type like an idiot.
  • compgeek, on 04/05/2008, -23/+4OMFG I haven't lol'd that hard in a long time dugg and lord I'm a nerd I'm laughing at computer code rofl
    • vincentweber, on 04/05/2008, -4/+2It's funny how Windows fanboys are digging down nerds while their favo OS was made by nerds. GTFO cus it's nerds that make your iPod, make cures for deceases, etc. It's the people who laugh at nerds that will be forgotten and add _NOTHING_ to this world. Digg the parent up.
      • enchanterku, on 04/05/2008, -2/+3You can cure deceases?
        • vincentweber, on 04/05/2008, -3/+0What kinda conclusion is that? First try to read _and_ understand my post first before asking dumb questions.
        • cal0140, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1He's wondering how you're able to bring people back from the dead.
          • vincentweber, on 04/06/2008, -0/+0*Obvious mode*: I am 19 year old (check my profile?) and ofcourse I am not able to resurrect the dead. Use that brain of yours.
  • underdawg, on 04/05/2008, -28/+23wow, if that's all the programming it takes to make vista, it's no wonder it sucks so bad..... :p
    • brkhobowriter, on 04/05/2008, -3/+7I really hope that's sarcasm.
      • oinker262, on 04/05/2008, -0/+7if (not_sarcasm) {
        MessageBox("EPIC FAIL");
        }
    • Seth024, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1It took them over 5 years.
      • oinker262, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1and something like 3 million lines of code
    • hollyminkowski, on 04/05/2008, -0/+4They forgot to list #include "drm.h"
      and it contains millions of lines of poorly written C code :-)
    • RobotPimp, on 04/06/2008, -5/+3Vista is a great OS, you idiots don't know anything about it. Hell go read the relevent wikipedia articles you clueless trolls.
    • metzner, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1it does suck its like windows ME with a nicer look
  • daxsymbiont, on 04/05/2008, -19/+5clueless idiots now licking XP's ass.

    exactly the same treatment of Vista, XP had. it's only the million years of stabilization of first and third party software that made them stabler.
  • ensiid, on 04/05/2008, -17/+9stupid.
    • RSterkenburg, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1Your worthless comment sure is.
  • whoreable, on 04/05/2008, -13/+28Sure its out now ....but who wants it?
    • RobotPimp, on 04/06/2008, -5/+1More people than want liunx and mac put together.
      • JayLewis, on 04/08/2008, -1/+0Then explain why nearly everyone with a computer has Microsoft instead of *****?
  • vierce, on 04/05/2008, -16/+32it would be funny if it weren't true....
    • jhaks, on 04/05/2008, -3/+2So it is funny. That's good. If you can't realize everything in this joke is just that, a joke with a bunch of false claims then you are seriously deluded.
    • iloveazngurlzs, on 04/06/2008, -1/+4It isn't that true. Vista is hella nice if you actually use it. All the people here on digg most likely don't.
    • clin003, on 04/09/2008, -0/+0yea
  • daxsymbiont, on 04/05/2008, -25/+4you only have still XP because you didn't get your new PC with free vista on it.
    • aLFaDaRK, on 04/05/2008, -4/+7Actually I don't have Vista because I chose to switch to a Mac... But my other 3 computers have XP and shall not be "upgraded" to Vista.
      • daxsymbiont, on 04/05/2008, -3/+1like they can handle it.

        the relics.
        • orangefly, on 04/05/2008, -0/+6my car can handle 5 fat people....doesn't mean i want to do it....
      • aLFaDaRK, on 04/06/2008, -1/+3Why are they relics? Two of them are less than a year old, one of them is less than 2. If that makes them relics in the Windows world, you have just assured me that upgrading to a Mac was the correct decision.
        • RobotPimp, on 04/06/2008, -3/+0Dude, he was kidding, how could he know how old your computers are you didn't even tell him, yet you act like he is being for real. Idiot.
    • vincentweber, on 04/05/2008, -3/+4Maybe not all of us are such newbs and create their own PCs instead of buying a Dell, Compaq, HP, whatever brand. And some of us don't 'get' but buy our own pc's. I hope not everybody is like you here on Digg because that would mean I am surrounded by stupid people who happen to like tech but don't understand any of it except the graphical user interface...
      • daxsymbiont, on 04/05/2008, -3/+1"newb" I was "creating" pcs in the 90s.

        keep "creating" them, buying or pirating windows and at a sub-par quality at that.
        • vincentweber, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3And, while you're 'at that', go ahead and waste 2GB RAM, a state of the art quadcore CPU and a state of the art OpenGL card to the most inefficient-, resource eating-, uncapable-, DRM-crippled-, stupid by design OS ever made in human history.
        • cainmi, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1"pirating windows and at a sub-par quality at that"
          ...its actually identical, being a direct copy of the disk image and all...but we just didnt pay for it...
          but anyway...
      • Onyxblaze, on 04/05/2008, -1/+1I build comps, take em apart etc... I still like my dell though. Having a computer with a full warranty that I didn't pay for... owns.
        • bejayel, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1All of my seperate components have warrenty. I would personally prefer that type of warrenty because then i dont have to send in my whole PC while it gets fixed, but hey, thats just me.
        • SchmuckofNI, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1I second that. Besides Dell's warranty sucks its only for a year while the parts I buy have 3-5 year warranties..
          • Onyxblaze, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1mine is 5 years... It cost a fortune, but like i said, I didn't pay for it ;)
    • witcompe, on 04/05/2008, -0/+5Actually I did buy a new PC with Vista on it... then used my downgrade rights to install Windows XP.
      • daxsymbiont, on 04/05/2008, -4/+1and the new pc will soon be unsupported if not already on xp.

        i saw a laptop that much of its hardware *is not supported* in xp.

        e.g. intel turbo memory.
        • Xplodzion, on 04/05/2008, -2/+5Much of its hardware not supported in XP? Yeah I saw a pig fly over my house last night.

          All computer hardware works with Windows XP, something tells me you are a kid that doesn't know *****, looks like your brain hardware doesn't work with the rest of you body.
        • witcompe, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2No, he is correct, right now Intel Turbo Memory only gives benefit in Windows Vista. ReadyBoot is not in Windows XP, so it cannot take advantage of the hybrid hard drive technology that Intel Turbo Mem mimics. However, you chose something that is very proprietary to demonstrate how hardware is not compatible with WinXP. I have only ever seen one laptop with Turbo Memory installed. So I will give you a couple widely used pieces of hardware that are NOT fully compatible with Vista: Creative Labs Sound Cards, nVidia graphics cards (due to driver issues).
          • daxsymbiont, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1i got a random one and happened to have it. granted it's not the most spectacular piece of technology ever conceived.
    • dizturbd2, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1I only have still XP because IT WORKS, almost as good as my Slackware.
    • stix213, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1Just because you didn't pay separately for Vista does not mean your new computer came with it for free.
  • brandonelliott, on 04/05/2008, -11/+14creative. i like.
    • jjmckay, on 04/05/2008, -0/+6Yeah as long as you don't try to get their cards working in Vista and they are faaabulous.
      • RSterkenburg, on 04/06/2008, -5/+1He means creative, not Creative.
  • aLFaDaRK, on 04/05/2008, -13/+5Lmao! Genious!

    I love the commented out section, and the 345889E+08 bugs :P
    • kweli, on 04/05/2008, -0/+8did you really laugh your ass off?
      • choopie911, on 04/05/2008, -0/+4Actually he was saying "Laughing my ascot off" It did indeed fall off.
      • aLFaDaRK, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1Sorry, the "Lmao! Genious!" was completely unrelated to my comment, I just wanted to state that "Licking mayonnaise and onions" is genious.
    • chrisbarr, on 04/05/2008, -0/+5I believe he actually had to stand up to write this due to his recent body part loss.
  • shadowmoose, on 04/05/2008, -18/+34It was funny when they did this for windows 2000 but recycling this joke is just unneeded redundancy.
    • vincentweber, on 04/05/2008, -3/+2No it's even funnier because he made the printf a comment.
    • Smegzor, on 04/05/2008, -2/+3Microsoft is good at recycling stuff!
      • RobotPimp, on 04/06/2008, -2/+2Yes they are, because it takes more skill then downloading someone else's OS, throwing in an emulation layer and calling it "your OS", after years and several failed attempts to recycle your own POS OS.
    • shazbot, on 04/05/2008, -1/+5It was funny when they did this for windows 2000 but recycling this operating system is just unneeded redundancy.
      • pantsbandit, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2MS bashers redefine redundant with every nonsensical post they make, all I can say is: "you must be new here."
    • jhaks, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1I remember the joke from when I was in high school!
    • melonhedd, on 04/05/2008, -0/+0Isn't that what redundancy means?
    • RussellDovey, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1It was funny when shadowmoose did this joke but recycling it is just unneeded redundancy.
    • Twice, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1Yes and teh internet is almost teh full !!!111
  • threemagic, on 04/05/2008, -5/+25Wow.. Vista is a lot more lean than I thought. I bet that could run on my calculator now
    • houndeyex, on 04/05/2008, -0/+2The meat is in the methods.
    • kedarme, on 04/05/2008, -0/+2dont underestimate the includes..
    • mossblaser, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1Your calc has space for a 10gb swap file? Damn, I wan't that!
  • D3koy, on 04/05/2008, -27/+88I'm no programmer, but this doesn't seem like the real deal...
    • vincentweber, on 04/05/2008, -12/+90No *****, Sherlock...
    • mddawso, on 04/06/2008, -1/+10I'm so tired of everyone thinking everything is fake...
    • matt.rubin, on 04/06/2008, -1/+10you're Photoshopped
      • OrangeSoda31, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1The reflections on his forehead from all the grease are all wrong.
  • dumbrit, on 04/05/2008, -15/+3funny
    slightly clever
    that is all
  • nitsmeister, on 04/05/2008, -21/+5Funny - this is not >_>
  • briansearles, on 04/05/2008, -11/+3Poor Vista..
  • pixelguru, on 04/05/2008, -11/+59I have a hard time believing that Redmond could write code which was that simple and easy to understand.
    • dsmx, on 04/05/2008, -1/+4I have a hard time believing that Redmond could write code that worked with no patches.
      • Ploppyplop, on 04/05/2008, -1/+6I have a hard time believing that Redmond could write code.
        • RobotLeAwesome, on 04/06/2008, -0/+0hi i r redmond i do awesum code
    • melonhedd, on 04/05/2008, -3/+5Redmond is a city.
    • potterboy, on 04/06/2008, -2/+1That's suggesting that Nintendo, Apple, and other tech companies in Redmond also can't write code.
    • czeman, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1I have a hard time believing that Redmond wouldn't be embarassed by the actual source code if it did get leaked.
  • irishpal25, on 04/05/2008, -15/+10thats code is too advanced for vista haha
  • replaysMike, on 04/05/2008, -7/+42Thank you for making my day, that was perfect :) I think what was missing should be at the end:
    while(true) { popRandomSecurityMessage(); }
    • diggcommentguy, on 04/06/2008, -3/+3If it were open source, you could add it yourself...
  • chaseonfire, on 04/05/2008, -10/+4Sweet, now I'll bootleg my own vista then realize it's ***** and then look for the Windows XP source code.
  • mhuggins, on 04/05/2008, -8/+25No wonder it doesn't work, there's no closing bracket anywhere for the "while (!CRASHED)" loop.
    • Seth024, on 04/05/2008, -0/+5The bracket that you think closes if(first_time_install) actually closes the while(!chrashed). Indentation is all messed up though.
    • jhaks, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3As noted by seth above the blocks are correctly closed just not well indented. Everything in the first if statement needs to be indented.
    • guibom, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1Yes, at first I thought the same... but it's only the indentation.
    • roblange17, on 04/06/2008, -1/+0I'm afraid we can't extend you an offer, but thanks for interviewing.
  • maximize, on 04/05/2008, -14/+145Saying java is good because it works on all OSes is like saying anal sex is good because it works on all genders.
    • aLFaDaRK, on 04/05/2008, -8/+29This man speaks the truth. Java sucks ass.
    • uziko, on 04/05/2008, -15/+4i only want female ***** on my *****
    • NoMercy, on 04/05/2008, -6/+1nah i would say that Java is good because it works on all OS's because then if u ever do anything java u can actually use it on all OS's just as he said but gg
      • aLFaDaRK, on 04/06/2008, -1/+5Or you could learn a decent coding language...
      • andycr512, on 04/06/2008, -0/+3Once I, after much work, translated your comment into English in my head I rather wished I had not. At any rate, your statement is only true if the APIs you use work on all platforms as well.
    • jhaks, on 04/05/2008, -0/+2WTF
    • tj111, on 04/06/2008, -0/+4http://i32.tinypic.com/14sd2cx.jpg
    • hojo05, on 04/06/2008, -1/+4And your point is...
      • orlyfactor, on 04/06/2008, -1/+2exactly. why bring java into this? probably an out of work python programmer...
    • Plewt, on 04/06/2008, -0/+18http://bash.org/?338364
    • Soave, on 04/06/2008, -0/+6Were you saving that comment up until you saw a Java-related story?
      • Gamer2k4, on 04/06/2008, -0/+3Because, if so, you posted in the wrong place.
  • BlackCow, on 04/05/2008, -18/+10Buried as inaccurate.
    • jb0nd38372, on 04/05/2008, -2/+4Buried for not having a sense of humor.
    • OrangeSoda31, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2I buried it for being lame.
  • sochee, on 04/05/2008, -11/+10LOL
  • vincentweber, on 04/05/2008, -3/+12You gotta figure what ***** compiler they created to compile this source code into the binary size of a DVD :D
  • mattbeetee, on 04/05/2008, -5/+171Dugg for:
    //printf("Welcome to Windows 2000")
    //printf("Welcome to Windows XP")

    That's what boosted it that little bit higher than the other Vista-bashings for me.
  • gutterboy, on 04/05/2008, -55/+78Just switched to Vista this weekend. It is really nice. I have no clue why everyone feels the need to rip on it. It didn't revolutionize the OS industry but it is still a great OS.
    • 5urr3al5am, on 04/05/2008, -12/+69!! YOU SAID SOMETHING NON-NEGATIVE ABOUT MICROSOFT/US !! YOU MUST GET DUG DOWN!!
      • Kanidia, on 04/06/2008, -3/+1If you didn't not say nothing that isn't not non-Apple, you must never not get dugg down.
    • socalreason, on 04/05/2008, -23/+9Give it another week....
      • ExRe, on 04/06/2008, -0/+4And it will run faster after it figures out what programs it should pre-load.
        • anonymousleaf, on 04/06/2008, -0/+0Pre-fetch doesn't improve speed that much. Also, even if it did, XP and 2000 already do it.
    • HyperionHK, on 04/05/2008, -4/+15Most people are just basing their opinion on what they hear from other people. In reality while not a great OS, and not worth actually paying money to upgrade, if you get it for free (I got it free through my school), it's really not that bad as long as your computer is decent.
      I haven't noticed any real slowdowns compared to XP. Haven't had any issues with drivers either or software compatibility. It's never once crashed on me since August when I started running it.
      It's definitely does have some nice features, the new start menu is a huge improvement, and Shadow Copy is great for students.
      • Napalmhaze, on 04/05/2008, -4/+8Indeed. Its a great os but people wont hear it. Even people that have never ever used it try to tell me why I shouldnt use Vista cos its soooo *****. Its gotten out of hand! Why I quite expect to get dugg down for posting this.
        • Lanlost, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1Yeah.. I have an on/off liking for Vista. I really liked XP with Sp2... overall it worked out better for me than any linux distro or OSX for everyday usage. Note: I have a MacBook, and two desktops.. one with Vista and one with LinuxMint.

          My problem with Vista for the run through was completely nvidias fault. I had a great graphics card that my friend broke and so he gave me out of date, but still better than nothing FX 5200. I installed Vista and the FX 5200 worked fine for Aero. Everything worked great until I went to YouTube. One video would work fine but as soon as I would have more than a few tabs open and a single YouTube, or GOD FORBID more than one YouTube window open, my whole computer would bog down to nothingness. I know this is nVidias fault because the 5200 isn't supported in their newest drivers even though they say its completely Vista compatible and that they will continue to support it. Support my ass, they haven't updated the driver since July of '06. Yes, this was a RC1 era driver.
          This card works great with Linux and Compiz, works great with XP. Works great with Vista for non-Youtube *****. I suppose this could be a flash plugin problem and thus Adobe but since I can load 10 YouTube tabs in either XP or Linux I blame it on nVidia.
          I'm using a ***** ATI card thats Dx9 and it works fine with Vista. Problem solved right? Well now I installed SP1 and Vista itself runs better but now I have a way more annoying problem. If I right click on a YouTube video I get the right-click menu for it AND the right-click menu as if I had clicked anywhere else on the page both at the same time. Not only that but they BOTH lock up until I click off the window. I can't select anything. This means if I DO need to change the video quality I can't ***** do it unless I'm really lucky. Ugh.

          Besides YouTube, Vista runs great for me.
      • jakobhedlund, on 05/24/2008, -5/+2The start menu is for n00bs!
      • Lanlost, on 04/06/2008, -1/+2It's really sad, you are correct. People base their opinions on Vista and such from other people they know. The problem is that most of the people they are basing their opinions on are also basing THEIR opinions from other people THEY know. It isn't as easy as most of the Mac users, who do the same thing, would like you to think. You know, the whole "GET A MAC I DONT GET BSODS EVERY SECOND ANYMORE!!" kind of talk. I just assume that they are still using 98 because I haven't had a BSOD (minus hardware error) in years. Like everything in life, the issue at hand is way more complex than people seem to want to believe. I have a MacBook and two desktops, one with LinuxMint and one with Vista. I love all three and really the advantages that each have are narrowing more than ever.

        Really, I think everyone is guilty of this. I know I used to be. It's really nice to feel like you know something that no one else does. It's really nice to feel like you are one of the 'elite.' What killed it for me was realizing that liking the non-mainstream is just as mainstream as liking the mainstream to begin with. If you really want to stick out, learn to find the TRUTH about these matters and then learn to spread it without coming across as a douchebag elitist.
        • Napalmhaze, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1See there you go speaking the absolute truth and still getting dugg down! The biggest problem with Vista is not the OS itself, its public opinion of the OS and the speed at which misinformation travels thanks to the digital revolution that is the internet. I have people, friends of mine who dont even have their own pc's saying stuff like "Im thinking of buying a mac cos i wont have to deal with *insert generic typical anti MS hate here* when they clearly know nothing on the subject. I try to correct them, I try to reason with them and its like talking to a brick wall.

          Especially since SP1 vista really doesnt deserve this hate. I've used it from the start, never crashed, never bluescreened, never had a problem whatsoever. Nor have any of my friends that use it, and we're all gamers. The last time I saw a bluescreen was a few years ago on my old XP box when I had a RAM stick fail. Generally the BSOD doesnt appear unless you have a serious hardware fault. And people STILL insist on using it as an example of why windows sucks! Then they talk about viruses and having to find a driver for everything. Viruses? My pc's have never seen one! Having to search for a driver is a rareity, mostly its all plug and play. The only thing u really need a driver for is the grpahics card, and thats the same with linux too if u want 3d effects! And dont anybody tell me its easier to configure a GPU driver in most linux distros!

          All in all the power of the internet and the ignorant views of its populace has really been shown in this case. It is sites just like Digg that are more of a problem than Vista is itself!
      • Kanidia, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1Window Vista costs money?
    • gregdbowen, on 04/05/2008, -9/+8if you have a laptop with 1G - the OS consumes half your memory - 2G 1/4.
      Time how long it takes to boot, open control panel, etc.
      Try and drag a shortcut from start menu to quicklaunch
      try and run a legacy help file
      try and run professional legacy software - like 3d max, flash or after effects
      you will see.
      • Dotmeister, on 04/05/2008, -3/+3If you have a laptop and shut it down every day, then it's a PEBKAC. Learn to Hibernate. If you have a laptop with only 1/2Gb to run Pro Legacy Software, then it's a PEBKAC. Let's face it, if you know how to do it right you'll get it right. I'm using my Macbook with Vista Business to do all my development projects and have a uptime of 6 days. It runs perfect and didn't have a BSOD.
      • MacSuxWindozSux, on 04/06/2008, -0/+5When you use Vista it's pointless to watch your ram usage meter, because it preloads your apps and files, and frees that memory if it's needed for something else.

        Doing it this was is simply smarter than leaving the memory there free and unused.
        • Doomhammer, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1I'm HOPING that people are disabling that service before whining about how Vista is using up all their memory? If not, that'd make all these people complaining look really stupid......
          • MacSuxWindozSux, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1Do you really expect them to?

            The reality is most of the people doing the complaining weren't even using Vista, and were either using another OS entirely or repeating other complaints they've heard.

            Do you really expect someone who believes that a mac is the best choice in every single way to actually take the time to find out about non-Apple products?
      • Doomhammer, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2Actually on my laptop (A Toshiba Satellite X205) Vista doesn't use anywhere near a gig of memory by itself - and I even have a lot of the flashy graphics enabled.

        As for boot time, I really haven't noticed a major difference between Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Gentoo... A few seconds more or less really doesn't even matter to me. Similarly I haven't noticed a huge slowdown in the control panel or anything else -- if anything, it's a bit faster than XP's was -- and the search in the control panel is actually pretty handy.

        I can honestly say that in all my years of using computers I have never really wanted to drag and drop something from my start menu to my quicklaunch bar... It seems to me that you're just trying to find little things wrong with Vista to prove your point, despite the fact that nobody really cares about them.

        Run a legacy help file? People actually use those? I've always preferred Google, myself...

        As for backwards compatibility with older software, moving forward is, generally speaking, a good thing. It would be _very_ hard to write an OS that supported every piece of software ever made -- there has to be some point where you discontinue support; otherwise, we'd still be using DOS. What needs to happen is that third-party software developers need to update their software to run on the newer architecture, instead of just saying, "Oh, it won't run on Vista? Oh well, you're screwed." (I'm looking at you, Creative...). Now, granted, it's debatable whether Microsoft discontinued support for some things too soon or whatever, but I don't think this is a point where you can say the entire OS is terrible...
        • eugooglie, on 04/06/2008, -1/+0Ummmm, some of that software is pretty expensive (unless you pirate it, which I can't at work), and if you want to upgrade because your IT guy wants everybody on the latest OS and the programs you used to use no longer work, yeah, that kinda sucks!!! And then they expect you to get your work done without the tools you used to use! Awesome! After Effects and 3dsmax aren't legacy, they're programs that are used by creative professionals every day. I guess I'll just start putting my video presentations together frame by frame using Paint!
      • BarriedaleNick, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2"Try and drag a shortcut from start menu to quicklaunch."
        WTF are you banging on about - you are just showing your ignorance.
    • Synapse84, on 04/05/2008, -1/+6make sure you run Vista SP1, it fixes a lot of the performance issues that made vista suck.
      windows key + r -> winver
      and look for "Service Pack 1" in there.

      most of the people that still bash vista haven't tried it since SP1. And i know because i used to bash Vista as well.

      Only gripe i have with Vista still, is that if i unplug my headset (front panel) any applications that used sound no longer work... but gonna buy a audio switch so thats not gonna bother me anymore.
      something like: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8 ...
      • Slaughter33, on 04/20/2008, -0/+0Thats not vista's fault, thats your pc manufacturer....
    • 35263526, on 04/05/2008, -1/+6The fact that you just switched now explains it. I tried Vista at release, and then 8 months ago, and then 5 months ago. While each experience was progressively better, none of 'em were pretty. However, I'm using Vista right now, not even with SP1 (I've got the en-gb localization and apparently SP1 doesn't like my Creative sound card), and it's worked out brilliantly, although I'd still rather be running Linux were it not for games.
    • arjunprabhu, on 04/06/2008, -5/+6try copying 4 gb of photos from a SD/CF card in vista,... and then do the same on xp or *nux. You will get the answer you are looking for!
      • Napalmhaze, on 04/06/2008, -2/+3Is that an opinion u formed before or after sp1? Get with the times!
        • 35263526, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2A lot of people (the majority of Vista users, I dare say, since there are more people outside the North America than in) can't get SP1 yet...
          • Napalmhaze, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1And Europe I assume. I know I can get it in the UK but fair enough Perhaps not everyone has had the chance yet. I updated my laptop with sp1 as soon as it become available on win update, and much improvement was immediately noticeable.
      • Shizlanski, on 04/06/2008, -1/+2It actually much faster in vista than XP. Cant speak for linux etc...
      • Doomhammer, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1I really doubt that's the fault of the Vista kernel, I'd bet it's the fault of the driver that it's using to interact with your card reader. I mean, I realize that almost all hardware companies have released great drivers for Vista, but maybe that one is an exception? =P
        • HyperionHK, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1naw, it actually WAS a problem with Vista. When Vista came out it had TERRIBLE problems with copying large files around. Copying video files to my external drive would bog down my computer so bad you could barely do anything with it. But over time, through patches it got better and better. SP1 completely fixed issues with file transfers however.
    • MacSuxWindozSux, on 04/06/2008, -1/+3My windows machine is a gaming rig, so I've never had any problems using Vista.
      Fast hardware and lots of memory and such.

      I found that the whole "newer OS is slower" was exactly like the upgrade from win98 to XP. Just now Apple fans don't have a dog ***** MacOS, and are quick to attack anyone not using Apple products.
    • Shizlanski, on 04/06/2008, -0/+3­ ­
    • RobotLeAwesome, on 04/06/2008, -2/+3bloated os is bloated
    • stix213, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2Vista is slow compared to XP while not delivering on many new features. A lot of the more exciting sounding features that were supposed to be in Vista were actually dropped during development (like WinFS).

      The driver & legacy app incompatibilities with Vista are all normal when a new MS OS is released though, so I wouldn't hold that against them.

      Personally I don't like the idea of DRM being built in now, so that might keep me away from the OS for good. You all can let Redmond & Friends control how and when you watch movies and listen to music, but I prefer that I make that choice.
    • dspirito, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1Vista isn't that bad, just be sure to allocate 8,000 to 12,000mb of hard drive space as virtual memory, which was limited to 4096mb in XP.
  • Hyperinsane, on 04/05/2008, -10/+59This is nerd humour at its finest
    • rlbond86, on 04/06/2008, -7/+5This is nerd LACK OF humor at its finest. Really, this isn't that funny. And I think vista is a load of crap, but this isn't really creative or anything.
      • 10GunSalute, on 04/06/2008, -5/+3At least it's better than XKCD (digg me down biatches)
      • Doomhammer, on 04/06/2008, -3/+2You win, this article is fail of the highest degree... In fact, you remember that article about the cancer kid who got robbed the day before his birthday? I found -that- article funnier than this one.
    • ikyselak, on 04/06/2008, -0/+0The indention level mismatch makes the nerdy Mr. Monk in me go crazy.... and it is an image, can't fix it.
      No, that's nerd torture at its finest. OCR anyone?
    • Pikachelsea, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1Because only nerds would know how to program! And smart people are definitely always pathetic geeks. DERRRRR
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