our-picks.com— " While on a trip in Europe, Bill Gates claimed Vista is so secure and reliable that it could even run life support systems in hospitals. Would you let your life in Vista's hands? "
Feb 1, 2007View in Crawl 4
@brundlelfy76:"The BSOD is Windows at least recognizing that a critical error has occurred and is letting you know about it."And then crash miserably and reboot terrorized."On other operating systems, such as Linux, you will get either a completely frozen system,"Not ever, except for kernel startup,"garbage dumped to the screen,"Not ever, ever,"or in the best case an admin warning about a kernel panic, but its exactly the same thing."Yes, sometimes, but without the minor problem of rebooting the whole system while you're in the middle of a heart transplant.Oh, and "admin warning" is not.
Doctor: "I'm afraid we can't use the paddles on the patient."Nurse: "Why not Doctor?"Doctor: "Vista requires a DRM license to use 'em!"Cheesy Geek: "You can always get a copy from 'The Pirate Bay!'"
Actually, if you would have read carefully, you'd have noticed that there is an actual recording from the press confrence posted on the website, so I think it can't get more legitimate.
tommydrFeb 2, 2007
@brundlelfy76:"The BSOD is Windows at least recognizing that a critical error has occurred and is letting you know about it."And then crash miserably and reboot terrorized."On other operating systems, such as Linux, you will get either a completely frozen system,"Not ever, except for kernel startup,"garbage dumped to the screen,"Not ever, ever,"or in the best case an admin warning about a kernel panic, but its exactly the same thing."Yes, sometimes, but without the minor problem of rebooting the whole system while you're in the middle of a heart transplant.Oh, and "admin warning" is not.
madenvoyFeb 2, 2007
Doctor: "I'm afraid we can't use the paddles on the patient."Nurse: "Why not Doctor?"Doctor: "Vista requires a DRM license to use 'em!"Cheesy Geek: "You can always get a copy from 'The Pirate Bay!'"
andreiknoxFeb 2, 2007Submitter
Actually, if you would have read carefully, you'd have noticed that there is an actual recording from the press confrence posted on the website, so I think it can't get more legitimate.
Closed AccountFeb 2, 2007
I was thinking way more about stability than security...
kewlrichieFeb 4, 2007
i would never, but that would sure give real meaning to Blue Screen of Death cause if you get one of those you will die