mf - story #4977 - Service Pack 3

Service Pack 3
posted by dennisn on January 11th, 2009 at 5:37PM

(Sorry Ricky ;)

posted by rick on January 12th, 2009 at 5:16PM

Windows XP with Service Pack 3: An essential part of your computing toolbox

posted by dsk on January 12th, 2009 at 6:21PM

You know what's funny ... that's exactly what I thought when I first saw the image.

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The intended metaphor still doesn't make sense. Why would you smash your perfectly fine PC (or laptop) to remove Windows?

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posted by dennisn on January 12th, 2009 at 10:21PM

Out of frustration.

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posted by dsk on January 13th, 2009 at 10:27AM

See, even you didn't get the joke. The joke isn't about frustrated users grabbing something (hammer) and smashing their computers. The image, seemingly, makes the statement that Microsoft thinks the only way to improve Windows XP is by destroying your PC and/or laptop. But the joke doesn't work, because it doesn't make sense even on that level.

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[Poll] Was the joke about frustrated Windows users? by dennisn on January 13th, 2009 at 10:30AM.

No by dsk on January 13th, 2009 at 12:24PM.

Wrong. The joke was that Micro by dennisn on January 13th, 2009 at 4:12PM.

.... forget it. by dsk on January 13th, 2009 at 4:22PM.

Well, that is one possibility. by dennisn on January 13th, 2009 at 4:25PM.

Yes by dennisn on January 13th, 2009 at 10:31AM.

You have a point?
posted by pasofol on January 11th, 2009 at 6:25PM

Or you just like the pic?

Poll: You have a point?

(The title of your last reply gets polled.)

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posted by dennisn on January 11th, 2009 at 6:32PM

Yes. That the best solution to all your spyware and broken or infected Window$ installations is to simply trash the OS for one that takes these things more seriously. That is, you can't fix the problem by downloading more kludge.

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posted by rick on January 12th, 2009 at 5:19PM

Because releasing service packs to fix bugs means they're not serious about fixing things. Because Windows is the only piece of software that has bugs. Because only Windows fixes bugs by downloading patches.

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posted by dennisn on January 12th, 2009 at 10:31PM

Window$ is really an example of something that is systematically defective--defective by design. You can have all the best intentions in the world, and it will still suck. A large part of the problem, and also what makes Microsoft Microsoft, is it's centralized nature. Which is paradise for systematic exploits.

Not to mention their prioritizing ease-of-use over security, by not encouraging/forcing users to have separate root and user accounts, etc.

So, the idea of the post was not so much that bulk service packs are a bad idea, so much as there is no solution to mega-centralized-binary softwares, except completely replacing them with plausible alternatives (decentralized, open-source, etc).

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