The break a window thread.

Tanya

Just want to test out a theory.

Fossilmaiden

glennmagusharvey

did i do it rite?

Obā-san

Princess Alice

^^ You're supposed to break one window, not 8 of them!

Fossilmaiden

glennmagusharvey said:

did i do it rite?

...Did they seriously replace the BSOD with something that gives you the bare minimum of information? Idiots.

Justice4243

I think the "frowny face" is a MUCH worse addition.

People spent time debating whether the new blue screen should have a colon and a right-open bracket. Developers sat in a room together and "colon + right-open bracket" was discussed earnestly along with "how much information to convey with these screens?", "do we tell them where the log file is dumped", etc...  it went through a sign-off process.

And instead of dismissing it as "unfit for a serious piece of software where we want to communicate we had the most qualified engineers in the business working on" it MADE the final cut.

Salix Babylonika

of course it did. Microsoft thinks their customers are idiots and for the most part, they're right.

lee4hmz

It's still better than the Apple kernel panic message, which says "You need to restart your computer" and nothing else.

Imipolex G

:(

Sredni Vashtar

RocketRunner

Jeez, I don't see the big deal. I'm not a fan of 8, but at least it tells you what to Google. If you want more detailed info, you could get something like BlueScreenView.

Vriska

*8r8ks a window 8y throwing the next poster through it*

Yeah if I am gonna do this, it is gonna involve defenestr8ion. >::::D

Alduin

THE DRAGON IS BROKEN NOW TIME IS  NON LINEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Tanya

The joke was, there is a thing called broken window theory, which speculates that urban degredation accumulates the more that it is allowed to happen.

Justice4243

Not to be confused with "Broken Window Fallacy" which suggests that breaking shit improves the economy via people paying those who fix shit (not it's slightly more complex then this, but that's the basic idea).