Re: Any experience with "The Last One"?
From: Richard Heathfield (dontmail_at_address.co.uk.invalid)
Date: 11/30/03
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Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 15:05:43 +0000 (UTC)
Mark McIntyre wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 08:36:45 +0000 (UTC), in comp.programming ,
> Richard Heathfield <dontmail@address.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
>
>>Seriously, if it (and we're talking mainly
>>about Word here) doesn't work for me, either I'm using it wrong (which I
>>doubt, since I hardly ask it to do anything out of the ordinary), or it's
>>out to get me (which is a tempting conspiracy theory but an unconvincing
>>one), or it's broken.
>
> If "broken" includes "badly installed",
No, I don't think so, since we're generally talking vanilla installs here,
although I won't deny that some companies try some fancy stuff. Or is it an
error to do a vanilla install?
> "installed on unstable version
> of windows",
Oh, definitely. I don't, in fact, know any other version of Windows. Is
there a counter-example, a stable version of Windows? If so, please share
the secret.
> and "broken by subsequent user hackery",
Such as what? Typing? That's usually when it goes (although sometimes it
gives up the ghost when I try to do something complicated, like create a
table - something which vim can handle trivially, without crashing).
> then I think
> you've covered it. If "broken" means "broken by the developers in the
> first place" then I think you're incorrect.
I know you think that.
>>That you don't have problems with it yourself is
>>great for you, but unhelpful to me unless you can pinpoint exactly what it
>>is that you {do|avoid doing|chant} to get it to work.
>
> 1) use a Proper Version of Windows, not one you bought in Hamleys
Client issue. How do you define "proper"? Which is the magic version of
Windows that actually works?
> 2) don't run as Admin
I don't, on versions of Windows where the distinction is meaningful.
> 3) keep the system fully patched.
Client issue. Generally not a problem.
> 4) do use a machine with the right spec
Client issue. Generally not a problem.
>>In the meantime, in my opinion at least, it is broken software.
>
> User Error.
Fine. What was I doing wrong? Typing? Was that my problem? I must admit it
tended to crash far less frequently when it wasn't running.
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