Royston Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Not sure if anyone's seen this, quite funny... http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/winrg.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 i think thats the least original jab at windows i have seen. ive even seen almost identical things that were still a little better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1veedo Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 I like icon wars: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/icons.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tree Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 My god that is ancient, I swear I saw that previous to even Windows ME coming out. Still, makes me wonder why people spend so much time complaining about Windows, it's an operating system... no-one cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 yeah, its an operating system but it does a LOT of things very badly. like the amount of system resources needed to get it to run(not run smoothly, just run). Although it has got better at some of the other things it used to do badly like being unstable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 people can jab at windows all they want. you can tell me its unstable, you can tell me it has horrible security, you can tell me all the usual crap people spout about windows. but the fact remains that there is a reason the vast majority of all computers are running some versions of windows. for me personally, it because you cant be a gamer and use a mac. there are other things i dont like about a mac, like how they dont really let me deal with my own computer the way i want to, but the key thing is that there are a very small fraction of games available. that being said, yes its an operating system, and im sure it does many things badly, but if you dont like it either supply an alternative and go use that one or deal with windows. either way, we dont need to hear about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 there is a reason the vast majority of all computers are running some versions of windows. Marketing. That and it comes preinstalled on 90% of prebuilt computers which is an artefact from the early days when it was miles and miles ahead of everything else. thats also why 95% of games are for windows too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangloss Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 either way, we dont need to hear about it. I tend to agree. I was just talking to the other mods yesterday about how Linux/MS fanboy posts have kinda trashed the Computer Science board. There's nothing really wrong with people having opinions like that, but it tends to put a damper on productive and informative discussion. (Just try to wade through the noise on Slashdot whenever Microsoft comes up. What a crock.) The only thing I've managed to come up with so far would be to just delete the noise and provide a separate thread (or even a separate board) for fanboy type chatter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Marketing. Got it in one. It doesn't matter which one is actually better, marketing wins every time. Remember the duel between VHS and Beta in the early days of video? Beta lost even though it was and is the better system. If you don't believe me, next time you see a news crew out and about have a look at their cameras. "Betacam", every one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royston Posted January 29, 2007 Author Share Posted January 29, 2007 My god that is ancient Yeah, I feel daft for posting it, my housemate was laughing at it, who sent me the link...I was more laughing at him laughing, rather than the actual animation ( I very rarely search for animations et.c on the net ) so embarrassingly that was the first time I saw it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1veedo Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 This had nothing to do with Windows being a bad operating system. Callipygous turned it into one, and if you look, nobody else, besides Callipygous, is actually debating whether Windows is a good operating system. They're just cool flash movies. That's all. Calm down people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangloss Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 It's really fine, 1veedo, and I wasn't trying to give you (specifically) a hard time. I got no problem with the movies, or even criticism of Windows. This amusing post just happened to come up at the exact same time that I've been pondering the future of the Computer Science sub-board. Whatever we do over there, we'll have a place for people to post "how badly Windows sucks" if they want to. Even with the fanboyish behavior, it can also be legitimate discussion and it can lead to education. I think the key is to just make sure we have an open and welcoming discussion atmosphere (e.g. Windows fans should be able to post about some new piece of software or ask a question without being answered along the lines of "throw it away and download Linux"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bascule Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Got it in one. It doesn't matter which one is actually better, marketing wins every time. Remember the duel between VHS and Beta in the early days of video? Beta lost even though it was and is the better system. It was a better, proprietary system. VHS was an open, multivendor standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Sounds like Mac v PC, doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bascule Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Sounds like Mac v PC, doesn't it? Yep. Or various Unix-based OSes vs. Linux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tree Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 It's really fine, 1veedo, and I wasn't trying to give you (specifically) a hard time. I got no problem with the movies, or even criticism of Windows. This amusing post just happened to come up at the exact same time that I've been pondering the future of the Computer Science sub-board. Whatever we do over there, we'll have a place for people to post "how badly Windows sucks" if they want to. Even with the fanboyish behavior, it can also be legitimate discussion and it can lead to education. I think the key is to just make sure we have an open and welcoming discussion atmosphere (e.g. Windows fans should be able to post about some new piece of software or ask a question without being answered along the lines of "throw it away and download Linux"). Could we have anything that isn't CompSci chucked into a Computer-chat type subforum? It might work.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bascule Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Could we have anything that isn't CompSci chucked into a Computer-chat type subforum? It might work.... I've seen very little computer science talk in that forum. Maybe 1% of the total posts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royston Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 I must say, considering the OP was so dire, there's been some very good points raised in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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