Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-05 Thread P. J. Alling
What the hell, you think you're using Unix or something? John Sessoms wrote: Why does Task Manager ask me if I want to end a task? If I hadn't wanted to end the task, I wouldn't have opened Task Manager in the first place, and I wouldn't have clicked on the End Task button. -- PDML Pentax-D

RE: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-05 Thread Bob W
> > > > >> But you might have clicked "End Task" on the *wrong* > task, and the > > >> dialogue is giving you a chance to save yourself from > this grim fate. > > > > > > Mine end when ever they feel like it. > > > > > > > The joy of Mac computers. > > "The Joy of Macs" Why does that re

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-05 Thread mike wilson
Larry Colen wrote: > ..I merely lost everything > that was installed on my computer... Mark! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-05 Thread Graydon
On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 08:11:02AM -0400, John Sessoms scripsit: > I'm not sure why everyone loves Apple, since from my point of view > they're as arrogantly inept as Microsoft. They're differently arrogant. Also differently inept, which frequently matters. -- Graydon, who admits to not playing

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: Graydon On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 08:57:31PM -0400, John Sessoms scripsit: > Why does Task Manager ask me if I want to end a task? > > If I hadn't wanted to end the task, I wouldn't have opened Task Manager > in the first place, and I wouldn't have clicked on the End Task button. But you m

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-05 Thread mike wilson
William Robb wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "David J Brooks" > Subject: Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows > > > > >> But you might have clicked "End Task" on the *wrong* task, and the > >

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-04 Thread David Mann
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Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-04 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Jun 4, 2009, at 10:24 , Scott Loveless wrote: On 6/4/09, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "David J Brooks" Subject: Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows But you might have clicked "End Task" on the *wrong* task, and the

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-04 Thread Larry Colen
Warning, extreme geekage follows. If you don't speak bash, just skip it. On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 08:52:46AM +1200, David Mann wrote: > On Jun 5, 2009, at 12:28 AM, Christian wrote: > > We have such a prompt set up on our production system at work. If > you're already "really sure" you can use

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-04 Thread David Mann
On Jun 5, 2009, at 12:28 AM, Christian wrote: Yesterday a DBA asked me if there was any way to recover a file that he did "rm" on a linux system. sometimes the "Are you sure you want to do that?" prompts are a good thing. :-) We have such a prompt set up on our production system at work.

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-04 Thread Scott Loveless
On 6/4/09, William Robb wrote: > > - Original Message - From: "David J Brooks" Subject: Re: OT: > Something I don't understand about windows > > > > > > But you might have clicked "End Task" on the *wrong* task, and the > > &g

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-04 Thread Luiz Felipe
Well, to protect you from yourself... If you end the process and explode your system you may suit MS - of course you will lose and turn into a pauper. So your friend MS will ask you three times if you're sure of doing ANYTHING in your MS pee-cee. They know best. LF John Sessoms escreveu: W

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "David J Brooks" Subject: Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows But you might have clicked "End Task" on the *wrong* task, and the dialogue is giving you a chance to save yourself from this grim fate. Mine end wh

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Graydon wrote: > On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 08:57:31PM -0400, John Sessoms scripsit: >> Why does Task Manager ask me if I want to end a task? >> >> If I hadn't wanted to end the task, I wouldn't have opened Task Manager >> in the first place, and I wouldn't have clicke

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-04 Thread Graydon
On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 09:18:19AM -0400, Christian scripsit: > Graydon wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 08:28:10AM -0400, Christian scripsit: >>> John Sessoms wrote: Why does Task Manager ask me if I want to end a task? If I hadn't wanted to end the task, I wouldn't have opened Tas

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-04 Thread Christian
Graydon wrote: On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 08:28:10AM -0400, Christian scripsit: John Sessoms wrote: Why does Task Manager ask me if I want to end a task? If I hadn't wanted to end the task, I wouldn't have opened Task Manager in the first place, and I wouldn't have clicked on the End Task button

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-04 Thread Graydon
On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 08:28:10AM -0400, Christian scripsit: > John Sessoms wrote: >> Why does Task Manager ask me if I want to end a task? >> >> If I hadn't wanted to end the task, I wouldn't have opened Task Manager >> in the first place, and I wouldn't have clicked on the End Task button. > >

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-04 Thread Christian
John Sessoms wrote: Why does Task Manager ask me if I want to end a task? If I hadn't wanted to end the task, I wouldn't have opened Task Manager in the first place, and I wouldn't have clicked on the End Task button. Yesterday a DBA asked me if there was any way to recover a file that he di

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-03 Thread Graydon
On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 08:57:31PM -0400, John Sessoms scripsit: > Why does Task Manager ask me if I want to end a task? > > If I hadn't wanted to end the task, I wouldn't have opened Task Manager > in the first place, and I wouldn't have clicked on the End Task button. But you might have clicked