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Follow-up on EVE's Boot.ini Issue
Krinsath writes "CCP, publishers of Eve Online, have posted a Dev Blog detailing the circumstances leading up to the deletion of XP's boot.ini file, which was earlier discussed on Slashdot. The blog post has intimate details about how the mistake occurred (a new installer from their normal one), how they responded and what CCP has learned from it. While fairly dry, it is to the company's credit that they're being open about one of the more serious bugs to crop up in gaming's recent history."
But they should delete greater percentages of XP...
I would, but I had a power outage that terminated my 4-week uptime. :)
Worst part of it was, I was baking pecan butter tarts at the time. In an electric oven. They don't make UPSes for that.
Yeah, if only more businesses did not test products enough before deployment, or read TFM when using delete commands...
AND THEN they send GEEK SQUAD to "fix" your computer. Talk about adding insult to injury!
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. Polar Scope Align for iOS
Hmm, too many humans rebelling again, eh Oracle?
Finally, a benefit to Vista! Vista users like myself were 100% unaffected by this. It was awesome.
We're all going to die. i intend to deserve it.
Technically it could've happened on Vista, but I haven't seen anything that said it did.
Well, that would require a group of people who have Vista installed.
--- Hot Shot City is particularly good.
Read it as CCCP and not CCP and everything becomes a whole lot clearer
Do not install any new software of any kind a week or two before a paper is due
ITYM "Don't install an addictive game before a paper is due."
If J.K.R wrote Windows: Puteulanus fenestra mortalis!
Programming guy 1: So we're finally done with coding everything.
Programming guy 2: Yeah finally.
*Programming guy 2 tries to make a joke*
Pr. guy 2: Hey pr. guy 1, look at this
Pr. guy 1: lol, you appended a del boot.ini
Pr. guy 2: Well, I'm going to take a coffee break
Pr. guy 1: Yeah, me too
Pr. guy 2: Wait, lets put a sticky-note on the board that we're done
Pr. guy 1: Sure
*Pr. guy 2 puts sticky on the notice board*
*both walk off*
*manager walks in*
*manager looks at the board*
Clueless manager 1: Nice, the work is finally done.
Cl. manager 1: Ahhh, I'm on a tight schedule. Lets send this file to the head programmer so he can compile everything.
*Tries to click close*
Cl. manager 1: What, changes have been made? Whatever, save.
Cl. manager 1: Ok, open outlook. Send. Done. Wow, I know this will be a spectacular release.
*Cl. manager walks of*
Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power lost.