i beg to differ. real men either dump giant Pixy Stix straight down their throat (for faster absorbance) or down their nostrils. wow, talk about waking yourself up.
i'm a programmer, but unfortunately part of my job also entails fixing broken machines for fellow employees.
true, my job would be easier if i could not boot troubled machines with a Windows rescue disk, Partition Magic, Norton Ghost, etc. i would love a format-and-reinstall-only policy, but its just not feasable in my opinion. the huge increase in bitching from users who've lost their data or personal settings alone would drive one to insanity.
if more rescue tools came on CD our many disks (which normally die after two uses anyway) could be replaced, but few do. at least not the ones we use. there are also lots of diagnostic and legacy tools that only work from DOS, such as hard-drive conditioners, expansion card diagnostic programs, etc.
home users probably don't need floppy drives. people with a decent operating system don't either. companies that have a really nice backup system probably don't either. but, the interface should definately remain for a while longer, just in case.
i'm thankful to have had the chance to see The Ox live last year with the Walk Down Abbey Road tour. that was the first time i had seen him live. i had a vacation planned to see the Who this August...
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i beg to differ. real men either dump giant Pixy Stix straight down their throat (for faster absorbance) or down their nostrils. wow, talk about waking yourself up.
i'm a programmer, but unfortunately part of my job also entails fixing broken machines for fellow employees.
true, my job would be easier if i could not boot troubled machines with a Windows rescue disk, Partition Magic, Norton Ghost, etc. i would love a format-and-reinstall-only policy, but its just not feasable in my opinion. the huge increase in bitching from users who've lost their data or personal settings alone would drive one to insanity.
if more rescue tools came on CD our many disks (which normally die after two uses anyway) could be replaced, but few do. at least not the ones we use. there are also lots of diagnostic and legacy tools that only work from DOS, such as hard-drive conditioners, expansion card diagnostic programs, etc.
home users probably don't need floppy drives. people with a decent operating system don't either. companies that have a really nice backup system probably don't either. but, the interface should definately remain for a while longer, just in case.
i'm thankful to have had the chance to see The Ox live last year with the Walk Down Abbey Road tour. that was the first time i had seen him live. i had a vacation planned to see the Who this August ...