The concern that I have is how did this get past the QA testers at CCP and into a production build? Honestly that isn't really a concern. As a programmer I have to say that if a computer boots or not after a patch is not really a question that even should have to be asked. In the past 10 years any program, install, patch, or uninstall has consistently disabled computers maybe 20 times. CCP just happened to be one of the unlucky companies that happened to have this happen to them. The only thing CCP is at fault for is for having a file with the same name as a system file, which honestly isn't something you would have thought about until something like this happens.
but it is entirely useless as a way to learn how to effectively use the language.
It really depends on what kind of a person you are, and how you learn. Different people learn differently, so there never is one best way to learn anything. You said yourself that you're big on books, but not everyone is. I wouldn't learn anything from a book, I do much better learning as I go. Don't be so quick to bash other methods, there is almost always more then one way to do something. On the other hand, I do think they were a bit to hard on the books, cause like I said everyone learns differently.
True, but if it weren't for Microsoft, Linux would have a much larger market share, thus more games.
And no, it is not like Nintendo-Mac at all, Nintendo and Mac are made for doing entirely things, the same is not true for Windows and some distros of Linux.
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... He meant it was $40 cheaper, not that it was $40...
Well I don't know about you, but alot of people don't have the money to throw at getting a new comp just cause they don't like Windows...
True, but if it weren't for Microsoft, Linux would have a much larger market share, thus more games. And no, it is not like Nintendo-Mac at all, Nintendo and Mac are made for doing entirely things, the same is not true for Windows and some distros of Linux.