~OT: Computer misconceptions

From: Huw Davies <H.Davies_at_latrobe.edu.au>
Date: Sun Feb 7 22:03:28 1999

At 05:16 PM 05-02-99 -0600, Lawrence LeMay wrote:

>I thought they invented the General Protection Fault, or whatever
>it was called. And the blue screen of death. and probably many
>other ways of saying "we dont know how to program, and we know it,
>so instead of debugging our programs we spend time finding ways
>to report cryptic error messages that normal users cant be expected to
>understand".
>
>BTW, the blue screen of death is a masterstroke of obfuscation.

Surly the AmigaDOS Guru meditation was both earlier and more obscure?

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