On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, Riley Williams wrote:
>
> > I know what to *do* and how to *attempt* to alleviate an 0E
> > error (one of Microsoft's MOST POPULAR errors in Windows)...
>
> I thought M$'s most popular form of error was of the "I'm fed up with
> behaving, so I'm going to crash and upset you" variety...
>
It is... 0E is the most popular method of doing so, with "Illegal
Operation" dialogs next, in my experience.
> > ...but the point is, I want to know WHAT happened, or at least
> > something that says in street English what it was or why it
> > died.
>
> So do most TECHNICAL minded people, but an operating system is not
> just for the technically minded, but for the general public as well.
>
No, you didn't see what I wrote, did you? "Street English," i.e.,
non-technical language, laymen's terms.
>
> > Actually, do what somebody said earlier and translate this so
> > called profane language into it's literal english equivilents,
> > and those could be used for a down to earth message to say that
> > something's wrong, but put some comic relief with it. :)
>
> Only if every likely user agrees to the use of suchlike language.
>
If every user agreed to everything that was in the Linux kernel, then
development would be a heck of a lot slower.
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