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Edward Greaves ([personal profile] temporus) wrote2008-05-14 08:31 pm
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Tell me something

Is "Yes to all" an unclear statement?   I mean, when my OS asks me if it's okay to move some files, and I click on Yes to all I sort of take it at its word.  Unfortunately, it's a liar.  It askes me again, and again, and again: Yes to all?  Yes to all?

Excuse me, but all means...all.  Not just this folder.   Or until the next file that I want to ask you about again, just in case you'd changed your mind.   Seriously, dear operating system, I understand the word "all" and you, clearly, do not.   

I know, I know.  It's a bit much to expect my computer to actually understand English.  And sure, when you increment a number beyond the bit size, some programming languages end up flipping it into a negative number.  We did go over that in Fortran class, back in the day. 

I guess it's time to go back to the command line.