LOL...ArsTechnica's Battlefront a Flippin' Joke
I posted a concern about the way XP and PC hardware handle ejectable media...how Apple got it right in 1984 and MS is still struggling with the whole thing and the post got deleted after a few replies from angry PC Winlots.
I've seen this happen many times, someone ejecting a floppy in mid-read or write would occasionally blue-screen of-death an XP computer.
I explained that if XP handled mounting media and if hardware manufacturers stopped putting an eject button on floppy drives, etc. that the whole problem would go away for newbie computer users that don't really know if the floppy or any other media is in the middle of a read/write.
The post got frickin' deleted. Is this a sign that they realize the short-comings of their OS and they felt so threatened and insulted that they had to delete my post?
I've seen this happen many times, someone ejecting a floppy in mid-read or write would occasionally blue-screen of-death an XP computer.
I explained that if XP handled mounting media and if hardware manufacturers stopped putting an eject button on floppy drives, etc. that the whole problem would go away for newbie computer users that don't really know if the floppy or any other media is in the middle of a read/write.
The post got frickin' deleted. Is this a sign that they realize the short-comings of their OS and they felt so threatened and insulted that they had to delete my post?
Comments
Mac Guru
<strong>Actually, Apple may now have it wrong in light of the cutesy schemes RIAA/hollywood are toying with. A manual force eject on every optical drive is no bad thing. If you're dumb enough to eject a disc in mid-write, that's your problem.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Force eject should exist...but it shouldn't be as easy as pushing a button. Sersiouly...there are people that are dumb enough to eject disks in mid-write. Why should they be excluded from using a computer? Fail-safe methods should exist.
EDIT: I'd also be at least somewhat curious about what you ACTUALLY wrote... judging by how opinionated you can get here, I can only imagine what you're like in the Battlefront! Maybe you should have posted it in Other Hardware or something. People in non-Battlefront forums at Ars are generally very helpful and understanding.
[ 03-12-2003: Message edited by: Luca Rescigno ]</p>