Comments on: A tradition upheld

By: McGehee

McGehee — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:42:04 +0000

“Behold, I am become (the Blue Screen of) Death, destroyer of good attitudes and productive days!”

By: Brian J.

Brian J. — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:28:15 +0000

Sort of It’s Not Windows U, It’s Windows ME.

By: ms7168

ms7168 — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:06:23 +0000

It appears as though Windows 7 is being designed as the next step after XP. XP is actually Windows 5.1 and Windows 7 is going to be Windows 6.1.

It also appears that once it is released late this year Microsoft is hoping to relegate Vista to a bad dream!

By: Brian J.

Brian J. — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:08:28 +0000

Speaking as someone with experience making indexes, I must point out that it should appear under both, with one being a –See … entry. Actually, BSOD should be in the index, too.

Your index should include not only the most common way to which a concept is referred, but also to any variation with which a reader might think of it.

Indexing was like reverse SEO, sort of.

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QA Hates You » Blog Archive » Microsoft Sticks With What Works — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:06:14 +0000

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By: Francis W. Porretto

Francis W. Porretto — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:40:52 +0000

But Charles, it’s given rise to such wonderful haiku:

Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.

Imagine how much poorer our culture would be without such!

By: Kay Dennison

Kay Dennison — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:15:27 +0000

I’ve seen it and survived it. I am one of the unfortunate ones stuck with Vista. I’m currently exploring Linux. Looks good so far. Easy to use. No viruses. Lots of support.

By: CGHill

CGHill — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:50:56 +0000

Today Trini and I got into a discussion of Windows books, and whether the pertinent entry for this phenomenon in such a book’s index should be “Blue Screen of Death” or “Death, Blue Screen of.” She argued that since BSOD is now pretty much the universal term, it’s silly to list it anywhere in the D’s.

By: unimpressed

unimpressed — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:37:39 +0000

As big an “improvement” as Vista wasn’t over XP, I believe that I’ll pass on this one as well.