Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 2nd May 2009 10:23 UTC, submitted by Luis
Yes boys and girls, it's Net Applications time. Sure, their figures are flawed, and sure, they're misused all over the non-scientifically educated media, but that doesn't mean they do not indicate trends. One of those trends was a slowly rising popularity of Linux, which hit 0.93% market share in August 2008, only to sink back again during the following months. Well, it's 
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Member since:2005-07-12
You mean the average user is so mindblowingly retarded that they need to be asked the same question a billion times to make sure they didn't click anything by accident?
Unfortunately, yes, the average user is that dumb.
And, then there are the ones that click through all the UAC prompts, then wonder why their system stopped working.
Excuse me for a couple of hours, I think I need to vomit in terror.
Sorry. This stall is occupied.
Member since:2006-12-05
Unfortunately, yes, the average user is that dumb.
And, then there are the ones that click through all the UAC prompts, then wonder why their system stopped working.
And, then there are the ones that click through all the UAC prompts, then wonder why their system stopped working.
Too bad Microsoft's way of asking endless questions does nothing but train people to click "yes" or "OK" whenever a question comes up. In other words: it doesn't work. And as if that wasn't bad enough, for those people who *do* know what they're doing, their computing experience can quickly be turned to shit.
For me, Windows XP is absolutely horrible upon install, and I always immediately went through changing dozens of settings, all over the damn place, often to shut the damn thing up, turn off flashy crap, and make it stop guzzling resources. Quick example: "Are you sure you want to safely send this item to the recycle bin?" then "Are you sure you want to permanently remove this item from the recycle bin?" I doubt Vista is much better, but thankfully I don't run Windows any more...
"Excuse me for a couple of hours, I think I need to vomit in terror.
Sorry. This stall is occupied. "
Good one.
Edited 2009-05-03 00:31 UTC
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2006-07-30
You mean the average user is so mindblowingly retarded that they need to be asked the same question a billion times to make sure they didn't click anything by accident?
Excuse me for a couple of hours, I think I need to vomit in terror.