{"id":638,"date":"2004-12-16T02:32:21","date_gmt":"2004-12-15T17:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unknowngenius.com\/blog\/archives\/2004\/12\/15\/step-1\/"},"modified":"2005-07-18T18:29:26","modified_gmt":"2005-07-18T09:29:26","slug":"step-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unknowngenius.com\/blog\/archives\/2004\/12\/16\/step-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Step 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, my name is Dave and I have a problem<\/a>…<\/p>\n

Actually, I am typing this post on my fucking problem.<\/p>\n

I don’t know if I’ll be able to stand the pain much longer.<\/p>\n

Hear me, I am with Operating Sytems the way I am with religions: all about freedom of choice and respect of differences.<\/p>\n

But this thing, this OS, it just sucks so much… How is that humanly possible?<\/p>\n

What with the graphic interface that looks like it’s been designed by a 6 year old on an 8 bit graphic software. Destktop windows that go out of their way to display everything but their actual content (yes, there is such a thing as too much<\/i> meta-data). Endless nagging messages for stuff that works, and not a single warning or explanation for stuff that doesn’t. An interface that feels like it has overdosed on rohypnol… <\/p>\n

The highlight of my day was when I found the option to remove that godawful XP theme. One more bubbly blue window and I was ready to kidnap their design team and have them gang-raped to death by a whole village of smurfs on crack.<\/p>\n

Oh, did I mention it’s all in Japanese? Yea, keeps things interesting, makes sure I realize exactly how many pointless alert boxes and meaningless messages Windows pours into the screen every time I try to change the slightest option. When it takes you an hour to read them, believe me you notice it.<\/p>\n

Now, believe it or not, despite my overall contempt for most products ever made by Microsoft, I used to keep some lingering affection for my time spent using NT at work a few years ago. Hell, I was even developing on it (don’t ask) and it was perfectly bearable, especially in light of the competition at the time (to my left, War of the X-Window servers, to my right, MacOS 8.6, ’nuff said).<\/p>\n

But obviously, NT 4’s very limited (and only remotely successful) attempt at sober efficiency was merely a temporary oversight, ’cause let me tell you they’ve caught up on the crappiness with XP.<\/p>\n

Please give me my Mac back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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