In the "you can lead a horse to water..." department
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The instructions on the screen say "Type YES to continue". The written documentation tells you to type "YES" to continue. [Note from the developer: I make them type the whole word YES because they're about to re-image a drive] What do they do? They type Y and don't understand why the procedure doesn't continue :rolleyes:. As far as the horse goes, you shoot the horse and leave it beside the water hole as a warning to others.
Software Zen:
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The instructions on the screen say "Type YES to continue". The written documentation tells you to type "YES" to continue. [Note from the developer: I make them type the whole word YES because they're about to re-image a drive] What do they do? They type Y and don't understand why the procedure doesn't continue :rolleyes:. As far as the horse goes, you shoot the horse and leave it beside the water hole as a warning to others.
Software Zen:
delete this;So, you add code to check: "You typed 'Y'. Did you mean 'YES'? (Type 'YES' if you did)" If they still type "Y", ask them to confirm by typing the numbers on the back of their bank card.
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So, you add code to check: "You typed 'Y'. Did you mean 'YES'? (Type 'YES' if you did)" If they still type "Y", ask them to confirm by typing the numbers on the back of their bank card.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
Unfortunately this is all done in WinPE (Windows Pre-installation Environment), and even the final install won't have an Internet connection, so there's no good way to get bank card numbers back to home base. I like your thinking, however :-D.
Software Zen:
delete this; -
The instructions on the screen say "Type YES to continue". The written documentation tells you to type "YES" to continue. [Note from the developer: I make them type the whole word YES because they're about to re-image a drive] What do they do? They type Y and don't understand why the procedure doesn't continue :rolleyes:. As far as the horse goes, you shoot the horse and leave it beside the water hole as a warning to others.
Software Zen:
delete this;A corollary to this is: "You can lead an human to knowledge, but you cannot make him think." Question: Do we shoot the human also and add a footnote that that human has been killed because of stupidity (hopefully we shoot him before he gets to reproduce).
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A corollary to this is: "You can lead an human to knowledge, but you cannot make him think." Question: Do we shoot the human also and add a footnote that that human has been killed because of stupidity (hopefully we shoot him before he gets to reproduce).
Clifford Nelson wrote:
Do we shoot the human also and add a footnote that that human has been killed because of stupidity (hopefully we shoot him before he gets to reproduce).
When natural selection is too slow, certainly. Do be advised that the neighbors tend to frown on it, so it's polite to get their approval first.
Software Zen:
delete this; -
The instructions on the screen say "Type YES to continue". The written documentation tells you to type "YES" to continue. [Note from the developer: I make them type the whole word YES because they're about to re-image a drive] What do they do? They type Y and don't understand why the procedure doesn't continue :rolleyes:. As far as the horse goes, you shoot the horse and leave it beside the water hole as a warning to others.
Software Zen:
delete this;What's the alternative to typing "YES"?
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Clifford Nelson wrote:
Do we shoot the human also and add a footnote that that human has been killed because of stupidity (hopefully we shoot him before he gets to reproduce).
When natural selection is too slow, certainly. Do be advised that the neighbors tend to frown on it, so it's polite to get their approval first.
Software Zen:
delete this;Clifford Nelson wrote:
Do we shoot the human also …
Gary Wheeler wrote:
Do be advised that the neighbors tend to frown on it,
Because shooting is noisy? :D
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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What's the alternative to typing "YES"?
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A message is displayed, it waits for a keypress, and then the machine reboots normally.
Software Zen:
delete this; -
Clifford Nelson wrote:
Do we shoot the human also …
Gary Wheeler wrote:
Do be advised that the neighbors tend to frown on it,
Because shooting is noisy? :D
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
Daniel Pfeffer wrote:
Because shooting is noisy?
Well yes, there is that. Sometimes it's the neighbors you're shooting, so...
Software Zen:
delete this; -
What's the alternative to typing "YES"?
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