Tim: >> Why the hell couldn't the computer just have said to set the clock >> manually, since it couldn't manage to do it itself, instead of some >> moronic number code? Liam Proven: > I know this was a rhetorical question, but: > > These days software is expected to be localised into hundreds of > different languages. Until that is done, the programmer does not know > and must not assume what script/alphabet/language/character set an > error might appear in, let alone what words it will contain. That's all well and true, but you'd expect an American english program to have error messages in that language, at least. Sure, by all means put an easy to copy and paste error code for uses to search for more info it needs it, as well, but put a written message along with it. It's just the sort of moronic thing that we'd come to expect with Winblows. What could have been an easily user-fixable thing (reset the clock), becomes a service call for average users who don't know how to get past error number x0e4343243 which gives no clue, nor any way to find out what it might mean if you can't do a google search. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
