On 10/26/2010 12:53 PM, Darren New wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> Wikipedia asserts that many newer ATMs run Windows - which would be
>> extremely disturbing if true...
>
> You would be amazed at how many cash registers, ATMs, and even vending
> machines are actually running Windows.
>
No kidding. You can tell at the store I work at. Not just when you have 
to reboot, and it says so, but by the fact that updates to the registers 
lag the whole network, printing daily reports.. lags the system for 
hours *after* the process completes, pressing the wrong button causes 
the entire secondary "customer" price listing screen to malfunction and 
show Cyrillic, or something.. Its a damn mess, and I am constantly 
surprised that the whole system doesn't crash (well, more often than 
once ever 6 months, which *does* seem to happen).

-- 
void main () {
   If Schrödingers_cat is alive or version > 98 {
     if version = "Vista" {
       call slow_by_half();
       call DRM_everything();
     }
     call functional_code();
   }
   else
     call crash_windows();
}

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