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From: Darren New
Date: 11 Oct 2011 15:41:09
Message: <4e949bd5@news.povray.org>

On 10/11/2011 12:10, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> I suppose Windows also doesn't stop responding when you change your TCP/IP
> configuration settings?

Um, no?

> (Actually, that one seems to vary. On some
> computers, you change it and it doesn't even blink. On others, you change it
> and have to sit there for multiple minutes before it wakes up again...)

Maybe your DHCP server is hosed up or something?

>> And the whole GUI doesn't lock up; at
>> most, explorer waits for the CD to spin up. Again, it's that
>> overgeneralization. :-)
>
> Since Explorer is 90% of the Windows GUI, that's not a particularly drastic
> difference...

Only if you don't interact with actual programs. Saying "the GUI locks up" 
on Linux, for example, means every program stops responding because you just 
crashed the X server.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   How come I never get only one kudo?

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