#5 by Arcanyn » Oct 01, 2014 9:27 am
Nothing inspires confidence in an operating system like its manufacturer's inability to count properly.
Still, it's all pretty exciting. Given their bold move in creating a hybrid PC/mobile phone OS in Windows 8, we can only expect that Windows 10 will take this one step further and create a hybrid OS for everything. From microwave ovens, to fridges, to cars, to ballpoint pens and traffic signals, this will be the OS which secures global domination for Microsoft. Gone will be the days of needing different software for different appliances - now everything will be run on Windows! To ensure convenience and compatability with every single conceivable device, the return of the Start menu will also be accompanied by many new menus, including but not limited to; the toast settings menu, the autopilot menu, the acceleration settings menu, the forklift control menu, the abattoir operations menu, the pencil sharpening options menu, the reheat settings menu and the nuclear launch menu. This will of course take up a certain amount of screen real estate; but it's not as though people need screen space to run programs or anything, and is well worth it to ensure that Windows can be quite literally everywhere. There have been a few bugs reported, but nothing particularly serious and these should be ironed out by the final release. In particular, the bug which causes nuclear missiles to be launched if a prime number is entered into the calculator is apparently going to be fixed very soon. Naturally, as the interface is going to be completely different to all versions of Windows thus far, there will be a certain learning curve involved. Some beta testers have complained that they have attempted to send emails, and instead ended up making a toasted cheese sandwich, and that adding a car interface has now made system crashes far more literal. Of course, progress necessitates change, which means sometimes having to discard old and familiar ways of doing things in order to create a better system overall. It's not as if Microsoft couldn't think of anything genuinely innovative to do and instead went around changing a bunch of random stuff for no reason in the hopes nobody could tell the difference between that and true innovation. If you have an issue with the fact that the old method of sending emails now makes toasted sandwiches, well, you're clearly a Luddite scared of change!
Never ascribe to stupidity that which is the logical consequence of malice.