AXDRW%ALASKA.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Don R. Withey) (03/22/89)
> From: Miles Bader <bader+@andrew.cmu.edu> > > hans@nlgvax.UUCP (Hans Zuidam) writes: > >> GURUs are indeed bad practice. Moreover, they are bad marketing. The >> Mac and Atari ST display nice cute not offensive bombs. You hardly >> notice them on the screen. The reaction (also mine) when a Mac >> crashes is "oh the machine crashed", but when my Amiga crashes "OH >> MY AMIGA CRASHED". > > Bullshit; I get just as pissed when a machine shows "cute little > bombs." When a computer gets to this point, slick visual design is > pretty irrelevant. How is the phrase "guru meditation" offensive, anyway? > > -Miles You have to admit 'guru meditation' is a little obtuse, though I like it. The user is not really sure what it means, so therefor it is more scary than a simple message saying "System Error, guru mediation #, etc..." Don