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Talk:1328: Update

2014-02-10T08:34:26Z

Akha:

Note that 1.) web browsers usually can remember opened tabs (and even scroll position) and reopen them automatically on start, and/or ask if reopen those tabs if browser was not closed cleanly 2.) MS Windows tries to reopen apps closed during "upgrade reboot" --[[User:JakubNarebski|JakubNarebski]] ([[User talk:JakubNarebski|talk]]) 07:48, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

@Jakub, thanks for bringing it up. I knew about it, but for the sake of brevity decided to leave it out. Hooray for my first explanation btw! --[[User:Akha|Akha]] ([[User talk:Akha|talk]]) 08:33, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Talk:1328: Update

2014-02-10T08:34:00Z

Akha:

Note that 1.) web browsers usually can remember opened tabs (and even scroll position) and reopen them automatically on start, and/or ask if reopen those tabs if browser was not closed cleanly 2.) MS Windows tries to reopen apps closed during "upgrade reboot" --[[User:JakubNarebski|JakubNarebski]] ([[User talk:JakubNarebski|talk]]) 07:48, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

@Jakub, thanks for bringing it up. I knew about it, but for the sake of brevity decided to leave it out. Hooray for my first explanation btw![[User:Akha|Akha]] ([[User talk:Akha|talk]]) 08:33, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Talk:1328: Update

2014-02-10T08:33:32Z

Akha:

Note that 1.) web browsers usually can remember opened tabs (and even scroll position) and reopen them automatically on start, and/or ask if reopen those tabs if browser was not closed cleanly 2.) MS Windows tries to reopen apps closed during "upgrade reboot" --[[User:JakubNarebski|JakubNarebski]] ([[User talk:JakubNarebski|talk]]) 07:48, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
@Jakub, thanks for bringing it up. I knew about it, but for the sake of brevity decided to leave it out. Hooray for my first explanation btw![[User:Akha|Akha]] ([[User talk:Akha|talk]]) 08:33, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

1328: Update

2014-02-10T05:54:19Z

Akha: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 1328
| date = February 10, 2014
| title = Update
| image = update.png
| titletext = I have a bunch of things open right now.
}}

==Explanation==
Microsoft Windows operating systems often download and install updates automatically without any user input (depending on settings). Many of these updates are system updates that ask for a restart in order to be completed, often using a pop-up with the option to "Remind Me Later," as referenced in the third panel.

Because reboots often take a significant amount of time, many people will opt to push back the reboots, even over and over. The comic makes fun of the possibility that the average user may delay even a physically critical update that could prevent a dangerous electrical fire.

The title text reflects the fact that the average user will have multiple applications open, or perhaps even more specifically multiple browser tabs open that the user wishes to keep, and a reboot would usually close all of them.

==Transcript==
:[Cueball sitting at a laptop, and there is an error message is coming from the laptop.]
:Error: '''Urgent:''' Critical update available!

:Error: '''Details:''' Fixes an issue that was causing random laptop electrical fires.

:Error: (This update will require restarting your computer.)
:Cueball: ''Remind me later''
:''click''

{{comic discussion}}
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