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: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ExplosiveInstrumentation [[User:Wwoods|Wwoods]] ([[User talk:Wwoods|talk]]) 20:17, 11 February 2014 (UTC) | : http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ExplosiveInstrumentation [[User:Wwoods|Wwoods]] ([[User talk:Wwoods|talk]]) 20:17, 11 February 2014 (UTC) | ||
− | The usual lot of nonsense in the comments. Why don't we talk about how to improve the explanation? Arguing that browsers remember open tabs, or advertising Linux, or going into excruciating detail how you would react in this situation, is ludicrously off the point. The following points are | + | The usual lot of nonsense in the comments. Why don't we talk about how to improve the explanation? Arguing that browsers remember open tabs, or advertising Linux, or going into excruciating detail how you would react in this situation, is ludicrously off the point. The following points are those by this comic: |
* Windows is always banging on about something, usually incredibly unimportant. | * Windows is always banging on about something, usually incredibly unimportant. | ||
* Even if it is important (as here) we may just skim the explanation (because of the first point) and not even realize what it is saying | * Even if it is important (as here) we may just skim the explanation (because of the first point) and not even realize what it is saying | ||
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[[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.58|108.162.219.58]] 21:45, 11 February 2014 (UTC) | [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.58|108.162.219.58]] 21:45, 11 February 2014 (UTC) | ||
− | The nonsense is in the comic! The user knows about that the fire is almost impossible from software (mis-)function | + | The nonsense is in the comic! The user knows about that the fire is almost impossible from software (mis-)function |
Possible reference to Microsoft's monthly security patch on the second Tuesday of each month, having been posted the day before the second Tuesday of February 2014. [[User:Quetzalcoatl|Quetzalcoatl]] ([[User talk:Quetzalcoatl|talk]]) 22:23, 11 February 2014 (UTC) | Possible reference to Microsoft's monthly security patch on the second Tuesday of each month, having been posted the day before the second Tuesday of February 2014. [[User:Quetzalcoatl|Quetzalcoatl]] ([[User talk:Quetzalcoatl|talk]]) 22:23, 11 February 2014 (UTC) | ||
− | + | ==Dubious statement in explanation== | |
"The joke goes further because a software update mostly can't prevent any hardware failures like burning laptop batteries. This specific update is just nonsense." | "The joke goes further because a software update mostly can't prevent any hardware failures like burning laptop batteries. This specific update is just nonsense." | ||
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:This actually happened a few years ago. A poorly-written driver (among other issues) caused some Nvidia laptop GPUs to get so hot that they'd cause the cases of some laptops to warp. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.44|108.162.219.44]] 07:09, 12 February 2014 (UTC) | :This actually happened a few years ago. A poorly-written driver (among other issues) caused some Nvidia laptop GPUs to get so hot that they'd cause the cases of some laptops to warp. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.44|108.162.219.44]] 07:09, 12 February 2014 (UTC) | ||
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