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On Thursday 01 January 2009 11:02:23 Dale wrote: |
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> I just did a reinstall on my rig and it did the exact same thing. I had |
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> to mask the one it installed and re-emerge the older one that does |
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> work. Isn't there some way for it to pick the right one? After all, it |
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> new it was the WRONG one it was installing. Looks to me like it could |
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> pick the right one. |
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The software does not have the slightest vaguest foggiest concept of what the |
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RIGHT and the WRONG drivers are. That's a human being's conclusion. |
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It therefore cannot decide. |
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The devs therefore correctly decided to not even try and decide. |
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Unix-like systems demand that the user actually has a clue, is more than a |
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mere automatonic moron, can and does read information and can and does really |
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make decisions. And is prepared to live with the results. |
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Some Unix people try to get all politically correct and hide this fundamental |
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fact, but that is just plain wrong. It will never work any other way than how |
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it is working right now. |
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Users that are not prepared to actually think about what they are doing should |
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switch back to Windows. That system specializes in treating their customers |
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like complete idiots. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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