pic: Computers CAN be wrong!

[EHaskins]

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[Adam Richards]

Took me a second. Are you playing with some version that swaps hearts and spades?

[Jared W]

idk but he's got -272 points so he's obviously not too good..

haha =D

[GBIT]

that is messed up!

[EmilioM]

haha... so thats why i can never win at solitaire lol.

[EHaskins]

Originally Posted by Adam Richards

Took me a second. Are you playing with some version that swaps hearts and spades?

No, regular solitaire in WinXP.

Originally Posted by Jared W

idk but he's got -272 points so he's obviously not too good..

haha =D

He kept playing after that, and ended up almost $500 ahead. Don't ask me why he kept playing.

[EricLeifermann]

That happened to my friend too, only it was the ace of clubs that was doubled for her.

[John Gutmann]

How can you be bad at solitare? it is all chance...especiallu if you have deal set to 3 and then you get the X with no moves left.

-John

[whytheheckme]

Hmmm.... I don't think the problem here is the COMPUTER being wrong... more like the SOFTWARE run on top of it *cough* Microsoft *cough*

The sad thing is that M$ developed this software back in the days of windows 3 (say 1991ish?)... that's given them time to work out the bugs. Perhaps they glazed over breaking the bank? *cough* Vista *cough*

[/MicrosoftRant]

Jacob

[Bomberofdoom]

Nice one Microsoft.....

[Schnabel]

Actually if you think about it, maybe they programed it to do that very seldom so that it can simulate you loosing a card and finding one of the wrong kind to replace it.

Originally Posted by whytheheckme

Hmmm.... I don't think the problem here is the COMPUTER being wrong... more like the SOFTWARE run on top of it *cough* Microsoft *cough*

The sad thing is that M$ developed this software back in the days of windows 3 (say 1991ish?)... that's given them time to work out the bugs. Perhaps they glazed over breaking the bank? *cough* Vista *cough*

[/MicrosoftRant]

Jacob

Vista solitaire is in fact different. It took them about 15 years, but it is finally changed!

[whytheheckme]

Originally Posted by Schnabel

Actually if you think about it, maybe they programed it to do that very seldom so that it can simulate you loosing a card and finding one of the wrong kind to replace it.


Vista solitaire is in fact different. It took them about 15 years, but it is finally changed!

Not too sure whats different, of course except the memory hogging Vista Glass Beveled Edges on the window, and the new card backs, and perhaps a new bitmap for the backgroud of the table to make it seem more 'fuzzy' like a real table.

Something tells me the engine inside is the same. I mean, why would Microsoft screw up the most used product for their operating system?



Jacob

[Michael Hill]

See...this is what I find funny about non-windows users. Microsoft comes out with a product that works quickly, but doesn't look the best. People call it ugly. Microsoft hears this and decides to make it look good. People call it a waste. What gives? Shut up and deal with it or get a computer that works. It's not that hard people.

[whytheheckme]

Originally Posted by Michael Hill

See...this is what I find funny about non-windows users. Microsoft comes out with a product that works quickly, but doesn't look the best. People call it ugly. Microsoft hears this and decides to make it look good. People call it a waste. What gives? Shut up and deal with it or get a computer that works. It's not that hard people.

Hey! I never complained about the look of Program Manager in Windows 1/3.... I never complained about the look of 95, 98, or 2k. Yes I did complain about XP (although grew used to it) due to all of the excessive under-the-hood-processes, which have now been dwarfed by Vista. A fresh install of XP had about 31 processes running on start-up... I don't even want to THINK about Vista!

Vista's look is not only excessive / resource-hogging / unnecessary, but I personally find it unattractive. I feel like I'm going to be cut on every corner of every window. It's too much sharp-looking detail that the wow-factor wears off quickly. It's also sad that you need 512MB of RAM to simply run your OPERATING SYSTEM.... Man, I thought the operating system was simply a platform for launching other programs!

I personally think that Microsoft missed the mark on Vista. It requires too new of a computer, is not compatible with enough things (yeah yeah I know, it will be in time, but still. Not being able to use my BRAND NEW tuner card really irks me...), costs too much, and no noticable new features. We didn't get the kernal that we were *promised* (not really promised, but this was supposed to be the newest feature of Vista), we got a copy of Windows Media Center that doesn't work fully, and a driver handler that doesn't accept most old XP drivers... Not to mention the cost (what consumer wants to pay THAT?) Did you guys see the article on Dell's 100 dollar computer that ran Linux (never released), until Microsoft slapped them silly and made them get rid of it, when the price of the same machine running their OS went up more than a hundred dollars....

http://news.com.com/Did+Microsoft+wa...3-6153904.html

"We should whack them, we should make sure they understand our value," wrote Paul Flessner, a senior vice president in Microsoft's server applications unit.

And I am a Windows user. I don't despise Windows or Microsoft, I just find it aggravating that all of the M$-Fanboys (no-one in particular, I just work with some people like this) are all like *bow* Microsoft *bow*... There are other viable solutions out there that are potentially better than Microsoft products. I just don't think we should stay attached to one corporation, as we have done for more than 20 years now.

DISCLAIMER (I can hear it already...): This was not intended to get anyone angry or upset; Just expressing my views on Microsoft and Vista.

Jacob

[dlavery]

HHHHHMMMMMMM. I have never had anything like that happen to me.


Oh, yeah, that is because I use a Mac.

-dave
(sorry, I just couldn't resist!)



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