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In just a few words, Microsoft Edge froze while the engineer was working with virtual machines in the browser, and judging from how fast he proceeded to downloading Google Chrome, this wasn't the first time it happened. Because, you know, sometimes reloading the page or restarting the browser does help, but you can't risk hitting the same error twice, right?
"I love it when demos break," he said. "So while we're talking here, I'm gonna go install Chrome," he continued before he started laughing, with many people in the audience cheering.
"And we're going to not make Google better," he added when unchecking the box to send usage statistics and crash reports to Google, as if this made things less worse. "We're going to do this again, I'm sorry about this. The age of these machines are [sic] wacked down a little bit, there are some things that just don't work."
[ I'm sure there are at least a few Soylentils here who have had things go "pear shaped" during a presentation or demo. Let us hear your horror stories. - Ed]
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Nerdfest on Thursday November 02 2017, @12:01PM (9 children)
It shouldn't freeze up because of some configuration option regardless.
(Score: 5, Touché) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday November 02 2017, @12:12PM (5 children)
Normally I'd agree but that would go against decades of official Microsoft policy.
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(Score: 2) by WizardFusion on Thursday November 02 2017, @12:26PM (4 children)
+1 agree,
-1 sad but true.
(Score: 5, Funny) by Gaaark on Thursday November 02 2017, @12:48PM (3 children)
+11 Hahaha! Serves him right for using MS products in the first place!
;)
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(Score: 2) by requerdanos on Thursday November 02 2017, @06:34PM (2 children)
Why is this modded funny? I have this same thought every time I can't sign in at the Dr.'s office kiosk because instead of the sign-in screen, it is presenting patients the "Windows needs to be updated" or "Sod off, Windows is busy updating" (i.e. "Windows is unsuitable for actual commercial use") screens.
(Score: 2) by Osamabobama on Thursday November 02 2017, @09:56PM (1 child)
It's funny because (from the headline) he was a Microsoft engineer. You see, to imply that a Microsoft engineer shouldn't use Microsoft products goes against our expectations, which makes it funny.
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(Score: 2) by requerdanos on Thursday November 02 2017, @11:24PM
Ah, thanks. I got the funny "Microsoft engineer" connection in the headline originally ("MS Engineer Installs Google Chrome"), but had lost it by the time I got down to the "serves him right" with which by that point my ADD had me simply agreeing....
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday November 02 2017, @01:31PM
I wouldn't complain as loudly if it could freeze up due to mis-configuration. After all, Mrs. Configuration has been known to screw any and all kinds of software.
What is most damnifying is that it is the default configuration that has been borked by porcupines.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 02 2017, @04:42PM
Most likely the dashboard is a javascript mess and Edge javascript (or jscript) engine is shait?
(Score: 2) by Wootery on Thursday November 02 2017, @11:27PM
Good point.