Things I Learned from ACCU 2010

[Gareth Charnock]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> Heh. I've surprised a lot of laymen, after telling them I'm a 
>> programmer, by my opinions that most programmers are incompetent and 
>> most software and consumer electronics are terrible. Seems hugely 
>> ironic to those unfamiliar with the field, but being around it and (at 
>> the risk of narcissism) knowing what I'm going, I think puts me (along 
>> with many of the people on this board) in a prime position to notice 
>> flaws and steps backwards.
> 
> I share your opinion that most software and consumer electronics is 
> terrible. Of course, I've produced my share of terrible software, but I 
> won't make any excuses for doing so.
> 
> For example, my TV set crashes every once in a while, and must be power 
> cycled :-(
> 
> The old analog sets never did that!
That's nothing. My laptop power supply crashes every so often and starts 
failing to report itself to my laptop. It then has to be power cycled. I 
am not making this up!