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Yup, its like an automaker issuing a service bulliten for 'unintentional parking', or 'rapid decelleration'. I get there must always be some marketing involved,

by nugi 9y ago

Yup, its like an automaker issuing a service bulliten for 'unintentional parking', or 'rapid decelleration'. I get there must always be some marketing involved, but that breaks down fast when it just feels dishonest. That is fast becoming a trend with Intel it seems. And intel desprately needs trust from an industury that depends on them. I really hope they can refocus, and not die a slow death of 'everything's fine'.

devopsforlyfe 9y ago
Apple did it since approximately forever for kernel crashes as well. Anything to avoid any agency and shift the blame onto the user. https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare/images/en_US/osx/shut_down.png https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare...
- anonred 9y ago
  From the same page: > Your computer restarted because of a problem: https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare/images/en_US/osx/panic.png https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare... > Your computer was restarted because of a problem: https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare/images/en_US/osx/restarted_problem.png https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare...
- anyfoo 9y ago
  Isn't that the message you get if you forcefully power off (long-press power) a hanging mac, instead of a panic where it would reboot automatically after the core dump?
  - Karunamon 9y ago
    Yeah, it is. A kernel panic dumps a vague message into the middle of the screen prompting you to reboot, in a bunch of different languages.
    - veidr 9y ago
      But in recent years, it also reboots quickly enough that you'd have to be sitting there watching to catch it.
jlgaddis 9y ago
Out of all of these types of terms, I like the aviation industry's term for a crash the most: uncontrolled flight into terrain.
- ihattendorf 9y ago
  Or rocketry: rapid unscheduled disassembly.
  - Waterluvian 9y ago
    Unequested fission surplus.
- TeMPOraL 9y ago
  Rocketry's synonym to that is lithobraking.
- emmelaich 9y ago
  .. causing rapid plastic deformation.
- sverige 9y ago
  The phrase I have heard is controlled descent into terrain. Sounds much calmer.
  - deleted 9y ago
    [deleted]
- bdonlan 9y ago
  To be fair, controlled flight into terrain unfortunately also has precedent.
derefr 9y ago
> unintentional parking That one doesn't have to be a euphemism; I could totally see a self-driving car seeing a parking space beside you as you're driving down the road, and suddenly deciding that it would really rather slot itself in there than keep driving.

by nugi 9y ago

devopsforlyfe 9y ago

Apple did it since approximately forever for kernel crashes as well. Anything to avoid any agency and shift the blame onto the user. https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare/images/en_US/osx/shut_down.png https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare...

anonred 9y ago
From the same page: > Your computer restarted because of a problem: https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare/images/en_US/osx/panic.png https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare... > Your computer was restarted because of a problem: https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare/images/en_US/osx/restarted_problem.png https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare...
anyfoo 9y ago
Isn't that the message you get if you forcefully power off (long-press power) a hanging mac, instead of a panic where it would reboot automatically after the core dump?
- Karunamon 9y ago
  Yeah, it is. A kernel panic dumps a vague message into the middle of the screen prompting you to reboot, in a bunch of different languages.
  - veidr 9y ago
    But in recent years, it also reboots quickly enough that you'd have to be sitting there watching to catch it.

jlgaddis 9y ago

Out of all of these types of terms, I like the aviation industry's term for a crash the most: uncontrolled flight into terrain.

ihattendorf 9y ago
Or rocketry: rapid unscheduled disassembly.
- Waterluvian 9y ago
  Unequested fission surplus.
TeMPOraL 9y ago
Rocketry's synonym to that is lithobraking.
emmelaich 9y ago
.. causing rapid plastic deformation.
sverige 9y ago
The phrase I have heard is controlled descent into terrain. Sounds much calmer.
- deleted 9y ago
  [deleted]
bdonlan 9y ago
To be fair, controlled flight into terrain unfortunately also has precedent.

derefr 9y ago

> unintentional parking That one doesn't have to be a euphemism; I could totally see a self-driving car seeing a parking space beside you as you're driving down the road, and suddenly deciding that it would really rather slot itself in there than keep driving.