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Stressful message to see back when I was a clueless child. I'm glad its getting removed.

bqmjjx0kac 3y ago
I had a similar reaction to Windows 95's "An illegal operation has occurred." I remember wondering whether the police were on their way.
- deleted 3y ago
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- Kye 3y ago
  I have genuinely had to reassure panicked relatives over this.
- jon-wood 3y ago
  Way back when my Dad worked from home, and had what I think was a Macintosh Classic II provided by his employer. I’d occasionally be allowed to play the games on it, mostly the pair matching one, which on one occasion crashed. Back then the crash dialog featured an icon of a bomb with the fuse lit, which caused me to panic thinking I’d caused the computer to blow up. Thankfully I hadn’t, and I believe that computer is still in his attic somewhere.
- nullc 3y ago
  A friend of mine ran a multi-line BBS out of his home when he lived with his parents. One day he came home and his parents sat him down to discuss the "illegal activities" he was up to with the computers. He was sweating bullets about the secret warez section of the BBS until eventually he figured out that it was due to an illegal operation crash message! (In that case it was probably desqview rather than windows)
- glhaynes 3y ago
  I got my first computer when I was about 6. It would boot to BASIC if there wasn't a floppy disk inserted. I typed something random and got back "SYNTAX ERROR". I wasn't old enough to know what either sin or taxes were, but my impression was they were both real bad.
- sergiomattei 3y ago
  My brother pulled this prank on me when I was first learning batch file. I thought I was going to jail.
- rsynnott 3y ago
  Who is General Protection, and why is he at fault for my programs crashing?
  - aaronmdjones 3y ago
    His second-in-command, Colonel Panic, is to be equally feared.
politelemon 3y ago
Actually it's been brought back. https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/9757d29a24ac1872872cf09757b0439c54089707 https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/9757d29a24ac1872...

I had a similar reaction to Windows 95's "An illegal operation has occurred." I remember wondering whether the police were on their way.

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Kye 3y ago
I have genuinely had to reassure panicked relatives over this.
jon-wood 3y ago
Way back when my Dad worked from home, and had what I think was a Macintosh Classic II provided by his employer. I’d occasionally be allowed to play the games on it, mostly the pair matching one, which on one occasion crashed. Back then the crash dialog featured an icon of a bomb with the fuse lit, which caused me to panic thinking I’d caused the computer to blow up. Thankfully I hadn’t, and I believe that computer is still in his attic somewhere.
nullc 3y ago
A friend of mine ran a multi-line BBS out of his home when he lived with his parents. One day he came home and his parents sat him down to discuss the "illegal activities" he was up to with the computers. He was sweating bullets about the secret warez section of the BBS until eventually he figured out that it was due to an illegal operation crash message! (In that case it was probably desqview rather than windows)
glhaynes 3y ago
I got my first computer when I was about 6. It would boot to BASIC if there wasn't a floppy disk inserted. I typed something random and got back "SYNTAX ERROR". I wasn't old enough to know what either sin or taxes were, but my impression was they were both real bad.
sergiomattei 3y ago
My brother pulled this prank on me when I was first learning batch file. I thought I was going to jail.
rsynnott 3y ago
Who is General Protection, and why is he at fault for my programs crashing?
- aaronmdjones 3y ago
  His second-in-command, Colonel Panic, is to be equally feared.

politelemon 3y ago

Actually it's been brought back. https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/9757d29a24ac1872872cf09757b0439c54089707 https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/9757d29a24ac1872...