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I more or less meant, I'll stop trying to take comments here seriously or assume they're informed opinions. It's an assumption that I generally (used to?) grant

I more or less meant, I'll stop trying to take comments here seriously or assume they're informed opinions. It's an assumption that I generally (used to?) grant HN comments moreso than anywhere else on the Internet. Normally when I see comments hating on an Microsoft product, I assume they have some basis in personal usage reality and not because it's become a meme, even here, to blindly hate on Microsoft and make assumptions about their products that literally stem from 5-10 years ago.

ktizo 14y ago
Admittedly I am responsible for one of the more ridiculous and pointless comments on this thread (although in my defense it wasn't an attempt at being pseudo-relevant in the slightest, was just me being silly about the use of the word 'mystery', which always tends to bring out scooby-doo references in my head). However, what kind of response can you have to an announcement that any big company is releasing something, but they won't say what. I'll reserve relevance for when there is something to be relevant about, otherwise it is just the microsoft equivalent of the more vacuous side of mac rumours, and in the absence of any information I do find sillyness is preferable to sincere waffle about a marketing exercise.
detst 14y ago
Fair enough but I don't see these "Microsoft sucks lols" comments you speak of. I hope they are delaying Win 8 for at least a year. Is that it? Based on early Windows 8 feedback, Microsoft announce the upcoming release of Windows 9! /s Maybe this? Even if you ignore the "/s", I don't take this as "MS sux". He's simply referencing some of the critical reaction that comes with any major change to a product with a bit of humor on a post that isn't exactly conducive for a good discussion. This post is about a "mystery". If anything, I'd take the tone of the comments to be relative indifference about discussing this "mystery".

ktizo 14y ago

Admittedly I am responsible for one of the more ridiculous and pointless comments on this thread (although in my defense it wasn't an attempt at being pseudo-relevant in the slightest, was just me being silly about the use of the word 'mystery', which always tends to bring out scooby-doo references in my head). However, what kind of response can you have to an announcement that any big company is releasing something, but they won't say what. I'll reserve relevance for when there is something to be relevant about, otherwise it is just the microsoft equivalent of the more vacuous side of mac rumours, and in the absence of any information I do find sillyness is preferable to sincere waffle about a marketing exercise.

detst 14y ago

Fair enough but I don't see these "Microsoft sucks lols" comments you speak of. I hope they are delaying Win 8 for at least a year. Is that it? Based on early Windows 8 feedback, Microsoft announce the upcoming release of Windows 9! /s Maybe this? Even if you ignore the "/s", I don't take this as "MS sux". He's simply referencing some of the critical reaction that comes with any major change to a product with a bit of humor on a post that isn't exactly conducive for a good discussion. This post is about a "mystery". If anything, I'd take the tone of the comments to be relative indifference about discussing this "mystery".