Re: yet again, sound is a problem

[ToddAndMargo]

On 7/11/22 17:55, George N. White III wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 7:36 PM ToddAndMargo via users 
> <[e-mail] > 
> wrote:
> On 7/11/22 14:28, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>  > On Mon, 2022-07-11 at 11:21 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
>  >> On 7/11/22 08:44, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>  > [...]
>  >
>  >> It is worse than you think.  One of the unethical things
>  >> M$ does is called Fast Boot (Fast Startup).  Basically
>  >> when you think you have shutdown, you have only exited
>  >> your programs and suspended.  So when you, haha, power
>  >> back up, "Look see how fast it boots!" and you get
>  >> back all of the sins of the past.
>  >
>  > So basically hibernation. I'm not fan of MS, but isn't it a bit of a
>  > stretch to call it "unethical"?
>  >
>  > poc
>
> No stretch at all.  Shutdown means to shutdown,
> not to hibernate/suspend.  M$ is lying to its
> customers so they can brag about how fast
> their stuff boots.
>
>
> Maybe not lying, just MS is so big they can get away with redefining
> technical terms.
>
> Clear, consistent, use of technical terms is important.  Now shutdown
> means something different for many Windows systems.  Abuse of
> terminology adds to the confusion many people for whom English is a
> second language already have with the lack of consistency in English.

Hi George,

In this case, it is deliberate.

-T