Talk:Bug check
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Microsoft consitently calls this a bug check and not a Bugcheck in its most recent ddk and windbg documentation. I suggest the title be changed.
This article is poorly written, contains numerous inaccuracies and mostly duplicates information in Blue Screen of Death. I propose this article be deleted and replaced with a reference to that article. -- Zeusifer
- If a merge happens, I'd rather see it go the other way. Bug check is the proper term -- "Blue Screen of Death" is slang. -- Mikeblas 09:09, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
- I agree that bug check is technically the proper term, but it is not in common use except among a few professionals such as driver developers or MS employees (and even there, "bluescreen" and "bug check" are often used interchangeably). Also, the Blue Screen of Death article talks about pop culture references and similar-looking bluescreens in other operating systems which are not technically bug checks and would not be appropriate to put in this article. -- Zeusifer
- I guess I can agree (like aspirin is under aspirin and not acetylsalicylic acid). OTOH, What if Vista keeps the "red screen of death"? Then, the resulting integrated topic won't be timeless. -- Mikeblas 20:34, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
- I agree that bug check is technically the proper term, but it is not in common use except among a few professionals such as driver developers or MS employees (and even there, "bluescreen" and "bug check" are often used interchangeably). Also, the Blue Screen of Death article talks about pop culture references and similar-looking bluescreens in other operating systems which are not technically bug checks and would not be appropriate to put in this article. -- Zeusifer
[edit] Artificial intelligence?
When it reaches a point "where it cannot operate safely."? Can someone rewrite this to explain a little better as to how it knows something is unsafe? The OS is not an intelligence that can make a judgement call!
Also, what actually IS meant with unsafe? Loss of data likely? Computer suddenly starts smoking? Windows calculator starts claiming PI is equal to 3? Would be great if someone who understands this better than I could take my comments and clear that up. Ingolfson 08:27, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
