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Comment by thought_alarm | Hacker News Reader

Ah, yes. The Kobayashi Maru system prompt.

    - Press ESC to return to Windows, freeze, and restart.
     
    - Press ENTER to return to Windows, crash, and restart.
    
    - Press CTRL-ALT-DELETE to crash, freeze, or restart.

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More like Oracle from the Matrix movies. It's there to provide the illusion of choice.

Ah, the MS OS/2 2.0 fiasco. Even with SIQ, it was still better than this. Though I think the best solution to the SIQ problem is the "ghost" window solution similar to what went into WinXP.

What would Kirk do?

Hack the program and change it so Windows surrenders, duh.

Install gentoo

Call Scotty.

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