There are some of us who get annoyed by such prompts everywhere we turn. Some of the various formats:
1. You said shutdown. What do you rally want to do? Shut the system down? Restart? Hibernate? 2. You said quit. Should I really quit or is there something else you would like me to do? 3. You entered a command to do x (choose a command for x). Enter "Yes" to ignore the command or "No" to proceed with it. Etc., etc., etc. I think that Apple did a disservice to the world when they started that. Sort of like the mis-application of MBO and of Top Down Structuyred Programming, both of which had grave unintentional consequences. The prompt is so prevalent that people have become inured to it. The response to the prompt is almost automatic. When the command is incorrect, the response usually follows suit. Maybe we ought to require that two keys in the possession of different people, preferable in different countries, be turned simultaneously before any command is accepted. (Are you reading this, Chuckie? I know that you can find a way to implement it on the garden-variety PC. It might make you rich.) I have always been a believer in "Rule Number 1" which is "Know what you are doing." The thinking needs to begin before the command is entered. I have seen more havoc wreaked on systems by those who accidentally push or pull the wrong button on a cpu than I have by someone entering the wrong command from a keyboard. I have seen (but not been a party to) several unintentional power downs, both normal and emergency, over the past 44 years but only one accidental SHUTDOWN command. Regards, Richard Schuh Alan Ackerman wrote (in part): Why doesn't CP prompt the operarator: "Are you sure you want to bring this system down? Your job may be on the = line. Think about it! Yes Are you really, really sure you want to bring this system down? Yes Enter your name and Social Security number: etc. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com
