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Re:Windows 8 & Metro with Mouse and Keyboard - Super User Blog by demetris on Friday March 09, 2012 @03:23PM (#3685759)
“If you haven’t been living under a rock for the last few months, you probably know all of the following:”

Whenever I see articles starting in this manner, I suppose that:

1. The writer does not know how to write; or

2. The writer is so far immersed in their topic that they have lost sight of what is important and relevant to the rest of the population.

In either case, I stop reading.

Am I wrong? (Genuine question, not rhetorical!)

Re:Windows 8 & Metro with Mouse and Keyboard - Super User Blog by bp_ on Friday March 09, 2012 @04:04PM (#3685929)
I apologize for sounding condescending.

However... the blog is for superuser.com, this is hacker news and I'd say the audience probably does know that Windows 8 and Metro do, indeed, exist :)

Re:Windows 8 & Metro with Mouse and Keyboard - Super User Blog by rbanffy on Saturday March 10, 2012 @01:55AM (#3687284)
Maybe, but a lot of us never touched Windows Vista, 7 or 8 and a lot of those really don't care about desktop OSs. You must also be aware that there are people who never used Windows. Ever.

Also, "super user" is a term normally associated with Unix systems. It's odd to expect people to associate it with Windows.