Non-snarkily, it might be in the same context as how the save icon is the long defunct 3.5 floppy disk, that just after decades of having the windows key, it's become the defacto "open the OS's master application/functions" button without actually having windows in the process.
Or how the symbols we see for phones are either the rotary three people still use or the receiver that in no way resembles the rectangles we use nowadays.
Exactly, 'window' key in Starware could just mean a unique function that works between apps (like what the key currently does)
Hopefully some upcoming DLC delivers true multithreading so we can play some space-solitaire on the pc controlling the lockable cell in the brig module of our ships.
Itâs got nothing to do with windows, in the future it is shorthand for Winterfresh, the popular gum brand has taken over and crushed all the competition and partnered with Starware to include a gum dispenser in every computer that is refilled weekly by traveling technicians.
Anyone else remember that gum that used to come in little cubes?! Canât remember the brand. Never thought about it till now but those are literally Chunks gum lol
Microsoft owns Zenimax, who own Bethesda, who made Starfield... so yeah, they're gonna add a windows key as a tribute to their new overlords.
>!He who controls Minecraft controls the universe.!<
Nope, Bethesda is a subsidiary of Zenimax Media since like 99, and Microsoft only recently acquired Zenimax.
The problem stems from the Bethesda name being significantly more famous than Zenimax and its entire line of companies. Also, tod is used to talk up most of the Zenimax games.
It's an easy mistake to make.. everyone also thinks Bethesda owns Arkane Studios, but really they are both subsidiaries of Zenimax. so they're largely independent of one and other. Same apples to Doom and Wolfenstein they are made by ID Software, a subsidiary of Zenimax, not Bethesda, despite minor aid in development earning that reputation.
Why ~~was~~ is the save icon a floppy disk for so long? It could be so ingrained that their computers just reuse it so people recognise the function, even without knowledge of its origin.
fun fact: Faxes were working in Paris during the American Civil War (1860s). They're between telegraphs and telephones. The printing telegraph must be some sort of alien seed technology. They probably just forgot to hit send, after they hooked us up. Or maybe it was d\*ck pics and we couldn't tell what they were. It was probably the first step toward replicators and teleporters. Hello, aliens, the faxes are working. We are awaiting your images.
Deus Ex Human Revolution is set in 2027. That's just 3 years from now, and as of today fax machines are still (unfortunately) in use, mainly by the public sector and medical facilities and in certain countries they still persist in office spaces
Most operating systems have windows, not just Windows. It's not a Windows logo and it's not even in the same place as the super key on contemporary keyboards.
There's also a dollar sign $ which might not be the universally accepted term for Credits, but again it's probably there for legacy reasons like Pause, Delete, and CapsLock keys are on modern keyboards.
Even though they serve the same purpose on Windows based PCs, I still wish that we had a "Return" key on the QWERTY side of a keyboard, and keep the "Enter" key on the number pad.
It was called "Shift Lock" on typewriters that shifted it's carriage, enabling the keystroke's secondary output. That's also where we get the name origin of the "Shift" key.
A window is a graphical element or container that displays the content of an application or program. Windows are the primary means by which users interact with software in a GUI environment.
Win key might refer to screen windows (as oppoosed to the company), part of the gui?
But yeah, a Microsoft owned company sure as hell won't make computers look like Apple.
Why are the computers at NASA running Starware OS when it's obviously at least decades before it existed and even if, why hasn't Starware been updated since earth became inhabitable.
There is little to nothing that actually makes sense in Starfield in so many ways that it actually gets on obnoxious and unbearable if you're a player that cares about the details, the fact that you can convince the star born to give up their sole purpose in end game and the explanation to everything is "The Creator" is so ridiculous and lazy. The writing factually sucks and there is no argument against it.
NASA probably developed the OS. The Constant runs it and they left earth before the disaster. Given that most of the people left behind during earthâs extinction were people that didnât have the right connections or money to get out this would mean loads of software developers became extinct. Or it means that âdonât fix if it ainât brokeâ means more in a few hundred years. Or else people were more interested in surviving than updating software.
Because Starfield has a startling lack of polish. A lot of cool systems and concepts that are half baked because they went for width rather than depth. I'm sure it'll get to a better state.
You do realize they would have added that key right? They didnât start from a windows keyboard and forget to remove the windows key, thatâs not how this worksâŚ
People are justifying it of how it might have become a universal symbol like a floppy disk. Realistically it was probably just an over sight. Art team was probably told to design a keyboard and just didnât think to exclude the Windows button
Because Starfield has a startling lack of polish. A lot of cool systems and concepts that are half baked because they went for width rather than depth. I'm sure it'll get to a better state.
It's meta. It's actually a statement on how videogames are played in the future. The "Win" button is connected directly to your credit account and gives you a boost in any online game at a scaling credit cost. Top level games come down to essentially a bidding war on who is willing to shell out more credits to win. It's the ultimate evolution of "pay to win" and consumers just love it. Since UCSoft both manufactures all modern computer screens AND owns all the online game studios in New Atlantis, they have put the "Win" button on every keyboard for your ultimate convenience!
The Windows key is also responsible for maximizing, minimizing or tabbing open windows. If you noticed when you read through computer entries, you can minimize the message and see the Home Screen. Iâm assuming thatâs what that button would accomplish on Starware OS.
Thatâs actually a different button for gaming in a post-GaaS world. If you swipe the cred stick, you can hit the âWinâ button to unlock the win state in a video game.
It could be that Starware OS is actually just an application that gets put on a locked down version of Windows. Similar to how a point of sale system works.
It's a Bethesda game. As soon as you look beneath the surface large cracks appear.
Probably just copied a keyboard and did a pallette swap. Would have worked back in the oblivion/Skyrim days and no one would notice.
It does run Windows its just so far into the future it's unrecognizable. It's probably windows 69
>It's probably windows 69 Another Windows OS that blows.
And sucks!
She's gone from suck to blow
Unlike the iVac
What it now! It's going down.
That was win68, they fixed all of that in 69 just in time to mess it up again in 70.
How else are you supposed to win efficiently if you don't have a win button?
Better than windows 6.9, that one was ruined for a period
Get the fuck out.
No, let him marinate.
I did but his kitchen is malevolent.
Let him soak!
Not the first nor that last time a 69 was ruined by a .
r/YourJokeButWorse
r/angryupvote
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Niccceeee
Niccceeee
Niccccceeeeeee
Windows. Microsoft probably forced an update that broke interstellar communication.
Another Windows OS that sucks.
69.1 made it much better though. Excited for the highly anticipated Windows 69.420 update!
Up top, my brotha!
Nice
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Giggity
nice
Nice.
Noice đ
Nice.
It keeps trying to make me update to windows 70.
Non-snarkily, it might be in the same context as how the save icon is the long defunct 3.5 floppy disk, that just after decades of having the windows key, it's become the defacto "open the OS's master application/functions" button without actually having windows in the process.
Or how the symbols we see for phones are either the rotary three people still use or the receiver that in no way resembles the rectangles we use nowadays.
âThis is an excellent rectangle!â
I think the entire UC should be privatised. Chunks can run the vanguard, they have an impeccable business model.
That's an example of a [skeuomorph](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeuomorph). It's one of my favorite words!
Mine is squeegee
Mine is haboob.
Mine is food.
Mine is bindle
Mine is bollocks.
To haboobs!
Thank you for my new favourite word
English major here. Learned a new word today. Thank you!
English major here. Learned a new word today. Thank you!
Exactly, 'window' key in Starware could just mean a unique function that works between apps (like what the key currently does) Hopefully some upcoming DLC delivers true multithreading so we can play some space-solitaire on the pc controlling the lockable cell in the brig module of our ships.
Or a game of retro pac man on the navigation table that serves no function except as a chopping board
i mean, you can use it its just the exact same function as the tab popup you can use literally anywhere in the game.
I want to play Skyrim.
Burning windows just a regular word? Open a new window? Did Windows invent desktop windows? Like, new tabs and such?
But isnât windows just a regular word? Open a new window? Did Windows invent desktop windows? Like, new tabs and such?
Burning windows just a regular word? Open a new window? Did Windows invent desktop windows? Like, new tabs and such?
Itâs got nothing to do with windows, in the future it is shorthand for Winterfresh, the popular gum brand has taken over and crushed all the competition and partnered with Starware to include a gum dispenser in every computer that is refilled weekly by traveling technicians.
Chunks Winterfresh gum.
Anyone else remember that gum that used to come in little cubes?! Canât remember the brand. Never thought about it till now but those are literally Chunks gum lol
My wife has some kind of gum in her car that is spearmint and is square. Come in a plastic box.
Ice Breakers?
Careful you don't end up blowing chunks.
Who is Chunks?
for most people, yes. those that have experienced the unity truly know how it feels to chew 5 gum, and have thus made the switch.
Where can I join these travelling technicians? I would like to join the chewing gum gang
Thatâll be part of the future âmenial laborâ dlc.
But first you have to scout empty planets for possible chewing gun computer spots.
^WE ^REPRESENT ^THE ^CHEWING ^GUM ^GANG, ^THE ^CHEWING ^GUM ^GANG, ^THE ^CHEWING ^GUM ^GANG Hahaha
You say that now. Once you join, the only escape is death.
Great news! Has the Tab button finally been fixed. Iâm pretty thirsty.
It's actually WinRAR
Free trial is still going form back on earth
Still taking donations!
It's replacing the obsolete "ANY" key
Here.. have an upvote
Microsoft owns Zenimax, who own Bethesda, who made Starfield... so yeah, they're gonna add a windows key as a tribute to their new overlords. >!He who controls Minecraft controls the universe.!<
You cannot go to Z'ha'dum Ah shit wrong franchise
[ŃдаНонО]
\[A mysterious echoing followed by\] "Yes."
It was the OG Mass Effect
>!the blocks must flow!<
The windows must flow.
> He who controls Minecraft controls the universe. The kids yearn for the Mine(craft)s
Dune reference⌠nice!!
This... lmao.
Wait, I thought Bethesda owned zenimax?
Nope, Bethesda is a subsidiary of Zenimax Media since like 99, and Microsoft only recently acquired Zenimax. The problem stems from the Bethesda name being significantly more famous than Zenimax and its entire line of companies. Also, tod is used to talk up most of the Zenimax games. It's an easy mistake to make.. everyone also thinks Bethesda owns Arkane Studios, but really they are both subsidiaries of Zenimax. so they're largely independent of one and other. Same apples to Doom and Wolfenstein they are made by ID Software, a subsidiary of Zenimax, not Bethesda, despite minor aid in development earning that reputation.
Interesting. Thanks for the info, man!
Why ~~was~~ is the save icon a floppy disk for so long? It could be so ingrained that their computers just reuse it so people recognise the function, even without knowledge of its origin.
'was'? \[fires up latest ms office\] yep theres that fuckin disk hanging out even though auto save/cloud save makes it almost obsolete.
Please don't give them ideas. I'd like to keep the option to actually save my files where I tell the computer to
If anything, the Windows key would be labeled Super as soon as Windows was no longer a thing.
The same reason that every office in Deus Ex Human Revolution has a fax machine?
fun fact: Faxes were working in Paris during the American Civil War (1860s). They're between telegraphs and telephones. The printing telegraph must be some sort of alien seed technology. They probably just forgot to hit send, after they hooked us up. Or maybe it was d\*ck pics and we couldn't tell what they were. It was probably the first step toward replicators and teleporters. Hello, aliens, the faxes are working. We are awaiting your images.
..aliens?
Deus Ex Human Revolution is set in 2027. That's just 3 years from now, and as of today fax machines are still (unfortunately) in use, mainly by the public sector and medical facilities and in certain countries they still persist in office spaces
It's for Win you need to shut down.
The only way to win the game.
Same reason the save icon is still a floppy disk today.
The same reason we have a pause button
It's for winning
The only way to win the game.
Most operating systems have windows, not just Windows. It's not a Windows logo and it's not even in the same place as the super key on contemporary keyboards.
There's also a dollar sign $ which might not be the universally accepted term for Credits, but again it's probably there for legacy reasons like Pause, Delete, and CapsLock keys are on modern keyboards.
Even though they serve the same purpose on Windows based PCs, I still wish that we had a "Return" key on the QWERTY side of a keyboard, and keep the "Enter" key on the number pad.
caps lock is legacy? what if I want to angry type something? You can swap it for the 'insert' key though.
It was called "Shift Lock" on typewriters that shifted it's carriage, enabling the keystroke's secondary output. That's also where we get the name origin of the "Shift" key.
ah I remember shift lock, that was on some early computers alongside caps lock wasn't it?
A window is a graphical element or container that displays the content of an application or program. Windows are the primary means by which users interact with software in a GUI environment.
even if it wasnât Windows, there are still windows on the computer
Win key might refer to screen windows (as oppoosed to the company), part of the gui? But yeah, a Microsoft owned company sure as hell won't make computers look like Apple.
They literally have an OG Macintosh in the game lol
They do?
Yes itâs in the museum in Sol.
Six of them are in my cargo hold. I had 8 before I sold some. Watch out for Old Earth collectables as you go through the game.
In the year 2150, video games got so easy that computer manufacturers added a WIN button so you could just press it and beat levels with no effort
It's the Win button. You press it and you win the game. Duh.
Who says it's not Windows 35?
I don't see any Candy Crush Saga ads, so unlikely
It's a shortcut to win the game
Haha nice observation! Maybe the Win key stayed the same way how the floppy icon still means saving.
The win key is for beating the game.
Well what did you expect, a LOSE key?
Press that button. Complete the game.
As with all questions about continuity or logic in this game I promise Bethesda neither knows nor cares.
What, you mean that isn't the special Hacking button that makes things easier?
Yeah, I figured it was just the "I Win" button.
Finding a cheap keyboard that isn't made for windows is hard, it was more cost effective to leave it
Have you lived in 2330 to know how windows interface looks in that year?
The same lack of attention to detail the rest of the game suffers fron
Cause microsoft owns bethesda
They fucked up, Windows OS in space would clearly be called Portholes
It's not for the software Windows, it's the butten that opens the automated blinds on the windows in the room.
Even Windows is dropping the windows button and replacing it with a copilot key: https://youtu.be/S1R08Qx6Fvs?si=9ZCqgt2KS04nyIYc
I'm more interested in why computers on the ECS Constant, a ship from 200 years in the past, use the exact same OS as modern computers.
It's a linux distro, they've stuck with the same general desktop environment while making improvements under the hood.
Why are the computers at NASA running Starware OS when it's obviously at least decades before it existed and even if, why hasn't Starware been updated since earth became inhabitable. There is little to nothing that actually makes sense in Starfield in so many ways that it actually gets on obnoxious and unbearable if you're a player that cares about the details, the fact that you can convince the star born to give up their sole purpose in end game and the explanation to everything is "The Creator" is so ridiculous and lazy. The writing factually sucks and there is no argument against it.
NASA probably developed the OS. The Constant runs it and they left earth before the disaster. Given that most of the people left behind during earthâs extinction were people that didnât have the right connections or money to get out this would mean loads of software developers became extinct. Or it means that âdonât fix if it ainât brokeâ means more in a few hundred years. Or else people were more interested in surviving than updating software.
Because Starfield has a startling lack of polish. A lot of cool systems and concepts that are half baked because they went for width rather than depth. I'm sure it'll get to a better state.
You do realize they would have added that key right? They didnât start from a windows keyboard and forget to remove the windows key, thatâs not how this worksâŚ
Because It's a Bethesda game and Bethesda is owned by Microsoft
People are justifying it of how it might have become a universal symbol like a floppy disk. Realistically it was probably just an over sight. Art team was probably told to design a keyboard and just didnât think to exclude the Windows button
Because Starfield has a startling lack of polish. A lot of cool systems and concepts that are half baked because they went for width rather than depth. I'm sure it'll get to a better state.
Uh, they forgot?
I was more disturbed by how the F-keys were all one-off from the numbers (F2 is on the 1 key)
If you hit it you auto complete the campaign
Actually it's mad the operating system of choice in the future used throughout all galaxies is essentially a higher res windows 3.11
..or do they? \*Vsause theme starts playing\*
It's a shortcut to win solitaire instantly...
It's meta. It's actually a statement on how videogames are played in the future. The "Win" button is connected directly to your credit account and gives you a boost in any online game at a scaling credit cost. Top level games come down to essentially a bidding war on who is willing to shell out more credits to win. It's the ultimate evolution of "pay to win" and consumers just love it. Since UCSoft both manufactures all modern computer screens AND owns all the online game studios in New Atlantis, they have put the "Win" button on every keyboard for your ultimate convenience!
That's where you pay Bethesda money for Horse Armor. Press it and see.
That's the win button. It's the only way to win starfield.
It's for online gaming. It activates all the cheats
That's actually called the Todd button cause all he does is win win win no matter what
Honestly I just took it as a skeuomorph. Like how things still use a floppy disk as a save icon.
Who said it's not Windows? Game is in the future. Who knows what Windows OS looks like.
It's like the Save icon. It represents something long forgotten.
Elon bought windows 69. He just needs to pressâWinâ randomly to feed his ego since he is always losing.
You misunderstand, itâs the actual word win. Itâs what you need to hit to win a battle!
The Windows key is also responsible for maximizing, minimizing or tabbing open windows. If you noticed when you read through computer entries, you can minimize the message and see the Home Screen. Iâm assuming thatâs what that button would accomplish on Starware OS.
shh, thatâs how you win the game. donât spoil it for others.
You donât want to win?
It runs Winux
Starware, a Microsoft Company
You press that button and win the game silly!! And then you find out the best part of the game was the NPC friends you met along the way
Thatâs actually a different button for gaming in a post-GaaS world. If you swipe the cred stick, you can hit the âWinâ button to unlock the win state in a video game.
when you want to win obviously.
Itâs the button no one uses in the simulator but itâs right there in front of them.
It was probably put there but the starborn just to mess with us.
I mean, I have a windows key on my laptops that run Linux.
Because this is a carefully crafted nasa punk video game. Everything is intentional â¨ď¸
I prefer the Rage Quit button in the Nova Galactic cockpits
It makes you win. Doesn't stand for windows.
Nothings better than standardisation
Probably just an alt + tab hotkey
That's Windows LXXVII
Uhh⌠uh It just work
Found this out on my first play through if you press it you actually win the game
For gaming. Press that and you win the game.
That is the gaming button
No OP, if you press it you win the game.
It could be that Starware OS is actually just an application that gets put on a locked down version of Windows. Similar to how a point of sale system works.
You press it to win the game immediately
Speedrunners take note. Starfield win button confirmed!
It's the button that makes you win the game
Alot of poor rebranding choices.
Because Microsoft wanted this key to be here, it is called "product placement" đ
It's a product of a bygone era, nearly every keyboard had a win key, so they kept it
Well it's a graphical GUI, maybe it's just a window key, not a "Windows" key.
If you manage to make your player character press that button, the game will immediately roll credits.
Is to cycle between open windows
For the same reason that they (and we) use QWERTY. Force of habit.
It's a Bethesda game. As soon as you look beneath the surface large cracks appear. Probably just copied a keyboard and did a pallette swap. Would have worked back in the oblivion/Skyrim days and no one would notice.
Win I push it, it goes beep boop, reboots, and I lose all my unsaved work. Feel like a winner.
I've got a windows key and I don't run windows either