Saturday, February 21, 2004
Anti-trust
Have I mentioned how much Microsoft sucks? I mean, really really really sucks?
My first blog entry in nearly 3 weeks....so what gives? Oh, I'll tell you. About 10 days ago my 2-month old laptop suffered a serious OS malfunction, brought on by a supposed bug-fix that I downloaded directly from Microsoft. This bug fix was intended to address a serious OS-related security hole, but in the end I discovered to my horror that once installed it ceased to allow me to even log on to my machine. I suppose in some perverse sense that does increase the security of the OS...when no one can actually connect to it. But I digress.
I have since jumped through several hoops with technical support, with the current status being that my laptop is sitting in some repair facility god-knows-where. The annoying thing about all this (and I feel my blood boiling again just writing about this) is that it's almost been two weeks now since I dropped the machine off for warranty repair, and I have no evidence yet that anyone has even taken a look at my machine. Nor do I have any evidence that they will follow my explicit instructions to not delete or reformat my existing hard drive. I say that because the laptop is now in the second or perhaps third location it has been to since I dropped it off on the 11th.
So yeah, I'm a lot pissed at Microsoft. And frankly, HP isn't earning too many points with me either. In fact, I have now resolved that in the next year, I will work hard to move all my computer use off any machine that depends on Microsoft software, or HP hardware. I am just so sick of all this MS stupidity and incompetence.
OK, enough bitching. I've worked myself into a lather again, which was not my intent. Grrrrrrr.........
My first blog entry in nearly 3 weeks....so what gives? Oh, I'll tell you. About 10 days ago my 2-month old laptop suffered a serious OS malfunction, brought on by a supposed bug-fix that I downloaded directly from Microsoft. This bug fix was intended to address a serious OS-related security hole, but in the end I discovered to my horror that once installed it ceased to allow me to even log on to my machine. I suppose in some perverse sense that does increase the security of the OS...when no one can actually connect to it. But I digress.
I have since jumped through several hoops with technical support, with the current status being that my laptop is sitting in some repair facility god-knows-where. The annoying thing about all this (and I feel my blood boiling again just writing about this) is that it's almost been two weeks now since I dropped the machine off for warranty repair, and I have no evidence yet that anyone has even taken a look at my machine. Nor do I have any evidence that they will follow my explicit instructions to not delete or reformat my existing hard drive. I say that because the laptop is now in the second or perhaps third location it has been to since I dropped it off on the 11th.
So yeah, I'm a lot pissed at Microsoft. And frankly, HP isn't earning too many points with me either. In fact, I have now resolved that in the next year, I will work hard to move all my computer use off any machine that depends on Microsoft software, or HP hardware. I am just so sick of all this MS stupidity and incompetence.
OK, enough bitching. I've worked myself into a lather again, which was not my intent. Grrrrrrr.........
Tuesday, February 03, 2004
Quiz answer
The answer to my earlier pop quiz is E), none of the above. The quote is from our first Republican president Abraham Lincoln. You can read the full context of the quote here.
President Psychopath?
In the tradition of columnist Charles Krauthammer, who frequently publicizes his own psychiatry practice and likes to psychoanalyze Democrats, here's a fascinating (and well, disturbing) analysis of our President from last March.
I know that I've posted similar links and analyses in the past, which help to explain what is so seriously wrong with the President. This is just another of those....but damn, this one is just so relevant it's hard to ignore!
You can learn more about similar psychoses here at Serial Bully Online. Now really, read through the list there and try to tell me that the vast majority of the characteristics of such people don't apply to Bush. You can't do it.
I know that I've posted similar links and analyses in the past, which help to explain what is so seriously wrong with the President. This is just another of those....but damn, this one is just so relevant it's hard to ignore!
You can learn more about similar psychoses here at Serial Bully Online. Now really, read through the list there and try to tell me that the vast majority of the characteristics of such people don't apply to Bush. You can't do it.
Monday, February 02, 2004
Pop quiz
From the inestimable Billmon:
Which of the following made this statement?
A.) Howard Dean
B.) Noam Chomsky
C.) Gore Vidal
D.) Michael Moore
E.) None of the above
Answer coming soon....
"Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion ... and you allow him to make war at pleasure ... If today he should choose to say he thinks it necessary to invade Canada to prevent the Canadians from invading us, how could you stop him? You may say to him, 'I see no probability of the Canadians invading us'; but he will say to you, 'Be silent: I see it, if you don’t.' "
Which of the following made this statement?
A.) Howard Dean
B.) Noam Chomsky
C.) Gore Vidal
D.) Michael Moore
E.) None of the above
Answer coming soon....
Invade Iraq? What was I thinking?
Unbelievable.
Hey dummy, you're the president - it's your JOB to know what you thought when you decided to invade another country. Or were you sleeping during those meetings?
"What we don't know yet is what we thought, and what the Iraq Survey Group has found, and we want to look at that," Bush said as he met his Cabinet.
Hey dummy, you're the president - it's your JOB to know what you thought when you decided to invade another country. Or were you sleeping during those meetings?
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