Random Rants
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X-post from Facebook:
Windows Rant of the Day[TM]: Last night, I shut down my computer, and, unbidden to do so, it started installing updates instead. I didn't say "install 30 minutes of updates and then shut down," I said "shut down." I understand that it's important for your computer to stay updated, but no end user system has the right to start doing anything but shut down when told to do so. I could be on an airplane about to take off, or (as was the case) at work at 8PM trying to go home. Of course it says that I can't unplug or turn off during this unwanted and unexpected (no warnings whatsoever prior) exercise. So I unplugged anyway and locked my computer in my drawer so that I could leave the office (it was already well past office hours and I wasn't going to wait on it). I figured I probably had enough battery for the updates to complete, and then the system would shut down.
This morning, I turned the thing on and it resumes its updating process. It thinks for some reason that I care about all of the 19,000 (literally) operations required to do this, so it zips these across my screen (too quickly to read, so where's the value?). I endure this pointless exercise in Too Much Information, and the OS boots into my shell finally. Then Symantec throws two panicked alerts that my kernel has changed, and do I want to accept these changes. Well, I just had an update, so it's probably that. But it could be a virus too. Do I allow the change or not? I have a computer science degree (in other words, I know more than the average end user who is also forced to make this decision) and I have no flipping idea. How can the average user be expected to know how to handle this? Are they expected to understand the hex dump in this message? If they get alert fatigue from this exercise, what happens when a virus changes the kernel and the same alert presents? Why can't Symantec coordinate with Windows on these updates? Why is it OK to ask Joe User to make decisions that a security expert only knows the answer to?
I also have a story about my Mac. Last night there was a software update. I said "install" and it installed.
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Yeah, I know.
More annoying is that instead of non-stop flights between Houston and Charlotte, I now have a layover in Chicago. Talk about going around your ass to get to your elbow…
3 inches in 2 hours Chris. We're def getting hit hard!
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3 inches in 2 hours Chris. We're def getting hard!
I just don't know what to do with that bit ey (that's what she said)…
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Weather reports look bad. Keep warm, Brooks.
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Bring it on!!! I need 14"
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^there it is!
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Sycophancy and genuflexion are two things which will put me off a person for life.
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I've never seen "genuflection" spelled with an "x" but I rather like it. And wholly agree with the sentiment.
