I should probably write something, it's been a while. Ok, we're #1, well Arizona is with the biggest, baddest forest fire in the nation. That's not a distinction I prefer, hoping for rain. Hey, there's clouds finally, rain would be nice. Don't like my state to go up in smoke.
Noticed, I wrote when I got back to work. Well, been working overtime til braindead here slipped on a wet spot on the floor and fell, twisting my ankle. So, I have a few days off now. That happened yesterday. Other big happening yesterday is the friend that was staying with us moved out. Now we have this one empty room which my kid wants to make into a entertainment room, ie move the PC off the dining room table where it's been for the last 5 years. Don't know what I'll do if I can finally see the table, ha! Now if I could just stop using the PC, that would be nice. Trouble is they haven't ported over IncrediMail over to the Mac yet and that's the one program I still use it for. I am so addicted. The appeal, graphic design, trying new stuff. I do so love playing.
Wednesday, June 26, 2002
Monday, June 03, 2002
OK, I should probably tell the news, saw the doc, waited around for a week for his report, and was totally unsurprised he said I didn't need any more treatment for my back. Hey, I didn't get any to start with (work injury in March). So, I am back at work, worked the last 3 days and am now trying to catch up on things. And that meant I spent the day backing up data. Well, I need to clean out the PC. I am always using up system resources and having to reboot, usually about 6 times a day. Contrast that with my iBook which I haven't had to reboot in well over a month and that with having 8-10 programs open at once and multiple documents. It sometimes slows down a little bit. And that is usually only noticible when I am playing games. Ah, Unix, well OSX IS Unix, love it.
I got this in the mail and thought it funny and too true:
GM vs. MICROSOFT
For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way computers have enhanced our lives, read on: At a recent computer expo, COMDEX, Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."
In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:
1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only five percent of the roads.
6. The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "General Protection Fault" warning light or a "You have performed an illegal operation."
7. The airbag system would ask, "Are you sure?" before deploying.
8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
9. Every time GM introduced a new car, car buyers would have to learn to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
10. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.
GM vs. MICROSOFT
For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way computers have enhanced our lives, read on: At a recent computer expo, COMDEX, Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."
In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:
1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only five percent of the roads.
6. The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "General Protection Fault" warning light or a "You have performed an illegal operation."
7. The airbag system would ask, "Are you sure?" before deploying.
8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
9. Every time GM introduced a new car, car buyers would have to learn to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
10. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.
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