Comments on: I’m Ready to Start Talking Penguin

By: Shangrila

Shangrila — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:59:15 +0000

I laughed when I first read "Microsoft updates", and then read further. I'm not laughing now! That just plain sucks (and I would never ask you to give up alcohol AND caffeine-do I look like a sadist to you?!) Shangrilas last blog post..Spin Cycle: Exit, Stage Left...

By: Be

Be — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:27:32 +0000

I make buggy software – where’s my 18 billion?

By: Be

Be — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:25:51 +0000

I only hope software updates go on forever – I call it job security!

But if it makes you feel better I heard today that he has lost 18 Billion (a capital “B”) dollars in the past year! What will he ever do with only 40 Billion left?

Imagine LOSING – $18,000,000,000. In one year? How the fuck could you spend it that fast!

By: Ginger

Ginger — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:44:51 +0000

I think I'm another one of your undiscovered sisters, too. I've survived many of the same things...my father was not an alcoholic, he just had multiple affairs. I did not ever live in an orphanage, but we moved 13 times in 12 years. Abandonment, check. Abusive first husband, check. Nasty Divorce, (aren't they all?) check. Single parenthood, check. Poverty, check. Blended family, (and boy howdy, is THAT ever it's own peculiar hell!) check. Menopause, check, check and check. Like Linda T said, I survived it all (so far) but there are parts of me that are gone, parts of me that are wounded, and parts of me that I'm still trying to coax out from under the bed. Gingers last blog post..A Red Margarita for Ruby Tuesday

By: Sprite's Keeper

Sprite's Keeper — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:27:07 +0000

Ack! How did I miss this? You're on my freakin' Reader! I hate when our office system updates every day at noon. Slows everything else down and keeps popping up every 5 minutes. A-NOY-ING. You're linked! Sprite's Keepers last blog post..It's Tuesday, It's Random, You Should Expect It Now

By: Midlife Slices

Midlife Slices — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:10:02 +0000

I love a survivor. Oh, and you can go into your control panel and stop that updating without asking you shit. I finally fixed HBL's laptop after about 100th Suduko puzzle he'd left open and ALMOST solved, only to come back and find it gone because his pc updated. that man is a Sudoku fanatic and you just don't mess with his numbers. Midlife Slicess last blog post..I Am a DumbAss

By: Tricia

Tricia — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:08:02 +0000

I adore you for many reasons...because of all that you've survived and lived to tell about, and because I really needed a laugh today. THANKS! Tricias last blog post..Monogamy Lessons and My Affair

By: Nothing Fancy

Nothing Fancy — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:02:15 +0000

Jan - I can't stop laughing!!! It's that darn truth that's so darn funny!!!!!! Thanks for my afternoon laugh-so-hard-I'm-crying adventure. I think I survived it, but I'm not sure. Nothing Fancys last blog post..My Career - A Lesson In Survival

By: SSG

SSG — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:32:30 +0000

Jan, Classic. You write about the shit you went through in a very matter of fact way, then can laugh about updates, but that's how it goes, isn't it? I really hope the Meopause ends soon for you so you can feel better. Hell, how long is it supposed to go on for? And I think you should get a Mac. SSGs last blog post..Another post that changes tack half-way through

By: TC

TC — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:49:24 +0000

The reason Microsoft can update automatically is due to a “feature” that they like to call Automatic Updates. Rather than bug you with a prompt to install, they go ahead and do it for you. Windows XP is a lot different than a Mac because essentially a Mac, like most Unix based OS’s will not let you perform administrative tasks without prompting to do so (with a request for the admin password). Windows isnt so lucky, especially in XP. Vista and 7 make this attempt through the use of the User Account Control feature, which acts very similarly to Unix. However, Im not sure whether this applies to Automatic Updates or not. If I know Microsoft and their past, they probably bypass their own technology to make it convenient for their users to receive updates automatically. They do make this a configurable option, so that you can download the updates but choose when to install them.

Leave it to Microsoft to make things “easy”.