Where was I yesterday? Stuck in the bathroom? No, that wasn't it. Mostly, I was finishing off the updating processes resulting from Patch Tuesday this week, and getting two computers with dual-booting on each of two systems all happy with each other, and matching their add-ons, so that I've got the same things on the same operating systems on the two different computers. Sound confusing? Yes, it is, but mostly, it's a time-consuming process that seems to require a lot more time than necessary.
For example, when Microsoft with its 'Patch Tuesday' puts together a set of its Windows Updates for monthly distribution to us unwashed masses for so-called 'automatic download and installation' then why isn't that whole process actually automatic and actually installed, and why can't that process be set up to do its own confirmation and rebooting so that I don't have to waste half a day re-checking everything to make sure it happened and was a success? Is that asking too much? Apparently it is. But if they can write the code to create the updates, why can't they write the code to get them to automatically integrate themselves into the rest of the system without requiring user inputs or actions to enable it? Do they imagine we enjoy wasting half a day finishing off a process that they decided was necessary for the continued secure use of their programming?
Moving along here (shall we?) it seems that every day lately, there's a new financial crisis somewhere. If it isn't Greece, it's Spain, or Portugal, or France,
or Germany, or China, or the USA, or God forbid, Bunga Bunga, that magical land of mystery and intrigue and cheap T-shirts. This got me recalling a video on the subject of money and where it comes from called 'Money as Debt' and
you can find it here. It's about 47 minutes long, but worth the time for sure because it explains a few things most of us don't stop to think about or find answers to, and we should. And it just may surprise you. Check it out.
And today's Question Everything is: " If they can make paper towels tough enough to outlast almost any chore demanded of them, why can't they make toilet tissue that doesn't dissolve before its job is completed?"
Rumor has it that Larry Hagman and 'Dallas' are returning to the tube with both original and new cast, or so says USA Today. I have terrible news for these weathered and aging stars of 'I Dream of Jeannie' and other assorted epics of the small screen - you don't get a second chance to make a first impression, and nothing's forever, not even on TV. So forget it....
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