we begin here...

it sucks though...

I wish someone would create a universal operating system with compatible full featured programs that did not crash and reset frequently... I wish greed did not effect productivity and efficiency at every point along the way in our modern technological industrial society... I wish enough human beings would wake up and become conscious and aware that most of what we do as a species is working against actually progressing as a species because most of what we do is working against what others are trying to do even when everyone is actually intending to advance knowledge and comfort and peace and happiness and enlightenment and a better life for humanity...

ok, maybe I'll leave that rant alone for now...

anyway, even my WindowsXP Professional at work on a 2.8Ghz 512Mb RAM machine occasionally locks up and crashes on me... I suppose that sometimes it's cuz I am working on an Access database (building databases and queries, so with a few {at least} windows open), an Excel Spreadsheet or two (migrating data from the spreadsheets to the databases requires that), an MS Word document at the same time and 512Mb just can't handle it, and checking my mail on the web with IE (it might get worse when they finally allow us to access email through Outlook next week) but still, why not make hardware that is capable of handling software and why build software with so many bugs and crash-points...

it makes no sense, unless, of course, keeping a dissatisfied consumer base eager to try something new that will work better is beneficial for a company that holds a virtual monopoly makes sense to you... hmmmm, I suppose the business logic is in there... after all, we (Windows users) are always looking for the next update or next version of the software, always hoping it'll work better and finally be the software that does not crash a lot...

I dub Microsoft Crashalot...

there, maybe knighthood will help them care about their consumers more than their profit margins and repeat business... don't they realize that just about anyone with any computer savvy who can afford Mac products uses a Mac?... I wonder how far Linux and other OS software have come... I mean, is there a suite of software comparable to and easily compatible with MS Office files out there?...

I should ask my resident computer geniuses (here on the web, I'm the most proficient at the hospital, which is so sad in this day and age) to teach me more about computers... of course I might have to move to Sandy Eggo to get any real education in the details I need to learn... I am, on a sort of side note, remembering much of what I had forgotten I knew about databases as I play with the MS Access program at work... once upon a time I was very proficient in Paradox 3.5 and built relational databases with ease... I've forgotten most of the details and have to find the same skills with MS Access, but it's slowly coming along...

yeah, so I went on a more specific rant... and I sorted my piles of dirty clothes into bins ready for the washing machine and threw a second load in the machine and the Saturday College Football and Washday is on it's way... I think I am determined to do all of the wash today, which will take some time... though Rasputin has a friend throwing a birthday party for her daughter tonight and if he feels up to it (he's at work now and doesn't sound too great), he and Precious are going and I might go too...

that might kill the cleaning bug that started biting this week, but then, maybe I'll just continue when I get back and tomorrow... the danger of finally unpacking every box and throwing out all the unnecessary baggage and tidying up all of my areas is that I might start becoming more frustrated with their messes like I used to back when they first moved in... especially if I actually feel like increasing my social life and having some new people over...

I suppose I ought to consider fixing my bed somewhere in that process, but that's another story for another time... for now, I'll leave you with this thought...

love...

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