Yup, I've had it with Win10. I've blogged about trying to install the damn thing on a test PC but I was going to use it on a trip. The night before I was leaving, it hiccuped. The laptop's display started flickering. I tried rebooting and then it would only boot into a repair screen.
Well none of the repairs worked even though it would say encouraging things about the various things I tried. When the computer rebooted, it was back to the old repair screen. So much for repair - it seemed to me liike listening to a PR flack.
I didn't have the guts to Reset the PC. The option says you get to save your files but then it tells you that NONE of the programs that don't come with Win10 will be saved. What use is that?
The last thing I tried seemed to work. It was rolling back to a restore point. After waiting an hour for it to stop saying it was rebooting and actually reboot, I forced it to power down and it rebooted. Great! Oh, wait, after I logged in it wanted to upgrade to Windows 10. Aha, it has gone back to Windows 7. Think I'll stay there too.
I've seen articles about how those annoying Upgrade to W10 will eventually turn into 'Hey we updated you to Windows 10'. It had better not happen to me.
Linux is looking better and better.
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Friday, February 19, 2016
Justice Scalia
I'm pretty liberal. Yet there is this Boy Scout part of me that respects other opinions. Justice Scalia loved the Constitution as I do. He had different opinions than I do. Whatever you think, if you love our country, you should respect that love.
Our country was founded on disagreement - but gentlemanly disagreement.
My Ancestor was a ship captain in the Revolution. He was captured by the British and 'paroled'. That meant he was free to return home but he was bound to not fight. He did that until he was informed that he had been 'exchanged' for a British officer. Then he could go back into the fight. which he did.
That was the kind of world the United States was born into. We don't live there anymore but parts of me kinda wish we did. That Boy Scout part wishing we acted like adults.
I wish our current politics were based on actual debate and not on personality or creed. Politicians seem to care only about getting re-elected and playing to their voters can trump what is best for our country. We've gotten so polarized - and Justice Scalia certainly represented the right wing - but maybe not the extreme right wing. I'm saying we need voices on each side of every debate but they must be reasonable voices. People that can find the common good.
Remember when compromise was what happened in Congress? Compromise takes honestly debating the issues but we've degenerated into competing sound bites.
We have to stop acting like 4 year old children.
Our country was founded on disagreement - but gentlemanly disagreement.
My Ancestor was a ship captain in the Revolution. He was captured by the British and 'paroled'. That meant he was free to return home but he was bound to not fight. He did that until he was informed that he had been 'exchanged' for a British officer. Then he could go back into the fight. which he did.
That was the kind of world the United States was born into. We don't live there anymore but parts of me kinda wish we did. That Boy Scout part wishing we acted like adults.
I wish our current politics were based on actual debate and not on personality or creed. Politicians seem to care only about getting re-elected and playing to their voters can trump what is best for our country. We've gotten so polarized - and Justice Scalia certainly represented the right wing - but maybe not the extreme right wing. I'm saying we need voices on each side of every debate but they must be reasonable voices. People that can find the common good.
Remember when compromise was what happened in Congress? Compromise takes honestly debating the issues but we've degenerated into competing sound bites.
We have to stop acting like 4 year old children.
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