Rambling and/or Venting
Okay... things are quieting at work, and I find some sanity returning after more printer-based frustrations. There's some time before a few more people go home and I get to do setup and troubleshooting around them. At least we've replaced the one color printer that has tormented me for a year or more with frequent jams and erroneous reports of missing components...
Naturally, we've all got them and may not even think about them unless they happen to come up. One entry on the list:
Installation/Registration for stuff I don't even really want. If a friend directs me to something on the internet and I hit a "you must login" or "you must install this," I'll usually just turn away at that point. Being pressured to do these seemingly minor things actually pisses me off.
Why? What's the big deal? Well, I happen to like to keep the number of installed programs and logins down to a controlled minimum. Every new bit of software can cause conflicts, slow a computer, or (especially from the internet) be laden with malware. Every new login is something I have to remember and (while I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist) one more data-tendril out in the ether that's connected to me and all my other accounts in some peripheral fashion. I don't want any more of that than I have to have, especially for something I may use once upon request.
Suggest once if you like, but push the matter only if you're literally trying to annoy me.
I've also heard further details on a friend/coworker moving in the near future. 'tis sad, as his enthusiasm was a refreshing change (even if he smoked too much). In his words: "I just can't do Durango." Yeah, this isn't the easiest place to be financially...
Naturally, we've all got them and may not even think about them unless they happen to come up. One entry on the list:
Installation/Registration for stuff I don't even really want. If a friend directs me to something on the internet and I hit a "you must login" or "you must install this," I'll usually just turn away at that point. Being pressured to do these seemingly minor things actually pisses me off.
Why? What's the big deal? Well, I happen to like to keep the number of installed programs and logins down to a controlled minimum. Every new bit of software can cause conflicts, slow a computer, or (especially from the internet) be laden with malware. Every new login is something I have to remember and (while I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist) one more data-tendril out in the ether that's connected to me and all my other accounts in some peripheral fashion. I don't want any more of that than I have to have, especially for something I may use once upon request.
Suggest once if you like, but push the matter only if you're literally trying to annoy me.
I've also heard further details on a friend/coworker moving in the near future. 'tis sad, as his enthusiasm was a refreshing change (even if he smoked too much). In his words: "I just can't do Durango." Yeah, this isn't the easiest place to be financially...
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