tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14721972.post113311119460978111..comments2018-11-22T02:28:10.275-08:00Comments on Musings of a GIL Dude: Software like ET: Phone HomeJerry Hamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13034649959826596758noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14721972.post-1141317928345040172006-03-02T08:45:00.000-08:002006-03-02T08:45:00.000-08:00This is off-topic, but I have to vent somewhere an...This is off-topic, but I have to vent somewhere and you brought it to mind. It's all your fault. Speaking of "Sup?" and other such 'Net colloquialisms: i T1nK 1f i C d15 m1Nd1355 jVnK 0n3 m0 t1m3, i w1LL k1LL 50m30N3. Can't anyone besides myself see that in their effort to be different, unique, whatever, that these people have only jumped on yet another lame, OLD and far from original bandwagon? I would suggest that they learn more proper language skills before they go and mangle it all beyond comprehension. Now I'm off to get a tribal tattoo to set myself apart from the pack. Baaaa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14721972.post-1141317230941016482006-03-02T08:33:00.000-08:002006-03-02T08:33:00.000-08:00I completely agree. In fact, I disable automatic u...I completely agree. In fact, I disable automatic updates on every program that gives me the ability to do so--and no, this is not always easy to accomplish. I just keep a small text file that lists all of my "monthly updates" and other tasks so that I don't forget to do it myself. But it gets worse. Far worse. Programs such as McAfee, Norton, Realplayer--the list goes on and on--that don't allow me to control that--or worse still, IGNORE MY COMMANDS COMPLETELY--are banished from MY computer forever. I fail to see how Norton, for example, secures my computer by having an open connection basically at all times, regardless of what I set it to do, or what it says it is set to do. Scary. "Yokels" is exactly the right word, I think. Thanks for the chuckles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com