tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post2935806885927628399..comments2024-01-08T19:49:13.932+00:00Comments on Froogville: Don't scare me like that!!Frooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-84226678942014092412010-04-30T02:54:36.006+00:002010-04-30T02:54:36.006+00:00Ah, I love that "archipelagos of functionalit...Ah, I love that "archipelagos of functionality"!<br /><br />And gosh, 'cruft' is a great word, too. I haven't used that in such a long time. Hopefully, that's not yet an issues with the Dell, but my old 'back-up' computers (an 8-year-old Vaio and a Thinkpad of unknown vintage) are pretty seriously encrufted.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-33121839065180126002010-04-29T11:00:51.240+00:002010-04-29T11:00:51.240+00:00I do Web work for a couple of paying customers, an...I do Web work for a couple of paying customers, and have done for years -- well before I transferred my affections to Linux. Because the pages (and underlying databases) were built using Windows-only tools, whenever I have to work on those sites I need to reboot my PC and switch into THAT operating system.<br /><br />Well, I'd been postponing work on them for a couple-three months, and so recently spent several days renewing my at-home relationship with Windows XP...<br /><br />When things are going smoothly, it really can be a pleasure working in Windows (although that may mostly be the devil-you-know syndrome). But oh my, when things are going badly... Windows is something like the Oceania of operating systems: a series of linked archipelagos of functionality, surrounded by seas of frustration and futility.<br /><br />One of The Missus's nieces is bringing a (Windows) laptop over here this weekend: it's playing host to a virus/trojan which apparently will not die. I'm bracing myself for at least a couple of looooong sessions without the pleasures of human, canine, broadband, or broadcast-entertainment companionship.<br /><br />P.S. Yes, on the day job I use Windows exclusively. But things are a bit simpler there: it's someone else's -- the IT department's -- problem if the whole mess becomes unusable. Plus, they swap in new PCs every 3 years or so, so there's not enough time to build up all the layers of cruft.JEShttp://johnesimpson.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-27057041679048266752010-04-29T10:20:19.782+00:002010-04-29T10:20:19.782+00:00Naughty boy, Stuart, pouring petrol on my already ...Naughty boy, Stuart, pouring petrol on my already blazing paranoia!<br /><br />I purchased a Dell in America last summer - but god knows where the individual components are manufactured these days. Taipei or KL, if I'm lucky.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-24049170822078022352010-04-29T04:26:58.800+00:002010-04-29T04:26:58.800+00:00Dare I ask whether the model is a Chinese brand wi...Dare I ask whether the model is a Chinese brand with components supplied by the worryingly global Huawei Technologies?<br /><br />If so, paranoia is your best friend, Froog.<br /><br />On second thoughts, it's best not to look - you're back up and running, no need to lose any more sleep over the issue.<br /><br />Or is there?stuarthttp://foundinchina.com/noreply@blogger.com