Re: OT: There are no words for how broken everything is

2016-01-12 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 7:30 PM, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > Rick Johnson : > >> they have these new inventions now called "blogs", maybe you should >> sign up for one? > > "Sign up for a blog?" What does that mean? > > Is it like creating a computer program or starting a company: you sign > up for on

Re: OT: There are no words for how broken everything is

2016-01-12 Thread Marko Rauhamaa
Rick Johnson : > they have these new inventions now called "blogs", maybe you should > sign up for one? "Sign up for a blog?" What does that mean? Is it like creating a computer program or starting a company: you sign up for one? Anyway, why not use Usenet what it is meant for: discussions. M

Re: OT: There are no words for how broken everything is

2016-01-11 Thread Rick Johnson
On Monday, January 11, 2016 at 10:26:40 PM UTC-6, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > [...] > Took me three weeks to remove the last of the malware, and another two weeks > to track down the cause of an annoying glitch where every 30 seconds the PC > would freeze up for a fraction of a second. It was one of

OT: There are no words for how broken everything is

2016-01-11 Thread Steven D'Aprano
There are no words to explain just how broken everything is. This post tries: https://medium.com/message/everything-is-broken-81e5f33a24e1 but barely covers even a fraction of the breakage. Thanks goodness for anti-virus, right? One of the leading anti-virus vendors in the world, TrendMicro, h