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Aug 20 2008

Reason #328 Why I hate Windows

I’m scared everytime I have to reboot it.

If you are like me and have been using computers for several years, you probably have heard that it’s not good for the computer to cycle it (shut it down, and restart) very often.  While this was probably true many years ago, it really makes no difference these days, save for one reason.  You never know if it will actually start back up (if it’s Windows).

I hate cutting off my windows desktop.  It seems like everytime I do, something silly goes wrong and it either takes 10 minutes (literally) to get to a state it’s in working order, or sometimes it just doesn’t boot and I’m left trying to figure out why.  That is the case tonight.  It was working fine one minute, then after installing some new software that required a reboot, it won’t boot up.

When I switched to Apple, I remember thinking several months in how productive I had become.  I got to thinking about it and I realized I hadn’t had to spend any nights taking the thing apart to diagnose a problem.

Tonight I’m going to have to take the stupid windows machine apart and find out why it won’t boot instead of just chilling to some tunes and working on something productive.

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Reason #328 Why I hate Windows

I’m scared every time I have to reboot it.

If you are like me and have been using computers for several years, you probably have heard that it’s not good for the computer to cycle it (shut it down, and restart) very often.  While this was probably true many years ago, it really makes no difference these days, save for one reason.  You never know if it will actually start back up (if it’s Windows).

I hate cutting off my windows desktop.  It seems like every time I do, something silly goes wrong and it either takes 10 minutes (literally) to get to a state it’s in working order, or sometimes it just doesn’t boot and I’m left trying to figure out why.  That is the case tonight.  It was working fine one minute, then after installing some new software that required a reboot, it won’t boot up.

When I switched to Apple, I remember thinking several months in how productive I had become.  I got to thinking about it and I realized I hadn’t had to spend any nights taking the thing apart to diagnose a problem.

Tonight I’m going to have to take the stupid windows machine apart and find out why it won’t boot instead of just chilling to some tunes and working on something productive.

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Putting grapes in a fruit salad is a cop-out and everyone knows it!
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Aug 19 2008
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jstn:

Ben Folds & Regina Spektor - You Don’t Know Me (via hrrrthrrr)
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When Michael Phelps jumps into the pool, he isn’t making a splash; the water is just trying to get out of his way.
Aug 14 2008
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fat:

The Homer

From The Simpsons.  Perfect example of why saying “no” is a good idea sometimes.

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Cake Making FAIL (via)
Aug 13 2008
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Kevin wins my stupid game
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book of secrets (via keri)
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