Open rant on PC software updating
Dec. 14th, 2007 12:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
drwexDear Arrogant Bastard Software Vendors
I will decide when I want to reboot my PC. Not you. And certainly not some automated process created by your lazy and cretinous programmers.
I do not f'ing care if you've installed an update, if you think your update is critical, or if you're concerned that your software won't work right unless I reboot my computer. Suck it up and DEAL. Do NOT be flashing stupid warnings at me with obnoxious bonging bells every few minutes. Do NOT be putting up a window that insists on being on top of every other window in my workspace, as if I was a forgetful child who would otherwise forget that this PoS excuse for an operating system can't manage to wipe its own smelly bottom without a reboot first.
I hereby sentence to you go beg humbly at the doorstep of the Firefox developers who will teach you polite and sensible ways to do updates ("oh, don't want to restart now? No problem, I'll just wait patiently and handle this the next time you restart Firefox. have a nice day.") Learn well and don't darken my disk drive again until you have.
No love,
Lord John Whorfin
(the preciding rant brought to you by McAfee virus scan, Microsoft Windows Update, and Apple Quicktime. But they're just the most recent culprits. Seriously, what's so f'ing hard about doing it the right way.)
I will decide when I want to reboot my PC. Not you. And certainly not some automated process created by your lazy and cretinous programmers.
I do not f'ing care if you've installed an update, if you think your update is critical, or if you're concerned that your software won't work right unless I reboot my computer. Suck it up and DEAL. Do NOT be flashing stupid warnings at me with obnoxious bonging bells every few minutes. Do NOT be putting up a window that insists on being on top of every other window in my workspace, as if I was a forgetful child who would otherwise forget that this PoS excuse for an operating system can't manage to wipe its own smelly bottom without a reboot first.
I hereby sentence to you go beg humbly at the doorstep of the Firefox developers who will teach you polite and sensible ways to do updates ("oh, don't want to restart now? No problem, I'll just wait patiently and handle this the next time you restart Firefox. have a nice day.") Learn well and don't darken my disk drive again until you have.
No love,
Lord John Whorfin
(the preciding rant brought to you by McAfee virus scan, Microsoft Windows Update, and Apple Quicktime. But they're just the most recent culprits. Seriously, what's so f'ing hard about doing it the right way.)
