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The Anchorage, Part 3
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Never a good situation Satira. I often found I'd wind up saying more than I should about something, or someone, folks were reporting as improper, or unnecessary, to get work done. Sometimes it helped, but more often than not, it just made me wish I hadn't said anything at all.
Makes me glad I haven't had to worry about that since retiring.
Makes me glad I haven't had to worry about that since retiring.
Mythocentric
Extraordinary
A sequel to the football discussion. Jose Mourinho needs to sign this guy for Manchester United!
AlphinaNovaStar
Energetic
My computer is missing. UPS lost it.
Terre
Renowned
We both had little icons on our phone screens. A white triangle at the bottom with an exclamation point in the middle. NOT in the "starter guide" that came with the phones. After calling to have TMobile deal with a problem hubby was having it looks like that icon means there is a software update that needs a reboot to apply. Yu'd a' thunk that something THAT important would be included in the little book that comes with the phone!
McGyver
Energetic
The little book... I love those.
Especially the little books printed in micro print in 327 languages including Yeti, that have the EULA buried in them.
Explaining stuff is not as important as people say.
At least that's the feeling you'll get at times.
I particularly hate when people say "look in the help manual" or "its in the instructions" and you know it ain't because you just went through it several times... Maybe sometimes it is, but not where it should be, like it's mentioned under an unrelated topic, but not under the subject it should be... Like say battery life or replacing the disintegration concentrator ring...
You know they were told by someone else but they want to look smart, or like they know how to read or something so they pretend they read the manual.
I don't disagree with reading manuals, especially when a product is new, but in many cases the product is something that has been around for a while or is designed in a particularly intuitive manner... In which case read a 900 page manual is necessarily the best use of one's time.
You don't often see it, but when manufacturers give a "what's new" section to cover a special feature or change, instead of just amending a previous sentence or statement in a manual.
A list of new features which some people think is sufficient, is not the same thing.
For example if you just state "Enhanced 7050 Rvz Disintegration Condenser Array", that sounds great, but if I have to dig through the manual to find the one sentence where it's noted the higher Rvz cycle could be killing my recharge sequence.
If you list that in a new features section that gives explanations of the features that is informative and saves time... Nobody wants to read a manual over each new version.
The worst is when the manual isn't even paper but electronic or online... Then you can't even flip or skim easily.
I read manuals all the time, and at one point I actually helped write instruction sheets at a place I worked, so to some degree, it's not actually like I care, it's just that I have some perverse fascination with how bad some manuals are.
One of my favorite things to encounter is references to nonexistent passages...
"If the indicator light is a dull semi pulsating medium blue-violet, you may need to change the resequencer battery. Refer to page 26,865 under "Resequencer Battery replacement". If the indicator light is pulsating slowly and is a dull violet-blue DO NOT REMOVE THE BATTERY COVER. Refer to page 26,865 for further information."
But when you go to page 26,865, you find "Enjoying your SilCorDyne Trans Dimensional Portal Generator in the shower".
In fact reading through the whole 55,431 pages reveals no mention of a resequencer battery or resequencer battery cover.
Stuff like that just drives me nuts.
Then after looking it up and only finding vague mention of resequencer batteries or mention of terrible things that happened when people removed the the battery cover, you find one lone off the cuff remark "it's a good thing the resequencer battery is now shared with the digital clock backup battery..."
Which is actually useless because your model has a multifunction screen...
Ugh...
I know I'm always complaining about Apple, in fact around here one of my daughters likes to tease my by blaming any mysterious occurrences on Apple... I'll be looking at a worn out gear and say "how the hell did that wear out like that?" And she'll throw out "it was Apple dad..."
But they are in my opinion famous for inexplicably changing up stuff for absolutely no reason at all...
Especially annoying is when updates turn on or off previous settings or defaults...
Undo was one of them.
In one update my iPad had the undo feature turned on...
If you aren't familiar with Apple's undo, it's actually more accurate to call it "Shake to Undo"...
First off, it's an unbelievably stupid idea... For me maybe not, if I knew it existed, because I will throw stuff, shake stuff and slam stuff into harder stuff, but it's a feature that just assumes you are gonna piss off the consumer, or just encourages violence against your product... Which is probably intended, so you'll smash it or it'll slip out of your hand and fly out a window causing you to buy a new one.
Screw product obsolescence, they were going for summary execution of products.
On my device the shake setting is oddly picky... Sometimes just tilting the device will activate "Undo Typing?" And sometimes, beating the living hell out of it will do nothing"...
I'm assuming they grow some amazing recreational botanical supplements in the company gardens in Cupertino, because how the hell that makes any sense over a friggin undo button, is beyond me... But it took me forever to figure out this was a built in feature and not some bug.
I accidentally had this happen in front of a friend who knew it was an actual feature, and subsequently shared this secret information.
Megh...
Product design and information dissemination... Two great things that hardly ever go great together.
Especially the little books printed in micro print in 327 languages including Yeti, that have the EULA buried in them.
Explaining stuff is not as important as people say.
At least that's the feeling you'll get at times.
I particularly hate when people say "look in the help manual" or "its in the instructions" and you know it ain't because you just went through it several times... Maybe sometimes it is, but not where it should be, like it's mentioned under an unrelated topic, but not under the subject it should be... Like say battery life or replacing the disintegration concentrator ring...
You know they were told by someone else but they want to look smart, or like they know how to read or something so they pretend they read the manual.
I don't disagree with reading manuals, especially when a product is new, but in many cases the product is something that has been around for a while or is designed in a particularly intuitive manner... In which case read a 900 page manual is necessarily the best use of one's time.
You don't often see it, but when manufacturers give a "what's new" section to cover a special feature or change, instead of just amending a previous sentence or statement in a manual.
A list of new features which some people think is sufficient, is not the same thing.
For example if you just state "Enhanced 7050 Rvz Disintegration Condenser Array", that sounds great, but if I have to dig through the manual to find the one sentence where it's noted the higher Rvz cycle could be killing my recharge sequence.
If you list that in a new features section that gives explanations of the features that is informative and saves time... Nobody wants to read a manual over each new version.
The worst is when the manual isn't even paper but electronic or online... Then you can't even flip or skim easily.
I read manuals all the time, and at one point I actually helped write instruction sheets at a place I worked, so to some degree, it's not actually like I care, it's just that I have some perverse fascination with how bad some manuals are.
One of my favorite things to encounter is references to nonexistent passages...
"If the indicator light is a dull semi pulsating medium blue-violet, you may need to change the resequencer battery. Refer to page 26,865 under "Resequencer Battery replacement". If the indicator light is pulsating slowly and is a dull violet-blue DO NOT REMOVE THE BATTERY COVER. Refer to page 26,865 for further information."
But when you go to page 26,865, you find "Enjoying your SilCorDyne Trans Dimensional Portal Generator in the shower".
In fact reading through the whole 55,431 pages reveals no mention of a resequencer battery or resequencer battery cover.
Stuff like that just drives me nuts.
Then after looking it up and only finding vague mention of resequencer batteries or mention of terrible things that happened when people removed the the battery cover, you find one lone off the cuff remark "it's a good thing the resequencer battery is now shared with the digital clock backup battery..."
Which is actually useless because your model has a multifunction screen...
Ugh...
I know I'm always complaining about Apple, in fact around here one of my daughters likes to tease my by blaming any mysterious occurrences on Apple... I'll be looking at a worn out gear and say "how the hell did that wear out like that?" And she'll throw out "it was Apple dad..."
But they are in my opinion famous for inexplicably changing up stuff for absolutely no reason at all...
Especially annoying is when updates turn on or off previous settings or defaults...
Undo was one of them.
In one update my iPad had the undo feature turned on...
If you aren't familiar with Apple's undo, it's actually more accurate to call it "Shake to Undo"...
First off, it's an unbelievably stupid idea... For me maybe not, if I knew it existed, because I will throw stuff, shake stuff and slam stuff into harder stuff, but it's a feature that just assumes you are gonna piss off the consumer, or just encourages violence against your product... Which is probably intended, so you'll smash it or it'll slip out of your hand and fly out a window causing you to buy a new one.
Screw product obsolescence, they were going for summary execution of products.
On my device the shake setting is oddly picky... Sometimes just tilting the device will activate "Undo Typing?" And sometimes, beating the living hell out of it will do nothing"...
I'm assuming they grow some amazing recreational botanical supplements in the company gardens in Cupertino, because how the hell that makes any sense over a friggin undo button, is beyond me... But it took me forever to figure out this was a built in feature and not some bug.
I accidentally had this happen in front of a friend who knew it was an actual feature, and subsequently shared this secret information.
Megh...
Product design and information dissemination... Two great things that hardly ever go great together.
A well written and up to date manual is a life saver. Most aren't.
Sooo ... I got hit with the Czech browser redirect malware yesterday
Suddenly, when I open a new browser window, I get redirected to the czech version of google. I suspect it happened when I was running a search for the obit notice of a cousin. I found out this weekend my dad's youngest sister's sons had died in 2014. I'm not sure if I ever met them more than once or twice. Her husband died June 15th. This aunt was the one that was raised by a couple of "spinsters," rather than by my dad's parents. Not that they were doing all that much raising by the time my dad and Rose/Teresa were born.
Anyway ...
So, I open a couple of pages from the search, and I get page can't be found. Next thing I know, my SecureLine VPN is turned off. A bit later, I start getting (or notice) the czech browser redirect. So, I look up why my browser is being redirected and discover it's malware, and can do all kinds of nasty things. I run a full antivirus scan with Avast. I switch to the Avast browser and Bing and download MalwareBytes ... nothing is found by either. I run through all the manual removal steps and still find absolutely nothing. Then I download Microsoft Malware Removal tool, which runs all evening, all night, and most of the morning. That seemed to do it. I've reinstalled Chrome, and everything is working as intended. No more redirecting.
I'm not much of a happy camper this bit of malware managed to sneak onto my computer. But ... I am relieved it finally seems to be removed.
Not only did the MS Malware Removal tool run through my hard drive, but also both external drives. Which explains why it took sooo long. Cool that, and it explains why it took so very, very long to scan.
Sooo ... I got hit with the Czech browser redirect malware yesterday
Suddenly, when I open a new browser window, I get redirected to the czech version of google. I suspect it happened when I was running a search for the obit notice of a cousin. I found out this weekend my dad's youngest sister's sons had died in 2014. I'm not sure if I ever met them more than once or twice. Her husband died June 15th. This aunt was the one that was raised by a couple of "spinsters," rather than by my dad's parents. Not that they were doing all that much raising by the time my dad and Rose/Teresa were born. Anyway ...
So, I open a couple of pages from the search, and I get page can't be found. Next thing I know, my SecureLine VPN is turned off. A bit later, I start getting (or notice) the czech browser redirect. So, I look up why my browser is being redirected and discover it's malware, and can do all kinds of nasty things. I run a full antivirus scan with Avast. I switch to the Avast browser and Bing and download MalwareBytes ... nothing is found by either. I run through all the manual removal steps and still find absolutely nothing. Then I download Microsoft Malware Removal tool, which runs all evening, all night, and most of the morning. That seemed to do it. I've reinstalled Chrome, and everything is working as intended. No more redirecting.
I'm not much of a happy camper this bit of malware managed to sneak onto my computer. But ... I am relieved it finally seems to be removed.
Not only did the MS Malware Removal tool run through my hard drive, but also both external drives. Which explains why it took sooo long. Cool that, and it explains why it took so very, very long to scan.
Glad to hear you got to the bottom of it, and got it fixed. I haven't used Google as a search engine for a couple of years now, so not sure if that's what brought it to your system, or not, but at least you got ahead of it, which is the most important thing.
Terre
Renowned
Daz Studio 4.1? Ummmmmm....... My programming training was back in '82 with BASIC, COBOL, and RPG2 so I know how easy it is to confuse the heck out of a computer and find myself wondering if this number will cause problems for those people who still have the original 4.2 on their computers as well as newer versions of D/S 4.
AlphinaNovaStar
Energetic
I have three albums on shuffle and repeat to play all night. About two hours of music but hopefully I will be asleep by two hours from now. One is Sia's Christmas CD. Another is Aaron Neville Christmas CD. Third CD is music from the Christmas movie the star.
McGyver
Energetic
I went into a Lowes yesterday and it seems Christmas is over... Except for the music.
There are now grills and storage stuff where the artificial trees were...
Well, I suppose if you need pool stuff, bathing suits, air conditioners or other summer stuff, winter is gonna be the time to buy it.
Makes sense.
There are now grills and storage stuff where the artificial trees were...
Well, I suppose if you need pool stuff, bathing suits, air conditioners or other summer stuff, winter is gonna be the time to buy it.
Makes sense.
AlphinaNovaStar
Energetic
Good morning. I wish I was home and in bed. Instead I am waiting to get on the clock at the mall I work at.
Well, how very annoying. I zapped my LED floor lamp this morning when I turned it off, and now it no longer works. (I so hate static electricity!)
It's going to be a dark evening! I should get the replacement sometime tomorrow. This one will have a remote control.
It's going to be a dark evening! I should get the replacement sometime tomorrow. This one will have a remote control.