AAARRGGGGGGHHHH!!!

As some of you know, I am a bit of a techie-type person but without any sort of techie-analytical type characteristics. I can't remember any physics stuff about circuits and electricity and my Commodore 64 training in how to print my name ad infinitum doesn't get me very far these days. I am however a phenomenally sore loser and hate to be beaten, least of all my some glorified calculator. So I get to the same result as someone who knows more about these things sooner or later, I just get there with a lot more swearing and gratuitous bashing of delicate circuitry. Yes, once again, I have suffered a crashed laptop, and once again I have fixed it. Took me TWO WEEKS mind, during which time I discovered that:

- following instructions didn;t fix my problem, but not following them did;
- 'Readyboost' doesn't do what it says on the tin;
- printer software suites that sit in your memory system are nasty little buggers that should be taken out and shot/uninstalled; and
- a certain well-known provider of an anti-virus program has produced an installation process that achieves more than any virus ever did.

I don't know why I expect software to work. I expect it to be produced by people who have some idea of what effects it will have when people install it. I think I assume this because as with a lot of companies, people can hide behind glitzy packaging and flashy websites. In reality though, they're probably called Dwayne, drive an old Ford Capri and smoke too many fags.