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| Have you ever felt like doing this?* |
Okay, the technological revolution has made many things easier. The world has become a smaller place thanks to the World Wide Web.
There’s no need to pick up the phone to talk to people. No email, chat, tweet or IM instead.
And, if we really want to know about corrupt regimes throughout the world, we can hear from the people who suffer under them.
Yet, there are things about computers that have you wanting to chuck them out the window. Like computer messages for instance.
Hate the things. Especially when they make no sense or muck up my computer like these -
‘You have a storage device connected.’
Where? Is some clandestine organisation wirelessly spying on my computer? I have NO storage devices connected. Get lost you creepy message you.
‘You have Windows Updates.’
Supposedly they’re meant to make your computer run smoothly (especially those ‘crucial’ updates, which are needed because Microsoft thought wouldn’t it be a jolly good idea if people could access their computers from other computers using ‘remote access’ which funnily enough also allows other people to access their computers too), but whenever I download any, a few things tend to happen –
My computer slows down
My computer crashes
My computer slows down
My computer crashes
‘The following drive is in use.’
I usually get this when I try and remove a flash drive, going through the rigmarole of disconnecting it the way you are meant to, by stopping the drive and then taking it out. It’s not in use, yet it says it is. What a pain.
‘Windows is shutting down.’
Only it’s taking ages. In that time you have had a bath, done the washing up and sorted out that problem with the Ozone layer, and still that message is there for no apparent reason. Mad? It makes me want to give the computer a kicking.
*Note - This post is in no way an endorsement that you smash your computer in with a hammer. Do it and you are on your own,
