Comments on: technical apologies http://allanhunter.net/blog/2008/07/01/technical-apologies/ Archetypes and Personal Development - the only website make sense of them both Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:09:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Administrator http://allanhunter.net/blog/2008/07/01/technical-apologies/#comment-3349 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:43:31 +0000 http://allanhunter.net/blog/2008/07/01/technical-apologies/#comment-3349 Dear Marnie. It's good to know I'm not alone in my technical moaning - especially since I know you are very tech savvy. I always have a tendency to assume that it's my ignorance that things don't work, when it seems to be the case that the systems are not all they're supposed to be..... As for our president - - perhaps we tend to think the same way about him? We are encouraged to assume that he's doing the lousy job he's doing because we don't have enough troops, or money, or something, and that somehow it must be our fault for not being patriotic enough.... I don't fall for that one, but I do notice the manipulation involved. As for McCain, it's his logic that is lacking. Anyone who can say that troops need to stay in Iraq until the 'job's done' (question: does anyone know what the job is, and how we'll know when it's done??), even if it takes 100 years - - such a person is making no sense. That's a bit like saying that I'm intending to stay drunk until I get my promotion at work: The first part of the statement has nothing much to do with the second. An ill-conceived action like the invasion of Iraq will NEVER get anything constructive done. Ever. Trust me. It's good to hear from you after all this time. Allan Dear Marnie.

It’s good to know I’m not alone in my technical moaning - especially since I know you are very tech savvy. I always have a tendency to assume that it’s my ignorance that things don’t work, when it seems to be the case that the systems are not all they’re supposed to be…..

As for our president - - perhaps we tend to think the same way about him? We are encouraged to assume that he’s doing the lousy job he’s doing because we don’t have enough troops, or money, or something, and that somehow it must be our fault for not being patriotic enough…. I don’t fall for that one, but I do notice the manipulation involved.

As for McCain, it’s his logic that is lacking. Anyone who can say that troops need to stay in Iraq until the ‘job’s done’ (question: does anyone know what the job is, and how we’ll know when it’s done??), even if it takes 100 years - - such a person is making no sense. That’s a bit like saying that I’m intending to stay drunk until I get my promotion at work: The first part of the statement has nothing much to do with the second. An ill-conceived action like the invasion of Iraq will NEVER get anything constructive done. Ever. Trust me.

It’s good to hear from you after all this time.

Allan

]]> by: Marnie http://allanhunter.net/blog/2008/07/01/technical-apologies/#comment-3340 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:34:35 +0000 http://allanhunter.net/blog/2008/07/01/technical-apologies/#comment-3340 I feel your technology pain. I spent quite a few years hosting my site with an expensive and ineffective company, and managing my blog on a platform that was very easy and entirely incompatible with my host. Frustrating. Here's hoping things are sorted out quickly. And regarding our fruitcake of a president (nice comparison, by the way), if we won't get around to impeaching him, I'm ready to move forward and start thinking about how we'll undo what he's done. The approval rating seems to vary based on who asks whom and how the individual is asked, and may simply reflect the fact that almost everyone got $600 recently (sigh) and he hasn't done anything particularly galling lately. What worries me more is that people who are fed up with Bush are happy to vote for a man who publicly opposes a separation of church and state and who is interested in staying in Iraq indefinitely and sending even more troops in to Iran. I have oh so many more reasons to reject McCain but I'm not confident the public at large will see the gentleman for who he is and vote accordingly. I feel your technology pain. I spent quite a few years hosting my site with an expensive and ineffective company, and managing my blog on a platform that was very easy and entirely incompatible with my host. Frustrating.
Here’s hoping things are sorted out quickly.

And regarding our fruitcake of a president (nice comparison, by the way), if we won’t get around to impeaching him, I’m ready to move forward and start thinking about how we’ll undo what he’s done. The approval rating seems to vary based on who asks whom and how the individual is asked, and may simply reflect the fact that almost everyone got $600 recently (sigh) and he hasn’t done anything particularly galling lately.

What worries me more is that people who are fed up with Bush are happy to vote for a man who publicly opposes a separation of church and state and who is interested in staying in Iraq indefinitely and sending even more troops in to Iran. I have oh so many more reasons to reject McCain but I’m not confident the public at large will see the gentleman for who he is and vote accordingly.

]]> by: Mary Lou Shields http://allanhunter.net/blog/2008/07/01/technical-apologies/#comment-3286 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:43:08 +0000 http://allanhunter.net/blog/2008/07/01/technical-apologies/#comment-3286 Indeed. ML Indeed.
ML

]]> by: Administrator http://allanhunter.net/blog/2008/07/01/technical-apologies/#comment-3283 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:30:48 +0000 http://allanhunter.net/blog/2008/07/01/technical-apologies/#comment-3283 Yes, your point is a good one. In some ways it reminds me of my Aunt Mary, who would ask you during her somewhat formal tea-parties if you wanted any of her ghastly fruit cake. It didn't matter what you said, she'd make sure she cajoled you, one way and another, into taking a piece, eating it, and saying that it was the best you'd ever had. Whereupon she'd offer you another slice. Since I was so uncomplimentary on Yahoo's questionnaire they haven't sent me any more. So, only good news is welcome, eh? Interesting. Allan Yes, your point is a good one. In some ways it reminds me of my Aunt Mary, who would ask you during her somewhat formal tea-parties if you wanted any of her ghastly fruit cake. It didn’t matter what you said, she’d make sure she cajoled you, one way and another, into taking a piece, eating it, and saying that it was the best you’d ever had. Whereupon she’d offer you another slice.

Since I was so uncomplimentary on Yahoo’s questionnaire they haven’t sent me any more. So, only good news is welcome, eh? Interesting.

Allan

]]> by: Mary Lou Shields http://allanhunter.net/blog/2008/07/01/technical-apologies/#comment-3277 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:13:53 +0000 http://allanhunter.net/blog/2008/07/01/technical-apologies/#comment-3277 About ten years ago, I heard that responding to polls might be dangerous because we usuallly can't know the purposes to which the data is put. The example given was the apparently harnless response to "Numnber of persons in household" - harmless enough, but not if used to case a home for a robbery. As unlikely as I found that prospect to be, I haven't answered a poll since. With caller ID, I was reconsidering. Now that you've figured out that you just agreed to pay for something you don't want, you have renewed my resolve. MLou About ten years ago, I heard that responding to polls might be dangerous because we usuallly can’t know the purposes to which the data is put. The example given was the apparently harnless response to “Numnber of persons in household” - harmless enough, but not if used to case a home for a robbery.

As unlikely as I found that prospect to be, I haven’t answered a poll since.

With caller ID, I was reconsidering. Now that you’ve figured out that you just agreed to pay for something you don’t want, you have renewed my resolve.

MLou

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