I always hate it when I have to do any work on Windows. Yesterday and today, I’ve needed to update a MSVC++ project for a client to reflect the changes I made to the CodeWarrior project on the Mac. But first I needed to spend an hour or so in Windows Update so my computer could be connected to the internet without getting infected immediately. Even that, by itself, is a huge disincentive to me to even want to work on Windows. Yeah, I know I have to do software updates on my Mac too, but I’m using my Mac every day, so they’re small updates and don’t bother me. I power on the Windows machine once every couple months, so an update there is an all-morning affair.
Oh well, I guess I shouldn’t gripe too much about it, but it’s a big part of why I do as little work as possible on Windows. Even after I’d done all the Windows Updates, I still needed to do the actual work, then recompile everything, fix my mistakes and generally just spend time living with an environment I don’t especially like. I do end up appreciating my Mac a lot more after one of these forays though.
- Fred Reed says that All Loyalty Is Local and things have gotten to the point where the government in Washington DC, rather than being relatively remote and benign, has started treating us all as suspects, and the normal reaction is to reciprocate. [endwar]
- Joel Rosenberg says to relax about the judge striking down the carry-permit law. Mostly because if his decision were to stand as precedent, it would mean something like five hundred laws passed over the past ten years would have to be struck down. To me, that sounds like a pretty good start.
- Here’s one reason to keep things from your doctor: Man loses license after telling doctor about drinking. I’m generally pretty forthcoming with the medical folks I see about once a year, but stuff like this makes me wonder. I don’t think I should have to worry about trading off accuracy for being left alone by the government though, and when doctors start acting as snitches for the state, that’s exactly the kind of tradeoff a guy needs to consider. Even if he only drinks a six-pack per day. [claire]
- Here’s another shocker. Some people don’t like the intrusions of the TSA: India ‘stripped’ of its dignity, literally. But it’s not so much that some Indian mucky-muck got strip-searched that bothers me. It’s that mucky-mucks are expecting special treatment at all. Heck, the current measures are enough to make regular guys drop trou, so why shouldn’t everyone be subjected to indignities? Or hell, just make us all fly naked. Now there’s a pretty mental picture for you…. [claire]