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From: Cydrome Leader
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:50
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:50
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Kristian M Zoerhoff <kmz@lavabit.com> wrote: > On 2012-10-03 14:12, Mark Anderson wrote: >> In article presence@MUNGEpanix.com says... >>>> I thought you were joking about IE. I fired up IE to check it out and >>>> after dealing with all the parasitic apps that placed a toolbar into IE >>>> the browser was pretty quiet. Using IE means I'd have to chase windows >>>> software updates. I only update my windows boxes about once a year -- >>> >>> wrong. it's automatic. there's nothing to chase. windows is easy, it >>> really is. Once in a while when you shut down it installs some updates. >>> Big deal. Windows defender or security essentials or whatever it's called >>> just updates all the time itself. >> >> Automatic is even worse. You never want to interrupt a software upgrade >> and if I don't know when it happens I don't know when to be careful. >> Plus, a lot of upgrades break things and are basically useless. >> Microsoft needs you to keep sucking its tit so the company remains >> relevant. >> >> The old axiom that if it ain't broke don't fix it still holds true. > > On a PC, you must assume it's already broken. The update may make it > more broken, but not likely. Unless it's from Adobe or Oracle. I like how acrobat 4 was the last version that didn't nag for updates or use 100% cpu or just crash for no reason.
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From: Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com>
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Subject: Re: Google Chrome oddity
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 20:50:34 +0000 (UTC)
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