Wow. 2015 is the first year in the history of the NFL and in my 50+ years as an American that I will not be able to see all the NFL playoff games because my $80+ per month cable subscription doesn't include ESPN.
I guess you've all decided that my meager $1,000 that I pay my cable company each year doesn't entitle me to simply watch the NFL playoffs.
FUCK YOU ESPN.
and FUCK YOU NFL.
and FUCK YOU Charter Communications.
--SDP
Friday, January 2, 2015
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Another Microsoft Joke
Microsoft continues to be such a fucking joke. Tonight I try to find a song I might want to purchase. Under Windows 8.1 I get passed to some random app. I type the name of the song I'm looking for ("My Endless Love") and the results send me pretty much to everything I don't want: first it says I should update my "Xbox" app. What? I don't own an Xbox, I never have owned an Xbox, and I will never own an Xbox. What the hell?
Nearly all the "wonderful" apps that came with Windows 8.1 require me to have a Microsoft login. Hint: I've never had a Microsoft login, I don't currently have a Microsoft login, and I never will have a Microsoft login. Thank you very much, idiots.
And if you think that Apple is any better, THINK AGAIN.
Thank {Gg}od for Amazon. I can search for what I want and actually get taken to the correct place, where I can buy a song for a buck. Good luck doing that with Microsoft or Apple.
Amazon, your next project, aside from a brick and mortar joint, should be an actual complete OS, based on Android/Linux/UNIX. Or get Google to help. You're the only vendor that has made any actual sense to me in the past 20 years.
--SDP
Nearly all the "wonderful" apps that came with Windows 8.1 require me to have a Microsoft login. Hint: I've never had a Microsoft login, I don't currently have a Microsoft login, and I never will have a Microsoft login. Thank you very much, idiots.
And if you think that Apple is any better, THINK AGAIN.
Thank {Gg}od for Amazon. I can search for what I want and actually get taken to the correct place, where I can buy a song for a buck. Good luck doing that with Microsoft or Apple.
Amazon, your next project, aside from a brick and mortar joint, should be an actual complete OS, based on Android/Linux/UNIX. Or get Google to help. You're the only vendor that has made any actual sense to me in the past 20 years.
--SDP
Thursday, July 24, 2014
I knew it, I knew it, I knew it. I get a new smart phone. Salesperson says: "Oh sure; turn on 'EZ' mode at any time you want; you can always turn it off again". So I turn on 'EZ' mode through "Settings". Now, not only can I NOT turn off EZ mode, but none of the apps work--when you tap them, they only give you the option of removing their icon from the screen.
I knew it, I knew it, I knew it. And I did it anyway, and now Verizon and Samsung have screwed me royally. I'm not dumb--been doing IT for 30 years and the fucking phone screwed me anyway. Good luck anyone who calls: I probably can't even answer the phone in "EZ" mode.
What a fucking $700 joke. Next phone: pay me $700 to me to use it.
Oh yeah: I forgot to mention. At least half of my "notifications" have been for me to buy additional services. It's nice to know that I spend $700 on a phone and a ridiculous amount of money per month just to use it and I'm slathered with hourly "Here's a cool service; only $10 per month; please use me!" messages. Perhaps we all need to email-bomb our carriers with service messages too.
--SDP
I knew it, I knew it, I knew it. And I did it anyway, and now Verizon and Samsung have screwed me royally. I'm not dumb--been doing IT for 30 years and the fucking phone screwed me anyway. Good luck anyone who calls: I probably can't even answer the phone in "EZ" mode.
What a fucking $700 joke. Next phone: pay me $700 to me to use it.
Oh yeah: I forgot to mention. At least half of my "notifications" have been for me to buy additional services. It's nice to know that I spend $700 on a phone and a ridiculous amount of money per month just to use it and I'm slathered with hourly "Here's a cool service; only $10 per month; please use me!" messages. Perhaps we all need to email-bomb our carriers with service messages too.
--SDP
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