For my currently installed OS's (Mac OS 10.10 and Windows 7) I usually wait to do an update until it's been out for at least a day to see who in the tech pundit world is freaking out, or posting that it eats all of your files. If there's no noticeable uproar, I assume it's probably safe.
For a new OS releases, I generally skip every other one. So, Windows went from XP to 7, Mac OS went from 10.6 to 10.8 to 10.10.
I like to give the big boys time to correct their mistakes with whatever newfangled crap they tried to fix (that wasn't broken) each time they release a major "upgrade".
No to poo-poo any of you speed readers out there (or authors of VERY short comics), but I don't remember enjoying any comics that took "5 minutes to read", as the original post implies. Maybe I'm out of touch, and all current comics are a mere 5-7 pages long? If so, I'm not missing anything.
Sorry, but I'm pretty sure this is a permanent situation. Perhaps some worldwide catastrophe, were it to eliminate 99% of the population and allow for a "do over", might rectify the situation (at least for the first 75-100 years) - but, generally we're stuck with it. A better solution might be to make the rest of the populous smarter, and therefore not as obviously idiotic to the nerdy masses. Similarly, another possibility is that the entire population become nerds (been moving that way, slowly, for years).
A skill to cultivate until such a time as we're able to execute the above: Biting your tongue.
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'nuff said.
I wouldn't "better reward drivers for working at high-demand times". Taxi drivers don't do this. Why should Uber?
...and it was called a Palm Pilot.
For my currently installed OS's (Mac OS 10.10 and Windows 7) I usually wait to do an update until it's been out for at least a day to see who in the tech pundit world is freaking out, or posting that it eats all of your files. If there's no noticeable uproar, I assume it's probably safe. For a new OS releases, I generally skip every other one. So, Windows went from XP to 7, Mac OS went from 10.6 to 10.8 to 10.10. I like to give the big boys time to correct their mistakes with whatever newfangled crap they tried to fix (that wasn't broken) each time they release a major "upgrade".
No to poo-poo any of you speed readers out there (or authors of VERY short comics), but I don't remember enjoying any comics that took "5 minutes to read", as the original post implies. Maybe I'm out of touch, and all current comics are a mere 5-7 pages long? If so, I'm not missing anything.
Sorry, but I'm pretty sure this is a permanent situation. Perhaps some worldwide catastrophe, were it to eliminate 99% of the population and allow for a "do over", might rectify the situation (at least for the first 75-100 years) - but, generally we're stuck with it. A better solution might be to make the rest of the populous smarter, and therefore not as obviously idiotic to the nerdy masses. Similarly, another possibility is that the entire population become nerds (been moving that way, slowly, for years). A skill to cultivate until such a time as we're able to execute the above: Biting your tongue.
Anyone care to suggest their top five for OS X? Slap me if that's already covered in another post. - DX