4/24/15

POST 253 -LISTEN UP! TIME FOR BETTER TECHNOLOGY! DON'T SWEAR-- JUST COMPLAIN LONG AND LOUD!

Hi,

Like many of you this blogger is on the computer regularly and fairly constantly between blogs and writing books AND FINDING MANY  INCONSISTENCIES THAT THE TECHNICAL WORLD DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ADDRESSING or isn't smart enough to fix !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT IS OFTEN MADDENING TO GO TO YOUR BROWSER THAT HAS BEEN OPERATING IN A CERTAIN WAY TO FIND THAT THE "FAIRIES" OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL WORLD HAVE BEEN MESSING WITH 'THIS OR THAT' WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE OR EVEN OPINION.  THIS BLOGGER REALIZES THAT THERE IS A CONSTANT EFFORT TO IMPROVE TECHNOLOGY BUT IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN ONLY IN AREAS WHERE THE IMPROVEMENT IS UNNECESSARY TO THE COMPUTER OPERATOR BUT IS  MAINLY TO IMPROVE SPACE FOR ADVERTISING MONEY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ADVERTISING ON THE WEB IS A CONSTANT BOTHER AND GETS MORE SO AS THE MONEY FLOWS IN. IF IT IS NOT INTERFERING WITH YOUR WEB PAGE AND BLINKING OR MOVING SO THAT CONCENTRATION GETS IMPOSSIBLE, IT IS POPPING UP ON A PAGE THAT REQUIRES A CONCENTRATION YOU CAN NO LONGER GIVE IT BECAUSE THERE'S AN AD IN YOUR FACE.

WE ALL KNOW THAT ADVERTISING IS NECESSARY FOR THE WEB TO PAY ITS WAY BUT THERE SHOULD BE SOME RULES ON WHERE AND WHEN AND HOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  RUNNING A "FLAG WAVING" EVENT ALWAYS MAKES ME DETERMINED NEVER TO BUY THAT PRODUCT.  THE WEB MAKERS THEMSELVES SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF GOVERNING THEIR ACTIONS-- OR NOT !!!!!!!!!!! YOU THINK ???????????? MAYBE A SMIDGEN OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY COULD REAP LARGE REWARDS !!!!!!!!!!!

 INSTEAD OF THE APPROACH TAKEN BY SHILLS, CONS, AND OTHER LOW LIFE !!!!!!!!

MAYBE ALL THE ENERGY BY THE TECHS COULD GO INTO PRODUCING SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROGRAMS AND SOFTWARE WE CURRENTLY NOW HAVE TO TOLERATE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT ONE HIGHLY TOUTED PROGRAM IN THE MICROSOFT FAMILY !!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND THE TRASH STORED INSIDE !!!!!!!!!!!

NOW, THIS BLOGGER ISN'T SAYING THAT MICROSOFT HASN'T CONTRIBUTED MIGHTILY TO THE WEB BUT LATELY ITS CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BECOME A LITTLE SHODDY. MICROSOFT WORD IS TOUTED AS THE BEST TEXT MAKING PROGRAM IN THE WORLD (BY MICROSOFT, OF COURSE). WELL, LET THIS BLOGGER FILL YOU IN MR. MICROSOFT. IT SUCKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SUCKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SUCKS!!!!!!!!!! AND THAT'S WHEN IT'S PERFORMING WELL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THERE ARE TOO MANY PROBLEMS TO RECOUNT BUT LET'S LOOK AT THE CURRENT MICROSOFT 13 WHICH IS TOUTED TO ALLOW PDF'S (A CURRENTLY USED TOOL BY MOST BUSINESSES) TO BE ACCEPTED BY WORD (EITHER PICTURE OR TEXT) AND EDITED. THAT'S THE BIG WORD-----------EDITED-------------!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT SO MR. MICROSOFT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE TECHIES DOWNLOAD A PDF TO YOUR MICROSOFT WORD PROGRAM 13 AND EDIT IT THEN WRITE THIS BLOGGER WHAT THE MAGIC KEY OR MAGIC WORD OR SIMPLY MAGIC THAT MAKES IT OPEN ITS PAGES TO BEING EDITED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS BLOGGER WANTS TO TELL THE TECHNOLOGICAL STAFFS THAT ABOUND AS "CUSTOMER RELATIONS"--GENERALLY BAD RELATIONS THAT IS---THAT YOUR EXCUSES, YOUR DEFT HANDLING OF THE CONSUMER'S COMPLAINTS BY BLAMING IT ON THE CONSUMER, YOUR INABILITY IN MOST CASES TO HELP, AND YOUR DOWNRIGHT ARROGANCE TO DISGUISE YOUR IGNORANCE ARE ALL GETTING VERY.......VERY........VERY OLD AND UNBELIEVABLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WORD PROCESSING PROGRAMS ARE THE WORST OFFENDERS BUT BELIEVE ME THERE ARE OTHER OFFENDERS--A LOT OF THEM !!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS BLOGGER CAN'T CALL ALL OF THEM OUT

RECENTLY THIS BLOGGER HAS  GONE TO HEAD TO HEAD WITH A CUSTOMER SERVICE REP IN ONE OF THE SMALLER BOOK COMPANIES WHO CANNOT NOW PRODUCE MY BOOK LEPRECHAUN LUCHT 2 IN HARDCOVER ALTHOUGH IT WAS PROMISED IN 2009 THAT IT WOULD ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE IN ALL FORMS. THAT WAS 2009 BEFORE THE TECHIES IMPROVED THE SITE AND CHANGED THE RULES !!!!!!!!!!!!! 

NOW CUSTOMER SERVICE AND I HAVE EXCHANGED AT LEAST 30 EMAILS ON THE FAILURE OF MY BOOK TO MEET SPECIFICATIONS (THEIR SPECIFICATIONS BY THE WAY) SO IT CAN BE PRODUCED IN HARDCOVER. HOWEVER, THEY HAVE NEVER ACCEPTED THEIR FAULT IN THIS AND ONLY MY PERSISTENCE IN DOING EVERY SINGLE THING THEY THOUGHT ABOUT FOR ME TO DO HAS KEPT THEM ON THE LINE. I'M INCLINED TO BE A "MITE"  STUBBORN WHEN SOMEONE ELSE'S FAULT IS THRUST ON MY SHOULDERS. OUTCOME ????????????? ONGOING !!!!!!!!!!!! IF THEY FINALLY ADMIT THEIR FAULT, I'LL TAKE MY MENTAL MARBLES, CURSE MY LOSS AND DEPART THE EMAIL DIALOGUE !!!!!!!!!!!!! 

UNFORTUNATELY NOT EVERYONE HAS EITHER THE TIME OR THE ENERGY FOR THIS SHIT !!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS BLOGGER PARTICULARLY HATES THE PHRASE THAT THEIR DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN  "CUSTOMER SERVICE EMPLOYEES" USE:
 "WE ARE SO SORRY FOR YOUR INCONVENIENCE:" WHICH ESSENTIALLY MEANS "YOU ARE A PAIN IN THE  'A DOUBLE SCRIBBLE'  BECAUSE OF YOUR IGNORANCE AND STUPIDITY BUT WE'RE STUCK WITH YOU".

 YOU NEVER SAW THE TRANSLATION BEFORE ????????????? GEE, "I'M SO SORRY FOR YOUR INCONVENIENCE" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE BLOG TEACHES A BIG LESSON TO OUR CURRENT CROP OF POLITICIANS--NEVER ADMIT YOU'RE WRONG --DENY CULPABILITY--TURN IT ON YOUR ACCUSERS AND MAKE THEM THE CULPRITS, BLAME THEM FOR ANY INCONSISTENCIES THAT OCCUR.  ISN'T IT WONDERFUL TO HAVE A GLOBAL BENEFIT FROM THE WEB????????????????????? THAT WAY OBAMA AND THE LEFTISTS ELEMENT CAN FEEL RIGHT AT HOME IN AMERICA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HOW'D WE GET SO LUCKY !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 THE WORD PROCESSING PROGRAM THAT MICROSOFT BRAGS ABOUT IS NOT AS GOOD AS THE WORD PROGRAM THIS BLOGGER HAD IN THE SIXTIES. AT LEAST THAT WORKED AS THEY SAID IT WOULD AND DIDN'T PLAY A "HUNT AND PECK" GAME WHEN TRYING TO FIND SOME FEATURE BURIED IN ITS BOWELS (THOSE  BOWELS ARE NOT A PRETTY SIGHT). HUNTING FOR WHAT YOU NEED RIGHT NOW THROUGH BOWELS DOES NOT INDICATE A VERY CLEAN SYSTEM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WITH ALL THE MESSAGE LINES MR. MICROSOFT HAS CREATED, IT IS ALWAYS CLEAR THAT WHAT YOU WANT IS NOT THERE. THEY MIGHT CONSIDER SIMPLIFYING THEIR SOFTWARE PAGE SINCE IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BENEFIT ANYONE BUT THE TECHNICIANS, WHO CAN SMILE AND COMMENT ON THEIR CLEVERNESS AND EXPERTISE !!!!!!!!!!!! JUST THINK THE WORD PROCESSING PROGRAM IN THE SIXTIES COST A FRACTION OF THE COST OF THIS PIECE OF "DREAM WARE" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ONE OF THE BEST PROGRAMS THIS BLOGGER OWNS IS PHOTOSHOP BECAUSE WHEN MICROSOFT LETS ME DOWN I CAN GO TO PHOTOSHOP, CUT OUT PART OF THE PAGE, RESIZE IT, ADD SOME TEXT AND BE ON MY WAY, ALL IN TEN MINUTES. WITH MICROSOFT THE "NEVER FIND IT IN LESS THAN AN HOUR" RULE CONSISTENTLY APPLIES. AND IN  PHOTOSHOP MY PHOTOS REACH THE PEAK OF WHATEVER PERFECTION THIS BLOGGER SUPPLIES.

WHY CAN'T ALL PROGRAMS PREFORM LIKE THIS ?????????????? IF A COMPLEX PROGRAM FOR PAINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHS CAN DO IT THEN PLEASE TELL THIS BLOGGER WHY CAN'T A TEXT PROGRAM THAT IS A LOT LESS COMPLEX INITIALLY THAN A PROGRAM THAT HAS TO DEAL WITH FAR MORE COMPLEXITIES ????????

THIS BLOGGER IS SURE THAT THE RESIDENT TECHIES HAVE NO TIME FOR INSTRUCTION FROM THE PUBLIC AND I'M PROBABLY "WHISTLING IN THE WIND" BUT MAYBE  SOMEONE WHO CARES CAN GET THESE FOLKS ON THE BALL TO MAKE PROGRAMS THAT ARE SIMPLER, EASIER TO USE AND ACTUALLY FIT THE NEEDS OF CUSTOMERS AND THE CREDENTIALS THEY CLAIM TO HAVE EARNED.  TELL THEM TO TRY TO EDIT A PFD DOWNLOAD TO THEIR 2013 WORD DOCUMENT WITH THE SAME TOOLS THEIR CUSTOMERS HAVE TO USE AND THEN TELL US HOW GOOD THE PROGRAM OPERATES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 NOT TOO LIKELY TO HAPPEN, YOU SAY !!!!!!!!! TOO BAD BUT TO ENTERPRISING  TECHIES AND ENTREPRENEURS OUT IN COMPUTER LAND, THERE'S A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITY TO "SLAY THE DRAGON" AND THIS BLOGGER WILL BE THE FIRST TO BUY YOUR NEW TEXT SOFTWARE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CHEERS, CONNIE

4/18/15

HACKING -A MAJOR INDUSTRY POST 252

HI,

HACKING USED TO BE A TERM USED FOR A SEVERE COUGH=A HACKING COUGH!   IT IS NOW A MAJOR INDUSTRY AND MAKING CROOKS WEALTHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY ROB A HOUSE, A BUSINESS OR AN INDIVIDUAL WHEN YOU CAN  ROB AN INDUSTRY AND GET AWAY WITH IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOT ONLY GET AWAY WITH IT BUT ENTREPRENEURS CAN PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF THE HACKING ON A WEB SITE AND ADVERTISE HOW GOOD YOU ARE AT IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT'S A STRANGE TECHNOLOGICAL WORLD WE LIVE IN. THIS BLOGGER RECENTLY READ THE REPORT ON WIKILEAKS OPENING A WEB SITE WITH SONY FILES THAT HAD BEEN HACKED AND MADE  THEM THEIR FAVORITE TUNE.

WIKILEAKS WAS CALLED A WHISTLE BLOWER SITE BY SOME PUNDITS AFTER AN ATTACK ON THE  U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENTS SECRETS.  A CRIPPLING  CYBER ATTACK ON  SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT AND TECHNOLOGY RECENTLY HAS COST MILLIONS AND LEFT IT REELING, ACCORDING TO THE SONY COMPANY .

BUT THAT DIDN'T OFFER  CYBER PUBLISHER, JULIAN ASSANGE,  THE ATTENTION WIKILEAKS NORMALLY GETS.     ASSANGE , BY THE WAY, SINCE 2012 HAS BEEN WANTED IN SWEDEN FOR ALLEGED SEX CRIMES AND AVOIDING EXTRADITION BY SHELTERING IN THE ECUADOREAN EMBASSY.

 CRIME IS NO FUN IF YOU CAN'T  TURN A PROFIT ON THE HACKERS.,

 AFTER ALL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO WIKILEAKS (WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY JULIAN ASSANGE) PUBLISHED A SEARCHABLE ONLINE ARCHIVE WITH 170,000 E-MAILS AND OVER 100,00 OTHER DOCUMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC ????????, CLAIMING THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW.  EVEN GOOD IDEAS HAVE BAD ENDINGS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  SONY VEHEMENTLY DISAGREED WITH HIS RIGHT TO DO THAT AND TO THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE SITUATION.

BE THAT AS IT MAY. WHOMEVER IS GUILTY OF WHAT ???????????? WE FIND A CYBER CRIME WORTHY OF IMMENSE PUBLICITY AND THE MAN BACKING THE HACKERS MAKING IT PUBLIC AND RECEIVING HEADLINES FOR HIS "FEAT" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOW HOW DOES ALL THE SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS BY JULIAN ASSANGE TRANSLATE INTO AN ACCUMULATION OF WEALTH ???????????

PUH...............LEEZE GIVE ME A BREAK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DO YOU THINK WORLDWIDE PUBLICITY FOR THE HACKERS AND ASSANGE'S HACKER  PUBLISHING COMPANY, WIKILEAKS, MIGHT SUGGEST HE IS BUILDING A GOOD PROFIT- MAKING COMPANY THAT THE BIG STARS OF POLITICS AND INDUSTRY MIGHT CALL  UPON TO QUIETLY FINISH OFF A RIVAL ??????????? GOSH, GOLLY, GEE WHIZ AS THEY USED TO SAY IN THE OLD DAYS "YU THINK THAT NICE BENEVOLENT MAN" WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT ???????????????????

 THIS BLOGGER WOULD GUESS THAT THE MONEY TO BE MADE FOR THE CYBER CRIME HACKING IS EMINENTLY MORE SATISFYING THAN SEX IN THE LONG TERM AND WILL PURCHASE A GREAT DEAL OF THAT IN THE SHORT TERM.

SOONER OR LATER, OUR INSPECTION OF TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME TO GRIPS WITH THE NEW AND MORE SAVVY TYPE OF CRIME AND CRIMINAL ACTIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE. THIS BLOGGER HAS NO DOUBT THAT THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT GOING ON THAT NEEDS TO BE REVEALED AND DEALT WITH BUT THE METHODS SHOULD NOT ENCOURAGE MORE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY !!!!!!!!!!!!!
 THAT ONLY BREEDS A MORE CORRUPT WORLD THAN WE ALREADY POSSESS.

AS FOR PROFIT ?????????? TELL THIS BLOGGER, WHO WOULD YOU HIRE IF YOU WERE A MASTER PLANNER IN POLITICS OR INDUSTRY WHO FELT THE  NEED FOR  A GOOD HACKING JOB ????????????????????? TALK TO THE MAN WHO KNOWS ONE AND HOW MUCH ?????????

ASSANGE MAY JUST  BE PUBLISHING THE LEADING HIGH PROFILE CYBER CRIMINAL BUT THE COPY CATS WILL FOLLOW. AND THERE IS NO SUGGESTING HOW MUCH OTHER  CYBER CRIME  WILL FOLLOW.

THIS BLOGGER THINKS IT IS TIME TO TAKE THESE CYBER CRIMINALS TO TASK AND NOT ENHANCE THEIR FEELINGS OF CLEVERNESS--NOT FOR SONY'S SAKE, THEY HAVE TO ANSWER FOR THEIR HISTORY-- BUT FOR THE SAKE OF THE NEW WORLD WE ALL LIVE WITHIN.

 THIS BLOGGER BELIEVES NO CRIME SHOULD  PAY WELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CHEERS, CONNIE

4/11/15

GOV. SCOTT ATTENTION PLEASE: "WE COME INTO THIS WORLD ALONE AND WE GO OUT ALONE" NO SECURITY NEEDED! POST 251

Hi,

LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE PEOPLE DECIDE IS GOOD OR TO BE  FEARED; IT GETS OUT OF HAND AS HAS THE CURRENT RAGE OF SECURITY PLACED ON OUR DAILY LIVES!!!!!!!!!!! FROM THE COMPUTER TO DAILY TRESPASS, SECURITY IS THE KEY WORD !!!!!!!!!!!

ALMOST EVERY PROBLEM CAN BE TRACED TO OVER=OVER=OVER SECURITY. IT IS THE ANSWER TO OVER-REACTION ON THE PART OF THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO PROTECT US OR THE REST OF THE WORLD.

THE PILOT WHO COULDN'T RETURN TO HIS PLACE AT THE CONTROLS WAS LOCKED OUT OF THE CABIN BY...........SECURITY !!!!!!!!!!!!! HE SHOULD HAVE HAD A KEY OR A WAY TO ENTER BUT SECURITY TOOK THAT PRIVILEGE AWAY FROM HIM AND BECAME RESPONSIBLE FOR 150= LOST LIVES TO A MENTALLY DERANGED CO-PILOT.

AND THE WORST PART IS THAT ...........NO ONE.............NO ONE..........PLACES THE BLAME WHERE  IT BELONGS BECAUSE THAT SAME DRATTED SECURITY MAY NOT PROTECT THEM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

SECURITY HAS BECOME A POLITICAL ENTITY AND AS SUCH IS CURRENTLY SEEKING AND FINDING POWER IN FORCING ISSUES IN THE POLITICAL ARENA. WHY NOT??????? EVERYONE ELSE DOES IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EXCEPT THIS AFFECTS YOU AND YOUR FREEDOMS DIRECTLY !!!!!!!!!!!

THE MOTIVATOR FOR ALL THIS IS FEAR...........FEAR......... is SOLD BY TV.............BY POLITICIANS............BY BLOGGERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHEN THIS BLOGGER WRITES A COLUMN CONCERNING THOSE FEARS, READERSHIP SHOOTS UP !!!!!!!!!!! WHEN I DON'T, IT PLUMMETS. THIS BLOGGER MAKES NO MONEY EITHER WAY BUT THOSE WHO DO WILL CERTAINLY FAVOR FEAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FEAR IS NEVER A GOOD MOTIVATOR. IT INFLUENCES PEOPLE'S JUDGEMENT IN WAYS THAT IT SHOULD NOT AND FORCES ISSUES THAT SHOULD BE LEFT ALONE.

THIS BLOGGER WAS TAUGHT BY HER PARENTS LONG AGO THAT "WE COME INTO THIS WORLD ALONE AND WE GO OUT ALONE". A GOOD LESSON  FOR FEAR AND FOR DYING. WE CANNOT BE PROTECTED EASILY FROM THE FEAR OF ANYTHING NOR CAN WE ASSUME THAT WHAT WE FEAR WILL DO US IN.  WE DON'T GET TO CHOOSE OUR REASON FOR BEING, OUR ILLNESSES, OUR ACCIDENTS, OR ANY OF THE PHYSICAL HORRORS THAT CONFRONT US EVERY DAY AND ALTHOUGH WE TAKE SPECIAL CARE, WE CANNOT POSSIBLY EITHER AVOID THEM ALL NOR CAN SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF US OR OUR LIVES CALLED .............SECURITY.............HOPE TO STEM THE TIDE OF SIMPLY BEING.

TO LET THIS SEEMINGLY HARMLESS AND BENEFICIAL TOOL CALLED................SECURITY...............GET AS MUCH OUT OF HAND AS IT HAS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE LACK OF CONCERN OF ALL THE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES IT WILL EVENTUALLY THREATEN WITH ITS POWER.

RECENTLY, I HEARD OF A CASE OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN FLORIDA THAT HAD  TO CANCEL ALL THEIR TELECOMMUTERS WORK STATIONS AT HOME AND SEND THEM TO CENTRAL OFFICES BECAUSE OF ...............YOU GUESSED IT............SECURITY AND THIS WAS CERTAINLY AN EXAMPLE OF POWER BEING USED WHERE IT WASN'T REALLY NECESSARY. THE SECURITY FORCES CLAIMED IT WAS FOR PRIVACY AND SECURITY OF FACTS AND FIGURES AND DEMANDED EVERYONE WORK FROM A CENTRAL OFFICE....................BECAUSE GOVERNOR SCOTT.......................WE ALL KNOW A CENTRAL OFFICE CAN'T HAVE ITS COMPUTERS HACKED ?????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PUH............LEEZE GIVE ME A BREAK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 WHEN A CENTRAL OFFICE IS BREACHED NOT A FEW BUT HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF SECRETS ARE REVEALED WHILE THE POOR TELECOMMUTER SITTING IN HIS/HER HOME AND NOT REALLY CONSIDERED A LIKELY PLACE TO BREACH, IS ONLY LIKELY TO LOSE A MINUSCULE PARCEL OF INFORMATION.

 SO WHAT DOES THAT KIND OF SECURITY THINKING TELL US ?????????????? POWER HUNGRY SECURITY PEOPLE HAVE CONVINCED THEMSELVES THEY COULD DO THE JOB BETTER IF THEY HAD LESS TO PROTECT...........AND MORE POWER..........POWER...........POWER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OF COURSE, PUTTING MORE PEOPLE AT RISK IN A CENTRAL OFFICE IS NOT PROBLEM AT ALL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY'RE JUST PEOPLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!! SECURITY IS MORE DEVOTED TO SECRET INFORMATION  THAN PEOPLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOVERNOR SCOTT IF THIS CAN HAPPEN IN YOUR STATE OF FLORIDA WHERE FREEDOM IS STILL MORE OR LESS ALLOWED, CAN YOU IMAGE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN STATES THAT HAVE TURNED FEAR INTO A REASON FOR THE LOSS OF FREEDOM ???????????????

 LOOK AT YOUR STATE'S SECURITY DOCTRINES AND THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE EXCUSES THAT ARE BEING USED TO CURTAIL FREEDOM, GOVERNOR SCOTT! !!!!!!!!!!!!!  IF YOU DON'T DO IT NOW AS THEIR POWER RISES YOU WILL FIND THAT WHATEVER FREEDOMS BEING GOVERNOR ALLOWS WILL SOON BE CURTAILED  AS WELL BY THAT SECURITY FORCE AS IT SETS ITS POWER QUOTIENT HIGHER AND HIGHER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS WORLD NEEDS TO COME TO GRIPS WITH THE COMPUTER. IT IS NOW PART AND PARCEL OF OUR LIVES. TELECOMMUTING AS WORKING FROM HOME ON A COMPUTER IS CALLED IS A PART OF THE BUSINESS STRUCTURE AND SHOULD NOT BE KEPT UNDER ATTACK BY THE SECURITY FORCES JUST BECAUSE ITS STRENGTH HAS YET TO DEVELOP.  IT IS A VITAL AND POSITIVE ASSET TO GOVERNMENTAL OFFICES AND  PRIVATE CONCERNS !!!!!!!!!!!

AND THE .............ATTACK BY SECURITY...........NEEDS A NEW FORCE OF SECURITY TO PROTECT THE TELECOMMUTERS WHO WERE ATTACKED !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 PUH...............LEEZE !!!!!!!!!!!!!

UNBELIEVABLE THAT WHEN YOU EMPOWER AN AGENCY LIKE SECURITY YOU WIND UP NEEDING ANOTHER AGENCY OF "SECURITY" TO PROTECT YOU FROM THE FIRST  AGENCY OF "SECURITY" AND ON AND ON.

GOVERNOR SCOTT STOP THIS HYDRA=HEADED MONSTER BEFORE IT CONSUMES FLORIDA AND ALL THE FREEDOMS THAT ARE LEFT.  HELP PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT LIKE IN THE WWII WHEN THIS PHRASE BECAME PROMINENT .......

   !!!!!!!!!!!   "YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR BUT FEAR ITSELF"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IS AS TRUE TODAY AS IT WAS THEN.   IT IS  FEAR THAT DRIVES THE WORLD TO ACTS OF MADNESS AND UNLEASHES MADMEN LIKE ISIS OR THE IRANIAN TERRORISTS TO COME OUT OF THE SHADOWS AND PLAY HAVOC WITH THEIR FELLOW MEN MEANWHILE TELLING THEM THEY ARE PROTECTING THEM.

PROTECTION IS SOMETHING ONLY  AN INDIVIDUAL  CAN PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, SURE OTHERS CAN HELP BUT LIKE ANOTHER OLD SAYING .............

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "THE BUCK STOPS WITH YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 FOR ALL MY READERS: GROW UP !!!!!!!!!!!! CORRAL YOUR FEARS !!!!!!!!!!! BE GLAD YOU'RE FREE TO PROTECT YOURSELF !!!!!!!!!!!!! AND FINALLY UNDERSTAND NO ONE......... REPEAT,,,,,,,,, NO ONE ...........CAN DO IT FOR YOU--THEY CAN ONLY HELP AND MAY EVENTUALLY WIND UP  HURTING YOU WORSE THAN THE THING YOU FEARED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CHEERS, CONNIE

CHANGE ! A DETONATING BLASTpost 250

hI,

THE MAJOR CHANGES IN SOCIETY BRING WAVES OF DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR AMONG VARYING COUNTRIES.

Usually the most destruction comes out of the societies that have resisted change the most. They haven't kept up and new changes bring more and more frustration, alarm, and inconvenience. This TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IS NOT AN EXCEPTION. IT HAS BROUGHT A LOT OF RAVAGE TO VARIOUS COUNTRIES BUT NONE MORE THAN IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA WHERE CHANGE HAS BEEN LITTLE OR NONE.

EVEN IN PROGRESSIVE COUNTRIES LIKE AMERICA, THE CHANGE AFFECTS EVERYONE IN SOME WAY. IF THERE IS SOMEONE WITH A COMPUTER THAT HASN'T CUSSED AS  IT TODAY, THEN IT'S BECAUSE IT ISN'T BEING USED. THE RATE OF CHANGE ON COMPUTERS IS PHENOMENAL AND MAKES THE FOLKS USING THEM FRUSTRATED, ANGRY, AND BEWILDERED. IS IT ALL NECESSARY????????????? DOUBTFUL, BUT THEN THAT IS THE UNDERLYING DIFFICULTY WITH CHANGES LIKE THOSE HAPPENING IN TECHNOLOGY. TOO MUCH HAPPENS TOO FAST FOR THE PEOPLE TO ACCEPT AND LEARN.

 MACHINES, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, ARE JUST FASTER, MORE ADAPTABLE AND IN SOME CASES SMARTER THAN PEOPLE. AND THEY DON'T APPEAR TO SUFFER EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS LIKE FOLKS UNDERGOING THE RUTHLESSNESS OF ONGOING CHANGE OF HABIT AND PAST LEARNING.

AS YOU MAY KNOW THIS BLOGGER  DOES  A LOT ON THE COMPUTER AND AT MY HOUSE IF YOU DON'T HEAR ME CALL IT VARYING NAMES AT LEAST TEN TIMES A DAY, IT MEANS THIS BLOGGER IS SLACKING OFF !!!!!!!!!!

JUST THE CHANGES REGULARLY ON MY BROWSER THROW ME FOR A LOOP SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK.  THOSE HARMLESS UPDATES, THEY TELL YOU TO INSTALL,  GRACIOUSLY DUMPED "MY DOWNLOADS" THAT WERE NEAR "DOCUMENTS" FOR YEARS  AND PUT THEM IN "FAVORITES" WITHOUT NOTICE  IT TOOK A WEEK TO LOCATE THEM. AND THERE'S NO ONE TO SCREAM AT OR BLESS OUT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUST A HARMLESS, HEARTLESS PIECE OF MACHINERY. RIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!!  PUH..........LEEZE !!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOAN ME A HAMMER !!!!!!!!!!!!

SO, THIS BLOGGER CAN CERTAINLY RELATE TO THE CHANGES IN OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE A SHOVEL COULD BE REPLACED BY A MACHINE THAT REQUIRES INSTRUCTIONS TO DIG A DITCH OR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE REPLACES THE POT OVER THE FIRE AND REQUIRES INSTRUCTION TO HEAT ANYTHING. IT MAY SEEM AN EXAGGERATION IN OUR CIRCUMSTANCE BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SO MUCH OF A STRETCH OF IMAGINATION FOR OTHERS.

UNFORTUNATELY MEN LOVE GADGETS EVEN MORE THAN WOMEN AND SO IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR THE MEN TO FIND OUT THAT BOMBS COULD BE AUTOMATED EASILY WITH MACHINERY AND THUS FAR AS USUAL WEAPONRY HAS GOTTEN A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF BENEFITS FROM TECHNOLOGY.

HOWEVER, IF YOU HAVEN'T INSPECTED THE NEW CARS  (BOYS AND TOYS) IN A FEW YEARS, YOU MAY BECOME ONE OF THE "TERRIFIED CHANGE MOTIVATORS"  BECAUSE THE TECHNOLOGY HAS INVADED  THEM PERMANENTLY.

THIS BLOGGER HAS A FRIEND WHO BOUGHT A NEW CAR LAST SUMMER AND WHEN SHE LEFT THE FROZEN NORTH TO MAKE THE TRIP TO THE WARM SOUTH, SHE NATURALLY HAD THE HEATER ON. WHEN THE WEATHER BEGAN TO WARM, SHE HAD NO IDEA HOW TO TURN THE HEAT OFF. NATURALLY, SHE MADE A PIT STOP BUT THAT DIDN'T HELP  COOL THE CAR AND THE  MANUAL WAS PACKED AWAY. SHE FINISHED THE TRIP WINDOWS OPEN, HEAT BLASTING, AND FEELINGS OF CHAGRIN. TECHNOLOGY GOT HER NUMBER AND PUT THE HEAT ON !!!!!!!!!!!!!! LITERALLY.

CHANGE CAN BE A WELCOME VISITOR, DON'T GET ME WRONG. THIS BLOGGER HAS ACCOMPLISHED A GREAT DEAL BECAUSE OF THE COMPUTER AND TECHNOLOGY.  ON THE OTHER HAND, IT CAN ALSO BE A BURDENSOME VISITOR.

A SMALL BURDEN FOR SOME, AND A MONSTER BURDEN FOR OTHERS. THE YOUNG ADAPT QUICKLY AND CHANGE QUICKLY.  THEIR NEW PLAY TOYS ARE NOT THE SAME AS OURS WERE AND THEIR HEALTH  MAY OFTEN BE AFFECTED.
EVENTUALLY, THIS WILL BE THEIR LIFESTYLE AND THEY'LL WONDER WHAT THE OLD FOGIES ARE BLAT TING ABOUT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FOR THE OLD ADJUSTMENT IS NOT MUCH IN THEIR FAVOR SINCE THE HABITS OF A LIFETIME REQUIRE CHANGING.  FOR THOSE OF WORKING AGE, WHERE THE COMPUTER HAS BECOME A NECESSARY TOOL, IT CAN BE VERY FRUSTRATING AND STRESSFUL TO HAVE TO WAIT ON TECHNOLOGY'S WHIM.

AND GUESS WHAT ???????????? THE COMPUTER IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. !!!!!!!!!! AND THAT ICE BURG HAS YET TO REVEAL ALL ITS CHANGES AND CONDITIONS !!!!!!!!!!!!! SOME MAY SEEM ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING SUCH AS THE DRONE (A FORMER TOY) NOW A MAJOR BOMBING DEVICE THAT WILL CHANGE WARFARE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!  AND THE UN PILOTED VEHICLES YET TO BE RELEASED COMPLETELY WITH UN PILOTED PLANES THAT CAN FIGHT EACH OTHER IN THE SKIES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OVER YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ????????????

ALL OF THESE CHANGES ARE WHAT CAUSE MUCH OF THE WORLD TO BE IN CONSTANT TURMOIL THESE DAYS MUCH LIKE IT WAS BEFORE WWII WHEN THE MACHINE AGE WAS JUST REALLY COMING INTO ITS PRIME. IT IS THIS BLOGGER'S HOPE THAT THE  TECHNOLOGICAL TURMOIL DOES NOT EMBROIL ALL OF US IN AN EVEN MORE DASTARDLY CONFLICT IN A FUTURE IN WHICH MACHINES WILL FIGHT MACHINES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT OF COURSE THE DAMAGE WILL OCCUR NOT ONLY TO MACHINES THAT CAN BE REPLACED) BUT PEOPLE AS WELL (WHO CAN'T BE REPLACED).

 RECENT PLANE CRASHES MAY BE PART OF THE TECHNOLOGY CHANGES AS PILOTS  FRUSTRATE TO LEARN NEW TECHNIQUES (OR DON'T)  OR THE CHANGES TO THEIR AIRCRAFT.  ASSEMBLY LINE FOLKS MAY BE USING NEW TOOLS (PERHAPS USING THEM POORLY) OR NEW MACHINES TO  MAKE  CHANGES IN  AIRPLANES OR CARS OR OTHER TRANSPORTATION TO FIT THE NEEDS.

CHANGES MAY MATERIALIZE IN PEOPLE'S HOMES, THEIR WORK PLACES, AND MYRIAD OTHER LOCATIONS SO THAT THE FRUSTRATION MULTIPLIES.  SHOPPING BECOMES AN EVENT IN THE HOME ON LINE RATHER THAN IN STORES SO THAT SURFING THE WEB IS REPLACES SURFING SHOPPING MALLS.

THESE SEEMINGLY HARMLESS  STRESSES FROM MULTIPLE CHANGES  CAN LEAD TO FRUSTRATION, DEPRESSION, OR WORSE SO THAT AN OUTWARD MANIFESTATION MAY BE SHOOTING OR STABBING OR THE LIKE INSTEAD OF SIMPLE ANGER !!!!!!!!!!!!!
 WE ARE SEEING ISOLATED DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR AS WELL AS ORGANIZED DESTRUCTION FROM COUNTRIES THAT ARE FEELING THE CHANGES MOST DEEPLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TECHNOLOGY SOUNDS LIKE SUCH A HARMLESS WORD UNTIL IT IS APPLIED TO MASSIVE CHANGES IN LIVING ALL OVER THE WORLD. THEN IT BECOMES NOT SO MUCH HARMLESS AS  A DEBILITATING INFLUENCE ON ALL OF US.

SO DON'T LET THE KIDDERS FOOL YOU. TECHNOLOGY HAS A DETONATING BLAST THAT AFFECTS US ALL. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CHEERS, CONNIE