Hal - Deliberately Basic

Bullshit And Windows Vista

Traditionally, things that you can always count on are death and taxes, as the cliché goes. I propose a change to that worn platitude. Death, taxes and bullshit are certainties in life.

In the process of giving more thought to bullshit, I read On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt, a Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Princeton University. This of course has led to more bullshit books, one example being Bullshit and Philosophy, A collection of essays on the original bullshit book by Frankfurt. I like this bullshit. And this of course has lead me to the master bullshitter of our time, Microsoft.

Am I the only person tired of hearing about Windows Vista? Most of my working life has been in technology, and I have witnessed all the Windows releases, the hype, and the bullshit that precedes each and every one. To upgrade or not to upgrade, that is the question, assuming you care.

I no longer have to care, as I no longer work as a network consultant or assist in deployment of upgrades, or have anything to do with computer systems management. My only duty is to see that my personal system works, and spews forth the fruits of what I sow into it. I’m tired, tired of the years of bullshit about the importance of something purported to change the world, when in fact it is just another computer system to do what we already do with what we already have. Is this all we have to think about? A fucking computer operating system? It is when you are bombed with news reports about it for months on end.

I can think of a number of things more important than this, lofty world events, governments coming apart, wars, famine and plagues. Even this I don’t fret about. A good bit of even this is bullshit as well. But, Windows, Mac, Linux, Internet brawls over which is the best OS, is in the scheme of things important, for little minds only.

To end this rant, let us pray that the free advertising that Microsoft gets from those who perpetrate the bullshit about Windows Vista, gives them a pox in very private areas. If you want it, buy it. Just leave me in peace to think about the other bullshit in the world.

Hal Brown

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