On Dec 16, 2011, at 10:12 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > A triple today... > > 1) Found at MS's support website. This was accessed with Safari, unmodified. > [Read it in your best Darth Vader impression]: > > "I find your lack of competence...disturbing" > <http://dbdev2.pharmacy.arizona.edu/miscjunk/competence_not.png>
It reminds me of all those "Unknown Error" messages one sees. If a program is still running well enough to tell you there's an error, it should have some clue about the cause, something better than nothing at least. > > 2) Why is the Office updater so amazingly stupid? You run it, it finds a big > office update, installs it and then tells you there are no more updates. So > you reboot and run it again and magically it finds one newer update. Rinse > and Repeat. I do remember that the first version of Apple Software Update (pre-X) downloaded an update to Software Update first thing. Then it downloaded other stuff. > > 2a) And hasn't Microsoft ever heard of 'combo updates'? But lots of updates is a GOOD thing, isn't it. > > 3) Who in their right mind uses such a gargantuan kludge like Outlook anyway? Uh, no-one. > > (As you may have guessed, someone came in today "Outlook just crashes > whenever I try to start it. All my email, addresses, calendar and todo lists > are in that app!" > > [headdesk] "See, here's all your eggs. Now I take this rickety basket with > holes in the bottom and put them all in it. Now I dangle it thirty feet above > above a busy freeway...." > > Amazingly this time it wasn't a database gone foo...it was the whole thing. > And since you cannot re-apply Office updates, you have to delete all of > office...by hand because $@#!$%@ Microsoft got rid of the 'get rid of Office' > tool..and re-install from the ground up.) > Go find a nice hard wall Bruce and pound your head against it. It will make things much clearer. It works for me. At least it wasn't Lotus Notes. That is my all time "favorite" head banger. But it made me money. But then again so did Word and it's Fast Save "feature". Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
