Jesus, Microsoft. You do Suck

After taking a few days off for the holidays, I returned to discover that Windows needs to install 60 updates to my work computer. I unfortunately clicked ok.

My pc has been bogged down all day, bringing productivity to a crawl.

I've had to reboot TWICE so far, causing Norton's to activate a new scan each time, further killing productivity.

Windows also wants to install "Windows Advantage", aka "We want to approve everything you do".

I now have IE 8, whoop de fucking do. Now, none of the shit I had embedded in anything is visible anymore.

FUCK YOU Microsoft. I'm installing Firefox at work as soon as I get a chance.

An Old Scam Made New

There's a scam that's been around for a while that basically follows this pattern:

I'll send you a cashier's check for more money than our transaction requires. You cash the check and send me back the balance.

Then a few days later, your bank informs you that the cashier's check is a fake and they take back the full amount.

A friend of mine is looking for work. He was contacted via email for a job. A guy from Canada said that he and his wife are moving to the area. He needs a driver to drive his wife around for two weeks while she scouts out a house, etc. The job paid $500/week for two weeks. The Canadian sent, via UPS, two $1000 checks to my friend, with instructions to cash them and forward the second $1000 to a travel agent or real estate agent. I'm not sure because I had already interrupted my friend to tell him it's a scam.

Dumbasses

Why can't people figure out that I don't want to talk to them when I'm eating my lunch? And I mean literally, bowl of soup in one hand, spoon in the other, and invariably, some dope decides he needs to chat me up.
Half the time (like today) they want me to look something up!

I may start leaving work, just so I can get some peace for an hour.