Power Failure

X-post from my old blog at Diary Land.

8:53 p.m. - 15 March 2004
power failure
About electricity.

Do you know how much our lives depend on it? How it comforts us and keeps us safe and occupied?

When it goes out, it's never a good thing. My power went out for 2 hours and came back on just 20 minutes ago.

Sitting here in the dark, listening to Massive Attack is cool but I'd rather much be on the net at the same time.

The power company is incompetent. They take forever to find and fix the problem. Of course, this is Tx, we don't have blackouts or anything like that here. This was no doubt weather related.

I hope your power is on and you all are doing good. Mine is now and I'm doing much better than I was an hour ago :)

Now consider that just a few moments ago, the power came back on after being out for nearly three hours. That has not happened since that blog post was written way back.

I was writing on a story when the power went out. Timed backup saved a lot, thanks Corel.

The USA has a threadbare power system. If companies pulled their heads out of their greed mammon seeking asses, they would invest in improving infrastructure.

A simple thunderstorm caused this. What would a tornado or solar flare do? Good thing I still have a cd walkman.

I will be okay now. I was very upset. I actually went outside for a bit, not pleasant since it was and still is 47 out there. I need to talk to someone. I will look online, I guess.

Why I Wont Have Anything by Apple

A long time ago, when I was in school, the pc was sorta in its early days. I am a child of the 80's, you know. During the school years, occasionally, I would encounter a McIntosh computer. It was small, with a weird screen, and incomprehensible. Not to mention the bloated cost of the things.

That is where I learned of the word 'proprietary'. Not propriety is fine if you are Nintendo or Sony, for the format of the consoles they make is unique to them. Should a computer be this way?

Now I know Mac now has some commonality with Windows but this I-phone, I-pad, I-whatever else, it's all proprietary. My music is in the WMP format. I never got to buy an Mp3 player before I became unemployed. But then, I never go anywhere so why would I need to take my music with me?

I hate proprietary things. There should be one device that runs everything. This may be lack of competition, but competition is harming our country now with the debacle of this election season and the worse debacle of the US congress.

I don't need anything by Apple. I never will get anything by Apple. Take your proprietary bs and piss off.