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I have been at the edge of my sanity with computers as I’m sure 98% of the population have been aswell. And that remaining 2% are the people who created them, and think that computers are the best thing since sliced bread. They’ve been holed up in the basement of Microsoft somewhere nerding it up and loving every bit of it.

But I don’t care what they say, computers are not user friendly. Whoever came up with the processes and methods that computers go by and the software it uses today, was not a logical person. The concept of Logic amongst other things scientific goes out the window when it comes to trying to get something done on the computer. And it’s ironic because Computers operate on Logic and the basic rules of Boolean algebra itself!

Consider the common internal combustion engine. If one day, it stops, you do some troubleshooting, or the mechanic down the road does, and a problem is found. A solution which usually involves replacing something internal will fix the problem. Easy.

Computers on the other hand are not quite as easy-going. Ever since I got my first computer in ‘96 the long and bumpy, (don’t forget winding), road has taken years off my life. Was it bad luck? Or am I just incompetent when it comes to Computers? I have learned quite a bit breaking and unbreaking my computers, you would think that I’d learn a lesson or two, and be able to fix the next problem, but no.

About a year ago, I bought a Radeon 9800 Pro card. One year ago. I just installed it 2 weeks ago. The task took so long because I *KNEW* I would have problems upgrading. 2 weeks on my computer is still not working properly. Simple, you buy a new piece of hardware, plug out the old one and plug in the new one…easy. But no…since I plugged the new card in, I’ve had to feck with my registry, update DirectX, look for a new Bios, upgraded and also downgraded my graphics drivers in vain effort. A windows re-install looks to be the only thing left. It was suggested to me that I flash the bios, but no doubt my computer will reach critical mass and meltdown, the ensuing explosion will remove half of my desk with it!

I have thralled the so called “information highway” for a solution. My pleas fall on deaf ears in the tech forums. Nothing seems to fix it, all because some number is 2.0045.78 instead of 2.0045.79! Or crappy Netmeeting is conflicting with something unrelated. Apox on netmeeting!

The more and more reviews I see of the Radeon 9800 Pro being “the superior card of this and that” makes me want to strap an incendary device to it and fire it from a catapult at the Ati Headquarters!!

WinXp has about 47,000 services running in the Admin > Services section. W.T.F. do I want all those services for…I want one service to run windows, one to give me the Net, and one to make my fecking graphics card work!!

I can see, now, on the horizon another 50 I.T. companies inventing programs to right the wrongs and make a quick buck. Bah! They’re everywhere!