So two things....
1) I really hate Windows, and that's not anything new or exciting. Most people with an ounce of computer skill know the flaws and bugs of windows, but I just have to be a little ranty here. As you may or may not know, if someone sends you anything but a JPEG over MSN Messenger, it has a tendency to delete it, saying that has "blocked it because it may be unsafe". Thats all well and good to try and keep me from inexplicably downloading viruses, but what if i know its a safe file because I know exactly what it is and why my friend is sending it to me (like a song, or a small program they want me to test). Can I unblock it somehow? No, thats just too damn bad because its permanently, completely, 100% deleted when the messenger does this. Finally the other day, in frustration I dug and dug until I found the way to turn this feature off. (Its in the options of a completely different windows program.)
Only now, since messenger can't delete my files for me after I download them, it freezes instead. I download the file and as soon as its done, messenger freezes and has to be closed. At least now I can get to the file afterward, but that is nothing short of completely ridiculous that this is how the program operates.
2) And if you thought that was the bad news, it gets worse (for me anyway). The concert that i've been planning on going to, that I took a day off from work and was gonna drive all the way to LA for, won't be happening. The concert is still going on, but everyone that was gonna go with me has one by one dropped out, and I can't do it by myself. Not even counting the fact I have no car, the gas and hotel prices would be waay too much if not splitting them among several people.
And I can't even sell the tickets, as they just added me to a database and I show them an ID and confirmation number at the door to get in. So I have 4 tickets to see Nightwish and Sonata Arctica, a concert I've been looking forward to for months, and they're just gonna go to waste....it makes me sad.
1) I really hate Windows, and that's not anything new or exciting. Most people with an ounce of computer skill know the flaws and bugs of windows, but I just have to be a little ranty here. As you may or may not know, if someone sends you anything but a JPEG over MSN Messenger, it has a tendency to delete it, saying that has "blocked it because it may be unsafe". Thats all well and good to try and keep me from inexplicably downloading viruses, but what if i know its a safe file because I know exactly what it is and why my friend is sending it to me (like a song, or a small program they want me to test). Can I unblock it somehow? No, thats just too damn bad because its permanently, completely, 100% deleted when the messenger does this. Finally the other day, in frustration I dug and dug until I found the way to turn this feature off. (Its in the options of a completely different windows program.)
Only now, since messenger can't delete my files for me after I download them, it freezes instead. I download the file and as soon as its done, messenger freezes and has to be closed. At least now I can get to the file afterward, but that is nothing short of completely ridiculous that this is how the program operates.
2) And if you thought that was the bad news, it gets worse (for me anyway). The concert that i've been planning on going to, that I took a day off from work and was gonna drive all the way to LA for, won't be happening. The concert is still going on, but everyone that was gonna go with me has one by one dropped out, and I can't do it by myself. Not even counting the fact I have no car, the gas and hotel prices would be waay too much if not splitting them among several people.
And I can't even sell the tickets, as they just added me to a database and I show them an ID and confirmation number at the door to get in. So I have 4 tickets to see Nightwish and Sonata Arctica, a concert I've been looking forward to for months, and they're just gonna go to waste....it makes me sad.