Points to Ponder (Version 1.1)

Everyday we're faced with the absurd, unbelievable common place notices, warnings, and situations that really make one wonder about the world we live in. I've tried to put together a list of some of these things I notice on the computer, and this is what I've found:

Computer problems are a real drag. I'd love to meet the designers who come up with some of these tidbits. Ever look for something in one of those search boxes and the answer comes back "No Matches Found". But sure as the day is long you know that a "Match" does exist! Try as you might you'll never figure out the proper term to enter to get your answer!

How about when something goes wrong on the computer and that dam box comes up, and no matter what the message is, it ends with a little box that says "OK?" "OK" is your only choice? The world could be falling apart, your hard drive unraveling and turning everything into cyber dust, but your choice is "OK!" What sadistic son of a gun came up with that teaser? I can see some shrimpy geek with a face full of pimples, thick glasses, and bad teeth, sitting in his cubby in a windowless room designing this equivalent of an electronic wedgie. How many times have you sat in front of your computer screaming, "It's NOT OK!!!!!"

Ever have your computer just stop functioning? It's as if the computer has had a good dose of the "deer in the headlights syndrome." It just stares back at you and doesn't even blink. Nothing you do works. It's as if time has stood still in cyberland. Finally you turn off the computer and wait. You turn it back on and it is still staring at you. Unflinching, glaring almost as if it's silently smiling and laughing inside. Then the error box comes on and says, "the program is not responding!" No kidding! I didn't notice. Wow! How insightful! I paid how much for this program and this is the best it can do? Then you sit and wait, some more.

Finally everything disappears and the computer reboots itself and gives you another mind blowing message, "Sending report to Microsoft!" Where do these reports go? Who reads them? The same greasy haired geek with the pocket protector who plays "World of War Craft" as "Ramboman?" Like these guys are going to do something. They keep these little quirks in the programs so they can sell you the next upgrade at big bucks!

While we all toil at our daily endeavors we've got to hand it to those who are "Trying" to make our lives better through technology, they give us plenty to wonder about.