My Posting of Dec.
22
I'm very sorry I didn't do yesterday's posting on this site, like I
promised...
I suppose "only a fool would buy a met client's
excuse", but,
how could I possibly log on when my computer
won't even work, due to a "trojan" hijack?
I suppose I could've gone to the Library and used the Gates
Foundation computer (more on that later),
and while at the same time this
trojan is doing "God Knows What" to my computer?
In dealing with all non-trivial life problems I have what I
consider an excellent habit of always using what Zen and the Art of
Motorcycle Maintenance calls "the Scientific Method" ("How
exactly does every part in this bike work, to make it run") - after having
extensive knowledge of a subject, one can logically examine the causes and
effects all the way down the chain. (Cuz I've been programming computers
since 1978, I'm able to do this with any computer) I.e. "ok, how
does a ms windows computer start? ok, there are the 4 or 5 system
configuration files, that's not it; it's a windows issue ok what's
in the registry and/or windows/system directory, and how does that load on
startup?" In all, a very thorough but painstaking, time-consuming, and
nerve-wracking process.
I must say, I didn't "feel" very good at
all. I know I sometimes make fun of people that say
"I had so many problems I just had to use", but:
I will remember yesterday:
perhaps in different life circumstances I'd have done "something I'd later
regret" to stop feeling that very upset...
So after several hours I fixed it (I guess I was "lucky" -
otherwise this'd have been real expen$ive...).
And I ask (right after serious
problem, again a good habit): "Why did this happen in the first
place? And what can I do to prevent it from happening again?"
My Overwhelmingly Clear and Certain Answer to this
is:
"Well with Micro$oft Windows set up the way it
is, stuff like this always happens. That's why the web's full of software
vendors selling virus scans for Micro$oft systems, firewalls, and all
that." Why is that the case? So I again use the above method and
asked myself (which was part of the above process that got me out of trojan
hell:), "Well, how would I write a windows system - which
program files, and how would I start them?" I realized:
If I wrote a windows system, I wouldn't have
this enormous "system registry" that can be sneakily changed and which will
later cause all kinds of problems. And I'd write a web browser that has
only one VISIBLE 'channel' for information, and it ALL appears on the
screen." The Root Cause of this
recurring problem is that Micro$oft Windows "Internet Explorer" is
written ON PURPOSE so that when you're online, YOU CAN'T STOP 'ADVERTISING
WINDOWS' AND OTHER SUCH UNWANTED, POTENTIALLY EVIL MATERIAL FROM BEING
TRANSFERRED TO YOUR COMPUTER, LOADED IN MEMORY, RUN, AND PROCESSED/DISPLAYED/OR
WHATEVER)". Try M$'s 'Hotmail' and you'll see ad windows all over -
PRESENTING THEIR CUSTOMERS WITH UN-ASKED FOR, UNWANTED ADVERTISING IS WHAT
MICRO$OFT IS ALL ABOUT! (That's why I use the "$" in the
name).
Again, the browser I'd write: when I type "
http://www.charming-holly.com", that's
what I get, and any bytes transmitted that say "display window
'http://www.advertize_porn.com'" or "show popup '..refinance_now.com'" or "load
into system directory and system registry '..hijack_now.isr' and run" would be
ignored cuz it's clear that "THESE ARE NOT DISPLAY INSTRUCTIONS THIS BROWSER IS
MEANT TO DO, THESE ARE SYSTEM COMMANDS!
('BROWSING' BY DEFINITION
MEANS 'BROWSE' - NOT 'LOAD STUFF INTO MEMORY'!) MY
BROWSER WOULD BE SET TO DO COMMANDS SUCH AS 'DISPLAY .JPG IMAGE',
'RESIZE WINDOW', 'DISPLAY A VISIBLE LINK TO ANOTHER URL
ADDRESS', AND IT WILL IGNORE OR NOTIFY USER OF TRANSMITTED
COMMANDS LIKE 'LOAD' 'RUN' OR 'REGEDIT'
!)
It should be obvious to anyone who thinks
about it that, Micro$oft could write a browser that does the
above, and it'd be pretty simple and 1/5 the file size.
But THEY DON'T - because of the above, and because their
URL is "micro$oft.COM". Do you know what
".com" is? Commercial - to make $$$ ! I.e.
Retail Sales and Tons Of Advertising. Not ".org" - for the
service of humanity, to make their life better WITHOUT profiting from it
personally!
Actually, in the last few days I've noticed that THERE ARE
OTHER GOOD NON-MICRO$OFT BROWSERS OUT THERE, AND THEY'RE ALL GOOD. AND
MOST OF THEM CAN BE DOWNLOADED FOR FREE!"
And it's too bad, because for 15 years, I
loved Micro$oft and its products. I loved its 386
and 3.1 DOS Operating Systems (used in the 1990's). I
totally love MS Word - I use it always; I love its look,
functionality, and how you can write "macros" to do anything you want and put
them on the main menu. But after "upgrading" to Window$
98 (yeah I know after only five years) - it's the 1st M$
software I'm starting not to like, because of its enormous registry, huge number
of system files, and sneaky 'Internet Exploiter' (I mean
'Explorer')". Time for W98TE (Third Edition) - I hope one of the thousands
of excellent programmers "out there" on the net decide to code it and make it
freeware / public domain.
So I say openly to Bill Gates: please, don't
donate another computer to a library from your multi-billion "Gates Foundation"
to feel better - do something good! Have someone take a simple browser
(The one YOU use, or any one of the many good ones out there, whose owners would
be very happy to sell the rights to M$ for this), and put the Micro$oft name on
it, and put THAT on a computer and donate THAT to a library! It would cost
you the same ($0, cuz i's "Gates Foundation"), and it would be a GENUINE GOOD to
humanity that you could be PROUD of! Something the library kids
could use and not get ad windows and popups all over that they can't
control. That's the wrong idea for kids to get - that things are out of
control! Instead of being the totally self-centered capitalistic
money-grubbing pig that you are now.
Part of what our present task
is, especially for us who are in this Met Group,
is:
To discover what has caused our
problems in the past; and,
To then make changes so they don't happen again.
So I'm gonna find a non-Micro$oft browser, download it and
start using it. Cuz some disaster shows bomb in the sequel...
(copy forwarded to microsoft.com, and promulgated extensively on the
internet)