All of a sudden I'm in the mood to type something up and I credit the latest buzz circulating in my favourite haunts these days god bless you. I'm not a religious man but if the excitement I feel seems spiritual then I guess I'm guilty. #Pizzagate was the straw that broke the camel's back for sure, positively speaking. This time, right now on the net is exciting again. For me, it seems to have rekindled dreams of earlier times and man, we can all benefit from these "citizen investigations" and that's a real good thing. I think this could be a monumental time for ALL of us!

   I want to say right off that Hitlery IS guilty of unsecured emails, there really ARE children being raped and killed in this world by elites, Bush DID know about the attacks in NYC, the U.S. IS negatively involved in the Ukraine, Libya and Syria(Clinton again),  Global Warming is fucking NOT man made goddamit, there ARE UFO's buzzing around our world and finally, Nestle IS definitely trying to steal the world's fresh water out from under us.

  I'm just about done now, bye...

    I find that I have a need to update my Blogger site this evening after reading a fellow Blogger's post on one of my favourite Alt-Media websites. An Alt-Media website is different from a casual blogger's site by having a few or multitude of guest or resident writers going off on some topic or event that interests them or heaven forbid, is trending on the net currently. The writer/investigative journalist lends credence to their article by being well read by their audience, somewhat factual in their presentation and striving to be grammatically correct at all times.

    I have read thousands of posts/articles from numerous investigative writers since 2004 and have been thoroughly informed or entertained for countless hours in front of my computer. Lately though, I have noticed a slight change in the seriousness or legitimacy of a lot of the stories published on my Go To sites these days. What with the mind-boggling corruption of the Bush and Clinton Crime Families to Putin and Russia in Syria and now the crazy #PIZZAGATE scandal, the web is a kick-ass treasure trove of great "insider" information that I crave constantly. I never tire of it.

   If TPTB fail to take down or make illegal the Alt-Media and the web as we have come to know and love, then I feel there will be massive changes in the world around us and who will be leading and ruling us in the years to come. I'm going to close this blog/post/rambling now and await the deluge of serious comments that are bound to come shortly thereafter about this very important topic and trend setting event.....Hahahahahahahahahahaha!! Whew.
  

   This is how a world, a fucking great civilization dies. It happened in Sumer, and Ancient Greece, Egyptian Pharaohs, the Roman Empire, Iberia and then Mighty England(City of London). However, the greatest Empire ever to grace this wonderful world of ours the United States, is quickly entering the final stages of it's sad but eventual conclusion to the continuing saga of mankind's real weakness.

    I can see that we all seek Heaven, Valhalla and Nirvana, we want the good things in life. We want to be pampered and waited on and VIP'ed to death, I think it's in our DNA. The young people today desperately want their recognition, their props and their 15 minutes of fame and they will do anything to be noticed and appreciated. Their happy and also sad demonstrations of independence,  fill Youtube, Pornhub and Facebook pages every single day.

    The real tragic examples of corruption and extortion, the hunger that all men crave and desire, continually destroy us all. This sad commentary of our history, our real history and the legacy that remains when we as a people finally come to an end, will be the sorry fact of what we accomplished on this earth.

    I invite all men, all people in society today, to say NO, to say FU to these miserable leeches that try to insidiously worm their way into our lives to turn our honest and decent bias' and ethics away from what makes us comfortable and right in our minds. If we have to endure a little hardship along the way then so be it. Please don't give in, don't do the elite's bidding. Walk away from their demands just so that you can feel clean and right in your eye's so you can get a good night's sleep when you need it. I know it will be worth it in the end. Thank god we all still have that option available to us whenever we choose to  act on it.

    

    

    I don't seem to have the time or interest to keep this weblog moving and current in any fashion. I want to write/post something super funny and informative but is there ANYONE out there that actually gives a F#ck to spend a few minutes reading. I hope so. Maybe in a couple of years, Blogger will cease to be and someone will come up with a "best of" compilation that might include one or possibly two of my more clever postulations...but I doubt it. More likely this site will fade into webpage heaven that will kill billions of pages that are out of date, unattended or wiped out when accounts are deleted.

   I am 55 years young, I have been around the block a couple of times and one thing I noticed in my travels is that most people are basically oblivious to many wonderful and simple things that occur as they move zombie-like through their useless and uneventful lives. An absolutely spectacular sunset, the way that particular meadow smells just after a spring shower, a tree full of noisy sparrows or finches right before the dusk settles in. The world is going through some serious changes right now, extreme weather is upon us and I truly believe that most of the young people today are going to be in a great deal of hurt in the coming decades from disastrous global economic downturns and the earth as we know it, turning ugly and unfriendly to our population. I don't believe in anthropogenic climate change but i do believe that our Solar System is going through some dirty areas of our galaxy and picking up some serious dirt/dust clouds that will change our earth's weather for the worse and we are definitely going to have a mini ice age pretty soon. Enjoy what you see and experience in your daily wanderings people!!  Our big beautiful blue planet is going to get miserable to live in really soon.

   The Big Whatever is a play on words AND a human condition we constantly find ourselves in every single day. It's a big deal to notice, experience and enjoy all the many little things in your life that could bring you such pleasure if you would just stop and acknowledge the miracle of life (LIFE) that's right in front of you. I know it's the Scorpio aura (and the Wiser's) that's talking right now but please make sure you do not have any regrets in your life as your LIFE is winding down.

  

 Another year has gone by and I need to add a comment about this wonderful world we live in. The internet is abuzz about the fine pickle we find ourselves in with the economy. Doomsayers are telling us to buy Gold and Silver and stock up on storeable food because the end is near. Agencies and Government programs are going to collapse and run out of money and dry up leaving millions in the lurch. These poorer people are going to get angry when they don't have booze, cigs and bingo money-I mean food and shelter for their children so they'll hit the streets to protest European Style and burn a few cars here and there. The police naturally are going to crack some skulls and throw many into jail for awhile. I don't enjoy reading about these scenarios but I think it is inevitable and it's gotta be just around the corner so I would suggest buying Gold and Silver and storeable food but if you want to get all businesslike and really clean up.....stock up on booze and cigs and maryjane and the like. Old habits die hard.

It's Starting

The Germans whom I admire immensely, are asking for their GOLD back. Almost 100% from Paris and around 20% from New York by 2020, I read that that works out to 40 billion a month. I have wondered for some time if in fact, nations seem to be printing and printing, debasing and debasing their money until all of us end up in a global Currency War.

Oh my f'ing god, we are going to be screwed. I want to say right now that people need to protect their money and RRSP's in their LIRA accounts so that they have SOMETHING to make their retirement years manageable. I have come to the point when I laugh now at those Scotiabank commercials that state "You're Richer than you think". Hahaha, It's so funny and yet it's so horrible, we are all on our own and we have to protect our money, our wealth.

The best thing we can all do even though it sounds so insane,  is to cash in NOW and buy that piece of land and get some silver and gold. Stock up on food and water, hide what you have and don't tell anyone what you have.

I don't like what I'm seeing right now no way. The net appears to be fighting for it's "pop" life. Too many new engines, to many apps and too many bot programs coming into existence and then all too quickly get passed over for something different. My ghostery is building attack lists and Kaspersky is chirping now and then with the monitor's ever present flavour of the month spybot. I think the battle to identify all of us has jumped into another gear. I think the time is arriving where I may have to give up my beloved window on the world internet and try to stay off their radar if possible from that moment on.

 After reading an excellent article on Pak Alert I have to make a comment by way of my blog. It has to do with how electromagnetic fields are affecting the moods of animals and people. Just read that a German neuroscientist conducted experiments on subjects by inducing magnetic field waves deep into their brains and recording the results. Some swore that something was in the room with them and were so sure, they tried to interact with them. Others ran screaming from the room and still others had fits of crying and depression. These facts are irrefutable and were observed by other scientists in their own experiments.

  The German scientist in question related a "story" of a number of homeless people that were constantly haunting the Financial District in the City of London and at one point were seen fleeing the area in hysterics and said feeling tightness in the chest and feeling heavy anxiety and unease. Imagine if one could use magnetic fields instead of classical music to prevent loitering by gangs of youths in front of your convenience store.


  So what brings to my mind about this very interesting but also scary information is I agree with the writer of the Pak Alert article is, the dying off of the bees and mass deaths of birds and fish, the beaching of whales and dolphins worldwide, make me fear for our world so much.  There is a movie out, must have been released recently, where there is thousands of people going crazy with many killing themselves and others. An epidemic of mental illness where no one escapes it's clutches. In that case No amount of gold or silver will help us in this crisis.

Alternative news gives me another perspective that I wouldn't normally see with my local/national news broadcasts I watch periodically. We are mostly being primed for some miserable and life challenging times coming shortly and we have to have our real .999 real silver and gold stashed away or we will freeze and starve. Mark my words people.

Awesome is my life really. This awesome guy is a decent blogger with a forgiving publisher. From what I've seen, he has a very easy and comfortable delivery and demeanor that you can't help liking. And there you have it, the perfect troika. Buddy is definitely awesome.

The pure ecstasy of wonderful sunsets, the smell in the air that brings you back 15 years to warm underwear straight from the dryer, I have thoroughly enjoyed my 52 years. AND have vividly remembered 48 of them.

Being both a Scorpio and a Pig thankfully, enables me to enjoy and appreciate and savour everything good in this world.

Too much reading in alterna space. I want to get back to me...I'm a mover, maybe a shaker. I'll know for sure if I can write well what I see. Right now Wiser's is running it's course and we shall see if I have anything worthwhile to contribute in the next few minutes or longer. Hopefully.

Canada is going to be ok!

I have been reading a little bit about business, the economy and the workings of Wall St and I would have to say I am a little upset about it. Some things are done each and every day in this world that are just plain wrong. Wall St and Federal Reserve practices may just bring about total economic collapse, and nobody, especially the US government think anything's amiss.

In my reading, I have seen numerous comments from economists that foresee troubling times ahead for the US and Europe. Soon we will see a period of deflation where the housing market as well as the stock market devalue by as much as 30% followed by a severe lack of trust in government Bonds and T-Bills. All activity dies as investors stay away in droves. Commodities will then take a sudden surge in price and finally, hyperinflation kills the currency. What a future.

There is a not so new indicator that shows accurately what a country's overall economic health is. This is information that would be really valuable to help you see how traditional corporate business and government practices kill any long term stability and growth. The Debt to GDP ratio is a great way to instantly determine a countries financial stability. For instance, Japan has been suffering from flesh eating disease for over a decade with 200% Debt to GDP ratio. They need some solution fast because resources dont last forever. Italy with 121% Debt to GDP ratio is doing a slooow spiral into oblivion. And then you have the US with a 98% ratio, the interest on the massive debt the US must pay is really scary. By 2012 , they will hit 110% Debt to GDP ratio and start a process that will assuredly end in severe hyperinflation and turn the once all powerful US dollar into Monopoly money.

That's NOT how I see it!

Following the news these days can be very frustrating because there seems to be articles, news stories that I have heard different details of the events. Happenings like the sinking of a S Korean warship by N Koreans, details of what really happened with the Polish leaders plane and the Christmas Underwear bomber. Not to mention what we don't hear about with the Gulf of Mexico gushers. I feel garbage is being shoved down our throats and I don't like it. What's worse, I'm pissed that these people don't think we know what they're doing.

I want the US shadow depts to stop. Stop spending your drug money and hidden budgets and do what's right as a decent human being. I pray you even know what that is.

Blog, blog blog!

I have been reading so many blogs lately it is making my head spin and getting my shorts in a knot I might add. I'm getting just a little bit jealous because I feel all these bloggers are thinking they have cornered the market on intelligent, sensible and humerous thought, and it doesn't help that they have a wide following that hangs on their every word! Most of these so-called experts are expounding on every subject and topic under the sun using perfect grammar and their endless wealth of knowledge, and it's making me sick.
I'm asking myself, I have an intelligent opinion on most subjects, I LOVE to read a lot and I remember everything. I even think I have a world class charm and wit (ok, 2 out of 3 ain't bad) but dammit I'm good enough and yes, everybody likes me! I need a mirror right about now. In my head is an avalanche of thought and comment that seems to explode always. I need to be careful not to alienate or irritate those around me because I can get a real good head of steam going most times but I'm surprised if people start tuning me out. That's not right because I got something to say!
Nowadays I have to skip over the comments section of any particular post because I usually end up getting really pissed off and sick to my stomach. Can't stand all the fawning anymore.

Comments welcomed.

What is this world coming to?

I have been reading for so many hours on this wonderful internet lately that I haven't been adding any new posts to my site. Not that anyone has read anything here but that's not the point. I am really depressed and disillusioned and if even a quarter of the shite I have been reading is actually true, then I am very saddened and upset.

This world of ours is slowly coming undone. The powers that be, (the Elite) are moving many plans of theirs into place that threatens to bring down everything that is good in our lives. Control and power and money seem to be the main interest of these super rich families. Certain people want a one world government which has the ability to control everyone still alive with massive debt and futuristic micro-chipping to know what we are doing and probably thinking every minute of the day. Few of us are truely aware of what is happening and from the scores and scores of seemingly intelligent beings debunking, ridiculing and admonishing those that write about it, is very disheartening. Did you know, (probably not) that the world's media and so-called reputable institutions have been slowly sowing the seeds of negative thought into all of us so that our first reaction is to laugh and dismiss ANY accusation or statement as false.

That is the scariest thing for me. There is a worldwide trend in people today, to treat as fact anything that big brother says and treats as lunacy, anything said against the establishment, i.e. " McDonalds, Harvey's and Wendy's have "food additives" that make the hormones in our body turn upside down and cause obesity, depression and bouts of rage in all who eat there regularly."

Al thinking people of this world have to sit up and take notice, we need to act AGAINST the trend, against the plan and do things differently to put certain plans on hold or at least retard their timetable. Here is something really weird for you sceptical types, did you know that Al Queda and the Taliban are actually a fly in the ointment for these Elite planners? They are something that wasn't forseen and accounted for, ha imagine that. If everyone in North America today decided that they wouldn't use money anymore,if we all decided that the barter system or service for goods was better for us, the Elite families would lose control of 400 million people. Say I wanted to get my tooth fixed, so I looked at the guy's wonky photocopier and fixed it for him in payment for his service. If I wanted a farmer's vegetables for my dinnertable, I could give him cut wood from my backyard in payment. It's that simple people. Another thought I had from perusing the internet is the many ads showing free energy, I could get plans to build a magnetic generator or my very own wind turbine to create loads of energy for my family from just a few dollars outlay. The options could be endless, try to be a little independant and not be so dependant on the establishment. If everyone did just a little bit for themselves, big government will have less control on you. It is your choice how the world ends up.

Missed Theory

I went on and on last post and forgot to add the one single important original idea that I had recently, that must be put to paper(?). I was reading an old and well weathered copy of A.E. Van Vogt's Slan and while reading, I went off on a bit of a tangent thanks to a couple of hits of some good hydroponic a few minutes earlier. I had this vision of what true space and time travel would really be like. Most educated people would agree that us, the furniture, the trees and all things on and off this earth are really made up of atoms and molecules with negative and positive charges that behave exactly like our solar system and galaxy, just on a much smaller scale. Our bodies contain surprisingly potent electromagnetic fields that are a carbon copy of what you would see in planets and stars. Everything has the exact same physical makeup and behavior, the only arguable difference is the consciousness or intelligence that resides in the space of our brain.

While drifting off for a few moments of clarity(my version of it anyways), I saw a picture of what this universe could really be like. Imagine an instant, where/when you(the observer) were connected/existing to/in a space that was ANY place in the universe/multiverse at ANY time. Simply put, you observe an event/moment of space/time in the horsehead nebula 5,000 years ago or on a planet observing Spica in the Virgo constellation 9400 years from now. Hey, photons are funny things, if the universe is indeed expanding outwards, then they would need to travel further and thus, degrade a little more. I know Einstein said that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light but what if, as far as I am concerned, photons are as slow as molasses in February and I can be/see everywhere and anywhen at any point in time(as recorded by me, the observer). Our immediate surroundings encompass three dimensions of space and one of time, I feel these are too restrictive for the Electrical Man. Everywhere and any Time is simultaneously accessible/observable continuously until the alleged Big Rip ends it all.

If this was at all possible, then that would mean that you, I and everyone on this planet would have the ability to travel through time and space a lot like superior beings could. We wouldn't really be "traveling" though, we would just mentally invoke something in our brains that would enable us to observe somewhen/somewhere else just by compartmentalizing it. Maybe 500 years from now that will be our way of moving through our larger "world". Maybe even in a few years, somebody wakes up one day and finds he or she can instantly see/sense the full multiverse around them in all its complexity.

Who knew?

I was sitting at my computer one day last week with the google homepage open in front of me as I am normally apt to do, when I decided to do a search on one particular topic. I have been intrigued quite a bit lately about the phrase "Intelligent Design" and I decided I would explore it some more in my favourite search engine. As I typed those two words in the google search box a thought struck me, I then proceeded to type "or Dumb Luck" and hit enter. I almost fell out of my chair with laughter. There was all manner of hits with numerous articles using those very words as the heading. It was at that moment that a rush went through my body and I dived right in to the first promising article. As I was reading excerpts from this or that paper or book I got the impression that the big debate was actually a "real" debate. There was even a university professor who wrote a paper on Intelligent Design and appeared to be serious as he postulated about why he thought this was the only explanation for all the evidence collected by man to this date. Another author wrote a piece on how science and Creationism could work hand in hand and fit right in with world as we know it. Still another mentioned that pure science didn't quite explain everything that has happened to man and wondered if there indeed was Intelligent Design at work here because all the basis for life on this planet was "tailor-made" perfectly for us. Of course there were many articles stating that science was the only force at work in this universe and "Dumb Luck" was exactly the result of this primordial mix. Listen people, Darwin was born 150 years ago and we are STILL fighting over what is the popular consensus for the state of our world. A quote that was attributed to Einstein stated" The mystery of Life...is Life itself". To me that says it all right there.

I was born and raised a Roman Catholic, I had no choice until I was 15 years old. At one time, the brainwashing ran so deep that I ended up as an alter boy for a couple of years. Thank god(LOL) I didn't get fondled by the priest, that would have clinched it right then and there for me. My first love in school was history and that interest got me on the road to reading and researching and then realizing, that I was being fooled. Everyone on this earth was being fooled. As far as I was concerned, the Bible was the world's greatest piece of fiction ever written. The beauty of religion is total mind control of the masses. I believed it wholeheartedly and I started to look at religious people as, well stupid people. Like country and western music lovers, they were almost sub-human, almost like trailor park trash. So now I look at learned and educated people and wonder how in the hell can they even believe a fairy tale like religion and the god almighty(lower case). Do they think that he is actually going to save them? In my view of the world, "do unto others as you would have them do unto you" sounds like a no-brainer. If anyone wants to live on this earth as a rational, caring person obviously has to follow a few important guidelines. Live peacefully with your fellow man and nourish and enrich the lives of your loved ones and friends so that all may live in harmony with each other until you die. Period. That sounds like a humanist or secular lifestyle to me, don't you think? It's stripped down without all the hokey-pokey mumbo-jumbo bullshit that fits like an albatross around all our necks, AND we don't have to give that 10% to the church. When the urge wells up in us we can just drop a buck in some homeless person's hat and we can all sleep well at night. My god! I'm on a roll right now don't you think?

So now I want to continue with my original thought a few hours ago before I had to go out to watch my son play some hockey at the ice rink. I also clicked on an article that for some reason ended up in the mix of hits I was viewing with a general theme of Intelligent Design but had a bit of a twist that I was not expecting. This gentleman, Leonard Susskind has written a number of papers on the topic of Superstring theory and had a partial explanation of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. I don't know why it showed up here except to expand on quantum mechanics and the theory of gravity. Dumb Luck may be an acronym for "whatever the universe throws at us". One quote that really hit home and made me sit up and take notice was "A landscape of possibilities, a megaverse of actualities". In my heart and mind ( I could even say soul here), I truly believe that " in our locality, there is a constant bombardment of random acts of chaos that continue on and on until one instant, it fails to be".

Stick THAT in your pipe and smoke it!!

Let them see the light of day!

I just finished watching the live media Q and A on CNN tonight Monday, Feb. 9 and I'll tell you it was a big eye opener for me for a number of reasons. First a little background, I am a proud Canadian citizen and have lived in the most wonderful country in the world for most of my 49 years ( don't take my word for it though, research the yearly UN lists). Being an army brat when I was younger, I have also lived in Belgium, Germany and Portugal for some years and have lived with a different perspective on life that has shaped my adult leanings and bias'. I have followed in my father's footsteps and became a electronics technician after finishing high school and a 2 yr college course with my usual 85 average. I may be a little ornery and jaded in my outlook and demeanor, but I am not stupid.

Which brings me back to tonight's TV appearance by Barrack Obama, to see him respond to all the questions with thoughful and detailed comments really made me sit up and take notice. I was excited and amazed that Mr. President was honest, forthright and as enlightening as he could be with every media person's question. I thought, this is no George W with the blah blah statements, this showed me a refreshing new side to American Politics. The constant message that this is going to be a transparent government with checks and oversights just may happen after all.

One question that was put forth by one of the media types there was, will there be a change in the government policy of flying in soldier's caskets under cover of night so nobody can see them. I almost fell out of my chair, here was something that I knew must be happening but never thought I would hear it being addressed on national television. I believe that this should certainly stop but NOT because it would deal a mortal blow to the reputation of the Armed Services, but to enhance or humanize it. Let me explain. Now I know that the numbers of regrettable soldier's deaths are no where near the same for our two countries, our Armed Services have a different opinion of how our repatriated soldier's are accepted by their loved ones and all who follow our sons and daughters in Afghanistan (this happens possibly because we never had a Vietnam). When their caskets touch down in CFB Trenton, Ontario in the full light of day, a full ceremony is observed then those families that live outside our province are taken to the airport in Toronto with a massive police escort. This convoy of vehicles passes through many towns along our HWY 401 which is called the "Highway of Heroes" and many thousands of regular people as well as police services and fire fighters line this highway and on all the bridges. Some wave their Canadian flags and cheer, others salute or stand at attention, but mostly all of them have tears of sadness and also pride. There passes another few of our fallen heroes.

In my mind and in many others living here, this is the only way to observe and feel for the families and yes, even celebrate our proud military history. It is a MUST that your government see and feel what we see, I firmly believe it would quickly bring a new perspective to the American people and I'm sure your military would appreciate that as well.

How to retire on $10,000 a year

I can't believe the gall that Financial Advisors and their Institutions have when they tell us they want to help with our retirement planning, and they say it with a straight face. There's an army of useless university grads spending hours every day tracking stocks and bonds and funds and trends yada yada. I'm sure its all so very important to them but it doesn't mean a hill of beans to any of us with real jobs. These self-important so and so's have so many ways to help us increase our little nest egg and separate us from our money to the tune of 8 or 9 trillion dollars in the US and Canada alone. These banks, fund and Income Trust companies spend millions of our dollars advertising their services and trying to scare us into investing or purchasing RRSP's so that we can have a comfortable retirement when we grow old. Some advisors will tell you that you will need 70% of your total yearly income to live at an approximate lifestyle that you enjoy today. Others say you will need at least a million dollars for your 20-30 years of retirement.(Because we are all living longer these days.) Whew, some of us will have strokes and coronaries stressing as we save save save, invest invest invest. What happens is your snot-nosed kids get all the cash and you end up as worm food.

I am going to tell you how you can live simply and stress free and retire earlier then you thought. (You may have to move away from your city you grew up in though.) First, you sell everything you own except your car, it's all materialistic junk anyways. Buy 30 acres of wooded property with firm ground and lots of medium to mature trees. It should have some wild birds and assorted game of course. Hire some company to cut down a whack of mature trees and for payment, offer half of all the trees cut down. Get a bunch a buddies to help you build a log cabin with a sweet porch and fix it up nice inside, don't forget to purchase a big honking wood stove to keep you toasty warm at night and in the winter. Purchase a ton of seeds and a rifle, that's going to be for the bulk of your food. For the finer things you can make yourself a potato still and a mini greenhouse for your herb. Nudge nudge, wink wink. You're almost there. Now you buy yourself one of those 5000 watt Cummins diesel generators and get a sunken fuel storage tank to load up for future situations and then hire somebody to dig a fresh water well right there in the back yard.

You will be looking at a modest cash outlay at the start, but if you have a little gumption and intestinal fortitude you will be alright till you're 80 or even 90 years old. I think thats how they did it a 100 years ago and there is NO reason why you can't do it right now.

You're welcome.

Just wait for the update.

I've been reading a lot about the new Windows Vista since it's grand inception Jan. 30th and I had to laugh when I heard just about every sales person tell me, wait for awhile till most of the bugs get ironed out. Wow, and new becomes old again! Being a senior service tech for a very large global office equipment company I have seen more then my fair share of bugs.

When you are under the gun every day making sure that brand new connected, digital multi-function products work properly, it can be a very stressful and frustrating endevour. These technological wonders are very expensive and people expect them to work flawlessly. You have fax, colour copying, network printing and high speed scanning to desktop or email, these babies can do it all. Well they're supposed to anyways. What's running all these wonderful features is a mini harddrive loaded with specialized software programs that work in harmony with each other. For the most part anyways, that is the idea. But things can go horribly wrong and a lot of times they do. The compatibility of this system software, bugs that lock up or freeze a portion of it or a corrupted file at install can all spell disaster for the company. And the svc tech is usually stuck in the middle, pissed off and fuming. Let's see, there is fax version 19.20 and scanner ver. 21.90 then there's Language ver. 23.20 and of course system ver. 12.80. Months later, you are told that to solve that nagging hang when sending booklets that are double sided and larger than 11X14, you have to install system ver. 15.70. And look! Here is a new version of the fax software so that the damn machine won't dial New Zealand all night after everyone has all gone home.

Wow, I love progress. I love technology, and new electronic gadgets and their operating systems that let them do all sorts of wonderful stuff. I know its just as difficult making the programs that run the toys as it is to create those very toys themselves, maybe even more difficult. But those people that do create the software, get paid more then the engineer dreaming up these neat toys, so they should take their foqueing heads out of their ass and get their shite together!