A Brief Open Letter to Microsoft

lifted from:another blog

No! Dang it! Not all of your customers replace their computer every year! Every time you've sent an update in the last year, it has paralyzed my computer. I've tried changing the settings so that any updates require my approval before installation, but you keep going around my user permission settings! What's it going to take to secure my computer from you? Do I need to surgically remove the modem? (Ah, the good ol' days when a modem could simply be disconnected or shut off. Those were good times!)

Sincerely, A customer that wishes to be left alone until I personally think it is time for an update.

The Sick Baby Hoax

Perhaps you've seen this heart rending picture that I've edited or something like unto it.

It came with a claim that Facebook and CNN would donate money for each "like" or "share" that it got. Well don't... just don't. It's a tasteless scam put out there by a "like-whore".

Don't "like" it, don't "share" it, certainly don't comment on it. Click the picture itself and if you look to the right, there should be a report option. Click "report" and go through that process so that Facebook is in-the-know that an abusive picture is being circulated. It should only take a minute or two.

"But what if it's real?" It is not. Facebook never donates money based on how many "likes" and "shares" a photo gets.

"But it's harmless." No it is absolutely not harmless. Hoax slayer words it well:

The people who create these hoaxes - fittingly referred to as "like-whores" by the Facebook community at large, do so to amass likes and shares and to drive Internet traffic to their websites or Facebook Pages. They take images of children from other sources without permission and reuse them in their despicable hoaxes.

Some who create such hoaxes apparently do so simply out of a sick and twisted desire to see how many likes and shares their disgraceful lies can muster. Others are motivated by greed. Facebook Pages with large numbers of likes can be sold on the black market to other unscrupulous Internet marketers and/or used to peddle products and services and launch further spam and scam campaigns.

hoax-slayer

It's hard to ignore these things because we are mostly good inside and want to help, but some people are dead inside and favor exploiting human goodness and vulnerability. I know it can be difficult, but vet your charities first. If it seems easy and cost free to support a charity, that should be the first indication that it is a scam.

The Facebook Menu of Genders... What shall I try today?

Here are my options should I decide to change my gender on Facebook. Please forgive me if there are repeat genders, either as a typographical error on my end, or as it appears as given from Facebook:

Male

Female

Agender

Adrogyne

Adrogynous

Male to Female

Pangender

Trans

Trans Female

Trans Male

Trans Man

Trans Person

Bigender

Non-binary

Cis

Cis Female

Cis Man

Cis Woman

lifted from this blog

Gender Fluid

Gender Non-conforming

Gender Questioning

Gender Varient

Gender Queer

Cisgender

Female to Male

Genderqueer

Neither

Neutrois

Cisgender Female

FTM

MTF

Trans*Female

Transgender Female

Cisgender Female

Cisgender Male

Cisgender Man

Cisgender Woman

Other

Intersex

Trans*Male

Transsexual

Transmasculine

Trans*man

Two-spirit

Trans*Person

Transsexual Person

Trans*

Transsexual Female

Transsexual Male

Transsexual Man

Transsexual Woman

Trans Woman

Trans*Woman

Transgender Woman

Interestingly enough, they did not include the regular, less scientific gender options of man, woman, or person. I would have added to the list a few Jedi versions of several genders; but that’s just where my sense of humor leads me. I have so many options, but only one life to live. May I live it honestly.