Just turn off your system and reboot

As a PC user for many good years I am well familiar with the blue screen phenomenon that happens these days on a less frequent basis then in years past. In 1999 I bought a a G4 Apple workstation for my http://www.ancienties.com/ business. The truth is that that we never had to reboot that machine unless the graphic file were just too large to handle.
You are probably asking yourself at this point where am I trying to go with this introduction?
Well, we can learn a lot from the process that occurs in our working machines and how we deal with the situation at hand. Let us reflect a moment at the early stages of our use of the GUI or user interface process such a windows or mac and compare it with the early stages of childhood development.
As a young child in a preschool setting ( or younger/older) when something goes wrong the child gets over loaded with stimulus,and usually has a meltdown by starting to have a tantrum where as a parent being around the situation you might feel embarrassed or frustrated.. The windows 3.1 and 95 were very much like preschool operator. The more programs were placed in them, the more demand they had on them the easier it was was for the computer neurological system in essence to say " I can't stand it!" and just freeze, or give us a good reaction of the finger by putting up the " Blue screen".
As computer systems matured and as children we developed into elementary students we started to learn about being able to react to our over reaction or under development ( depending on your school system. In the computer world the problem would be solved by giving the computer general anaesthesia and giving it a processor over drive. Basically letting the computer have more speed. Now how meant children in the country function like that every day? But what happens when the processor gets used too much? You guessed it. We could always try increasing the memory since we know that there is an open slot on the mother board and we can always replace it with a larger memory stick right? Can we just jump or children to other grades, have them read more books, do we really understand the capacity of how much memory can we really use? Is having a prescription of Ritalin make everything all better. What about the time we run out of the medication. Oh yeah, just like computers. Back to the blue screen.
Now after windows 2000 middle school years fooling around and having friends such as Norton , Mr. McAfee and the rest of your MAFIA protectors things got to be a bit stabler and well balanced,
But oh no!!! Here come "The new kid in town". Gorgeous, sexy, sleek and with no defects, all the right parts are in the right place. The truth is they have always been around kind of like the ugly duckling the only the " nerds or geeks" were ready to be their friend. But guess what? The ugly duckling grew up to be a beautiful white swan especially when she spreads here wings and you can see all her amazing slick feature. Since she was always on the sidelines no one bothered her and she had time to observe, reflect and take notes. Yes she did grow out of the habit of sucking floppy disk after floppy disk after floppy disk in her earlier years. When her popularity developed a bit she did try to wear the latest fashion on the outside. But no one really understood the goofy and awkwardness of her body shape and image she chose.
But then in high school it all changed. She showed us both top visual and bottom visual ( Tits and Ass) The entire school was flabbergasted! They could not pierce their eyes off the small size of her machinery that lead straight up to her ears. We were all hooked. And the tiny controller for that " you know the time of adjustment of shut down" could be easily tucked away without anyone ever seeing it.
Well, do you think Miss Popular and Mr. Jock King were going to just stand by and let the ugly duckling that learned how to perfect her moves just like Sandra Dee at the end of " Grease"?
The rivalry was on now at full speed. But at what price? How many friends were used, shoved aside, lost contact with all just for" MWAHH" to be at the center of attention? and all those former friends? will get back to them in a second.
Miss Swan developed her own market and every one wanted to please miss swan so they came and gave her most anything that she wanted including a hug following because Miss swan publicly was nice to them while privately using each and everyone to her own benefit. But Miss Swans Father who cherished her and was her mentor and becoming gravely ill was not getting the care and attention for his prodigy. Guess what- She was happy to be "popular" and "wanted".
But you can always stay Popular forever, you see there is always going to be a larger dinosaur or a more ferocious carnivore that is both slick and smooth.
Enter the Google Mafia- what , you didn't read about it yet? No, no, no. They have not wasted their time with their outside looks going to the gym. Their huge belly is part of the look they enjoy. Hey, who's gonna mess with the MOB ( maybe Walmart? just kidding) You see you never know when you walk in to a retail location such as a web portal that it is really paying the Google Mafia to get you to come and shop there. You have heard about that but you never actually see them except at " Good Will" events.
Well folks soon the beautiful Swan will be all forgotten because the name of the game is "Survival" and Popularity". Miss Swan didn't use her side view and rear view mirror so she did not notice that we are in the 21st century and that " Androids" will soon be everywhere. Folks, perhaps you can help save the planet for Miss Swan and Trexx dinosaur and sing out loud the words from Chumbawamba. Because no matter what people will throw at you when you loose your high position in your job remember these lyric and sing them in pride. This is what being successful is all about. ( if you do not know the melody- go to YouTube and find the band) Sing this Mantra every time you get denied an interview or a job offer and you will feel so much better.
I get knocked down... But I get up again... You're never going to keep me down....
I get knocked down... But I get up again... You're never going to keep me down....
I get knocked down... But I get up again... You're never going to keep me down....
I get knocked down... But I get up again... You're never going to keep me down....
I get knocked down... But I get up again... You're never going to keep me down....