From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "Jim D"  wrote in message news:2018110519041785467-Not@ThisAddresscom...   
      
   > It did somthing to the firmware ... or if not that exact thing, something   
   > looked a lot like that.   
      
   There's only hardware and software, and 'firmware' is still software, it   
   just doesn't get changed 'updated' so often.   
      
   So technically, if you don't 'update' your software, it too could become   
   'firmware' ;)   
      
   > As the install process progressed, various screens come up. One was the   
   > very serious looking, bare bones, " this is doing something really deep ".   
   > Then it quit.   
      
   That's something that really boils me over...these Pushy Bastards just up   
   and start changing things as though they're 'god' or something, and when   
   disasters result, what do they do then?   
      
   > So possibly a firmware update, or some deep hard drive directory   
   > something.  In any case, after it spent nearly a half hour, up came a   
   > screen I've never seen with a list of unix like error messages and a box   
   > that said install failed .... maybe these logs will help you diagnose why.   
      
   The screen actually said that the logs will help you diagnose the problem,   
   THEIR PROBLEM and YOUR INJURY?   
      
   > They didn't.   
      
   It's THEIR FAULT so THEY should FIX what THEY BROKE!!!   
      
   > The main drive's directory was gone.  In accessable. Disk utility program   
   > saw nothing on the drive. I eventually reformatted it and installed a new   
   > copy of the operating system.   
      
   > Then set about finding all my " lost " stuff on various computers and   
   > external drives.   
      
   > It's mostly ok now. The thing works and my work stuff is back. Lost some   
   > things, this and that, nothing major. Oh well, that's how it goes.   
      
   You've got the damaged system back up and the damage is nothing major?   
   Sounds like a Miracle!   
      
   Let me guess, you had to be the one to figure everything out, how to do it,   
   right?   
      
   > Without the desktop wars ( microsoft / apple ), we wouldn't have modern   
   > personal computers.  Or smart phones.   
      
   There Must Always be wars against Monopolies, or we'll have Nothing.   
      
   > I don't want to bail on usenet. It's still useful for us.  Worst case, I   
   > might buy a pc just to do this.  They're cheap enough, I just don't have a   
   > lot of space for one.   
      
   To me, usenet is the REAL, No Nonense 'social media' ;)   
   Just click on "subscribe", and start posting, that easy, the way it should   
   be!   
      
   > SNL was funny once .....  eventually they lost the funny ...... then just   
   > to finish it off they went political.   
      
   Yeah, the Zombies took over, and that was the end of imaginative creative   
   genius...but there was a time when it was certainly worth staying up for,   
   particularly while partying, and they even had a sketch which mentioned   
   something to the effect that 'a recent survey indicates that most people who   
   watch Saturday Night Live are stoned!' and from personal experience, I can   
   admit there was a lot of truth in that statement...and most of the bands   
   they had were great too ;)   
      
   > Lost one smaller gig today ( three jobs a year ) .... then we rebooked of   
   > one of our regulars ones ( 6 jobs next year ).   6 or 8 a year is about   
   > normal for senior gigs. Get 10 or 12 of those places and you won't have   
   > time to rest.   
      
   Nursing home gigs are for essentially captive audiences and they're starved   
   for something that's not boring.   
      
   > The motive was ,,,,, she had someone else she'd rather use.  That's that.   
      
   I wonder what the reason for that was.   
      
   > It's actually not good to be " too good " at these places.  Be as good as   
   > the other acts, but not so good that the audience becomes unhappy with the   
   > lesser players.  That might cause complaints and grief for the schedulers.   
      
   That's called Raising the bar, Wising Up instead of Dumbing Down.   
      
   I'll NEVER Dumb Down! And any place that wants that is no place I'd care to   
   play...the CRAP  acts can have it - it's what they and those who hire them,   
   deserve...so that means it's up to the audience to Demand Quality, and if   
   they don't, they can have it too!!!   
      
   > That isn't what happened in this case.  She just has someone else she'd   
   > rather use.  Ok with me.  It has to be, I can't change it.   
      
   Could be something as simple, and simply Disgusting, as Nepotism.   
      
   > There's a line in the movie " That Thing You Do ", where some old jazz   
   > players tell the young dude something like " Gigs come, and gigs go.   
   > That's just how it is.  That isn't important, all that matters is the   
   > music ".   
      
   It's Always All About the Music for me!   
      
   > Some places have numbers, ratios, of how they divide the bands.  That   
   > practice seems so common around here I suspect these booking people talk   
   > to each other :-)   12 acts , 4 jobs each per year is a common practice.   
   > That seems some balance that protects them from bands or artists dying or   
   > moving on.  If a band breaks up, all the venue needs is to replace 4   
   > dates.   
      
   And where in that 'equation' do you suppose the Quality in a band factor   
   comes in?   
   Looks like they're focused on the wrong things ;)   
      
   > Then again, less than 4 dates a year and the acts aren't there often   
   > enough to enjoy it or build a crowd.  So less than 4 dates a year, and I   
   > dont' care.  That's why I don't care about the one I lost today.   
      
   That's apparently what they're not considering if even thinking about it at   
   all.   
      
   > Some vanishingly small percentage of bands get fabulously wealthy.  Rest   
   > make poverty wages, if that.   
      
   Yep, and that's what I'm sick and tired of, which is why I'm six tunes away   
   from the fourth album.   
      
   > Called a polka band friend of mine.  No time to talk today, but he's gonna   
   > coach me a bit tomorrow.   
      
   I've heard it compared to polka but the sample I heard didn't sound much   
   like a polka, rather more country.   
      
   > Wish him well.  And you too.   Have a good evening.   
      
   JimD   
      
   He'd doing quite well and soon he'll be getting the other eye worked on and   
   be all fixed.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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