From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "Jim D"  wrote in message news:2018110618171626133-Not@ThisAddresscom...   
      
   > updates are scary. yet, without risk, there is no gain.  so we take them   
   > sometimes.   
      
   That's just the question, *what* 'gain' are we Risking so much for?   
      
   > Jobs wrote a white paper related to this once. He basically said that in   
   > order to keep the system secure, there was a necessity to keep " secrets   
   > ".  In other words, he made a case that revealing all was like handing the   
   > keys to a burgler.  So that's what they do, make changes and keep secrets.   
   > It was one of those types of updates that bit me.   
      
   And *he* was the Burglar!!! Enough said, the case rests!   
      
   > Oh well, I'm past that now.  Thinking of music again.   
      
   I'm always thinking of Music, and having a *working* computer to use with   
   it.   
      
   > That's the name they use for the service counter in Apple stores :-)   
      
   Sounds like a euphemism for Sneaks!   
      
   > Stuff happens.  I panic, then I resolve the issue.   
      
   Been there myself, only I don't see any reason why I should have to resolve   
   something that should have Never happened in the first place!   
      
   > Busy looking for what new mac I'll replace this one with in a few months,   
   > if it lasts that long.  Staying with mac because of the software I use.   
   > Too much work in changing all that.   
      
   I chose PCs for one reason, but it's a big one - they can be built by the   
   user, which also keeps the cost down and the options up, which really puts   
   the *personal* in a personal computer.   
   Sure, I have a notebook computer, but it's every bit as much a home computer   
   as a desktop design. Ever since I brought it home some two years ago, it has   
   never left the house because there's never been a need to do that.   
      
   > You'll have fine system.   
      
   I hope things improve around here so I can afford to build one. It'll be my   
   Freedom system! Freedom from Root of ALL Evil proprietary Fascist   
   Corporatists and their Spyware, because of all the *open source* software   
   I'll be using, starting with the Linux os! Because I've had enough of   
   Criminals, no matter what their *disguises* may be!   
   Even wrote a song about it, on the as yet untitled fourth album:   
      
   1. I'm Not The One   
      
   verse1   
   promises and offers claim to get you where you'd like to be going   
   in their shiny one owner used car   
   just don't think about going very far   
   or notice every time they're talking how it always seems to be snowing   
   unless you're blind and believe what they say   
   otherwise make some tracks ski away   
      
   chorus1   
   cause they're after fools to deceive as they wish   
   who'll stupidly invite their own peril   
   a wayward collection of unwary fish   
   about to be shot in their barrel   
   but when they get to me I'll be sure to refuse   
   time to start spoiling their fun   
   I don't see why I should have to take that abuse   
   so I won't go along I'm not the one   
   I'm not the one   
      
   verse2   
   ever hammering on us to conform to depersonalization   
   to pretend not to notice or see   
   throw away Individuality   
   mindless zombie robots being molded for manipulation   
   with no presence of thought for to know   
   the right way to Independently go   
      
   chorus2   
   that's why it's all going down like they have it planned   
   with so many being bullied to choose it   
   instead of finding courage and taking a stand   
   for our Freedom before we all lose it   
   that's why I won't ever be a part of their game   
   there's no new thing under the sun   
   another fraud and rip-off by any other name   
   and I won't play cause I'm not the one   
      
   bridge   
   no I'm not the one   
   I'm not the one   
   I'm not the one to be an unwary snoozer   
   cause I'm wide awake watching each move they make   
   and I'm resolved not to end up a loser   
   I'm not the one   
   I'm not the one   
   I'm not the one to stand for any unfreeing   
   instead I'll resist and always assist   
   in every way to get the Enemy fleeing   
   cause I'm not the one   
   I'm not the one   
      
   verse3   
   deceivers need a lot of fools to help in setting all of their fires   
   to believe all their phony show and tell   
   make this world a dystopian Hell   
   run by a pack of the most vile wicked shameless liars   
   imposing their tyrannical will   
   growing stronger but only until   
      
   chorus3   
   we make it clear that we're not gonna take any more   
   this time by actions not yakking   
   cause it's time to fight and start winning this war   
   to prevail and send the Enemy packing   
   that's why they ain't ever takin' me for a ride   
   I'll never swallow their poison   
   for what they've planned is that we all commit suicide   
   but I'm not fallin' for it I'm not the one   
   no I'm not the one   
      
   Another protest song, and why not? ;)   
      
   > Maybe this is something you could do  ......   
      
   Play nursing and assisted living homes? For gigs? Not if I can help it! I   
   don't mind playing for those who need that but I'd still like better venues!   
      
   > I take an assortment of vitamins. No reason too, no plan, I just buy   
   > randome vitamins when they are on sale and try them.   
      
   Anything that'll help is always a good idea, but a youthful attitude is   
   critical for any of it!   
      
   > gee, that sounds ... bad ..... you seem to have some horrid stories hiding   
   > inside you .... maybe wanting out.   
      
   It's waaaaay beyond bad, even beyond horrific, it's one long horrid story   
   that started over 62 years ago and has only gotten worse over time, so I   
   most definitely understand the idea of a Hell on earth....how can I not?   
   After all, I'm still in it!   
      
   Wrote a song, on the second album, Ignite The Sky, one of several, about my   
   attitude for dealing with it:   
      
   1. Stranded   
      
   verse1   
   like a time of hibernation   
   except for being wide awake   
      
   better off to be unconscious   
   than suffer every pain and ache   
      
   a growing sense of aimless   
   and such a challenge to create   
      
   though everybody's 'blameless'   
   there's still rejection fear and hate   
      
   prechorus1   
   still I keep going   
   though not sure where   
      
   not really knowing   
   if someone else would care   
      
   chorus1   
   sometimes I feel like I've been stranded   
   marooned left behind to die   
      
   forgotten set aside unhanded   
   although I can't imagine why   
   or even try   
      
   verse2   
   broken off communication   
   longing for transmissions lost   
      
   constant worry and frustration   
   a fire freezing in the frost   
      
   of all the frozen isolation   
   of a whole lifetime to endure   
      
   in search of and appreciation   
   of real Love that's true and pure   
      
   prechorus2   
   still I won't leave   
   the path I chose   
      
   without reprieve   
   despite the blows   
      
   chorus2   
   sometimes I feel like I've been stranded   
   abandoned left out in the cold   
      
   denied and overlooked disbanded   
   deprived again for countless times untold   
   and it's gotten old   
      
   bridge   
   when I need the Love I've missed where can I find it   
   will it fall through the cracks like so many times before   
   'cause I'm still into life I've not resigned it   
   and I dare to hope for better things in store   
   worth living for   
      
   verse3   
   hanging on but hanging in there   
   praying so hard not to fall   
      
      
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