Edit: I'm really starting to loathe Windows XP. It feels like so much of a step down in almost every way compared to Vista, 7, and OS X, no matter what I try to do with it. Wireless networking is painful and occasionally unreliable, the UI is dated, Explorer is a pain in the ass (STOP OVERWRITING WHAT I TYPE IN THE ADDRESS BAR YOU STUPID FUCK) and can get completely locked up for two minutes by inaccessible network shares, the new start menu, once novel, is showing its age with the lack of search, argghhhh. Its only saving grace at this point is that it is light enough to run on any computer made in the last decade and has the rock-solid stability of any post-4.0 NT-based OS (100 day uptimes are far from unreasonable).
I almost want to upgrade my laptop to Windows 7, but I don't think it would be worth buying a new OS for a 4+ year old system. Windows 7 RC ran well enough for me to consider it, but I don't really want to put too much more money into this sucker.
I've had no less than four people spin out while trying to go around me in just the last month. I never bother to stop because they're doing it to themselves.
I had someone (someone with the infamous "idiot in a truck" complex that seems to affect 95% of all pickup truck owners) pass me earlier, going at least 15 over the speed limit. They proved that their vehicle was rear-wheel drive by fishtailing down a straightaway when they went to change lanes. They slid around a lot, nearly barreling off the road and down a hill.
I was completely bewildered when the same person passed me about five minutes later, again going well over the speed limit in icy conditions. This time they smashed into the railing on the side of the road. My only regret was that I didn't actually see the crash happen.
More rage comming from my end. So I finally got my mp3 player that I wanted and installed the drivers needed to make the damn thing usable but I keep getting a damn "failed to regester MTP" and a NPI error...what the fuck. I don't know if I need new drivers or I need to get a real copy of windows xp instead of using tiny xp or get windows 7...gah this is pissing me off
Tiny XP leaves out a lot of things that are unnecessary for daily use. At the same time, it leaves out a lot of things that are essential for shiny gadgets to work.
Your best bet is to either manually strip the XP disc using nLite (only taking out what you absolutely don't need, like the drivers for 15-year-old video cards) or to just use the fully blown install disc.
Totally unrelated, but worthy of this thread. I think I may have separated my lowest left rib from the cartilidge it's supposed to be attached to. I rolled over with a blanket balled up underneath me really hard and felt something crack a bit. Now my side hurts off and on, is really tender and such, and the rib physically feels out of place.
Holy shit. I hope it's nothing serious.