knives2meatyou's SuicideGirls Blog

That graphic is great and so relates to my current situation with my computer. I recently was running Windows 7 on a HP laptop that is barely a year old. Well, last week after installing some recommended updates by Windows, my computer somehow got hijacked. It became riddled with viruses and trojans. I was completely in shock and unaware of how this could have happened. I had all the necessary anti-virus software, spyware removers, and programs to prevent and remove malware that may appear of your system. Well, after days of trying to get rid of the bad stuff eating away at my computer to no avail, I decided to reformat. Well, this would have worked in a normal situation because I had a recovery image of my computer on a disk that I could reload onto it once it was reformatted. However, I stupidly did not format it correctly. When I did the formatting process, it got to the end and asked for the volume name of the drive being formatted. Instead of entering the values like I was supposed to, I made the mistake of just hitting enter. Basically, this just removed the boot drivers from my computer and left bits and pieces of Windows 7 on my system, but for the most part it was gone. Since the boot drivers had been wiped out, it was impossible to reinstall Windows. So I once again, formatted my computer. This time I did it correctly and found the necessary drivers needed to make my computer boot properly on some tech message boards. However, at this point I was extremely hesitant about putting any version of Windows back on my hard drive. After all, it is what caused the problem in the first place. So I decided to give the Linux operating system a try. This too, scared me because multiple people have told me how confusing and complicated running Linux can be. I was determined to try it out though. I was up to the challenge, so I installed Ubuntu on my computer. So far it has been using it for four days with no problems or confusion. The only difference I can even noticed between it and Windows is that some of the menu buttons are backwards. So sometimes I am canceling things that I want to accept. Plus, I am still getting used to the fact that the "X" to close a window in your browser on the opposite side than those in Windows. However, I will not let this deter me and I have no desire to put Windows back on my computer at this point. Who wants to give Bill Gates more money anyway by using his products? He is rich enough already. If my system crashes again, then I am getting a MAC.

Sorry for such a long comment. I just felt the need to tell my story since I could relate to the illustration. I also hope that you did not mind the random friend request. I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

May 19, 2011

missymalice:

sorry to hear about your loss, dearheart. ♥

May 8, 2011

vermin:

Noted.

May 4, 2011

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variousbones:

I would have thought God's firepower would have been of Middle Eastern origin. Still, nice to see him going with something built to last. And the hallowed cloak of invulnerability, kinda redundant, I guess, unless the cloak is invulnerable, because, I mean, who wants their cloak destroyed in a firefight, right?

May 2, 2011