The problem with computers is that they do not do what they were supposed to do without a million glitches. All of the time they were supposed to save is consumed by time required to fix the glitches. Back in the day when a computer was about the size of an average kitchen, we used keypunch cards. If there were any glitches, it almost always was a keypunch operator error, or a bad reader. Either way, it wasn’t hard to find the cause and correct it.
Today, if you have an error, and if you don’t you are dead, it takes sometimes hours or days to locate and correct the problem. I spent two hours on the phone today with a tech service representative trying to fix a problem with the audio on Youtube. The videos ran correctly but there was no audio. And, strangely enough, the problem appeared on two of the four computers in our office. The other one was shut off. And, I never use the second one that had the same problem. Because I think I still know something about computers I had tried several fixes that did not work.
The tech and I went through a number of trials with no result. After two hours, I told him that I would run some malware detection and call him back. The malware software found no problems. Because I am more than stubborn I did some more searching for possible solutions, got some ideas and went back to the site in question. On the second try, I got the audio back. Since two computers were involved, it apparently is a Youtube problem. I am confident they will fix it by the end of the next century.
In life, if you pay attention, you will discover that if you can’t fix something with duct tape or a hammer, it’s an electrical problem. With computers, you just never know what it will take. Unplug the dang thing and leave it alone. Buy a $1 deck of playing cards and play solitaire. It is just as fun as it used to be.
With real cards, you can cheat.
PMO
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