SMFAT

Not it's not a new diet supplement, or ghetto lingo. It's more along the lines of LOL and BRB. SMFAT, or in laymen terms; Shaking My Fist At Technology, is just what I feel like doing lately.
Actually I've had the urge for quite some time now.

I remember a quote from one of the more recent Bond movies where the villain asks one of his tech guys how the new computer software was coming along. The tech guys response was "As requested, it's full of bugs, which means that people will have to upgrade for years."

Seems villainous, but sadly very possible that the computer geniuses of the world are having a big laugh at our expense. Why else would they make it so every two or three weeks you have to download some new flash player, or security upgrade just to view a website or run a game you bought?

And why then after you download said upgrades your computer suddenly starts taking a crap? Not shutting down, adding files that can never be erased and occasionally crashing your PC. It's impossible to know who and what programs to trust, even from mainstream companies. And if you do trust them, is it best for YOUR computer to listen to them.

It's no wonder my mother thinks I'm a computer wiz just because I know how to use keyboard short-cuts. Because when she buys a new security system for her computer and the Geek Squad can't even get it to work, it puts into relief how un-computer savvy the average person is.

I mean could you tell me at this very moment how much free RAM you have, or what your Video and Sound cards are? I sure as hell couldn't, and I consider myself to be moderately computer savvy.

In fact I used to be a pro with computers. Back in High School when Windows 96 was brand new. I had a computer geek for a best friend and learning to navigate Windows was ridiculously easy. But then Windows 98 came along and I no longer had the patience to sit for hours on end and dick around with the ins and outs of the system.

And so it continues. The bigger and better that technology gets, the lazier and stupider I get about it. I'm SMFAT and next time I get a pop-up telling me upgrades are available, I'm going to seriously consider saying no, maybe, unless the pop-up says I really need it.