The Jaded Tech

Normally I keep to all techie stuff here but this dumb-ass fiasco by the local police needs to get out.

The event:

Hundreds of Hamiltonians came out this morning to support Esther and Gord Pauls and the Runner’s Den to raise money for Haiti. The event took place at Westdale school. We all had a great time and felt good participating in such a wonderful event. When I left as I was walking back to my car I saw cars with parking tickets on their windows. I am aware that many city streets only have parking on one side of the street at different times of the year…..BUT…..

I ask you this….is the Parking Authority and the City of Hamilton that heartless and cheap that they would TARGET an event to give out tickets? Are there mounds of snow on the streets? NO. Was it a weekday with tons of traffic? NO. Were tickets given out all over Hamilton on similar streets? NO. Gee, what time was written on these tickets? About 9:35 am….hmmmm right after the race started. Could the city not have left the citizens alone for 2 hours on a Saturday morning to support such a great cause. I was appauled and disgusted when I saw these tickets and I didn’t even get one.

I urge everyone to COMPLAIN to everyone you can think of regarding this ridiculous targeting of cars. Maybe the city should have put a warning on the cars and donated the money instead of grabbing more money for the city coffers. Hey, that would have been the kinder thing to do. I hope all of you who take the time to read this are as revolted as I am.

Email the mayor and complain!

Mayor Fred site http://www.mayorfred.ca/

Email: mayorfred@hamilton.ca

Telephone: 905.546.4200

Ward 1 Councillor

Brian McHattie

Email:  bmchattie@hamilton.ca

Business Phone: (905) 546-2416

I’ve been using an ear piece for as long as I’ve owned a phone.  There is zero excuse not to use some sort of hands-free device now!

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Picture this. You walk into a new car dealership to buy a car. You work and personal life neccesitates owning such a piece of equipment. So you pay for it completely because you have the cash and you drive it home. Best $30K you ever spent. 3 months after the “free trial mechanical bug protection gaurantee”
You get worried and buy the retail version and keep paying every year when they ‘update’ the guarantee.

You are happy with it as the car allows you to get to work, go shopping, see your friends and take trips. Three years later and and every month since buying the car company send out updates and “fixes” for various issues but you really never noticed any problems and happily did your thing. Today something awful happens. The brakes fail horribly. No significant damage but the problem happens at the worst possible time….beach party with ALL you friends. Your car screams across a parking lot and you narrowly avoid all your friend’s cars….or so you think.

For some strange reason your friends start calling you a jynx. They say that now THEIR cars have brake problems too and it’s all your fault!

You take the car to a local mechanic (because why would you ever take it back to the guys you trsuted to buy the car from eh?). He says “you need a new car but we’ll transfer the “mechanical bug protection gaurantee” and for some reason you don’t question this, even though you know that it failed to protect you, you simply will not give up the idea because you ‘just paid for a renewal’.

Folks, wake up! This story is a mirror one to what I just heard about someone’s computer. Person got a virus that sent out emails to people inher address book, called a ‘tech’ (and I use that term VERY loosely) who tells her she should buy a new computer and reuse Norton!! Yeah, the same program that did NOT protect her the first time. Seriously, this guy needs a beating with an ISA 2MB MCA video card! Then have his wounds soaked in pool of iodine.

I’m gonna try and rescue the poor, misguided woman and save her and her money while destroying the moron she called.