Various rants, in no particular order

 Dear Internet Community,

Is it so hard to answer the question being asked? If I ask, "What is the consistency of pool salt?" I don't need a half dozen lectures on what kind of pool to buy, why chlorine is so much better, how there's no such thing as pool salt, or that I should never try to use it in my water softener. The single individual who answered "granulated" won the prize for the day probably just for being lazy.

There's something deeply wrong with that.

Likewise, the question "how do I do X on a Windows PC" shouldn't devolve into a flame war over how Linux and MacOSx does that same thing a hundred times better. I don't have either, and you still haven't helped.

You people are assholes.

 - Bill

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Dear Yahoo! Instant Messenger,

We've been friends a long time, and I'm sorry, but it's time to let you go. Your forgetfulness drives me mad: when I say I don't want notifications about anything, I mean it; no matter how important you think it is, trust me, it isn't.

...and do I really need to click the "Sign In" button when I just right-clicked the icon and selected "Sign In"?  Seriously? 

You're just too high maintenance. I'm switching to Pidgin. It just works. You should take a lesson.

 - Bill