Go Read a Book

       As you know, books are being replaced. To some they are awkward, heavy, room consuming and pretty much a nuisance. There are still those that think they are useful, the ones that "love to hold" a book, turn pages, and 'feel' the weight of the book. It doesn't make a difference which side of the line you are on, I have a feeling Librarian is a poor choice of an occupation the not so distant future. Just look at how rapid change is now days. What once was around for decades now is old news in a matter of weeks, even days or hours. Yes "they" may keep some around as artifacts but really, who would even think of typing out a paper with an old Smith-Corona? Do you even know what an old Smith-Corona is? Change is rapid... we best be careful just how compact our lives become; won't be long pencils, pens and markers will be artifacts too. I don't think crayons are in danger though.

Burned again or... Nero, was Rome all he burned?

It could be a pirate thing. What software should I use? It goes back some years when I got my first pc and met a guy who opened my eyes to all the possibilities. So what software should you use? What ever it is you want, but do the homework. Compare, figure what you need the program to do, how much you are going to use it, what features it has or doesn't have, how easy is it to use and most important, is it compatible with your OS. 
     Point being when I was in pirate training I leaned towards a burn program called Nero. Nero was IT, the only burning software to use, it was great, on and on and on... well I found this wasn't the case. Now I did find my way to pirate this program and used it for several years never having a problem. Yes I did notice the warning tag "Nero 8.whatever has known issues with this operating system." Of course I ignored this warning, after all I was a pirate. Some years down the road my computer became out dated, to make a long into short I had to replace it. 
     Excited? Oh you bet I was, a new toy; so to speak. Adjust this, control that, change this, that and the other, make it truly "My Computer." Well came time I wanted to burn some CDs and DVDs and wouldn't you know I did not have Nero on the new computer. The copy I had for installing was of course out dated, for use with XP and not compatible with Vista. Well, you know what I did, wink... I found the one that was compatible download install and used for several months when... the same warning tag introduced me to the nightmare of the "Dreaded Blue Screen!"

Needless to say, I learned an important lesson here. PAY ATTENTION TO WARNING TAGS! I also learned that my original burn program, Roxio wasn't the problem my friend had said it was, Nero was; or at least the pirated copy I was using. 
     For those unfamiliar with "the blue screen" it means something messed up, in a bad way and your Windows program will no longer work. The only solution to my knowledge is Format and start over. 

Disclaimer: I no longer pirate software. I am a law abiding pirate.