[Ti] install stupidity 101-long text

[Pedro Vera]

Check your sock, I think you forgot the 7-month old spit into it :-p

BTW, I do the lollipop trick with my 5-yr old. I don't try to do 
anything like that unless he has candy and a DVD running. And yeah, it 
is a bad idea to do this kind of thing if you are in any kind of hurry.

My 5-yr old takes all our credit cards and pushes them into my wife's 
Dell. Either he pushes them into the floppy drive, or straight into the 
case thru the gap between the CD drive and the floppy.

Pedro
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On Nov 11, 2003, at 6:35 PM, T Molnar wrote:

> Tarik, you asked :-)
>
> Ok....stupidity.
> Just your regular run of the mill impatience, not thinking right 
> stupidity, topped off with a bit of "indecision".  Just my style :-)
>
> I backed up anything I thought I just couldn't lose before I did the 
> install.
> Fine so far.  I read over "some" of the documentation.
> I was still indecisive about whether to totally wipe the drives and 
> install, or do one of the other two options for install.
>
> I began the install and chose the archive and install not the upgrade 
> nor the disk wipe and install.
> However I got wondering about halfway through the process and started 
> thinking (award stupidity points for this one),
> "geez...will this install save all my settings???".  "oh my George 
> Bush, maybe it won't!!!" Panic.
> Big research paper due in a few days..etc..etc.. :-)
>
> LOL instead of just reading a bit more. I quit the installer in that 
> kind of "I know I shouldn't put my hand in the
> fire but I can't stop myself" type of frame of mind.  Manual says not 
> to do this :-), but I did it anyway.  Maybe it was my 7 month old 
> pulling on my pant leg, while spitting up on my sock, or my 3 year old 
> screaming as she ran through the room for the 10th time, "DADDY, 
> DADDY, DADDY..."??? :-)
> Perhaps, some insane "windows type" mentality overcame me (ya ya I 
> have pc's too, maybe that's the problem?) :-)
>
> Needless to say after this little bit of maneuvering, I had no 
> original start up folder on my original volume/disk to restart the 
> computer after I had let the installer change it into the venerable 
> "previous system" folder.
>
> "Hmmmmmm...", I thought, "now what?".
> I reasoned.  Me = smart.  Computer = dumb.  Therefore I should be able 
> to out smart the computer.
> Ah...harken back to the good old OS 9 days.  "Just rename the folders 
> silly boy, put them in their proper places in the directory and it 
> will show up", I thought to myself rather smuggly.
>
> Nope, even with changing permissions on the folders, dragging them 
> where they are supposed to be, nothing showed in the installer startup 
> disk selector.  Restarted ..nothing.
>
> "Hmmmmmm....", I thought, "now what?".
> I reasoned.  Me =  not so smart.  Computer = not so dumb.
> Ah zapp the old PRAM. That might set it right.
> NOPE.
>
> "Hmmmmmm....", I thought, "now what?".
> I reasoned.  Me =  not smart.  Computer = not dumb.  Forget reason, 
> follow intuition and blind luck.
> So..... Me = more intuitive.  Computer = less intuitive.  "Can  you 
> feel the love?" I asked my tibook. No answer.
>
> I run the installer again and pick (drum roll) THE Upgrade.  It starts 
> its thing.  No indication it knows what to find to upgrade.  I 
> wait...I wait...  I start chanting "Tibooks rock...Panther is are 
> cool" or something like that. Bingo.  Installer picks up where it left 
> off, finishes the job. Restarts. Everything is as it should be.
> I cheer, I hug my wife, I shake my baby off my leg and run through the 
> room yelling "YA YA YA". (ok I didn't do that but i should have)  :-)
>
> Wiping the sweat off my brow and shaking my head at being so silly and 
> stupid I formulate some rules for
> further work.
>
> Tim rule #1
> Read the damn read me's a bit closer and let it sink in :-)
> Tim rule #2
> Don't doubt yourself.  You are an intelligent human being, trust the 
> process :-), Trust Apple, Trust the programmers, Trust Stevey J and 
> the Apple miniborg experience,  "Steve, Steve, Steve" "yes master... 
> as you command master".  :-)
> Tim rule #3
> Avoid timing upgrades with anything "pressing" because you may just 
> "shoot yourself in the foot" and you will worry about things way more 
> than you need to.  No matter how bad you want to, upgrade that is :-)
> Tim rule #4
> Do not have kids around when installing software you are worried about 
> !!!   If they must be around....
> bind them in several coils of rope, stick lollipops in their mouths 
> and let sit, until the process is done. :-)
> Tim rule #5
> Remember its highly logical to reject logic in favour of intuition, 
> but in cases where you really need to solve something follow your 
> intuition :-)
>
> I know it wasn't that big a deal but, I just couldn't believe how 
> stupid I was concerning this.
> Hope you had a laugh.
>
> Otherwise it works just flawlessly.  I like the expose feature 
> immensely.
>
> cheers,
> tim
>
>
>
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