Subj : Re: Seasonal
To   : Barry Martin
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Mar 11 2021 18:46:00

Barry,

 BM> Initially true, but I think of it as more of a competition between
 BM> Microsoft and the hackers.  Sort of the 'Knights in Shining Armour' vs.
 BM> the black-hatted invaders.  In some ways the invaders are doing
 BM> Microsoft a favour by pointing out weaknesses before other meaner
 BM> invaders get to them and really do samage.

  Samage?? Is that sabotage and damage?? <G>

  IIRC, Microsoft (with Windows 10) was "daring hackers" to try to hack
into it. Every time you turn around, there's a security update. They had
said "there wouldn't be a version past Windows 10". 

 BM> That 'display quit' could be a key to the repair....

  They apparently had run into this before...and as noted, it never
occurred to me it was the batteries.

 BM> maintenance around the house.  A week or so prior her garage door
 BM> opener stopped working -- she didn't know what to do, called Service,
 BM> and they also suggested replacing the battery in the remote.

  I prefer the free, simple fixes. 

 BM> I suppose the 'suspect' is just based on eye pressure (increased),
 BM> which probably can be a symptom of other eye issues.  No idea:
 BM> 'increased eye pressure' one immediately thinks 'glaucoma!' as a
 BM> layman.  Taking a picture of the optic nerve would give something to
 BM> compare later.

  Actually, the eye pressure was 13 in one eye, and 14 in the other...
in the middle of the normal range. 

 BM> The good news is they determined it wasn't an emergency.  I presume
 BM> they gave a list of things to monitor.

  They said to "keep an eye on it" (no pun intended <G>)...and to notify
them if I "see" anything unusual. :P

 BM> Hope they're not the ones reading that part!!
 DS>   They probably don't know what a BBS is.

 BM> It only takes one!

  Or they think it's Bunch of Bulls***. :P

  I said that at work once years ago, and this female employee quipped
"Cows do, too...but they don't brag about it". <G>

Daryl

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