Helen Chick
1. If everything is working fine, then it won’t be after you upgrade.
2. There WILL come a point when you cannot put off upgrading any longer.
Theorem: If everything is working fine then there WILL come a point where everything is not working fine.
Proof: If everything is working fine, then Axiom 2 says there will come a point when you will have to upgrade … despite the fact that everything is working fine (this will also happen even if everything is NOT working fine, but that’s irrelevant to our proposition). Axiom 1 then implies that things will not be working fine afterwards. QED.
Alternatively, you could have the proof by one example*: my computer was fine six weeks ago. The last few days have not been fun.
* Such a “proof” by example is not a proof at all, but it’s the one that seems most convincing to the average citizen. It’s certainly been mighty convincing for me.
What????
Basically it means that my computer has been having a hissy fit for two weeks, all because I tried to upgrade Office (Word, Excel, etc). This seems to be a fundamentally typical behaviour of technology, that it must meant that it’s a built in (axiomatic) issue.
Okay, the maths nerd in me was trying to make a joke about a situation that is driving me nuts.
I refer you to another perfect example of your theory and upgrading in general: http://dilbert.com/fast/2005-04-24/ 🙂
Yep. That’s pretty much the story! Except for the cat bit. I will solemnly swear that it was something much more important than a cat photo.