Microsoft Pulls Windows 8.1 Update (Bricks RT Devices)

Mashable ^ | Oct 19, 2013 | Adario Strange

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LOL “earth-bermed”. Darn autocorrect...

[Chickensoup]

Is the Moosewood still open in the City of Evil?

Sounds like you live in heaven...
Not off grid, shingled house in the woods, many many bugs, Maine winter, four cord split and stacked for the Jotel. Chickens and garden. Greenhouse and patio are the next projects. Home and loving it...

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> Is the Moosewood still open in the City of Evil?

Absolutely! Had dinner there a couple months ago when my daughter came to visit (she lives in Hawaii now, attending at UH). The meals are a little on the pricey side but are always tasty and interesting. I take it you've lived and/or visited in these parts?

> Sounds like you live in heaven...

Heh, I failed to mention the 2000-foot gravel driveway up the side of the hill and through the woods, that needs to be plowed by yours truly after every snowfall (or during, if it's coming down heavy and fast). Got a '95 F-150 V8 with a 7-foot blade that does wonders, but it can get to be a challenge. I don't think you need a snowplow in heaven, so I must not be there quite yet. :)

But yeah, overall it's gorgeous and I adore living here.

> Not off grid, shingled house in the woods, many many bugs, Maine winter, four cord split and stacked for the Jotel. Chickens and garden. Greenhouse and patio are the next projects. Home and loving it...

Wow, that sounds great too! Except the bugs, I can't stand bugs above a certain (low) level.

Well, you gave me a big smile and a kick in the butt to get to writing up that vanity... can't post it tonight, but I'll shoot for later this week after I can test the instructions on different Win7 versions.

[Chickensoup]

not Jotel

Jotul.

do you like chickens?

[Chickensoup]

How do you not have bugs? Are you above the treeline? Lol

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> do you like chickens?

Love 'em, when kept outdoors. Had a flock of about a dozen Araucanas in the 80's in the backyard. Crazy birds, liked to sleep in trees, laid blue-green eggs, attitude out the wazoo, about 2-foot tall. Had a couple of roosters and mostly hens, and man, were those eggs tasty at breakfast! Here's a pic of a rooster (if the image doesn't load, click the link below it.)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VWzhOT8WvzE/TmE4pL_HmuI/AAAAAAAAUO0/IxRcKd3m9hE/s1600/Araucana-Chicken+Michael+von+Luttwitz.jpg

> How do you not have bugs? Are you above the treeline?

Hardly, I'm at about 1800 feet above sea level, and there's trees all around! :)

For some reason, the bug population is minimal even though I'm at the edge of what was once a potato field (in the 30's), and certainly there are bugs in the field and woods, but they don't seem to bother me much outdoors, or get into the house. Just have normal screens, so things like no-see-ums would be all over me if they were in the area. Gnats at sunset, sometimes, yeah... Occasionally I get an outbreak of large, stupid flies in the house for a day or two, swat 'em all, that's that.

Off-grid, my power budget is pretty low (I run from a set of photovoltaic panels my ex and I put up in 1989 when we started building the first house (this is the second, first one burned :( but the panels survived and still produce about 90% of the power I use. The rest comes from a generator and dead dinosaurs, when the sun refuses to shine for 3 weeks in the late Fall.

It's a good life, and every morning I wake up and first thing, I thank the Good Lord for another day here. :)

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BACK ON THREAD TOPIC FOR A MOMENT ...

Some further information on the flawed update has appeared.

Microsoft yanks Windows 8.1 update for Surface RT after 'Blue Screen of Death' reports

Microsoft Pulls Down Windows RT 8.1 Update After Users Report Boot Failure

Microsoft withdraws Windows RT 8.1 update to fix 'Blue Screen of Death' issues

I haven't seen word yet on when they plan to provide a fixed version.