Topic: OT: Are you an update freak? (Read 4558 times)

escaflo · « **on:** May 05, 2004, 09:01:57 am »

I know for one, I am.

Everyday, without fail, I will first pop into this forum to see whether there's any new version of Media Center for me to download, then I will pop into the mozillazine forum to see whether there's any new build for me to download for Mozilla Firefox. Then I would try to update my antivirus manually (even though automatic update is setup).

Then I would just surf around looking for updates to any of the software that exist in my computer.

Just wondering if there's anybody that is also suffering from the same "sickness" as me.

LonWar · « **Reply #1 on:** May 05, 2004, 09:08:00 am »

Do you actually have time after all that to check out the programs that you update??

I look for my MC and that's it till I need another app, then I'll hit update to see if there is before using it....

DocLotus · « **Reply #2 on:** May 05, 2004, 10:24:47 am »

You're sick

You have the first documented case of "Human Computer Virus"; it attacks the Update, Replace, Improve, Fix it all, gland in the brain... poor boy.

Hope it is not contagious as I often come down with these things.

bebop · « **Reply #3 on:** May 05, 2004, 11:42:24 am »

Must have a mild case myself! First thing I do is check for updates for MC! My virus scan is on auto update and the other stuff waits for a month or so....more often than not updating MS causes major headaches and as far as updating my Vaio...last time it crashed my machine so hard that I all I could do was a complete re-format - good thing I back up my important stuff to an external...everyday!

DocLotus · « **Reply #4 on:** May 05, 2004, 01:01:53 pm »

Yes... Your computer is only as good as your last backup

TimB · « **Reply #5 on:** May 05, 2004, 01:22:55 pm »

Guilty (and proud of it)!

-=Tim=-

GHammer · « **Reply #6 on:** May 05, 2004, 01:24:35 pm »

Ha! I have a set of bookmarks for the sites I update from.
And I visit Betanews at least daily.

I mean, if it isn't useful, why did they update it?

bjsolem · « **Reply #7 on:** May 05, 2004, 01:35:43 pm »

I am trying to cure myself of this illness.

I have restrained myself to the point of reading the daily changes in MC BEFORE I download to determine whether there is anything that I will notice before the next release comes around.

GRAYDOG · « **Reply #8 on:** May 05, 2004, 05:15:30 pm »

Quote from: escaflo on May 05, 2004, 09:01:57 am

I know for one, I am.

Everyday, without fail, I will first pop into this forum to see whether there's any new version of Media Center for me to download, then I will pop into the mozillazine forum to see whether there's any new build for me to download for Mozilla Firefox. Then I would try to update my antivirus manually (even though automatic update is setup).

Then I would just surf around looking for updates to any of the software that exist in my computer.

Just wondering if there's anybody that is also suffering from the same "sickness" as me.

Does it seem like You spend more time doing work on Your updates than You do using the updated stuf? Do You do the same thing everyday? We should start a club

Jaguu · « **Reply #9 on:** May 05, 2004, 05:24:39 pm »

Simple cure for update freaks: Do some real work and you won't find any longer any time for that

Sauzee · « **Reply #10 on:** May 05, 2004, 06:58:36 pm »

I've just given up smoking. One addiction at a time - Next.....I'll join UA (Updaters Anonymous).

RemyJ · « **Reply #11 on:** May 05, 2004, 07:08:50 pm »

Hmmm. I just realized it's time to clean out my download archive. I have every version since 8.0.222 (March 2002).

Sauzee · « **Reply #12 on:** May 05, 2004, 07:22:18 pm »

Quote from: RemyJ on May 05, 2004, 07:08:50 pm

Hmmm. I just realized it's time to clean out my download archive. I have every version since 8.0.222 (March 2002).

Oh my god. You'll feel like you just got a new hard drive once you delete that lot

RemyJ · « **Reply #13 on:** May 05, 2004, 10:18:55 pm »

Quote from: Sauzee on May 05, 2004, 07:22:18 pm

Quote from: RemyJ on May 05, 2004, 07:08:50 pm
Hmmm. I just realized it's time to clean out my download archive. I have every version since 8.0.222 (March 2002).

Oh my god. You'll feel like you just got a new hard drive once you delete that lot

Nah. It's only 6gig.

Just a drop in the bucket.

MarSies · « **Reply #14 on:** May 06, 2004, 04:26:43 pm »

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the first documented case of "Human Computer Virus";

Doc, your right, these guys are sick

Updating to update but not to use it. Must be very hard not to update.
Does it burn when there is an update and you can't install it rightaway?

MarSies .....

DocLotus · « **Reply #15 on:** May 06, 2004, 06:01:12 pm »

Yeh... it kind of feels uneasy, & I get a slight case of deja vu.

Mako · « **Reply #16 on:** May 06, 2004, 06:04:59 pm »

I wasn't an Update Freak until I bought Media Center. Now the fact that MC is so well supported and constantly updated and improved FORCES me to deviate from my "norm" and continually check for newer versions.
I blame MC

escaflo · « **Reply #17 on:** May 07, 2004, 01:43:16 am »

Quote from: MarSies on May 06, 2004, 04:26:43 pm

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the first documented case of "Human Computer Virus";

Doc, your right, these guys are sick

Updating to update but not to use it. Must be very hard not to update.
Does it burn when there is an update and you can't install it rightaway?

It does. Sometimes I get withdrawal symptoms when I know that there is an update waiting for me to install but I am unable to update it at that very moment.

Symptoms include sudden need to surf forums and incontrollable urge to download any new programs (which I have no need for) just to satisfy my urge for updating.

modelmaker · « **Reply #18 on:** May 07, 2004, 03:29:43 am »

I must have the opposite mallady. Except for the Norton auto update, I don't update anything unless it's broke. Heck, I'm still running MC 9.0!! It hasn't broken yet!

Listening to: 'Spiritual' from 'Beyond The Missouri Sky' by 'Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny' on Media Center 9.0!
Listening to: 'If I Fall... [Naked Spirits Mix]' from 'Reconstructed Soul' by 'Naked Music NYC' on Media Center 9.0!

DocLotus · « **Reply #19 on:** May 07, 2004, 08:51:23 am »

Sounds like a person that wants to get some real work done on the computer.

Lucky you

cattani · « **Reply #20 on:** May 07, 2004, 09:18:29 am »

Update is my passion, too.
All my software kit must be very new, i read every change.
We live in o mobile world and all change fast !!!

GHammer · « **Reply #21 on:** May 07, 2004, 10:44:40 am »

Ha! When I move anywhere, the first thing I want to get is a DSL connection. Not the location of restaurants, not the local bars, not even mustard (I've had it flown in to me before) has priority over getting online. I lie and tell whoever is assisting me that I need to stay in touch with my family back home. Then as soon as it's connected (1 day in China!), I hit the update sites and beta forums.

I feel much better then

MarSies · « **Reply #22 on:** May 07, 2004, 11:08:36 am »

escaflo and most of the others,

There must be a name for this "sickness". I must say that I read this thread with a big grin.

For me it's impossible to understand this. My brother has a similar sort of thing when there is a new version of "something" the current/older one is instantly degraded to rubbish.
And before he found out about the new version this device/something was very good.

Oh man, you guys are sick.

Don't think there's a cure for this, but he, smoking is much worse. And I guess neither of you wants to be cured, Therefor, go and update. Jusyt found out that Matt posted a new release.

MarSies .....

benrad · « **Reply #23 on:** May 07, 2004, 11:12:22 am »

I'm afflicted too. I check about 3 times a day. On some of those days where there are two updates, it's like a dream.

BenRad

GRAYDOG · « **Reply #24 on:** May 07, 2004, 12:13:33 pm »

Do You Guy's have like two or three media players ,two or three browsers, two or three of some other programs that do the same things just because there new and updated and free?

DocLotus · « **Reply #25 on:** May 07, 2004, 12:35:35 pm »

Yes, Yes, Yes

escaflo · « **Reply #26 on:** May 07, 2004, 12:44:44 pm »

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Do You Guy's have like two or three media players ,two or three browsers, two or three of some other programs that do the same things just because there new and updated and free?

Unfortunately yes. If those softwares have no updates, I will then pop into Windows Update to see if there's any new patches to download.

I think I am sick. I need a cure.

GRAYDOG · « **Reply #27 on:** May 07, 2004, 12:48:53 pm »

Doc , are You one of those update junkies to?

DocLotus · « **Reply #28 on:** May 07, 2004, 01:01:18 pm »

Oh, VERY MUCH SO

If I don't get my daily, twice a day, three times a day update fix, I'm lost.

I sometimes think the computer controls me more then the other way around.

GRAYDOG · « **Reply #29 on:** May 07, 2004, 01:19:32 pm »

It does feel like that at times

modelmaker · « **Reply #30 on:** May 07, 2004, 02:30:31 pm »

I'm just a stick in the mud. I have a 1985 Oldmobile and a 1964 Ford Econoline Van. Both are all original, the Ford has 322 000 miles on the original engine. Both run prefectly, so no need to go out and buy new vehicles.

Sauzee · « **Reply #31 on:** May 07, 2004, 07:02:38 pm »

Quote from: DocLotus on May 07, 2004, 01:01:18 pm

Oh, VERY MUCH SO

If I don't get my daily, twice a day, three times a day update fix, I'm lost.

I sometimes think the computer controls me more then the other way around.

It's our compulsive behaviour that is controlling us.

DocLotus · « **Reply #32 on:** May 07, 2004, 07:48:02 pm »

We're being controlled ?

I didn't know that

GHammer · « **Reply #33 on:** May 07, 2004, 10:47:38 pm »

Quote from: GRAYDOG on May 07, 2004, 12:13:33 pm

Do You Guy's have like two or three media players ,two or three browsers, two or three of some other programs that do the same things just because there new and updated and free?

Nope. I do have Winamp installed for comparison. If a file doesn't play well in MC, is it the file or the player?

Otherwise, I have certain apps that I use and that's that.

Well, unless I try something I like better

Shelly · « **Reply #34 on:** May 08, 2004, 10:02:03 pm »

Quote from: GHammer on May 05, 2004, 01:24:35 pm

Ha! I have a set of bookmarks for the sites I update from.
And I visit Betanews at least daily.

I mean, if it isn't useful, why did they update it?

My update addiction was bad enough without knowing about the Betanews site. That put me over the edge.

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