nasty hideous plague that it is. It is obvious to me that there was absolutely no quality control work done on the performance of this upgrade with FireWire devices. None at all, if there had been you wouldn't be seeing the problems with FireWire devices that are currently being reported. I think that we should screw Apple the way that they've screwed us. How can we do this? Well, it's simple. Let's massively pirate this release of the OS. I realize that there may be consequences of this action ranging from legal action to Apple adopting some form of product activation such as Microsoft has with Windows XP. But Apple should not be allowed to get away with releasing a defective product that was insufficiently tested, some form of punishment is in order.

It's starting to feel normal. I can view Amazon somewhat dispassionately now. I still have to make a conscious effort not to say "we" when I'm talking to my friends who still work there as I am no longer part of that "we" (except in the sense that I am a stockholder). I think that I can handle a few more months of this before I start looking for work again.