I was just in the middle of contributing to a Mudcat thread and my computer abruptly informed me that Microsoft was installing an update and shut itself down. It seems that every time I connect to the Internet someone - Microsoft, Adobe, Apple (why the f**k do I need Apple updates on a Microsoft computer?), my anti-virus software, Mrs Miggins's cat at No. 62 Railway Cottages, etc., etc., etc. wants to install a f**king update!! It won't be long before I'll do nothing else but install updates and there will be no room for my data on my hard disks - they will be chock full of updates!

And that's just my desktop. I also have a laptop - which I use less often. Whenever I connect that to my network I sometimes have to wait half an hour for the damn thing to update itself (and if I don't update it, it constantly interrupts what I'm doing to remind me).

My fridge and my toaster don't constantly clamour to be updated - in fact my toaster respects my need to make toast and not to do what it wants to do.

Why do we have to put up with this??