Now That We Know Bill Gates' Virtual Learning Fails Can We Stop Listening to This Guy?

 Bill Gates likes to think he is a genius and has revolutionary ideas on every subject from climate control to medicine to education. For years, those the subject of his generosity have seen it as a double edged sword--money given to them but which cannot be used to make things better because it can only be used to do what Bill Gates wants. What Bill Gates wants is rarely beneficial. 

Bill Gates was raised in one of those privileged environments where his parents only accepted winning. As might be expected, this created a man who will win--even if he must cheat to do it.

So far, the media has treated Bill as if he is a genius who knows everything about everything. Bill's house of cards is collapsing, but it is doubtful that he will be the one blamed for his failures. 

Consider virtual learning. Remember, Bill had made a heavy investment in this. Despite his previous New York educational failures, Cuomo turned to him to revolutionize Virtual Learning, believing as Bill Gates preached, that in-class learning was unnecessary. 

Now, let's keep in mind that Bill Gates has never been overly fond of education and dropped out of Harvard after his second year. Bill Gates and Joe Biden also have one major thing in common--neither of them seem to care that plagiarism is illegal. Both of them have also managed to plagiarize without being panned for it. Bill Gates stole the API from CP/M to make MSDOS and Biden plagiarized his schoolwork among other things.

Well, as children have failed Bill Gates' Virtual Experiment and as he grew richer from their failure, we should immediately recognize him for the parasite he is and ignore anything else he tells us we should spend our money on--since he is not an unbiased academic but rather a person who will collect big bucks when we take his advice. However, since the news is not mentioning him in any of the articles that I have seen on the failure of his educational idea, I doubt people will make the connection that he was behind it on their own.

Hitler's Big Lie and the COVID-19 Pandemic

I have written a new book, filled with citations to help clear up the mystery surrounding all the COVID-19 misinformation. Here is the description:

 The misinformation surrounding COVID-19 has possibly been the largest since the propaganda created in Nazi Germany. With even the CDC first telling everyone not to wear masks and now telling everyone to wear them, it can be extremely difficult to discover just what is right and what is wrong. Who do you trust? This book, filled with more than 300 cited references, was written to help you find the truth. It is a must-read if you are confused or if you want to find out if you have been able to sort through all the lies successfully. 30% of all the profits from the sale of this book will be divided equally and donated to a local YMCA and a summer camp that have been hit hard financially because of the COVID-19 business closures.

You can find the book on Amazon at the following links:

Full color version paperback: https://www.amazon.com/Hitlers-Big-Lie-COVID-19-Pandemic/dp/B08FP5V3JN/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1597677713&refinements=p_27%3AJennifer+J.+Reinoehl&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Jennifer+J.+Reinoehl

Color E-book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08G56JQVB

Black and white version paperback & black and white large print paperback--links to be posted within the next week or so. 

I am also going to be running some Goodreads Giveaways and will post those links as soon as they are ready. 

Are you ready to pay an annual subscription for your OS?

The rollout of Windows 10 this summer is being lauded as "free" as long as you do it within the first year. However, there are a lot of details that Microsoft isn't being very open about.

First, this is not a "free upgrade." Windows 10 is marketing and advertising. You may wonder what they are marketing and advertising- it seems they are marketing and advertising their next operating system "Windows." Windows will be a subscription service that, in effect, charges you an annual fee to use your operating system, like Office 365. Don't believe me? Type Windows 365 into a Google search and you will quickly discover that Microsoft has just trademarked this name without admitting to having a product for it.

Second, Microsoft has already installed an "important updater upgrade" on every Windows 7 and 8 user's computer. This updater seems to actually be adware that will begin encouraging you to upgrade to Windows 10.

Unlike other OS, such as Linex and Chrome, which offer mini updates as opposed to major overhauls and these updates frequently do little but enhance or improve the product, Microsoft's history has been filled with lemons- big and small. ME, Vista, Windows 8- all had serious issues that created problems. Perhaps that is because they are still using the exact same code they began with 20 years ago. However, even small updates have caused machines enough issues that users have uninstalled them. For those of us in the know, we tend to wait before installing anything that comes down the chute- even small updates. Just within the past few months I have found two small updates that completely screwed up the way my computer operated and had to be uninstalled.

With the subscription level, the sketchy information available seems to point to 3 levels. The cheapest will get all security features and updates automatically installed ASAP. No more choosing to install an update for you if you don't want to pay big bucks for junk. Also proposed costs are $7-$12 per month per non-Enterprise user. That means if you keep your machine 3 years, you will be paying them a minimum of $336 just to use it and get automatically updated with potential junk. This cost is in addition to any other software costs you acquire and to the cost of the computer itself.

Microsoft likes to blame its financial problems on users who refuse to purchase new upgrades. The fact of the matter is that users refuse to purchase cruddy upgrades. Should Microsoft actually turn out upgrades that were new and beneficial instead of screwing up old code and making a worse product, users would flock to them. Apple doesn't seem to have any problem getting people to upgrade from their iPhone 4 to 5. Why? Because iPhone generally offers more and better features with upgrades. In fact, Apple generally doesn't have the security issues with which Microsoft is plagued, either.

Despite offering Office "Starter" for free, I prefer an older version of Word. Why? Because (1) I don't have to pay for features that were included on it and would now cost a "monthly subscription fee" and (2) because I really don't like the way Office Starter works. I am familiar with both, but usually if I get a .docx file, I immediately convert it to .doc and reopen it, to work in the old version of Word. It does have a few limitations, but considering that my software is more than 10 years old, and I would rather work with those limitations as opposed to use the new item, that should tell you what I think about Starter as a program.

Running two versions of Word on the same computer is a little tricky. Running two operating systems is impossible. Think carefully before downloading your free Windows 10. Personally, I want Microsoft to spell out if they will automatically upgrade 10 to 365 and then charge in 2-3 years or if we will have an option to upgrade before I take them up on their free advertising offer.