According to iamnotageek
April 12th is the very last day.
That’s when the clock runs, and the deadline looms.

And here you thought it was April 15th. Nope, it’s the twelfth. Because we’re not talking about the day your taxes are due. On no. We’re talking about the day that your Windows XP or Windows XP SP1 computer will be automatically updated to XP SP2 (Service Pack 2) whether you want it to or not. Period.

And here you thought that you owned your computer and the contents thereon, and could do whatever you wanted with it, and could choose what would, and what wouldn’t, be installed on it.

Wrong.

Up until now users who did not want to accept the SP2 update had the option of temporarily blocking the update from being downloaded to their machines through the Automatic or Windows Update mechanisms, however that option expires on April 12th.

According to Microsoft’s latest alert on the issue, “The intent of this alert is to provide you with a reminder about the upcoming deadline around the date on which Automatic Update (AU) and Windows Update (WU) will deliver Windows XP SP2 regardless of the presence of the blocking mechanism.”

Son of a b$#%^ What gives them the right to upgrade my system weather I want upgraded or not. Even though I have no problems with SP2, if I don't want it, that's no ones business but mine.

I got a call the other day from the past. A friend I hadn't heard from in over 15 years. I have looked for their phone number so many times, I can't count. Just hearing his voice brought back so many good memories. When I knew him before, he was an old fashion photographer. He use a regular 35mm with all the goodies and every once in a while he would pull out his Bellows Camera. It wasn't as old as that one, but it looked so cool. I remember he studied under a person that was taught by Ansel Adams Ansel Adams. The pictures this guy took were Phenomenal. Now a days my friend can't lug around the 35mm with all the goodies or the bellows camera. But he still has the talent, and now he carries just a digital camera. I will be going to see my friend in the next month or so, and I am sure the tears will be flowing. Like he told me, Throughout a lifetime a man meets only a few select people that they can call a real friend. Someone you can sit and tell your troubles too. Tom is one of those friends. It will be good to see Tom and Kate again.

I tell you, I am going broke buying Money
But it will be all worth it in the end. The beginning
of the year brings out all the new coins from the US Mint
This year brings the new Nickels
The heads side is brand new view of Jefferson and
February 28th the tails side will have a buffalo and sometime in August
there will be one with an Ocean View. I think the new buffalo
nickels are going to take off. Soooo I will be buying lots of those.
Later this year there will be two new Silver Dollars.
One commemorating the 230th anniversary of the Marine Corps
and the other for a chief justice of the Supreme Court.
Between those two I think the Marine one will take off, big.