Mac / XP User Accounts
So this morning someone changed the user account name on the Mac. Upon restarting ths system they noticed that their desktop items were gone, their settings were changed, and that stupid "start bar" rip-off on the bottom of their screen lacked about seven shortcuts. So guess what I got to do this morning. Yup, I got to try and figure out how user accounts function on a Mac. Which reminded me of another thing I hate about computing: Computer User Accounts.
The ability to have multiple user accounts on one physical machine is needless, stupid, problematic, and heretofore half-assed, flawed, and entirely not functional.
Let's say we have a computer used by Fuckass, Dipshit, and Todd. They each set up their own user account so that Fuckass can have his Limp Bizkit background, Dipshit can use his Simpsons sound scheme, and Todd can utilize his Windows bestiality theme. Hurrah! We've just set up three different user accounts with corresponding folder trees and duplication of data for AESTHETIC PURPOSES!
Additionally, let's assume that Todd contracts a virus while perusing bestiality sites. Since Todd is a different user than Fuckass and Dipshit this means that the virus is contained to only Todd's account, correct? WRONGO! As the virus infects the machine the data upon that machine is universally infected. These user accounts are not actually entities wholly self-sufficient and removed from one another but rather are simply routines which load data from corresponding folders. So when Todd downloads a virus Fuckass and Dipshit have a virus as well, a problem which could have been avoided by everyone using their own damn machine.
Now let's talk about permissions. Fuck permissions. Gee, how can we needlessly complicate the process of computer repair, setup, and use? I know! Let's put multiple user accounts on the same machine and then give each user account different permissions! Won't that be awesome?! It sure will!
"But wait," you say, "if permissions are a problem why not just log on as Administrator?" To which I reply, "Alright, but then WHY DOESN'T FUCKING EVERYONE WHO USES THE GOD DAMNED COMPUTER LOG ON AS ADMINISTRATOR?!"
How about each computer has one user, one password, one collection of settings? Instead of needlessly allowing users the option of creating their own functionally irrelevant aesthetic tweaks what if Fuckass, Dipshit, and Todd have to pick one background, one sound scheme, one everything. And if Fuckass doesn't trust Dipshit, Dipshit secretly resents Todd, and Todd constantly deletes the files of Fuckass and Dipshit then, well, maybe they each ought to have their own fucking computer.
Oh yeah, and instead of saving website passwords to a specific user account how about you just fucking remember all of your passwords you slack-jawed, intellectually destitute cock wrangler?
6 comments:
I'm going to have to disagree with the premise of this rant that user accounts are needless. You can argue that specific or even all OSes do it wrong, but the fact of the matter is that they are necessary in just about any sort of a business setting where data control is necessary.
The aesthetics can be what they may, but there are times when one must track what data has been accessed and modified and more importantly by whom. There are cases where one would want to control who can get to what files and what they may be allowed to do with said files.
This is the purpose to user accounts. I agree that in a setting where data control is unnecessary, such as a personal computer then they are needless, but in any business setting where security is crucial, the necessity of user accounts is of utmost importance.
On our network PCs we have user accounts based in the network itself rather than personal machines. These accounts incorporate our permissions, settings, e-mail, etc.
I think that setup, on a network which supports it, is at least tolerable. If there is some universality to a given account and it freely and seemlessly flows throughout all particular systems on the network? Then it can be useful.
But Windows User Accounts? Mac User Accounts? These are stupid, needless, useless, broken, shitty trash. They are not useful or functional. At best they give the illusion of individuality and security with regard to one's particular files and settings.
In a business setting? Mac or Windows XP User Settings based on individual machines are a laughable source of data security.
no one else uses my macbook pro, but i have two user accounts.
i have an account that i use for everyday stuff, and a second i log into only when teaching or in class when i have to give a presentation. It is a clear desktop with nothing in the launch bar (except the trash)
When i hook my computer into the rooms VGA link to run presentation, the screen is clear. There are no working files, no clutter, not even the menu bar.
"When i hook my computer into the rooms VGA link to run presentation, the screen is clear. There are no working files, no clutter, not even the menu bar."
And no shortcuts to websites hosting videos of japanese girls pissing on one another.
1) Why not just not save things to your desktop?
2) What is problematic with students seeing things on your desktop?
My desktop is always free of clutter, because I know how a file system works!
"My desktop is always free of clutter, because I know how a file system works!"
Amazing.
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