IMPORTANT LIFE ADVICE!
It is therefore desirable to shut down Windows normally, and not merely hibernate it, before proceeding to resize the Windows partition. Lest, of course, one corrupt the Windows partition on waking it so badly that it will no longer boot subsequently, and without even a restore CD to repair it.
Oh well. I was really fed up with Windows 10 anyway. (To wit: there seems to be a vast misunderstanding over who actually owns the machine.)
The good news: I write on an entirely separate computer, and have decent backups. I have met this discovery with stoicism and amusement. I was really only using Windows for gaming, and with (most!?) Steam games running on Ubuntu it hardly matters.
Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein
Matthew P. Schmidt My BlogCheck out my review policy for a few disclaimers before proceeding. Content warnings: Believe it or not, but this Robert Heinlein book contains NO SEX, NO GORE, and NOT EVEN SWEARING. I guess it was the year it was published? You know those...
What I have been up to.
Matthew P. Schmidt My BlogApologies for not posting more. Recently, I have been spending most of my time on finishing a story for the 2014 Tuscany Prize. We will see what becomes of it.
On treating persons as objects
Matthew P. Schmidt My BlogNormally, I'm not one for making this kind of post, but I'm making an exception, a first exception, for this. Today's culture treats persons as objects. Not "sometimes". Not "usually". The very nature of today's society refuses to recognize...
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