AN IMPERFECT SHOW - FOR A CHANGE

Not all that grows in a garden is totally perfect. It can clearly be seen every time we survive a gale, a storm, or a long period of indifferent weather. So, for a change, I am posting a mixed pick of the beauties of nature. The photos were taken in limited time opportunities between long bursts of rain. 

These nasturtium leaves are the ones that were not blackened with windburn by the storms, however, you can see, like the flower, they have suffered some singeing and wind damage.

Nature has its own way of giving weather warnings, and if I am not much mistaken, these calendula flowers were protecting themselves by clustering together. Are there tiny black bugs sheltering on leaves and the underside of a petal or two.

Another one of nature's creatures taking the last of the Summer wine perhaps.

A brave burst of vibrant colour. I wanted a picture of it, just in case the flower does not survive the severe weather that is expected,

Is this insect visitor seeking food or shelter, or both from the yellow calendula flower. I think the bloom has been got at before, but, hey! Whatever size creature you are, you don't turn down easily accessible and probably desirable food.

DE-BUGGING MYTHS

Well now, if you didn't know before, you do now, trains have been bugged and de-bugged. How has this miracle come about?

The Guardian newspaper Bad Science editor, was attracted by the numbers of the train bugs that were meant to be in  existence, so, he set about investigating the stories. A firm who unblock drains, kill bugs and so on, he discovered, simulated with a computer model, the perfect growing conditions for bugs to live in trains. You have to understand that there were no people on the modelled train, the train had a constant and stable temperature, not possible with an everyday train in use. The model 'grew' its bugs beautifully.

Somehow, the modelling exercise became 'common currency': trains carried thousands of bugs ripe for attaching themselves to passengers. It was wonderful stuff, and the name of the firm, which will remain anonymous in this post, got great free publicity in the media and alternative medias.

However the intrepid reporter had difficulty getting the truth of the matter out of the company, which, when it was uncovered, did no-one involved any favours. There appears to be rather too much storytelling, like the boy who cried "wolf"!

MOZILLA SUCCESSFULLY  FILTERING  THEIR OWN

I found another Mozilla reply in my junk mail box today. (See yesterday's post on Mozilla junked).   They do not appear take any notice of the report I made about the bizarre situation they have created with their messages.  Not only does the template appear to be junk to the filter, but the word 'bug' is all over the place.  So, of course, their email filter will do its job, and filter their mail out.

Incredible!

MOZILLA BUGGED AND JUNKED

Mozilla so want their followers to contact them, that they make it more difficult than climbing the Himalayas to find a way to do so.

Like the majority of internet, sites you have navigate (see I've got the language) all the FAQ's, heaven only knows how many millions of them, before you move on to make contact.  That almighty frightening noun 'contact' that means there are people out there with real questions that have not been answered before.  At least, the questions have not been asked and answered in the exact manner in which such a unique problem arises.  Mozilla, like others, have created a virtual fortress around themselves.

Mine, however, appears to be a difficulty that has not ever been reported; but then if it had, and it was in techie-speak, I would not know about it anyway, because I would not have understood the jargon.

There you are, ploughing through the FAQ's, many of which are couched in totally technical terms of one kind or another. They could be talking hardware or software or both.  The important things is, they are talking but not in any language I can understand.  How therefore, am I supposed to effectively use the FAQ's?

This is where the fun starts:

You register a 'bug' report.  What a great term that is.  Out of the ether, someone makes contact, saying  they have the same problem, and to let them know if I get a fix on it.  Nice one.....or is it.

Like you do, I check my email but..........my junk box is registering activity.  It has been efficiently quiet for a long, long time. What do I find in it?  Two requests for me from Mozilla bug site.  Their own communications have been picked up as spam or bugged mail because of the language they use in their mail and headings.  How bizarre is that!

If you haven't guessed it already, I have filed another bug report, suggesting they create a template for replies that is accepted by their own email client filter, that is not likely to be diverted to mine or anyone else's junk mail box.  I cannot believe that I am the only person to have noted this ridiculous situation.