Software Updates are Annoying

Have you ever had a start up sequence end in a wide variety of software and plugins alerting you to the fact that a software update is now available? Flash, Shockwave and Java – plus my anti-virus software, plus Windows XP (An important security update required me to fiddle with your box…) all at once bothering me at boot time. Is it just me, or are these alerts happening more frequently? I work on Macs too and it’s not a lot better, so it’s not just a Windows thing. Isn’t there a less annoying, less frequent way for you to invade my privacy with an ad important security bulletin? Maybe my computer runs just fine the way it is. Go away, evil pop-up.