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The power! Remind me not to get you to curse me. 
TTFN - Kent
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The Verge[^]:
Microsoft will "streamline the next version of Windows from three operating systems into one single converged operating system." Describing the implications of the change, Nadella said "this means one operating system that covers all screen sizes."
Even though this could simplify the situation, it's gonna be quite a challenge.
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Nadella wrote: "this means one operating system that covers all screen sizes."
Strange he doesn't say anything about the hardware or any minimum requirements. I guess it will cover all screen sized with the same text message similar to This device doesn't meet the minimum requirement of the operating system.
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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Cant' be that definitive! It will be a blue screen with a smile on it!!!
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Nah, you're too pessimistic. Wait and see. After a while you can run your Dynamics AX client on your Xbox One and battle online for clients. This is the next step in gamification[^] 
modified 23-Jul-14 9:22am.
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And I'll run SQL Server on my Lumia! It will stop my data center from being shut down due to power failure.
TTFN - Kent
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One BSOD to rule them all...awesome!
As I grow older I've found that pleasing everyone is impossible but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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Pixels for the Mortals Doomed to Cry;
One Screen To Rule Them All
And In the Darkness bind them!
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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http://blogs.msdn.com/b/stevengu/archive/2014/07/21/announcing-microsoft-s-unified-technology-event-for-enterprises.aspx[^]
"If you’ve attended TechEd or Microsoft Management Summit, this the place for you to be. It’s everything you’ve come to know and love and more. You’ll find what you’re familiar with and you’ll learn more about Lync, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, Project, SharePoint, SQL Server, System Center, Visio, Visual Studio, Windows, Windows Intune, Windows Server and lots more"
All of this at Microsoft’s Unified Technology Event for Enterprises.
That's right: a big announcement about big announcements coming to you from MUTE.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I guess they just won't be springing for a sound system, so that the speakers can't be heard?
TTFN - Kent
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MUTE: Shove it up your trumpet.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella has today said during the FY14 Q4 earnings call that they are looking forward to talking more about the future of Windows and the many enhancements coming in the next version of Windows in the "coming months". Now, the term "coming months" can mean a number of things, but if recent reports are correct, we assume that time frame will be sometime within this year. OK, I'll be here waiting until they do. Not holding my breath or anything.
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Swift has come naked into the world. Half-baked. Some parts ill-considered and changing dramatically before our eyes. "Nobody knows Swift because it isn’t baked yet."
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An emphasis on evaluating personality traits is helping firms find, attract and retain talent by using targeted interview questions that gauge more than technical aptitude. "You don't have to be crazy to work here. But it helps."
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CIO wrote: This generation is very concerned with work-life balance issues
Wrong; they're afraid of losing their job if they're not reachable using email, working in their free hours.
If your phone needs to be on, then it's not a balance.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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As always we can count on Wally[^] for perspective.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Turning its back on Microsoft Office's native formats, the UK government has adopted the Open Document Format for all its sharable documents. How do you say, 'How the F do I open this GD file?' in British?
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Yeah, and there are quite a few "non-trivial" Excel files out there.
Hmmm. I wonder what LibreOffice says about macro compatiblity?
Quote: If you use macros in one of the applications and want to use the same functionality in the other application, you must edit the macros.
Well planned, Whitehall, well planned.  indeed.
TTFN - Kent
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It's not that I don't see spreadsheet power users suffering equally; but most of those are created by geeks that the pointy hairs look down on. When their personal minion says s/he can't make their next memo look right; that's when they'll take notice.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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A quick update for those keeping track of how well the iOS developer money train is chugging along: As of its earnings call this morning, Apple has paid out over $20 billion to iOS developers. Hmph. My cheque must have gone missing
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Am I missing something here? If I read it correctly that's what developers earned using AppStore. So it's not Apple that pays here but rather gets money for hosting sell point, right?
Using that logic it is not your employer that pays you, but government because you pay taxes 
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"My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."
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/shrug Consignment store: people buy stuff, store takes its 'commission', then pays you. potato-potato, I guess.
TTFN - Kent
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A lot of people say Java is a terrible language. I disagree. Java has its faults, but I think when you look at what it is in particular that ticks many people off it’s not the Java language per se, but the way it’s used. "The biggest problem I’ve encountered over the years looking at Java code is that it always seems to be the product of someone who fancies themselves as an architect."
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