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It looks like jsc42 isn't doing the CCC today[^]. So, have this really simple one:
The Germans were having a come back (6)
-- EDIT
Fixed the date. 
I ain't got no signature.
modified 2-Dec-15 22:21pm.
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Thank you @jsc42! just gained an other day because of you!
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Look at the date! It is still the 1st of December...
It is written in CP, so it must be true...
I think we can stop time indefinitely by NOT answering daily riddles 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: Look at the date!
Oops! My bad! Fixed.
But I am thinking to declare you as the winner because you have posted the answer (well, it's a substring of one of the words in your post). Not sure what the rules are... 
I ain't got no signature.
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Please! I need that day badly...
Please! Please! Please!
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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But I think you still are up for tomorrow, because you posted the answer! 
You have just been Sharapova'd.
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I will post it on the 2nd - which is tomorrow - so I'm not jet the winner
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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You already posted it tomorrow, which means that you should have set yesterday's question today.
I think.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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You got me there - let me think about yesterday...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Since no one has posted the answer with the solution, you are up for today's one. 
It was a "hidden word" clue and the answer was "ANSWER"
"The Germans were having a come back" -> "come back" was the definition and "having" was the "hidden word" indicator.
I think there were such situations earlier when a winner was declared even if they had posted the answer unknowingly. 
I ain't got no signature.
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Isn't 'comeback' a single word in this context?
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Indeed, it should have been a single word.
I actually meant "answer" as a verb and went with "come back" (I believe "comeback" is a noun, not a verb). But now when I look at the clue, it really shouldn't have the article.
I ain't got no signature.
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..is how long Visual Studio 2015 with Update 1 took to install.
I can only assume the install package consisted of a strand of DNA and it had to evolve into an intelligent life form before becoming a working program?
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That would be a remarkably efficient way to distribute software over very slow connections.
Perhaps MS are planning cutbacks in their internet access speeds?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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It depends on your intentions.
Storage:
Currently, DNA is more compact than even the best storage devices. This will probably may change in the not-too-distant future. Furthermore, the size advantages come at the cost of requiring massive amounts of hardware for encoding/decoding.
Transmission:
If your DNA molecule is capable of reproduction (not true of an arbitrary DNA sequence), then DNA may be a slow, but efficient method of distribution. However, you must then take into account replication errors, etc. Furthermore, if you expect the DNA to "evolve" into your data, you must also provide mechanisms to handle mutations from the desired evolutionary path.
While I can't speak for Microsoft, I think that for my computing needs - I'll stick with physics.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
modified 2-Dec-15 6:19am.
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And I thought that a bit less than 2 hours is catastrophic...
Consider myself lucky...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Blimey. What's your internet connection, two baked bean tins and a length of string? Took me a little over an hour to update.
This space for rent
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The actual download was less than 10 minutes - the other hour and half was the install...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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It got to the "Applying ASP.NET and Web Tools" and then just went really slow... 
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Oooh. That's bad - it just ran smoothly at this end. Is there anything in your event viewer that would indicate why?
This space for rent
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Lots of exciting errors - the ones that seem most likely are:
Quote: Product: Microsoft ASP.NET and Web Tools 2015.1 (Beta8) - Visual Studio 2015 -- Error 1714. The older version of Microsoft ASP.NET and Web Tools 2015.1 (Beta8) - Visual Studio 2015 cannot be removed. Contact your technical support group. System Error 1612.
and
.NET Runtime Optimization Service (clr_optimization_v4.0.30319_32) - Failed to compile C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\CSharpInteractive.rsp because of the following error: is not a valid Win32 application. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800700C1).
Seems my Visual Studio 2015 SDK install is spikey
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I think it may be time to upgrade your 386. Maybe to even a Pentium. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Or at least press the "Turbo" button.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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x = y.
Then x2 = xy.
Subtract the same thing from both sides:
x2 - y2 = xy - y2.
Dividing by (x-y), obtain
x + y = y.
Since x = y, we see that
2 y = y.
Thus 2 = 1, since we started with y nonzero.
Subtracting 1 from both sides,
1 = 0.
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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