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I was an avid Opera user for many years, but then they made some recent changes I was not cool with buy basically switching their original rendering engine over to chrome's, lost a lot of functionality and options. I've been using Torch for the last year and seem to be happy with it (still based on Chrome, but I like the interface better.)
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Windows: Life Without Walls[^] was, once upon a time, a marketing campaign of MicroShaft.
When I heard of this via a radio spot, I *immediately* conceived a parody commercial based upon this very marketing campaign statement, that being "Windows: Life Without Walls".
Here is that commercial, text-only version (yeah, ya gotta use yer imagination...):
Scene I
[Camera view: From 1000 feet, zooming in on a non-descript computer operating system company's office (non-descript logo on building's side) in a town not unlike that of, say, Redmond, Washington, USA]
A computer operating system employee (COSE) is getting off work, walking out to & getting into his eco-friendly car & driving off toward the nearby evergreen pine tree-laden mountains.
Scene II
[Camera view: Somewhere in the nearby evergreen forest]
COSE drives into a "clearing" amongst the evergreens, gets out and meets with a home developer who then holds up plans for a home, pointing here & there. They both nod in concurrence.
Scene III
[Camera view: from a simple distance showing most, and sometimes all, of house in various construction stages; hammering and other construction sounds in the background]
COSE & developer 20 ~ 30 feet from house, off in the nearby-distance here & there watching progress, nodding in approval.
Scene IV
[Camera view: The nearby evergreen forest where the home is being developed]
COSE, in eco-friendly car, drives into once "clearing" where now a new, bright & shiny 2-story house exists.
He gets out, the developer hands him the keys, they shake hands, and developer drives off.
Scene V
[Camera view: Just outside front door, facing front door]
COSE enters home.
[Camera view: Now inside, from larger Great Room area, facing COSE]
COSE walks into the center of the Great Room, viewing the outside "nature" through the various large windows, some nearly the height of the 2 story home.
[Camera View: From COSE's point-of-view, showing grandiose outside views through 2-story windows.]
[Camera view: back inside on COSE, 10 feet away and 10 feet high]
Camera begins to pull back and up, going "through" larger 2-story windows to the outside, up to about 200 feet high; COSE can't be readily seen; hold camera for 3 ~ 5 seconds to allow the sounds of nature to set in.
All the walls suddenly disappear, leaving just the windows suspended in mid-air, with clear view of COSE standing in the middle of them all.
Scene VI
[Camera view: about 15 feet away from and 10 feet above COSE, with several of the larger 2-story windows in the background]
COSE has exceedingly startled look on his face as to where and why in the hell all the walls just up and disappeared.
[Hold camera for 2 ~ 4 seconds while...]
COSE looks around in stuttered & confused amazement.
[A sudden mildly rushing whoosh of wind is heard, then massive breaking of glass all around as windows fall to the ground quasi-violently shattering all over the place.]
COSE puts hands/arms over head to "protect" himself, ducking down to the ground (he's far enough away he's not hurt).
After a few seconds, COSE begins to look out from under his arms, slowly standing up, hands/arms coming to in front of him (hands facing outward a little as if to be readily available once again to protect himself) all the while still in utter confused astonishment. House keys can be seen dangling in one hand.
[Camera slowly pulls back and up to about 100 feet high, showing full area of the home's foundation, and then some, with scattered broken glass everywhere.]
COSE is standing in the middle of the chaos that just occurred, looking around.
[Fade in larger-print statement.]
A Life of Windows Without Walls.
Scene VII
Fade to white.
Fade in non-descript competitor operating system company logo.
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modified 21-Jul-14 13:50pm.
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You know you could have pitched that in forty words?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Employee of non-descript computer operating system company (non-descript logo on side of building) leaves work to head out to the evergreen forest of some Northwest state to build a new house.
First time in house, employee looks around, viewing grandiose view though large 2-story windows.
Then, all of a sudden, every wall disappears, leaving the windows suspended in mid-aire for a brief few seconds.
The windows come violently crashing down, all the while employee balls up to protect himself.
Sounds stop.
Employee slowly stands up in utter astonishment.
Camera pulls back and up, full foundation in view, shattered glass all over.
Fade in statement ~
A Life of Windows Without Walls
Fade to white.
Fade in non-descript competitor OS company logo...
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Nah, I like my more detailed script way better!
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That's well over a hundred.
I'd like to introduce you to the concept of "halving":
1. Print the piece out.
2. With a pen, cross out every second word.
3. Read it, ignoring the crossed-out words.
It's a great way of spotting what's really needed, and what's not.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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That's over hundred.
like introduce to concept "halving":
1. the out
2. a cross every word
3. it the words
It's a great way of spotting what's really needed, and what's not.
What's really needed? Most of the missing ones?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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NOBODY knows!
Bwah-hah-ha-ha-haaaa!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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blah - blah - blah
Man craps pants.
blah - blah - blah
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Commercial title: Fecal Focus Failure
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Great!
See Teddy for a budget!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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That is typical. Everything is fine for a few seconds, then windows crashes!
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Someone with FAR too much hobby time seems to have pigeon-holed[^] every sub-genre of music, along with playable clips. So, you can search for someone you like, and find similar acts. Or just drill into ... melodic death metal?! Hungarian Hip Hop, vegan straight edge, welsh rock, and many, many more (even a few I recognize).
modified: OK, I stand corrected, it's algorithmic. I will now listen to Throbbing Gristle in penance.
TTFN - Kent
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I recognize country and rock, wow didn't know there were so many genre's. :dizzy:
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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Kent Sharkey wrote: I will now listen to Throbbing Gristle in penance.
Feel lucky that we are being lenient! The Ultimate Deterrent - J*st*n B**b*r - is still allowed under the Geneva Convention.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Something perfect for me..Nice..!
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad
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Kent Sharkey wrote: welsh rock
I'm Alarmed.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Dang, it's been so long since I heard them. Good to know they're still around (and better, writing new material). Didn't know they were Welsh though...
TTFN - Kent
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Given all the repetition and imitation in popular music, I believe that there are now more genres than there are songs.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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And this post is damn cool man. I finally found what i was looking since a long time, Presidential - A great song from Youngbloodz...
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad
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I wrote a message system a while back that includes some true/false values in the message. Just for a laugh I thought I'd ignore the normal rules and use "false" for false, and "yes" for true. I wonder if anyone has tried to use it yet?
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Does the pope poo in the woods?
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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He doesn't, but occiasionally, he takes a sh*t there.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Which one?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: Which one? I think he is pointing at the one in the office of "pope", not the person that previously held the post.
It's rather confusing this way, since usually "there can only be one".
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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I would guess the woods in the Vatican, just to the west of Viale del Giardino Quadrato.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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