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Quote: I just concluded my Qbasic programming and next semester we are going into Java.
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I saw a question about QBasic a few weeks and I was curious to see how QBasic works for me...and realized that I can't even install it...it was part of Windows in Me last time...So where they still use it as a learning tool?
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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Everywhere Win10 won't install itself... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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That is...nowhere? This morning even my sink asked for OS upgrade (and I though it runs on Linux)...
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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Nah...sinks are TAP devices[^] so they run on Android.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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That explains why after the upgrade it leaks...
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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So what else is new?
My problem with this bugware is a totally different one: I don't want it and I don't want Windows Update to use up a month's bandwith to download it, just in case I change my mind or forget to insist on not wanting it.
Slowly I'm getting really tired of them and if they are 'successful', then I will get rid of their bugware altogether and have some fun with Linux.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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CDP1802 wrote: fun with Linux
Two words that don't belong in the same sentence, right there!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Fun, as many things, is relative. 10 years ago I probably would have sounded like you, but after diverse little incidents, like Vista or Weight, my patience is growing thin. PCs are not telephones, Mickeysoft is not Apple, professional users are not consumers and life is too short to wait for them to get the proper perspective again.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Please don't repost a message if it doesn't appear immediately - it was detected as "possible spam" by the automatic system and sent to a queue which requires human intervention. Then I had to let it through, and follow up to deleted it afterwards to prevent you getting kicked as a spammer...
Have a little patience, please! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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As reported on Insider News too, Microsoft released a 'Security' update for IE 11, that can lead you easily to upgrade to W10... 
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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There must have been a different update that did this because I have automatic updates turned off on my machine and actively refused the update referenced in the Insider.
After the reboot, I had the little Win10 icon back. 
So I broke down and installed the tool that nukes all that Win 10 upgrade stuff and won't worry about it again.
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It's like ordering a steak at a restaurant and half-way through eating it they replace it with a Big-Mac.
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It's really too bad that we still can't do WPF development on Linux. I'd switch in a heartbeat.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Microsoft hearts Linux...can't be a good thing. Pretty soon they'll have:
$ yum update
or
$ pacman -Syu
...install Windows 10 :P
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So I turned on the iMac for the first time in a couple of years. Several updates are required as well as the El Capitan upgrade.
Install the updates and restart and all is good. Then go to upgrade El Capitan and now the FagStore wants me to secure my account with 3 question/answer combos. What a load of shite.
Don't know what questions I selected, but the answers are either Faarrrkkkk off, Faarrrkkkk you or Faarrrkkkk it. Hope I get several attempts to answer if needed.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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What did you say your account name was?
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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I run an i7 8GB laptop and today as it became evening I really noticed that the monitor was blazing bright.
I attempted to set my brightness and even though the onscreen meter shows it changing, it did not change. what?! obviously another MS Update FAILURE!!!
I went through youtube and the first solution to change the monitor option did not fix it.
So I had to watch another video and finally was able to determine that I had to solve it by installing old drivers which were fortunately still on my computer.
I cannot believe the waste of time that Microsoft creates with these JUNKY FORCED UPDATES!!
It's really terrible.
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Yeah it's like they're retarded now.
We just wasted 1/2 a day removing a February office update from customer's computers which royally horked word 2013.
We turned off the automatic corrupdates on the way out on each. Thank goodness they're not on 10 where this insanity can't be turned off.
I like to get paid and you're giving us work but sheesh Microsoft....
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Isnt that a problem of the new display driver?
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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KarstenK wrote: Isnt that a problem of the new display driver?
There you go again. Bringing logic into it. These are people who never let fact get in the way of a good rant, despite the fact that they're supposed to actually know something about computers. On the whole it's best to just stand well back and let them fizz out. Don't go poking the wasp's nest by saying stuff like you've just had your umpteenth successful automatic update without the slightest hitch. I did once, but I think I got away with it! 
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Yes that's exactly what it ended up being. Had to install an older version.
Before I installed the older version the monitor was at full brightness -- like staring at a lightbulb. 
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Simple: sunglasses...
You'll be the first to get that magical display-tan that is always desired this year...
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Joan Murt wrote: sunglasses
Great solution. I'll _look_ into a pair of those.
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