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GenJerDan wrote: from Texas to Germany
GenJerDan wrote: jumped out of the way a lot
How I imagine that would go from an American and Texan in particular:
"Holy crap look at all this firework! Friggin dangerous! There should be laws against this sort of stuff!"
*Wildly shoots guns in the air*
Sorry for this blatant sterotyping, but I've been told that's actually kind of how you Americans view our fireworks 
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I'm Canadian, not American, but I do live in the Deep South.
People here love their fireworks; we love them in Canada, too.
It isn't the volume of fireworks, it is the safe use of them.
I've seen fireworks displays tip over and start shooting horizontally - not fun.
I was at a commercially executed event; a spark hit the fireworks storage area and they all went off. One of the workers had one leave a nice hole through his lower legs, but it cauterized itself on the way out...
We decided to leave when the big supply went off before the emergency services could arrive and egress would be... difficult.
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Good thing you are not living in the blackforest area like me 
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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How cold is cold?
Colder than Fargo, North Dakota? Colder than Fairbanks, Alaska?
Is it windy, in addition to being cold? Like in Chicago, where they actually have ropes along the sidewalks for people to hold on to, so that they won't be swept away on te icy sidewalks?
Snowy like Buffalo, NY?
Texans are a bunch of spoiled brats! 
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Slight roller-coaster ride on the wings of desire (6)
Slogans aren't solutions.
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Format of clue is [Definition] = [Word-play] + [Word-play]
Slogans aren't solutions.
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You're out of time anyway - and I am still none the wiser.
Best I came up with all morning was "DIPPER" and I'm damn sure that isn't right! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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You're not wrong, it's not right!
The answer is DERIDE
Roller-coaster ride = jumble of ride = DERI
on (+) wings of desire = DesirE = DE
giving us DERIDE which is synonymous with Slight
I didn't realise there was an official time-limit on these, by the way - maybe I should read the rules at some point!
Slogans aren't solutions.
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Yeah - four hours. If you go to my profile page the rules are the only post there.
If there wasn't a limit, a really silly one could sit there for weeks 
Better luck tomorrow!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Garfield[^]
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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That's the right cattitude.
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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Fascinating. I lose almost half my day due to interruptions
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Last night my wife was on her Win10 laptop and she said she didn't have internet access.
I looked at the laptop and noticed that in the bottom right corner of task bar it said, "Activate Now" or something.
Here's what happened when we upgraded her laptop to win10.
It has a smaller SSD so I had to wipe it and install. That meant I lost the original Win7 registration.
So her laptop has been running along un-activated on win10.
Is this something others are seeing? Are others seeing that their unactivated win10 laptops are no longer able to connect to network and / or have lost other capabilities?
Any input is appreciated.
Thanks,
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Disclaimer: I use 7, not 10, so you may want to wait for responses from 10 users 
I remember Windows screwed up in an update for 10 and corrupted the TCP/IP stack or something but if this just happened I doubt that's the problem. I mean... I'm assuming Windows pulled that update but who knows?
Have you tried doing a reset?
ipconfig /flushdns
netsh int ip reset C:\iplog.txt
netsh winsock reset C:\winsocklog.txt
It's helped me in the past when randomly losing network connectivity due to TCP/IP stack corruption.
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I had a similar issue in that my motherboard died, so I had to replace it. Then when I upgraded to 10, it refused to activate thinking that my Win 7 registration was on a different machine. I got onto Microsoft support, it took about an hour, but they did get it all sorted for me, so I am all legal again.
Cheers,
Mick
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It doesn't matter how often or hard you fall on your arse, eventually you'll roll over and land on your feet.
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I'll try contacting them. thanks.
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Try activating it with the Windows 7 key. It should work if the Windows 7 install was on the same machine and your Win 10 version (Home or Pro) is the same as the 7 version. Otherwise activate it by telephone. I have done it a few times and it is a little cumbersome, but not too painful.
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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I'll try activating by phone I guess. Thanks.
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raddevus wrote: Last night my wife was on her Win10 laptop and she said she didn't have internet access.I looked at the laptop and noticed that in the bottom right corner of task bar it said, "Activate Now" or something.
If you actually have no internet then phone is your only option. If however there is internet connection from the command line then...
Open Administrative Command Prompt
c:>slmgr /ipk ABCDE-12345-FGHIJ-67890-KLMNO
c:>slmgr /ato
First line installs Product Key (use your Windows 7 key) in Windows, second line activates Windows.
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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That is fantastic!!
Thanks very much. I just saw this so I will try it tonight.
I was wondering about this months ago but never saw it explained this simply.
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That is documented behavior. All windows versions do that same after about 90 or 180 days without activation. You should have upgraded from Win7. It would have maintained the registration and done a "digital activation" for Win10.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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TheGreatAndPowerfulOzYou should have upgraded from Win7.
Or upgraded to Linux, never to jump through these loops 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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CDP1802 wrote: Or upgraded to Linux,
So true.
Luckily I have a 4GB thumb drive with Slax loaded on it.
Boots in about 30 seconds and connects to wifi.
I can get her on the Internet (running Chrome) in about 1 minute.
Please check out Slax it is SO COOL Slax Linux - your pocket operating system[^] .
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LMAO Linux has it's own upgrade issues. Plenty of scary stories.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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