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No not the stupid elections, this -
Greek singer Demis Roussos, who sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, has died aged 68 the Hygeia Hospital in Athens has confirmed to the BBC.
And on a totally unrelated note, the page also has these two worrying facts -
Aunty: To make you feel old, Britney Spears scored her first number one on the US Billboard chart 16 years ago this week, with the ellipsis-assisted ...Baby One More Time.
To make you feel even older, Blondie's The Tide Is High was number one 34 years ago this week!
veni bibi saltavi
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and, that song was first released in 1967[^].
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reaching for my Geritol....
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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Success. I feel old now. 
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The first African born solo artist to get to No 1 in the UK
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Aunty: To make you feel even older, Blondie's The Tide Is High was number one 34 years ago this week!
Ah, at least I don't know this one  I feel younger already 
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"My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."
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Obligatory XKCD[^].
"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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Caveman[^] invented music millions of years ago.
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I have to be honest, I run Java software and develop using Java, and I don't recall the Ask? problem for many moons.
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It's blighted every update I've seen at home (on the infrequent cases where I connect a screen to the normally headless box I have a java bot running on) and work for years (on the even rarer cases when Corporate IT decides the last version they bothered to push is exploity enough to be worth updating).
If you know where to find an updater that will install a version that doesn't prompt to install malware every time, please let me know where it's available from.
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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Dan Neely wrote: If you know where to find an updater that will install a version that doesn't prompt to install malware every time,
Steady on; it's not malware.
Cr@p-that-nobody-in-their-right-mind-would-want-ware, but not malware.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Control Panel -> Programs -> Java -> Advanced -> Miscellaneous -> Suppress sponsor offers when installing or updating Java
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TY. I've sent a suggestion that IT should see if they can use their management tools to make that the company default setting.
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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Thank you! That looks incredibly useful. I just hope it works.
According to my calculations, I should be able to retire about 5 years after I die.
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i do not have that option !!! 
I'd rather be phishing!
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You're a bluddy star!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: Control Panel -> Programs -> Java -> Advanced -> Miscellaneous -> Suppress sponsor offers when installing or updating Java
Cool. Though it still pisses me off that Java (not that they're alone in this) make it so all this sponsor crap is installed by default. There's been a few times when I've clicked through (especially when you have to click on Custom Install to even see the damn crapware) without realizing what it was doing.
Marc
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NOT checking the Custom Install option is like dropping your pants and bending over!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I'm indebted to you 
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I download my updates from Ninite [^]
No crapware included with any of the software packages
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Yeah, I got it last week, but of course knew to clear those checkboxes.
The problem is that each new Java update kills my ability to use Oracle's Discoverer product until it catches up to the Java version (months). 
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: The problem is that each new Java update kills my ability to use Oracle's Discoverer product until it catches up to the Java version (months).
I wonder if something like that is why the Java pushes here are so infrequent and often out of date by the time they arrive. 
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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Quote: Whoracle's
Thanks for reminding me of a good album from In Flames, haven't heard it for too long.
EDIT: Yes I hate that too, I remember the first time it came along with the installation, I had the same problems as I didn't notice that it was checked by default. Never making the same mistake again.
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That toolbar has been there for a long time, and comes by on each "update". I think they push empty updates to pleasure marketing.
Java is the problem.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
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I suspect the helpdesk's going to be busy the next few days decrapping my semi-clueless cow-orkers laptops. 
The truly hopeless probably already have elventyseven toolbars installed and won't notice the difference. 
