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I know it's probably a coincidence, but on the day Xp is retired, my Windows Xp VM - that I desperately need to support valuable legacy code - goes three sheets to the wind and has a self-inflicted electronic lobotomy?
I *never* surf the net on this VM, I just need it to run compilers and debuggers. I don't care about patches, updates, etc. I've been using you for 10 years, and the only time you've been unhappy is when MS patched you.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house.
"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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charlieg wrote: I know it's probably a coincidence, but on the day Xp is retired, my Windows Xp VM - that I desperately need to support valuable legacy code - goes three sheets to the wind and has a self-inflicted electronic lobotomy?
As they say on the X-Files, the truth is out there.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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So, after spending yesterday afternoon migrating code out of the VM, I boot the VM this morning.
Hmmm, looks like no issues so far..... and what do I get the day AFTER MS stops supporting Xp?
Wait for it......
Yes, more updates
Charlie Gilley
<italic>You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house.
"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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charlieg wrote: and what do I get the day AFTER MS stops supporting Xp?
Wait for it......
Yes, more updates
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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We used to have an XP here at home that didn't even have an internet connection. Guess what it claimed were available from time to time?
Wait for it...
Windows updates. 
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So generated this for the Lounge[^], as we're currently discussing the soft & external bits of SEO, so I'm not really involved.
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Dalek Dave is officially the coolest Lounger.
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The two of you should get a room.
Software Zen: delete this;
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it appears to require something called "silverlight" which I vaguely remember hearing about, but honestly thought was an urban myth!
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I subscribed to this site on April 9th 2004.
In 1 decade or 10 years or 120 months or 3 652 days or 87 648 hours or 5 258 880 minutes or 315 532 800 seconds or 315 532 800 000 milliseconds
* I aged an equal amount.
* I wrote 4 articles.
* I posted 5303 messages.
* Reached 35K mark.
* I subscribed to CP on my first job, now at my sixth.
* Shortest job experience: 3 months, longest: almost 5 years. All jobs had an average travel time between 45 minutes and 1 hour 15 minutes (one way)
* Job business ranged from hospital software to emergency call center software to space related 
* Longest travel time from work about 5 hours for about 25 km. (once)
* Most intensive work: 16 hours a day for 2 weeks (incl. weekends) not counting the 1 hour - 1 way travel time.
* I first (organized) MQOTD on 19/10/2012.
* knows the secret of ![Jig | [Dance]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/jig.gif) ![Beer | [beer]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif) ![Green Alien | [Alien]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/alien.gif) ![Badger | [badger,badger,badger,badger...]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/badger.gif) ![Good Stuff | [The good stuff]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/vegemite.gif) ![Heart | [heart]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/love.gif) ![Java | [Coffee]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif) and of course ![Sheep | [baah]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/sheep.gif) .
* At one point invented the "beer chaser", but CP banned marquee tags in signatures. (not sure if it was because of it  ).
* I started martial arts (in 2007) and am currently holding brown belt.
* I recieved one wife and two kids.
* I own two cats.
* I owned 3 hamsters.
* I bought two houses. (not related to the cats, nor the hamsters)
* Did parts of the "bricolage" of those houses myself.
* I drove a Peugeot 206, VW polo, Volvo V40, BMW 318 touring, Skoda Octavia, KIA Venga, VW golf, Volvo S60 not counting replacement cars.
* Most stressfull car ride: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. If you've been there, you'll know why.
* Equally most stressfull car ride: anytime I needed to drive the KIA...
* I got my motorcycle driving license and currently drive a Honda Transalp 2008.
* I visited Australia, USA, Peru, Argentina, Chili, Singapore and Malaysia. (outside Europe)
* Suffered from a mild hypothermia on one trekking experience (Paso de Oveja, Ushuaia).
* Maximum height reached: 4750 m (Santa Cruz pass Peru).
* I swam in a glacier lake and in a lake(pond) with kaymans and piranhas.
* I held a boa and a (small) kayman.
* I took a close up shot of a funnel web spider.
* I touched a wild wombat and took a close shot (photo) of a Possum (both in the wild)
* I swam with pink dolphins in the Amazon river.
* I took up photography as a hobby.
* I bought and still own 6 guitars.
* I learned to play bass guitar (I already played guitar).
* I learned to play the piano (very basic).
* I learned Spanish.
* I did some stupid stuff.
* I did some very clever stuff.
* I met really stupid people.
* I met really clever people.
* I had 0 hospital visits (as patient). Number of sick days: less then 5.
* I travelled an estimated distance of ~ 939 950 949.50 km (reference frame solar system).
* I went from .Net 1.0 to 4.5. Learned to handle C#, java, javascript, vbscript, C++, VB6, HTML, SQL and Python.
* I used Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, MS Access, MySQL and PostgreSQL databases.
* I used Xp in 2004, but using on Windows 7 today.
* I payed (and still pay) way too many taxes.
* I'm still as crazy as I was back in the day and the mental state still feels as childish as it was 10 years ago  .
In any case CP was an amazing source of information during the years and a good frustration vent. 
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Congrants ,
You did really interesting things during these 10 years, i wish you at least double the about for the next 10 
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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Quote: I owned 3 hamsters
Hamsters are the pet equivalent of \dev\null 
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V. wrote: Job business ranged from hospital software to emergency call center software to space related
What a coincidence - I'm looking for open space layout planner for my emergency call center...
Nice summary BTW. Do you have a diary or something? I'm afraid I wouldn't remember half of things I've done in last 10 years!
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All from memory, but I probably forgot some things 
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This is truly impressive ! Well done !
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Congratulations Mr. V.
In fact, when I saw this name for the first time, I thought who's this counterfeit! hehe
because I had my name as "-v-" long ago 
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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You Rock and will continue to rock!!!Congrats
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V. wrote: I recieved one wife and two kids.
"Received" sounds like they just showed up in your mailbox. Or someone just gave them to you.
Or maybe that's the case, what do I know...
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Photography, an awesome expensive hobby.
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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unfortunately... 
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After a wasted morning of trying to get started with dc.js (js charting library), i was frustrated and went to get some coffee.
When i got back i did another google search, and came up with a code project article:
link[^]
By far it was the best tutorial i found online, and within an hour or so i was up and running.
It's gems like this article that really make this site shine. I'm surprised that the author of the article didn't update his bio.
Anyway, big thanks to him and all the other authors.
Amr Abdel Majeed
Senior Software Developer
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http://xkcd.com/1353/[^]
for the mouseover! - made me LOL!
Now, is there anyone here who doesn't get the BR reference? If so, go to the back of the class... 
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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Blade Runner, one of the truly great Cyber Punk films
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We all hated XP when it first came out.
It was different and treated with contempt.
Then we got used to it.
Eventually we were fond of it.
Then Vista came out and we realised how much we adored XP.
Vista was hated, it came and went like an unloved season, and there were no tears for Vista when 7 was released.
And still XP ploughed on.
It was known, it was stable, it was trusted.
7 was a roaring success, (I love 7), and XP, our old friend, started into the terminal decline and bloated dotage, but still we looked at it with affection.
It is like an old uncle. You knew that many years ago he was a hard drinking hell-raiser who went to war and killed people, but who now sits in the corner at family parties and is only talked to out of a sense of guilt and obligation, and who may at anytime wet himself or keel over and die.
So we are doing the decent thing and putting XP down.
However, there are ghosts, (95% of ATM's are XP Based) and these are going to haunt us all for years to come, so farewell XP, be seeing you soon!
I think 7 will be missed when it is euthenized, but when 8 is killed off there will be dancing in the streets!
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Dalek Dave wrote: However, there are ghosts, (95% of ATM's are XP Based) and these are going to haunt us all for years to come, so farewell XP, be seeing you soon!
You are correct that 95% of the world's ATMs run Windows XP embedded OS, but Microsoft is going to support Windows XP embedded OS until 12 January 2016.
Hopefully, by then the banks will have upgraded to Windows 7 embedded OS. There is more reason to do that sooner rather than later because there are some security exposures that are present in Windows XP embedded OS that are fixed in Windows 7 embedded OS.
Some of which are being able to send an SMS to the ATM and have it give you money, as well as a Mexican hack (Backdoor.Ploutus) using an external keyboard to get the machine to spew money.
I think the banks will be more inclined to replace Windows XP embedded before it's use by date has arrived than general business applications have been updated.
One can only hope.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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