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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.
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Personally, I don't think 8 will be "killed off".
IMHO, MS is trying to destroy the "every four years a brand new edition of Windows comes out" mentality and replace it with an "every few months this thing called Windows OS gets updated" frame of mind.
For example, when Android 4.4.3 comes out, it won't be thought of as "the brand-new Android OS", but simply as an update. Even iOS7, with it's radical UI changes, managed to pass through the public mind as an "big update". I think MS desires this sort of public response to Windows Updates, especially as they try to turn it into a more mobile platform.
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I loved XP from day 1.
I never was into NT or 2K, but was struggling to make 32 bit software under Win9x. A really heavy load was liftet off my shoulders when XP arrived. Besides, it was magnitudes more stable.
The problem with Vista is that XP was too good. There was little reason to throw it out.
The problem with Win8 is that Win7 is too good. There is no reason to throw it out.
For the desktop computer, a whole new world of possibilities opened up when going from 9x to XP. A number of real needs could be covered. It took a number of years to identify almost all remaining desktop needs, enough to justify a final "tying up all the loose ends in the needs field" with Win7. On the desktop, no real, easily identifiable needs are remaining, that everyone knows about. To the phone market, Win8 was like XP: It finally made Windows a real alternative. Another major round, similar to Win7, will be needed in a couple of years. But then the work will be done, and Windows must move to new arenas if it is to expand further.
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Quote: We all hated XP when it first came out.
 Do you have a mouse in your pocket?
XP was great and still is.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I went from 2k to xp and loved it, kept it until drivers no longer available for peripherals I bought.
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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"Indian Capital?"(8)
I like this!
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No, that would be (3,5) not (8)
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I realized it as soon as I clicked on "Post Message" button 
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NewDelhi?
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Political Capital: New Delhi.
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u made the same mistake as me... 
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Bradford?
Although I thought that was Pakistan.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Calcutta
This was a previous capital of India, and is now the captial of West Bengal, a state of India.
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No
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No
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Obscurum per obscurius.
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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Chieftan?
(although I'm loving the other answers.)
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You are SOOOOOO close!
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And more thanks to Kevin Priddle!
We took part in Intel App Contest 2013. We brainstormed and picked few ideas to be submitted into the contest. One of them is this :
NumHunter[^]
please dont mind the graphic quality. Every thing is developed in house. We are a small team of 3  developing Apps for Microsoft.
NumHunter did not get through, and got dropped at round 2 unfortunately. We wanted to continue with the idea and see how it would come up. Our core interest & expertise is not on games but something else. Just completed this one to finish. But changed the UI concepts to a significant extent - this is what we could afford to do now.
It's Here in Windows Store![^] You must have Windows 8.0/8.1 OS on your PC.
It's our real first App
Our mates from other teams here say the app does fairly well.
Looking for your wishes feedbacks, inputs, & critics.
(PS: The app had to be renamed as MathMonsters, as there was some other App already in the original name we submitted this idea into Intel competition)
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