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Or maybe not...
So I downloaded VS 2015 Community Edition to replace my preview version with...
A file in the ISO - apparently - was damaged (only on, so it may be a problem of the packaging...), so when the installer got there it asked me three choices...
1. Skip - not an option, as it may result in a not-working product...
2. Look for the file at another location on my computer - I have no...
3. Download the package from the internet - the only possible solution...
So what's the problem, you ask? Beyond this point, the installer will download EVERY package from the internet, regardless it defected or not...
I wonder who wrote that, who tested that and who approved that? For sure it was a combined effort of carelessness...
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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Never download the ISO, there come many problems with it. I have always tried downloading the online installer. Suits me, I can chose which one to download.
Hey, as a tip: You can choose Custom and select the items you want to install and ignore you don't want or are not going to work with.  Maybe a good hand for the bandwidth, I'd say.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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I can't see a reason why not to use ISO - I do it for years, and the reason, that I have to install several machines and the multiple download is just a waste of time...
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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Perhaps you should. ISOs are offline, better in speed because you don't have to wait for the network latency.
But my point was that you always get the fresh copy of product, ISOs may give you enormous notifications for update once you have finished installing the product.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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I always download the ISO, and compare the SHA1 hash to the SHA1 hash provided by Microsoft. This allows me to install it as many times as necessary.
I use VMs for a lot of my projects, and having the ISOs on hand can be a great time saver when setting up a new image.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: who tested that
Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: As one of many who was there for the preview test
Looks like it was you. 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
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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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Is your dvd-burner defect? 
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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What DVD burner? I use ISO as virtual disk...
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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Quote: I wonder who wrote that, who tested that and who approved that?
Didn't you know about quality of "cheap hindu coders"? )) Viola! Now A WHOLE MICROSOFT is a hindu gang who hides behind famous company! Leave of Gates and Ballmer is not a "pity retire event", IT'S THE END of IT giant and hell knows how long MS will stay under Nadella management - doubt it will be long.
Win10 is again a big fail - after failed 8 and 8.1; So "desktop" division loose more and more. Even paid "Solitaire" won't help their agony.
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"Then you give that money to the IRS and your ex-wife and your kid's private school education."
Marc
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I thought there was the article at the bottom about Don McLean and American Pie was also quite interesting
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How often are you reading an ebook on a tablet or kindle, and would like to send highlighted text to someone? Same, for me even more, when I hit a code sample on my Kindle, I would like to just tap and send to my PC.
I think I would be able to manage on my own, to send code blocks identified (contained in) a div with a data-can-share attribute, somehow extract the code, and send it to somewhere more useful. At the moment I'm looking for ideas, as all I can think of is email or IM (a special receiver in Visual Studio eventually). My first thought was Skype, but now MS is killing the Skype API, and I'd rather not invest in the old COM based on.
But right now I'm just looking for ideas and feedback on this idea from you guys.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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Sounds like a cool idea ! But, would you have legal issues with copyrighted material, and/or technical issues with copy-protected material, like a Kindle DRM protected file ?
cheers, Bill
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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Yes, I would have legal issues, but example code allowed to be pushed to another device would have to be marked as such by the publisher, for technical reasons, but these could suffice for legal.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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I'm not sure you would. Code samples would surely come under fair use quotation rules? After all, unless you copy then into some kind of coding interface they're really not much use in the first place.
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Very good idea. I dont have any clue. But have high interest to know how are you going to do this!
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I'll be starting experiments soon, very basic, from a web page code listing. Other mobile devices cone much later.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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One question: In this picture, the Moon is between Earth and Sun. The camera is between Moon and Sun. Now, the Sun is illuminating both Moon and Earth. Should not the Moon be seen brighter than Earth; the Moon is closer to the Sun, and hence more brightly illuminated. However, the Moon is seen as dull, and the Earth as bright.
Can this apparent brightness of Earth be attributed to the blue water all around? Whereas Moon is without water, and may be absorbing more light than it reflects?
Is something not correct in the above argument?
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Avijnata wrote: Can this apparent brightness of Earth be attributed to the blue water all around? Whereas Moon is without water, and may be absorbing more light than it reflects?
The reflectiveness of a planet or moon is called its Albedo. If it reflected nothing, it would have an albedo of 0; if it reflected everything, it would have an albedo of 1. The Earth has an albedo of 0.37 whereas the full moon has an albedo of 0.12. So, the Earth reflects about 3 times as much of the light as the moon does. That is why it is brighter in the picture. Your guess that it is the water (but includes clouds as well as oceans) that are the main reflecting agents is correct; on the moon you only have the surface dust etc (called the regolith).
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Very nicely explained. Thanks.
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