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Well, I am still running windows XP and will do so for as long as I can before switching to Mac. I have used windows 7 on client computers and it's fine, though the nwer vesrions of Office with that agonising Ribbon of death are not. However, mainstream support has, I believe, already ended as have sales of windows 7 (correct me if I am wrong). At least with XP I don't have to have a coffee, my old PC boots quick as a flash. The only downside is I cannot use the latest versions of VS express and Netbeans, but then I don't need to at the moment. Eventually my IDE will be too many versions behind and then I will have to switch. This old PC does what I want - the OS is easy to use, I can write the applications I need, I can do the computer graphics I spend so much time on, I can manage my website, and it generally works very well. (It can overheat when doing graphics intensive tasks on a very hot day though, but I monitor its temperature and pause it if necessary).
What would make me buy a new PC with a Microsoft OS? One that is like Windows XP, only newer, more powerful, faster, respected my privacy and was more secure. Basically a better version of Windows XP would make me buy a new PC today (or as soon as I have a day off work). No hope there then.
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Windoze10 has become the ultimate spyware...
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Are Rhinos just overweight Unicorns?
(And yes, Win 10 did inspire this)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Clickety
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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Perfect...
Will Rogers never met me.
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They are that and so much more.
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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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In the same way that manatees are just overweight mermaids.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Or maybe unicorns are anorexic rhinos?
while (true) {
continue;
}
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Rhinos are the tanks of the animal kingdom!
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I get it... So the lions and tigers are the DPS, and... hmm... which animals handle healing and crowd-control?
Oh wait... You mean the OTHER kind of tanks
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Ian Shlasko wrote: which animals handle healing and crowd-control? Now you've seriously got me thinking of this, but I can't come up with anything.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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I'm thinking maybe the larger snakes could handle small-scale CC... I mean, an anaconda can put out some serious lockdown... But I think that rhino may be out of luck when it comes to healing.
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Or perhaps some very well trained sheepdogs and/or Babe the pig.
And as far as healing goes, can anyone think of some sort of animal secretion (keep it KSS... ) with healing powers?
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Colin Mullikin wrote: with healing powers?
Pigs ==> BACON!
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Colin Mullikin wrote: animal secretion (keep it KSS... ) with healing powers
Dog licks are good for skin problems of all sorts and several bloodsuckers, including vampire bats and leeches, secrete anaesthetics (so you won't notice you're donating!) And you can't beat a maggot - cos they won't hold still long enough!
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Saint Bernards[^] are healers and crowd control is probably something for squids (be sure to turn off friendly fire for their darkness attack) and skunks (stinking cloud attack)
I'm not sure how the squid would fight on land though...
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Dogs are the healers with their healing saliva[^]
But, maybe not a good idea for humans.
Come to think about it, humans would be the healers...
To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson
Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia
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No, one would have to visit the site regularly to see any differences.
So, what is different? The back color?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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You are getting close.
Life is too shor
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Hmm, not sure that proves anything other than when it's all said and done there's a lot more said than done!
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Due to company polices forged in Berlin, 1936 I can see the site without neither CSS nor images, so I wouldn't spot anything anyway...
Geek code v 3.12 {
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
}
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
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No. What's 'difference' are you talking about?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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