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Garth J Lancaster8-Jan-17 23:17

Garth J Lancaster

8-Jan-17 23:17

yes - thanks to all and (myself - wtf, I think there's been a clerical error, re-count required)

at least being here in Aus Im far enough away from mankini's etc (well, unless I go up Oxford Street, or to Bondi, or .... )

OriginalGriff8-Jan-17 23:32

OriginalGriff

8-Jan-17 23:32

I felt like that with my first MVP as well (and with each succeeding one, but a little less).
It's well deserved in your case - congratulations on your first (of many, hopefully) Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Jochen Arndt8-Jan-17 23:34

Jochen Arndt

8-Jan-17 23:34

Garth J Lancaster wrote:
at least being here in Aus Im far enough away from mankini's etc

... as long as Chris is not taking over the job when back in AUS the next time Laugh | :laugh:

Jochen Arndt8-Jan-17 23:38

Jochen Arndt

8-Jan-17 23:38

Thank you and all others who all deserve it (including you).

It seems I have finally answered enough QA to be part of it.

Eddy Vluggen9-Jan-17 2:37

Eddy Vluggen

9-Jan-17 2:37

Gratz

Bastard Programmer from Hell Suspicious | :suss:

If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]

Sean Ewington9-Jan-17 3:26

Sean Ewington

9-Jan-17 3:26

Everyone in the office knows where I keep the mankini, but they're all too scared to remove it. Or talk about it. Or may eye contact with me when I'm near it.

Maybe that's why people take vacation this time of year ...

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

PIEBALDconsult9-Jan-17 5:21

PIEBALDconsult

9-Jan-17 5:21

I figure "once an MVP, always an MVP".

OriginalGriff9-Jan-17 5:32

OriginalGriff

9-Jan-17 5:32

DD was an MVP once.
He wasn't too happy when he didn't get it the following year, IIRC. Sulked for days... Laugh | :laugh:

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

PIEBALDconsult9-Jan-17 10:28

PIEBALDconsult

9-Jan-17 10:28

Well, I don't drink as heavily.

BillWoodruff9-Jan-17 10:30

BillWoodruff

9-Jan-17 10:30

My sincere congratulations to everyone on the list ... but myself !

The new right-eye upgrade tomorrow should mean I'll be pulling my puny oar on the good ship CP (hopefully) soon.

You are an inspiration that I will hold onto until I pass out Smile | :)

cheers, Bill

«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008

RIP Peter Sarsted

Cornelius Henning8-Jan-17 12:30

Cornelius Henning

8-Jan-17 12:30

And the celebrities keep departing. Sarsted was / is one of my favorites. Rose | [Rose]

Singer-songwriter Peter Sarstedt dies aged 75 - BBC News[^]

Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

Ubuntu To the Rescue

raddevus8-Jan-17 11:06

8-Jan-17 11:06

I previously mentioned (here : The Lounge[^] ) that my wife's laptop stopped working and it seemed as if it was because Win10 hadn't been activated on it. Like MS was trying to get our attention.

Ubuntu To the Rescue
She needed Internet access to do some work. I had previously downloaded Ubuntu 16.04 and created a bootable USB. I was able to boot off that USB key and install it to a old laptop drive that I put into her laptop.

She was back up and running in about 30 minutes. not bad.

Also, while she was running on that machine I had her SSD (with win10) loaded into another cheapo laptop and it booted up. I flipped the old laptop over and found the Win 7 product key and was able to register / activate Win10. I couldn't believe it worked.

After that i put the SSD back in her laptop and now she's running fine. Can't beleive it all worked out.
I mean, I'm talking about Win10 getting something right --- WTF | :WTF:

Of course why it stopped working in the first place still seems a bit of a mystery.

If Running Win10, Keep An Ubuntu USB Distro Available
My suggestion is to build an Ubuntu USB bootable distro available if you're running Win10. That's the shortest path to get working again.
That'll probably be Microsoft's stance soon too. Laugh | :laugh:

Cornelius Henning8-Jan-17 12:33

Cornelius Henning

8-Jan-17 12:33

Glad to see got it all working AND activated. Smile | :)

Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

raddevus9-Jan-17 2:18

9-Jan-17 2:18

Thank you. Very nice. Smile | :)

Rajesh R Subramanian8-Jan-17 13:38

Rajesh R Subramanian

8-Jan-17 13:38

raddevus wrote:
She was back up and running in about 30 minutes. not bad.

It may be a personal thing, but I find it tacky when people refer to inanimate things as she or he.

Michael Martin8-Jan-17 13:57

Michael Martin

8-Jan-17 13:57

Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:
It may be a personal thing, but I find it tacky when people refer to inanimate things as she or he.

She, may have been his wife as it was her laptop that stuffed up/

Michael Martin
Australia

"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004

Rajesh R Subramanian8-Jan-17 14:27

Rajesh R Subramanian

8-Jan-17 14:27

I stand corrected. Smile | :)

Mark_Wallace8-Jan-17 16:25

Mark_Wallace

8-Jan-17 16:25

Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:
I find it tacky when people refer to inanimate things as she or he

So Latin languages are wrong, then?

I'll tell them to stop it at once.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

Nagy Vilmos8-Jan-17 23:29

Nagy Vilmos

8-Jan-17 23:29

All vehicles are female in English. This stems from ships and has been applied to other forms of transport since. Interestingly, even if a ship has a male name, such as HMS Prince of Wales, it will still be female.

veni bibi saltavi

Rajesh R Subramanian8-Jan-17 23:51

Rajesh R Subramanian

8-Jan-17 23:51

Wow, I had no idea this was even a thing. Would you know why were ships assigned the female gender though?

Jochen Arndt9-Jan-17 0:59

Jochen Arndt

9-Jan-17 0:59

Just Google it: Why is a ship a she? « Etymology « Glossophilia[^].

But there is no definite answer. It is traditional and the initial reason is not known for sure.

Nagy Vilmos9-Jan-17 2:16

Nagy Vilmos

9-Jan-17 2:16

Why is a ship always a'she'?:
A ship is called a "she" because there is always a great deal of bustle around her; there is usually a gang of men about, she has a waist and stays; it takes a lot of paint to keep her good looking; it is not the initial expense that breaks you, it is the upkeep; she can be all decked out; it takes an experienced man to handle her correctly; and without a man at the helm, she is absolutely uncontrollable. She shows her topsides, hides her bottom and when coming into port, always heads for the buoys."

Alternatively, the oft accepted answer is that it stems from the romance languages.

veni bibi saltavi

raddevus9-Jan-17 2:24

9-Jan-17 2:24

Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:
It may be a personal thing, but I find it tacky when people refer to inanimate things as she or he.

Well, since my wife _is_ a she I think I used appropriate language.

I was referring to my wife being able to use the computer again. Not the computer being a she.

And what if I were a native Spanish (or French) speaker...?
Nouns have gender in those languages, you know?
Spanish nouns - Wikipedia[^]

Mark_Wallace8-Jan-17 16:28

Mark_Wallace

8-Jan-17 16:28

Wait, wait, wait a potton-kicking minute!

Are you saying that all those jerks who, over the years, have immediately responded to windows-problem threads with "You should install linux!" were r1ght?!?

Jeeze, what's the world coming to?

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

raddevus9-Jan-17 2:25