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charlieg wrote: MS has obsoleted or abandoned so many projects, my eyes waters and other things tighten.
Have you ever heard of Google?
MS could learn a thing or two from them 
This message was brought to you from a Windows 7 machine.
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Die? I hope not!! I'd have to find a new career. 
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Reminds me of working on PocketPC and having to have a Windows XP install to do some of that work.
Not fully supporting CE 5 & 6 with VS 2010 was a big thorn in my side. Of course, then there's how 6 dropped gdiplus and the weird way .NET compact deals with native handles and....
(I've been working on Linux embedded and find CE itself far better. Add in the development infrastructure, even if it does have issues, and it's magnitudes better.)
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I almost classified this as a joke but there is too much truth to it.
Scientists have announced the discovery of the HEAVIEST element yet known to science.
The new element is Governmentium (Gv). It has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lefton-like particles called peons.
Since Governmentium has no electrons or protons, it is inert. However, it can be detected, because it impedes every reaction with which it comes in contact.
A tiny amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction normally taking less than a second to take from four days to four years to complete.
Governmentium has a normal half-life of 4 - 8 years. It does not decay but instead undergoes a reorganisation in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places. In fact, Governmentium's mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganisation will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes. This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration.
This hypothetical quantity is referred to as critical morass. When catalyzed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium, an element that radiates just as much energy as Governmentium since it has half as many peons but twice as many morons. All of the money is consumed in the exchange, and no other by-products are produced.
Govermentium is in the same family as moronium , and lead .
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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It's what black holes are made of.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Hadn't thought about it but true enough.
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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Hey, if you wrote the OP, then add it. Citation not required.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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There must be some universal constant hidden in all that. The number of neutrons and morons may vary, yet Governmentum is the same everywhere.
What shall we call it? The Hankey Moronic Quantum?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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CDP1802 wrote: What shall we call it? The Hankey Moronic Quantum?
What else? 
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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I'm a fan of Zero-Point Stupidity[^]. With Governmentium this is the base state of stupid regardless of the number of morons 
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I don't think politicians will ever reach that lowest point, they keep amazing people as to their stupidity, or what might be called lack of conscious.
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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Which brings up the first law of stupidity:
Why are some people so stupid?
Because they are!
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What do you smoke?
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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fastest way to annihilate Governmentium is to put it into a particle accelerator called SYOM (spend your own money). There is no flash, it just disappears with sad muttering.....
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"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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I don't care who you are that's funny.
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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Is a big Irish spider a Paddy long legs?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Oh dear oh dear 
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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I'd spin that differently venom in a good mood.
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Aye there, what the pholcidae[^] goin' on about?
Software Zen: delete this;
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No, that would be a Japanese crane in a field.
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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Now you're just taking the Mick!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Surprised that no one's told you to put a Cork in it.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Don't forget it's close Scottish cousin, the laddie long legs.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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