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I earn my salary using windows and visual studio.
Nuff said!
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In fairness, I think you can divide the hate into two separate camps:
1) Hatred for Windows (yes I know they have other software, but most of the hate is directed at Windows itself)
2) Hatred for the company.
Full disclosure: I'm primarily a Linux Mint user although I do have a Windows 7 partition at home and use Windows Server 2008R2 at work.
Most of the hate towards Windows is based on their continual redesign. People hate change but they hate change for the sake of change even more. From comments that I have seen, most hated is the take-it-or-leave-it attitude of Microsoft to many users that are stuck with the Windows eco-system for reasons of legacy software and if they had a more stable alternative would leave-it in a heartbeat. Many organisations *know* they are stuck with Windows and would rather that Microsoft didn't keep rubbing their collective faces in it. What they don't seem to realise is that if you write and sell software that people love, they will buy it in droves. You don't have to blackmail them: a lesson that the big media companies would do well to learn.
Secondly, the company has some rather unsavoury history regarding their competitors and their re-sellers. Much of that corporate attitude is still evident to this day. Witness for example, the collusion with motherboard manufacturers to produce hardware that will *only* run Windows by design under the trojan horse of "increased security".
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"Hate" is such a strong word, best reserved for Slashdot.
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Caveat I make a living developing WPF apps.
We are currently looking at moving our last mile to office 365 and I'm terrified. Having spent the last 25 years developing on the windows platform MS have a track record of f***ing up the environment, especially when office is in the development stack.
And they will never be forgiven for the demise of Silverlight!!!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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We are currently having an unusual-for-Wales weather event: it not only isn't raining, but you can see the sky, a big yellow hot thing, and no clouds; plus the temperature has risen to the "sticky" level.
So yesterday I turned on the air-con in the car, and it was useless. The air it was blowing was a few degrees below the temp inside the car, which was best described as "sweaty". 
So I just got back from having it re-gassed, and wow! I'm thinking of moving my bed in there for the night, it's so cool and dry!
Now, any suggestions on how to get my desktop and monitors in there? 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: So I just got back from having it re-gassed
Lucky you. I had my car's AC die on one of the hottest days of year so far last week, and it turned out the compressor needed to be replaced. $800 later...
Marc
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Ouch! I will admit I was worried it might be the compressor.
But I'll take a £30 / $40 re-gas over a new compressor any day ... and mine is "only" £450 / $600 plus labour - not too bad for a Mercedes part.
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Living with that right now in South Florida... Mechanic said I needed a new compressor and quoted me $600+. I laughed and said the old beater isn't even worth that much anymore.
Time to price out a new one!
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Either that, or replace the compressor yourself with a 2nd handie from the wreckers, followed by a re-gas.
For my '03 model, i can grab a compressor for $59 or i can grab the entire a/c system for $144 - each price available if i remove the parts i'd like from one of the cars in their yard - sure beats gardening on a sunday!!
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An attractive option, if I thought I were even remotely competent to do the work. Since I don't have a backup car to get to and from work if I muck something up...
I'll stick with rolling the windows down. 
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BBC reports 28C today in Wales... that does not justify to turn AC on!!!
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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That's outside the car.
Inside, it is considerably hotter. And stickier. Or was, anyway!
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Open the window[^]!
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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Then I get beaten to death with my own ponytail...
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WTF are you doing with a ponytail in the car? Do all the welsh carry one? Got tired of sheeps? 
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It all depends on the climate you're used to; I'm told that in Texas, they turn the heating on at 28C. 
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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Exactly... I remember nights with 28C... and we thought it was cool...
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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That may be true for those who are used to the summer temps of Israel, but here in Tennessee, and probably Wales, 28C/82F is 4C/10F degrees warmer than the threshold temp for A/C to be cranking out cooler air.
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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We've been having heat warnings in Toronto.
For 25C.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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On the other hand if temperature drops under 15C we put our winter coat on 
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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Buy a new car, one with a very nice big touch screen...
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tesla?
Sin tack
the any key okay
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OriginalGriff wrote: any suggestions on how to get my desktop and monitors in there?
Power inverter that plugs into the cigarette lighter?
Try not to overload it though...
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OriginalGriff wrote: Now, any suggestions on how to get my desktop and monitors in there?
Get a long extension cable and a power bar?
Alternatively, get a laptop and use WiFi (or a long Ethernet cable) to connect via remote desktop?
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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Interesting. Having done a quick search the people who want to sell me this service say that 10% of refrigerant can escape each year and the air con should be recharged every couple of years.
Does anyone do that? Is it true?
My car, a 15 year old Honda CRV that is proving to be utterly indestructible has never been re-gassed but was struggling a bit in the 33C heat of the M11 last night.
Problem is at £50, well that's a sizable chunk of the car's value...
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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