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I can't see how that's news? In all Windows upgrades you had to run a clean install, and even Microsoft promised an upgrade path you did better not to walk 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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What's news is that:
0) This is the first time that MS has ever offered a direct upgrade from version N-2 (7) to N (10). This is instead of having to buy N-1 (8) and upgrade to it as an intermediate step.
1) It's the first time that MS has offered a free upgrade to a new major version to consumers. 8.1 was a service pack with delusions of grandeur and Enterprise customers on site licenses that charge an annual fee per PC regardless of the OS version don't count.
As for upgrading between major OS versions; I moved from Vista 64 to Win7 64 years ago without trouble. I'm in the process of building a new desktop for home use; and plan to do a 7 to 8.1 upgrade of my OS drive afterward rather than spend a week reinstalling/reconfiguring software afterwards. If anything goes wrong in doing so, the Lounge will get an obligatory "Why MS Sucks Today" post. Unless you see one of those sometime later this month; assume my upgrade went smoothly again.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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The role of the developer has risen in importance in many organizations, so it's high time to ensure developers take security seriously. "There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity."
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It is an article that cannot be taken seriously. We'd need two dev-machines - one to write code, one to look onto MSDN.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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You know what would be even more secure?
If we took away all the computers in the company and replaced them with stacks of Hollerith cards and banned punches from the premise. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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to sum it up:
1. no internet access (msdn, cp and especially other dev sites)
2. no email
3. no repo (he mentioned git, but I believe others are also forbidden).
4. no admin rights - good luck debugging your iis app 
Beside that he didn't explain how to transfer your working code between dev machine and the other one with repository (don't you know usb is highly unsafe?), what else remains?
Paper notebook and pencil? And not very sharp one as it is too dangerous? 
The sad part is if someone take this guy seriously it may cause more trouble than it is worth...
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"My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."
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If you work somewhere that anyone in a position of power takes InfoWorthless seriously, it's time to run for the hills...
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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There are differing opinions on Microsoft’s new ‘mobile-first, cloud-first’ strategy. Satya Nadella’s vision for the software giant has resulted in the unshackling of Office from all things Windows and into the competition's warm embrace for example. This of course is in sharp contrast of Apple and Google’s attitude towards each other and towards Microsoft. "We got a kinder, gentler, machine gun hand"
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The tech giant is going to be suffering from a New Year’s hangover today though, as the latest figures show the tiled OS has tumbled to its lowest usage share since March 2014. That's it, *this* must be the Year of Linux
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Dead link. This[^] appears to be the replacement; but reads as more WTF NetMarketshare; than Win8 is elephanted.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Yeah, even the first article smelled a little fishy, as they were reporting that NT market share went up to 9% or something equally silly.
TTFN - Kent
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Email and the internet are deemed the most important communications and information tools among online workers. Cat videos have been a huge benefit to my productivity
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Being a leader within your organization requires you to master the art of motivating and coaching people, which isn’t all that different from, say, programming a person. So, I'm just someone's buggy implementation of an employee?
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Quote: As a programmer, your sole mission is to get a computer to do what you tell it to do
The man who wrote that should sit down with me and a bottle of Lagavulin. By the end of the bottle one opinion will emerge ... whether 2 people do or just 1
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I'm not the guy that wrote it, but I'll sit down with you and a bottle of Lagavulin. 
TTFN - Kent
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Not just management but also kindergarten, school, college, media...
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Is confidence in Moore’s Law dwindling? Is it dead already? Or did the concept actually exist prior to Gordon Moore’s coined theory and has continually evolved over time as it will continue to do long past the end of a silicon-centric era? "But, you see, I never studied law"
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Moore? Moore? 
The law that always is present is the Murphy's law
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Your time will come, if you let it be right.
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Software engineers should write because it promotes many of the same skills required in programming. A core skill in both disciplines is an ability to think clearly. The best software engineers are great writers because their prose is as logical and elegant as their code. If only there were some handy site that would provide that opportunity
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Ah, that's why I unwillingly start to blog about what's going into my mind!
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 write songs does that count?
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For me, no that doesn't!
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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any women can program a person, after marriage and they act just they tell them to! Simple and easy, whereas writing applications. Omg, I don't wanna repeat that nightmare. 
