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OriginalGriff wrote: I don't even own a floppy drive any more!
I have an external 3.5" USB floppy drive I salvaged from a friend's dead laptop. No driver needed, and it works with new systems/OSes. 
5.25" floppies, however, would be a problem. Maybe if I fold them...
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Windows 95, first edition. 27 floppies, I still have them. With the backups.
DURA LEX, SED LEX
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--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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MS Office 97 Professional came on 55 floppies! 
General failure reading Drive A:
Please insert disk 54 and press any key
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OMFG! Well, I was convinced of having Office 97 for at least 10 years before discovering it was actually Office95... A good product nonetheless.
DURA LEX, SED LEX
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--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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Munchies_Matt wrote: I have an XP install I can give you if you want
But, this is...
The Year of the LINUX DESKTOP!!!! 
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Yeah? Says who, where and why?
I would be happy for linux to take over, Windows is getting to be a pain in the but.
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I think I have the same issue started since AE, but then I had it before - this is on a Lenovo yoga pro thingy.
Now if only I could remember the cure. Something to do with Intel graphics chip/driver and power saving functions I think. Try turning all that off.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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I had similar on my Lenovo Z50, but it was much worse with the RTM release 10240 in Summer 2015. (It used to occur maybe once every 1-2 hours) Upgrading the NVIDIA and Intel (dual graphics card) drivers have almost completely cured the problem both on the RTM release and then when it re-appeared with AE.
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Rob Philpott wrote: Lenovo yoga pro thingy.
Yes, you probably do. I saw someone with that exact hardware posted to message board at the original link.
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<required_answer>
The problem is most easily remedied by avoiding Win10.
Actually, in a new embrace of honesty in presenting their product, it has been renamed:
Win5/Lose5 Ver: if.your.are.lucky
I've also learned that the manager of the department division in charge of updates has now been more appropriately titled: Head Croupier.
</required_answer>
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W∴ Balboos wrote: easily remedied by avoiding Win10.
I don't know how easy it is to avoid. 
Also, that is honestly the posted answer -- revert back to Win7 or wherever you came from, it says.
Riiiiiight.
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Look, you've got baby blocks, you've got the ribbon, you've got persistent transmissions of your personal information being sent to "help improve your experience", and you've got unstoppable destructive updates of a thousand things you don't want!
Why the Hell should you expect an operating system to allow you to use your computer hardware, when you've got all that?
If you can't use your monitor, if you can't use your mouse, if you can't see stuff in multi-byte fonts (and therefore can't copy it out for translation), if your network connections keep getting borked, if the programs you use to make your living keep hanging, if you're being slowly blinded by having to look at black text on a white background, if you can't tell where one window ends and the next one starts, if all your personal settings keep resetting to god-awful defaults, etc, etc, etc: STOP WHINING!
You've got the Best! Windows! Ever!
You should be grateful!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: You should be grateful!
....That it's finally the YEAR of the LINUX DESKTOP!!!!
I am. I am. 
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I have the same problem on my Dell XPS 17. It has two video processors:
- Intel HD Graphics 3000
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
After the upgrade (??  ), if I have my Sony Bravia plugged in via HDMI, some Win Store apps will flicker like mad. Other apps are fine, and if I just use the laptop screen everything is fine.
I hope this gets addressed soon... 
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Especially when played on an electric, uhm, shovel[^]. 
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 Thanks! Nice find!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Very nice!
"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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Seasick Steve(ish), find random thing add pick-up go!
Well what do you know there is a video of him playing a Didle Bow! 
modified 17-Oct-16 19:03pm.
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We can now live-stream war
Mosul offensive live-streamed on Facebook.
I think I will stick with Hollywood war.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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This is nothing new. In Vietnam, attacks were supposedly timed by the U.S. military so that the report about the attack could appear on the six o'clock news. 
More primitive technology, same idea.
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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Just because something can be done, doesn't necessarily mean it should be done.
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if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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Not necessarily a bad thing; also not de-facto good.
Up to Gulf I, the reporting of war generally relied on journalists being embedded within one or other force. During the Falklands, as a case in point, the BBC & ITV could only get their reports back to the UK via MOD satellite links and the Commander of the Task Force was not going to give up valuable bandwidth for anything showing them in a bad light.
Today anyone can be a frontline reporter; all you need is a mobile phone and a signal. This places a rather interesting pressure on Commanders in the Field as anything, and everything, can be reported without them having any control.
All things being equal, you'd think that Staff Command would understand and leverage this fact. Things are not equal and instead it is all poo-pooed as being propaganda from the other side.
veni bibi saltavi
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New Dev Experience
After over 20 years of doing windows development and a couple years of Android, I have now jumped into iOS dev. It's interesting, because it's another new language (Swift) and OS and set of APIs and dev environment (XCode).
Tenacity
With software dev I often find that the most valuable thing is tenacity (some people call it grit or determination). Just don't give up. I'm now reading a fantastic book on the subject and thought I would share.
From the introduction the book is really great. See why Tenacity is better than Genius.
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance: Angela Duckworth: Amazon.com: Books[^]
Have any of you read the book?
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