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OriginalGriff wrote: I suspect this installation still has Win XP code in there somewhere, it's been upgraded that often ...
Good gawd, man. How old is your PC, and how did you get it to run Windows 10? 
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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I *think* the mouse is original Logitech Trackman Wheel, but it's possible that was replaced ...
It's a bit like the old saying: "best axe I ever owned: only 7 hew handles and 5 new heads since I bought it!"
Slowly but surely, over the years, it's had a new case here, a new PSU there, here a motherboard, there an SSD, "oh, the CRT monitor died - I'll get an LCD" over there.
If I'd saved all the bits, I'd have a bigger pile of dead or redundant computer parts than I do now ... 
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In other words, you haven't done a clean install of Windows since XP? That's an admirable feat. 
I built my current rig just after Weven came out, and I did a clean install then. I'll have to disable the fancy CPU security thingy before I upgrade to 11, 'cause I'm not about to try and build a new machine with today's prices.
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It's not that surprising, Microsoft recycles code like a student that has just discovered Stack Overflow ...
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OriginalGriff wrote: A new glitch pops up with the new taskbar: you can't drag it to the side or to a different monitor in a multiple setup.
My understanding is that this isn't as much of a glitch as it is a limitation. Apparently they're aware of the "problem" and proper functionality will be restored "in a future release". No ETA (that I'm aware of) that they've committed to.
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Waiting and not seeing it; they currently move in the other direction:
There has already been a registry trick to restore left/right taskbars (with an occasional Explorer crash), however they now have disabled all of that.
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The Windows 11 "taskbar" is disgusting. It should be at the left of the screen, with real icons, with text, progress, etc. They downgraded my developer PC to a bloody iPhone.
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I see the clowns are still at it. This is a clear example of left handed clown not knowing what the right handed clown is doing.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Yeah, the taskbar thing is rather irksome to me too - we've all been using these super-wide monitors for, what, over a decade now? And have a look at most websites: content in the middle 1/2 (or even less!) and whitespace all around. This phenomenon isn't exclusive to the web either.
I used to tack my taskbar to the right of the main monitor (where I have a browser open) and no taskbar on other monitors, because I want all the real-estate for code. Now I have 5% less vertical space (that I could have actually used) and all this wasted horizontal space. Good one, MS.
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If you say that getting the money
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You will spend your life
completely wasting your time
You will be doing things
you don't like doing
In order to go on living
That is, to go on doing things
you don't like doing
Which is stupid.
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... and now I really want them to make Series 7, 8, and 9.
So much foreshadowing, so short a series ... it deserved better, even if it was good right to the end.
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It's too slow though (both specific seasons and the release of them). I have been following and watching them. Have forgot past seasons 
Current one too has so many threads and all of them moving at slow pace.
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That's because it's close to the original books - and most novels are abridged heavily to make it to the screen to "keep the action going". The Expanse wasn't (except for the last season which lost a lot of material) - if anything it added stuff to "deepen" the characters in ways that wouldn't work in the books.
If you haven't read them, do!
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also, common sense will dictate that if you speed up the story line, then there would be fewer seasons. Fewer seasons on a hit show like the Expanse would be well, stupid.
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Except that in the streaming world a hit show brings in a bunch of new subscribers for the first season. A few more for the second, and very little new revenue after that. After the show ends only a small percentage will drop the service. So spending a bunch of money on a show after the third season provides very little uptick for the service. This is a much different business model from mainstream TV.
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A great deal of people cancel their subscriptions after they have watched/binge-watched a particular series . That is why a lot of streaming services are not releasing the entire season at one time. one per week, keeping your subscription longer than 3 days.
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Slacker007 wrote: common sense will dictate that if you speed up the story line, then there would be fewer seasons.
Agree. It's a trade off between number of seasons and keeping it interesting/glued.
For me, little more breadcrums would really help. (Also a quick recap of all seasons in an hour  )
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OriginalGriff wrote: That's because it's close to the original books - and most novels are abridged heavily to make it to the screen to "keep the action going"
Yeah, got that.
OriginalGriff wrote: The Expanse wasn't (except for the last season which lost a lot of material) - if anything it added stuff to "deepen" the characters in ways that wouldn't work in the books.
For example, 'the dogs made the dead boy body living', some more story cover there would have helped for the season. A little more on 'Entities'.
Protomolecules are past but whats the next big future? 
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HAy! No spoilers given here - some people haven't read the books yet!
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I really hope they choose to eventually finish it out with 2-3 more seasons. As it stands, I have no idea why they decided to spend valuable time and money on the kids' storyline that never tied into the main story, never resolved, and was purely a setup for what would be the events of season 7. They gave at least an entire episode's worth of screen-time to that story in an already time-starved season, causing other events to get cut short and really lose their impact in my opinion. Still a good season but they made some odd decisions.
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Jon McKee wrote: I have no idea why they decided to spend valuable time and money on the kids' storyline
Possibly for a 3 hr feature-length movie?
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That would be cool if they decided to do that. I'd definitely watch.
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There is the "Ender problem": Damn good book, truncated into meaningless pap as a movie ...
Generally, a movie is a short story, not a novel. 
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OriginalGriff wrote: Generally, a movie is a short story, not a novel.
Shawshank Redemption is a perfect example of this.
But the streaming service where each book can recieve 6-10 hours of screen time is perfect for most novels. I am surprised that more one-off sci fi books are not being brought to the screen this way.
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I'm going to watch the last episode tonight.
BTW, I read that one should watch the "extras", especially for the last episode, not that they add to the storyline but I've noticed they do add additional interesting mainly background story stuff.
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