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The Macromedia purchase almost got nixed due to antitrust concerns, but this is fine?
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Quote: for approximately $20 billion
yeah cause rounding such large numbers is not an issue., even if just 19.8, that's rounding of 200 MILLION, enough to buy millions of companies.
stop rounding. rant over, just a recent realisation that I need a reasonable why to questions and things to close these loops in my thinking😣
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stalk, strike, kill, digest ... ruin ... that's the Microsoft strategy.
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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Do aliens exist? Almost certainly. The Universe is vast and ancient, and our corner of it is not particularly special. If life emerged here, it probably did elsewhere. People keep giving them money to do it?
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You and I are in the wrong business.
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Message Closed
modified 16-Sep-22 1:29am.
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Nitin S wrote: =====================================================
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
Nuf said! 
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Nitin S wrote: earth is going closer and closer to sun, apparently it is gonna dry out totally
Is that an attempt to explain the global heating, in such a way that no human activity is to blame, it is not at all affected by emissions or other kinds of pollution or artifacts of human activity?
Actually, I never before heard this about earth getting closer to the sun and therefore drying out. I'd be happy if you would dig up some scientifically reliable sources on that. (Research done by Pakistani scientists this year is particularly welcome  ).
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Nitin S wrote: earth is going closer and closer to sun
lol. I suppose you are joking...
Actually, the sun slows down about 3 milliseconds every 100 years. As it does so, the earth is getting farther away from the sun ever so slightly, but not enough to make a difference to anything us humans would notice.
Maybe in about 100 billion years it might be a mile further away from the sun, assuming the sun hasn't gone nova by then.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Yeah,
TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote: lol. I suppose you are joking...
So I saw the responses, including the "repetition sentences" which probably resulted in the account termination. But I take pride in defending the innocent and minorities.
I hope it wasn't the remnants of this comment that caused his account to be terminated.Nitin S wrote:
earth is going closer and closer to sun
The general consensus is that Sun is growing and will eventually consume the inner planets.The Sun "pulses" but the general consensus is that it's growing much faster than the Earth is moving away.
Hopefully this wasn't why the account was terminated. If so shame on you, he was correct.
Nitin S, you are correct. I'm sorry your account was banned.
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I don't see anything in the spam forum that called for that account being closed.
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Neither do I, and the link of "This comment" is pointing to Ken's OP... 
maybe the hamsters already took action?
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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Randor wrote: The general consensus is that Sun is growing
Interesting. I would say it would be more correct, then, to say the Sun is getting closer to the Earth. But whatever. I guess both views are correct at the same time.
Randor wrote: banned
????? Weird. Maybe it was some other comment. In any case, I don't see a reason for the banishment. At least not from these comments.
Maybe it's because he mentioned the dread politicized subject "GW".
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Maybe they closed the account themselves for some reason?
"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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How times have changed. It wasn’t so long ago most organizations developed software using the waterfall method — and only released software on solid media, such as compact discs. Use a 286 computer to do it?
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So, he's proposing to go back to DLL hell (microservices hell.)
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The currently unidentified attacker appears to have a grudge against VR, and Meta in particular. Why didn't he just set the bomb in the metaverse then?
Fortunately no deaths.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Why didn't he just set the bomb in the metaverse servers then?
FTFY 
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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Electronics Arts (EA) is launching a new kernel-level anti-cheat system for its PC games. Will it be cracked before launch, or immediately after?
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More to the point, how long until malware starts using these kernel-level systems to ensure you can't remove it? 
Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal - Wikipedia[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Richard Deeming wrote: how long until malware starts using these kernel-level systems to ensure you can't remove it?
not long enough... 
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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With the abysmal quality of last EA games I just say good riddance.
ME:A and DA:I are saved by the franchise but they suck, Anthem is probably the worst game I ever played and I'm happy to have paid only 4$ for it. The entire Star Wars franchised games are worthless, Jedi Fallen Order has only one bright point: the opening song by the Hu. Which is easily findable on YouTube, or in the new Hu album.
GCS/GE d--(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--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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The fifth release of 2022 brings innovation across all pillars of Uno Platform: UI, Toolkit, Extensions, and Tooling. "Islands in the stream, that is what we are"
Sorry, you've been hit by "the first thing to come into my 'mind'" again
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You say Uno, I immediately play my Wild Draw 4 card on you.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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