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There's nothing essentially wrong with operating systems that hide everything from the user, and only allow him a reduced control set -- examples are everywhere, from fruit machines to TVs to microwave ovens -- but the UI of a computer computer, the type that people use to work/code/make a living, needs to look and feel like a computer, and have a very large control set.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Am I the only one who thinks that the Windows 8.1 desktop bears an uncanny resemblance to Windows 3.1?
Perhaps they think they can sell us all the post 3.1 versions again with different names. Talk about optimal code reuse!
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Well, 3.11 was known as "Windows For Warehouses", so there is a similarity there... 
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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Well, before we had to do 16 to 32 bit thunking, now we have to do cross-boundary WinRT calls. All good of course!
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I'd managed to forget that bodge... 
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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Child, there was no 32 bit in my day. Getting 16-bit was a bonus!
speramus in juniperus
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Aww! Now I'll be humming 8-bit game tunes for the next few hours!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Hey, retro is cool! Nikon just announced their retro camera (with an FX sensor). And why do you think pottery barn is so popular among the upper middle class? 
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Against my better judgement, I'm going to admit to a slight bout of dyslexia when reading that post.
I saw Nikon, camera and sensor. Followed by battery porn, Battery WHAT? Oh. 
"Science adjusts its views based on what's observed. Faith is the denial of observation, so that belief can be preserved." - Tim Minchin
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I knew Windows 3.1, and that's no Windows 3.1.
(I do want 3.1 back though.)
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And then there's also this[^] (which yes, is a repost.)
Marc
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[Sorry, off-topic] I saw the name in the link and thought it might be this Chris Norman[^]. I have been a fan of Smokie[^] since the 70's and now I need to find a couple of tunes. 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Christopher Duncan wrote: Windows 8.1 desktop bears an uncanny resemblance to Windows 3.1?
 They follow same tendency with their each and every product. Old product in new wrapper(however this time wrapper it old) 
Christopher Duncan wrote: Perhaps they think they can sell us all the post 3.1 versions again with different names. Talk about optimal code reuse!
Believe Yourself™
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A dating web site is in big troubles[^] while trying to manually populate fake dating profiles.
An advanced dating profile generator can surely bring you lots of riches and fame.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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Sitalkes wrote: An advanced dating profile generator can surely bring you lots of riches and fame.
Something like that non-sensical comment generator?
Like the one using that[^] as a template? 
Still makes me chuckle when I remember seeing the bots fail and posting their source template
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THAT's the spirit!
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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Makes a change from men damaging their wrists when looking at websites!
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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think i watched a movie way back supposedly p&rn sites makes a lot of money - true?
dev
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How ironic; one get rich schemer suing another.
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You know when I read something like that the thing that immediately comes to mind is that it's a pity they both can't lose.
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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Wait, you mean a dating website for people to cheat on their spouses is doing something immoral?
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Herself watches a variety of TV programmes that hold no interest for me. One of those is "ER", which she set up to record on Sky+ yonks ago, as it is on at 07:00 and she can watch it when she gets back from work.
Today, there are howls of rage, and sufferous swearing as she finds it hasn't been recorded, and isn't in the sky planner, and she can't find it anywhere to put it back...
Don't you love computers and the internet? 30 or 40 seconds to find it's now on at 05:00 on Atlantic (gawd knows why, or what else they show) and she's a happy bunny again...ah...and I get loadsa brownie points for doing nothing particularly difficult
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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I'm now at 200K wasting time points. 
speramus in juniperus
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In that category though, 200K does not even get you bronze status.
Windows 8 is the resurrected version of Microsoft Bob. The only thing missing is the Fisher-Price logo.
- Harvey
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