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Thank you, I realized I'm not alone 
Geek code v 3.12
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--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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My "extreme pre-technology obesity" is even worse. I have books on my shelves that I haven't read for probably a decade.
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With the release of build 9926 of Windows 10, I have had some time to get to know the new build. One of the things discussed at the Windows 10 event in Redmond was an update to the browser, codenamed Project Spartan, which is a new fork of Microsoft’s browser. And hopefully better standards support
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Just finished my test cycle of the new IE engine...
No standard changes I saw (but remember that I do not test anything).
The speed is better, but it only beats older IE and not Chrome (again my tests are partial).
So if Microsoft will hold to the promises we will see very good IE coming...
[EDIT]
In html5test it has 5 point over IE11...
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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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: In html5test it has 5 point over IE11...
Saw that too. Hopefully most of the bits where they're working on implementing new standards just haven't been merged to release yet...
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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For years now, we Linux fans -- yes, myself included -- have been dreaming of the fabled "Year of the Linux Desktop". What does that mean? To have Linux-based operating systems snag a bigger piece of the desktop pie, if not a majority. While a majority share of the desktop is admittedly absurd, a respectable share was always something I considered a possibility. Kind of the anti-"Year of Linux"
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I partly agree, but I wouldn't put undeserved merits on MS. Everything that's happening to Desktop Linux is accountable to the Linux community itself.
Geek code v 3.12
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--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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MS has been reacting to what other people are doing for years. I mean, one of the "new" features in Windows 10 is multiple desktops... that's been around in Linux for AGES! Ubuntu had the "online" search integration a few years back but scaled it back based on privacy concerns from users. Snapping in quarters and halves has been around in Linux for a while now.
Now, not all is bad about reacting though. A lot of time, you do get a more refined experience from a product that comes out later (since they had more time to think about it and see how people react to what's out there)... but it's a reaction nonetheless.
Think good Linux desktop distros are ahead of Windows by a few years (see Linux Mint).
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Oracle's Java poses the single biggest security risk to US desktops, says a new report. I'm sorry if I shocked you with that news
Mind you, I would have guessed Flash.
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Kind of like coffee - bad for you one day, good the next. 
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Kind of like coffee
Did you just make a Java/Coffee joke? I'm calling you out again!
When will this thread end? Oh, like most of the others when everyone ignores me. 
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newton.saber wrote: Did you just make a Java/Coffee joke?
Unintentional, but damned if it wasn't appropriate. The cosmos was typing for me today.
TTFN - Kent
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You know... java and sumatra is where the cat-sh1ted coffe is done 
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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Late last week, Microsoft pushed out a new build of Windows 10 to those of you who are participating in the 'Insiders' program. The latest version of Windows 10 comes with it many new features, some easily accessible, others not, but one thing is for certain, the Charms bar is dead. It's safe to move your mouse near the right side of the screen again
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yeah, no more bogus complaining... not that it'll really stop...
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote: yeah, no more bogus complaining
Of course, now the people who liked the charms bar -- they will come out of the woodwork -- will complain that it's gone.
I have seen the User and s/he is the Enemy!
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maybe, but not to the ferocity and extent of complaining about the start screen/"lack of start menu". (when it was staring them in the face...)
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Microsoft loves Linux, is adopting Docker for its servers, and just bought Revolution Analytics, the biggest open-source R statistical language company. This is not your dad's Microsoft. "There is this thing called the GPL, which we disagree with … nobody can ever improve the software."
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What would it take to achieve a two-order-of-magnitude change in software development pace? The boldness of the target dwarfs the common quibbles about syntax, semantics, and maybe even the dynamic vs. static typing debate.
Pop, pop!
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Story Studio is the company’s internal team exploring what it calls 'VR cinema'.
Over/under five years before Christopher Nolan makes a VR movie on Oculus?
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The stories are numerous, yet extreme, and thus widely covered. You’ve probably heard at least a few. I'll let you know in a sec. I just have to check a few sites first.
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Honestly, if you are interested in how the Internet has affected and affects us you should read the fantastic book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing To Our Brains, by Nicholas Carr (amazon link)[^].
It is a very balanced view of how it has affected our attention span, our thinking modes, etc.
It's based upon scientific research and the author keeps a balanced view -- he's not a luddite.
It is so good and goes through so much history of learning, media, how our brains work etc, that I read it twice. Fantastic.
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Is there an online version?
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