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“We are not building an operating system for just a single device, when I think about even Windows 10, the way we conceptualized it is, we are building an operating system for the user across all the devices” Service... without a smile
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t is a service, that is how I think of it. Windows update is probably the biggest service we have because it touches 1.5 billion machines every day
So in other words, Windows 10 is a service whose purpose in life is to update 1.5 billion (I question that number) machines every day, with, erm, itself??? Gads, if I wrote a service that did that, I'd be fired. I certainly wouldn't brag about it.
I (or someone here!) better trademark OSAAS - OS As A Serice before Microsoft does! And its variants, like OS As a Software Service.
Marc
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Or ODGPME OS as the greatest piece of malware in existence.
I don't object to windows 10 but the arrogance with which it is thrust upon the market annoys the hell out of me.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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As an OS it should pass, but as a service it is the worst service I ever saw...
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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For the second time this year, physicists at the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Waves Observatory (LIGO) are giddy with excitement. "Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times, it's enemy action."
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How do they know it's not the same waves?
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Different distance, and different masses of black holes.
Plus, the name tag.
TTFN - Kent
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Surf's up?
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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These black holes are just pulling our legs.
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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I dun went put on my tin foil hat to shield myself from them. Thanks for the warning, dude.
Kitty at my foot and I waAAAant to touch it...
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That was just Donald Trump stomping through the neighborhood...
#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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Google’s new parent company Alphabet has found itself faced with a lawsuit this week, which claims that the tech giant stole the idea behind its Wi-Fi-emitting balloon network, Project Loon. Step 1: attach balloon to router Step 2:??? Step 3: Profit!
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A robot escaped from a science lab and caused a traffic jam in one Russian city, it's reported. "Number 5 is alive."
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "Number 5 is alive."
"Vanya 5 is alive."
FTFY
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Older people struggle to remember important details because their brains can't resist the irrelevant 'stuff' they soak up subconsciously. As a result, they tend to be less confident in their memories, say researchers. That's my excuse, and I'm sticking with it
What was the question?
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Is that just another way of saying ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder)?
#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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I came here earlier and got about half way through reading the post and got a call, they reminded me of something I had to do outside and when I got that done since I was outside I started washing the car, and while washing the mail came and I went out and chatted with the mail lady and she mentioned how beautiful her garden was so I decided to go hoe mine. While hoing a customer came up and wanted some bait out of the store so I filled their order and talked to them about cameras and since I just got a new camera (Nikon D500, awesome machine) I thought it would be nice to take some pics of the garden. After that I started unwinding the stack and by the time I got back here and replied it's time for a power nap, I'm exhausted!
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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I am absolutely certain that is a bucket load of old bollocks - a sweeping generalization arrived at after testing .00000000001% of the population.
Although... my FIL was persuaded to get into a car and buy a fake leather jacket by a complete stranger he thought he knew. But he is 88 and can still work an Apple.
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It's too many mental arguments with other people that's the problem:
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal[^]
"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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Arthur Conan Doyle said the very same about 120 years ago...
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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In this article Umer Mansoor, a San Francisco-based software developer, talks about the importance of writing less code and revisits some of Jeff Atwood’s most important lessons. I've written no code, I'm done for the day.
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Many entry and junior level developers have perfected the art of writing less code. They simply type ctrl-c ctrl-v and walla, it works!
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jgakenhe wrote: They simply type ctrl-c ctrl-v and walla, it works!
As overhead last week, our CTO telling one of our devs, "don't create a component for that, just copy and paste the code because we'll probably only use it in two places."
Marc
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A few years ago I invented what I called the deleting hour...It was about deleting 'dead' code...Probably the most productive hour of my week...At least according to article...
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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