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The same reason I was writing tips and articles about CP/M and the Amstrad PCW series for free for actual paper publications back in the late 80s, I would imagine. Nobody was ever going to pay for them!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Speak for yourself, I got paid for code I got published in Amstrad Action[^] 
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Corollary: Why are so many people posting questions on Quora when they are blatantly not qualified to handle anything sharper than a crayon?
I would say there are in the region of 5%-10% of the questions worth reading and of those maybe the same rate are worth answering. Reminds me of somewhere else[^] 
veni bibi saltavi
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The reasons for the tremendous efforts poured into CP, and, indeed, Quora, have to with the fact that we are in the final Kalpa of the great cosmic Yuga cycle where the Darker Feminine Principle of Devi manifests as Kali, The Merciless, The Destroyer of Order, of Syllogistic Reasoning, of Patriarchy.
It is a time when galaxies, planets, nations, societies, families, begin to fade back into the hallucinatory shadows of immaterial god-fluff they really are, when all moral order disintegrates, when all forms of security prove inadequate to prevent the inevitability of death being salient to every conscious entity.
As William Blake said in "The Four Zoas: Night the Eighth:" “All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled; Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage.”
People strive to escape the relentless ominous cataclysm with all kinds of distractions from collecting Barbie Dolls, to writing for CodeProject, to gluttony, violence, suicide, terrorism, drug addiction, playing video games ...
But, the good news is that Kalki is going to be sent down here by Vishnu to clean house; and then, the whole she-bang can start over, with a fresh slate, and that clean-all-over minty feeling.
Have a nice day.
cheers, Bill
«In art as in science there is no delight without the detail ... Let me repeat that unless these are thoroughly understood and remembered, all “general ideas” (so easily acquired, so profitably resold) must necessarily remain but worn passports allowing their bearers short cuts from one area of ignorance to another.» Vladimir Nabokov, commentary on translation of “Eugene Onegin.”
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Wow
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Does anyone know how Quora decides to order answers? They're not showing up in either most to least votes order or best to worst answer. The latter would put @Ravi-Bhavnani 's answer first.
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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You could ask that on Quora...
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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols article in Computerworld | Feb 12, 2016
raises some important issues about the Win 10 vs Win 7 and XP.
Steve, who has seen the entire evolution of PC OSs since CP/M,
concludes
"To me, the more interesting question is 'How is Windows 10 doing compared to Windows 7?' What I see is that Windows 10 “seems” to be catching up.
Why is that happening? I don’t think it’s because people are eager to move to Windows 10. Everything I’ve seen indicates that Windows 10 has gained traction not because it’s a major improvement over Windows 7 — it’s not — but because Microsoft has been pushing Windows 10 on users"
My take away is there's no reason to upgrade from Win 7 to Win 10.
His comments regarding Linux Mint 17.3 are also interesting
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You seem awfully over-exercised about this. Do you have a bet on W10 failing or something? I can see no other reason to be banging on about this when you've already been told that the majority here don't agree with you. It's beginning to look dangerously like the behaviour of creatures that live under bridges and hate goats.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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He's not the only one. I'll take 7 any day over 10. I have no need for 10 and ain't going there.
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23741 wrote: I have no need for 10 and ain't going there.
Fine. Your funeral choice!  The difference is that you haven't made two inflammatory posts demanding that the rest of us pour excoriation down upon MS for a 'con'!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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How do you know he hasn't??? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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I'd have remembered - wouldn't I[^]?
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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I was just thinking that it might be a case where 11720681 equals 23741???
As for shows with amnesia, I would much rather go in the opposite direction and watch the extremely wonderful Poppy Montgomery[^]
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
modified 16-Feb-16 10:23am.
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Why are you so rigorously defending Win 10?
He's entitled to his opinion, and there's more than a few folks here that think Win 10 is a steaming pile of defecation.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Goody goody - Just wait a minute, hold the fight until I have fetched the popcorn! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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There's not going to be a fight. I don't really give 2 sh*ts, and I won't respond any more on this.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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You mean I don't get any popcorn? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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I am neither defending nor attacking it. I installed it without a problem of any kind in September and I've had not a single problem since. That's a simple fact.
What I won't put up with is this absurd, hyperbolic, unfounded nonsense about it being a 'con', especially in the form of a repost when the first didn't go as well as the poster hoped!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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9082365 wrote: I installed it without a problem of any kind in September and I've had not a single problem since.
Not having turned on the computer since you installed Win 10 doesn't count.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Good Best Answer!
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Agreed this is getting silly. The only personal machine I have that's not running 10 yet, is a laptop old enough it came with Vista. It's not upgraded mostly because it's not free; assuming it's still alive a year from now (or is needed sooner as an emergencyish loaner for a family member) I'll figure out where my folder with the W7 keys is to give it an upgrade; until then it can just sit since I don't use it for anything.
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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9082365 wrote: the behaviour of creatures that live under bridges and hate goats.
You mean THIS GUY[^]???
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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