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Cornelius Henning wrote: The Microsoft licensing service is just a computer talking to you. I have used it several times. I am pretty sure it is open 24/7/365. I suggest you try it!
I'll assume your 70+ year old eyes missed the bit where Activating Windows by entering my Windows 7 Professional key in Settings was getting the Software Licensing Server to reject my key as invalid.
The part about not being sure if Microsoft was open was about calling and Activating over the phone.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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The Microsoft computer will ask you some questions. When you try to activate the setup, your machine should give you a link to click for telephone activation. If you click it, it will give you a very long number to give to the activation computer. If it works (no guarantees) the computer will give you a very long alternative activation number to enter on your machine (about 48 digits). Just try it and see if it works.
My old eyes did not miss anything, mate!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Cornelius Henning wrote: If you click it, it will give you a very long number to give to the activation computer.
Screw that, like I won't have issues typing it into a phone with no problems.
Cornelius Henning wrote: If it works (no guarantees) the computer will give you a very long alternative activation number to enter on your machine (about 48 digits).
Screw that again, understanding a synthesized voice to get 48 digits will fail.
Cornelius Henning wrote: Just try it and see if it works.
Instead I just tried the online Activation again and now it decides it will work having wasted all of my Sunday night.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Well, the important thing is the fact that you got it activated in the end.
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Cornelius Henning wrote: Well, the important thing is the fact that you got it activated in the end.
True. But it shouldn't be so hard.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Yes, I vote JavaScript too.
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Man who votes against JavaScripts is probably designer not coder.
Still, the question remains: why, o why? 
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What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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I'd like to propose making that a global ban!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Outlaw everything except machine code. Languages are for wimps.
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He wants to outlaw JavaScript. Crazy as it may seem, he has my vote! 
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So...the three votes on the petition are you, Mycroft, and jgkenhe?
You have a long way to go... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Still a good three weeks to go, have a little faith! 
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Can you even outlaw javascript on a web-based petition? Doesn't that break causality in some way?
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My specific suggested list of languages to restrict from use, and phase out includes:
Javascript, Ruby, and Java.
Amen! Got my sig!
Marc
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This ranks way up there with the Flat Earth Society:
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Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Absolutely agree with petition creator in terms of real outlaw of IT poop! But MY LIST is different:
1. JavaScript
2. Python
3. PHP
These are most ugly, error prone and dangerous languages in IT!
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I am curious, what are your alternative!
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Why, VBScript, of course!
Sincerely,
-Mark
mamiller@rhsnet.org
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OK, got you! I think C# could be good replacement for all of 'em.
Web scripting (ASP and "browser language") DOES NOT mean language cannot be "statically typed". Quite opposite: as soon as your code reaches 10KLOC, you strictly need some control above that! I spit on display seeing ugly JS code, which idiot-web-developer made working in FireFox only! And tons of errors "property/element not found" - just because it was dynamic JavaScrap.
As a bonus we have already written library (Framework) to have really rich applications!
modified 21-Mar-16 21:09pm.
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I like your list and Ruby, and Java.
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hehe  Why?
Ruby is like OOP Perl. It's dynamic and also has its own niche. May be not for serious Web-development, but for scripting - why not?
Java - hell knows... I have no sympathy for this simplistic language, but at least it's OOP and allows mediocres write acceptable programs. It's not evil, definitely
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If I start a petition to ban elepants and sunshines in the lounge, will CPers migrate to stack overflow? 
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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If only he would add PHP he'd have my vote.
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