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Mike Hankey wrote: What was Microsoft's worst version of Windows?
1.0 and it flatlined from there although XP was ok.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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I even used Windows 98(but not windows 95).
Windows 98 took few minutes to copy a simple file. I had enough patient until it finished copying.
Now, Windows 8 does it in seconds, But I cannot tolerate those seconds.
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Recent...Vista. I don't really care for the excuses, being ahead of hardware, etc. It was crap. It pushed security onto the user rather than being a secure system.
The user interface was crap, the drivers were a no-show and the user experience was a dud.
I started around DOS 2, to DOS 6.0, and Win 3.1 on top of DOS (played a bit with win 286, but it was mostly unusable) and onwards. I didn't care for Win 95, 98 was OK, ME wasn't bad, nothing really noteworthy, XP was OK, but after Vista, they had 7, which was pretty decent....and then building on that bridge out of the gutter, MS produced 8.
Win 8 is the modern Vista incarnate. Why do I need a 17" (laptop user) calculator with 5 functions. I had that in 1973 and in a much smaller package. FFS, Win used to be (at least) cooperative multitasking even at Win 3.11, which was a DOS overlay, now it is a single threaded POS.
New paradigm, BS. Even Vista understood that, even if every 2 minutes it asked for verification to do anything....
Win 8 stability is good, functionality/usability is sh*t.
8.1 and 8.11 hasn't done much to solve the user experience. It is fundamentally flawed on anything with a real keyboard.
Just IMHO.
Ken
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I've had Ubuntu installed on a VM and been using it occasionally but recently I got a Beaglebone Black and have really made an effort to learn Linux and I find it an enjoyable experience. I'm not going to switch but I am going to start using Linux more.
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
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Mike Hankey wrote: 've had Ubuntu installed on a VM
Enjoyable, and add refreshing! I have played with various versions of Linux since Mandrake (pre-mandriva) in the mid 90's, but still the apps that I need/use are not there yet, although WINE is shrinking the prime list quickly, but then there is the driver support...
I have always thought that Linux will only go mainstream if (THE) games were being made for it, pulling the next generation towards it. Steam's recent move might make that a reality.
My old work XP notebook is now an (USB boot) Ubuntu box that just works well. Even with just the stock apps. Unfortunately it falls apart when trying to work with Tektronics or Agilent test equipment which is where I make my living.
Hmm...thinking I need a BB to play with....
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Yeah I've tried different versions since probably 93? and it keeps getting better.
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
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The APT, RPM's and YUM apps make downloading and building apps pretty easy, a long way from trying to fulfill all of the dependencies/frustrations of the early versions.
What are you planning with the BBB? I have a RPI that I haven't dug into yet, but it's on the radar.
Ken
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I've had the BBB for a while but been doing a lot of traveling. I dug it out the other day and started getting serious with it but upgraded computer so am reinstalling a sh*t load of stuff so it will be a couple more days before I can get back into it.
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
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Mike Hankey wrote: been doing a lot of traveling
Yes, seen you have been doing a bit of traveling about the US. Please let us know what you do with the BBB....think I need to get one and compare it to the RPI
Ken
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I've got a Pi too but the BBB is much better. I may do a comparison of some kind???
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
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Started watching 24 on Netflix, got it on one of my screens while I try and work on the other two, getting no work done.
Just a warning, if you have important stuff to do, don't start watching 24!
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Non-24 Screen Engaged. Productivity at 102%.
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Mrs. wife & me are watching 24, we are now at the 5th season and it looks better day after day...
Jack Bauer is much better than Chuck Norris. 
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Damnit!
Wait, I'm not Jack Bauer
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Assuming 64-bit, English version, no tools - it downloaded fine... just wanted me to update my profile before I could do anything else.
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Thanks Tim. That's good information, maybe I'll try updating my profile with some new information before trying to download it.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Thank you, thank you!
I was hoping for an alternate download link somewhere. How did you find that one?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Google for "sql server express download 2014" - first link... 
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Odd, I followed the link provided without error... glad it's resolved.
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I just downloaded the whole works from the link you provided with no problems. It also installed without error, which has never happened before - ever.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Thanks for trying it. There must be something about my profile that's making the server choke. It wouldn't be the first time MS had a bug!
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Since this is the future of computing, it's time we all started to learn about it. Most people that try to explain it fall short (even Microsoft). So it would be cool to get some of the brains on here to take this study further. So, here's my take on it, so far.
This river runs really deep folks, but let's start with just the concept of a qubit. It's logic defies traditional logic in that it has three states: yes/on, no/off, and indeterminate.* However, when measured it can only show two states: yes/on or off/no. Here's a traditional wtf definition of it that few can make sense of...
Quote: Bits, either classical or quantum, are the simplest possible units of information. They are oracle-like objects that, when asked a question (i.e., when measured), can respond in one of only two ways. Measuring a bit, either classical or quantum, will result in one of two possible outcomes. At first glance, this makes it sound like there is no difference between bits and qubits. In fact, the difference is not in the possible answers, but in the possible questions. For normal bits, only a single measurement is permitted, meaning that only a single question can be asked: Is this bit a zero or a one? In contrast, a qubit is a system which can be asked many, many different questions, but to each question, only one of two answers can be given.
So, to make this more clear. Let me explain the quantum theory outside of the realm of bits. Think of it this way, what makes a joke funny, when someone gets it, understands it, and agrees with it right? And to agree with it that person must have had an experience in life that coincides with that joke; otherwise they wouldn't get it. If it's a joke a only select few get, does that joke become not funny because most people don't laugh? Or is it funny still because at least a few do? The answer is both! And if you want to store data on whether or not the joke is funny, you have to store both true and false, because the "truth" is relative. Now, the joke may not be funny to you (an observer) but it is still funny to someone and thus funny and not funny at the same time.
As such, an answer to the question can only take form when the question is asked and the answer is dependent on the observer or person / machine asking. Does this make more sense to peeps now? There's a lot more I'd like to talk about on the subject if there beez some folks here into it.
* Edit: Added a strike-through over the part that was crap.
Jeremy Falcon
modified 3-Aug-14 15:25pm.
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So what I'm hearing is that the way to "store" more information in a qubit is to be able to ask it more questions? Such as: are you 0? are you 1? are you 2? ... are you 1000000000000000...?
Neat stuff
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