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The Weird and The Wonderful forum is a place to post Coding Horrors, Worst Practices, and the occasional flash of brilliance.

We all come across code that simply boggles the mind. Lazy kludges, embarrassing mistakes, horrid workarounds and developers just not quite getting it. And then somedays we come across - or write - the truly sublime.

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GeneralRe: Sunday morning, and Microsoft has rebooted my laptop... Pin
Marc Clifton17-May-18 3:02
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David O'Neil19-May-18 17:25
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johannesnestler7-Jun-18 1:18
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charlieg18-Jun-18 4:52
charlieg18-Jun-18 4:52 
What's sad is you missed the entire context of the rant.

Windows 7 *was* less invasive. Windows 8 was a steaming pile of ****, and Windows 10 primary feature is Microsoft trying to figure out someway to package it as a service.

Save work: I do save my work, but many times I have debug sessions going on for days (embedded systems). You think it's okay to reboot because of policy?
Install old drivers - why would I even have to do that?

You're an elephanting idiot.
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

GeneralRe: Sunday morning, and Microsoft has rebooted my laptop... Pin
johannesnestler18-Jun-18 23:27
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GeneralWho wrote this code? Pin
Marc Clifton11-May-18 3:00
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GeneralMystery of the Missing (foreign) Keys Pin
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