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  • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

    Right on! First thing I did when I got a Vista computer was re-install it with Windows XP :)

    It's an OO world.

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    public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
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    Brisingr Aerowing
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    Microsoft got it backwards when they said Vista was an upgrade from XP! XP->Vista = Downgrade, Vista->XP = Upgrade!

    public class SysAdmin : Employee
    {

     public override void DoWork(IWorkItem workItem)
     {
          if (workItem.User.Type == UserType.NoLearn){
             throw new NoIWillNotFixYourComputerException(new Luser(workItem.User));
          }else{
               base.DoWork(workItem);
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    • R Roger Wright

      Naerling wrote:

      becomes more and more unmanagable, some code even starts to lead it's own life! It's giving him quite some headaches and sleepless nights. In the end the best thing he can do is de-install the entire thing.

      Sounds like Windows Vista!

      Will Rogers never met me.

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      Mike Hankey
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      I fear the sequel will be Windows 8.

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      • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

        Tron. I just saw Tron Legacy and the movie was pretty realistic compared to other big time computer hacker movies... I mean, if we leave out the details it's basically about a guy who starts writing some code that looks really good and amazing. After a while the code grows and becomes more and more unmanagable, some code even starts to lead it's own life! It's giving him quite some headaches and sleepless nights. In the end the best thing he can do is de-install the entire thing. I think we've all been down that road! Despite the fact that I could really relate to the movie it wasn't the best movie I've ever seen. Not very bad either though. It was okay.

        It's an OO world.

        public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
        public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
        }

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        Vivi Chellappa
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        Naerling wrote:

        it's basically about a guy who starts writing some code that looks really good and amazing. After a while the code grows and becomes more and more unmanagable

        Bill Gates and DOS/Windows.

        Naerling wrote:

        In the end the best thing he can do is de-install the entire thing.

        No. Bill Gates keeps shoving more bad stuff on an unsuspecting public.

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        • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

          Tron. I just saw Tron Legacy and the movie was pretty realistic compared to other big time computer hacker movies... I mean, if we leave out the details it's basically about a guy who starts writing some code that looks really good and amazing. After a while the code grows and becomes more and more unmanagable, some code even starts to lead it's own life! It's giving him quite some headaches and sleepless nights. In the end the best thing he can do is de-install the entire thing. I think we've all been down that road! Despite the fact that I could really relate to the movie it wasn't the best movie I've ever seen. Not very bad either though. It was okay.

          It's an OO world.

          public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
          public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
          }

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          wizardzz
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          Naerling wrote:

          who starts writing some code that looks really good and amazing.

          My code never turns out like this: http://www.filmofilia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/tron_legacy_photo1.jpg[^] Neither do most Disney movies.

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            Naerling wrote:

            who starts writing some code that looks really good and amazing.

            My code never turns out like this: http://www.filmofilia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/tron_legacy_photo1.jpg[^] Neither do most Disney movies.

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            Sander Rossel
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            One of the better movie aspects :D

            It's an OO world.

            public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
            public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
            }

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            • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

              Right on! First thing I did when I got a Vista computer was re-install it with Windows XP :)

              It's an OO world.

              public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
              public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
              }

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              Septimus Hedgehog
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              My wife has a little netbook that still has Vista installed. Just as soon as I can she'll have my laptop and then I'll wipe Vista off her netbook, never to be seen of or head of again.

              "I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68).

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              • S Septimus Hedgehog

                My wife has a little netbook that still has Vista installed. Just as soon as I can she'll have my laptop and then I'll wipe Vista off her netbook, never to be seen of or head of again.

                "I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68).

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                Jwalant Natvarlal Soneji
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                My anger with Vista added to my liking of Ubuntu; and it became a permanent OS on my machine.

                Regards, Jwalant Natvarlal Soneji http://jwalantsoneji.com[^]

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                • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                  Tron. I just saw Tron Legacy and the movie was pretty realistic compared to other big time computer hacker movies... I mean, if we leave out the details it's basically about a guy who starts writing some code that looks really good and amazing. After a while the code grows and becomes more and more unmanagable, some code even starts to lead it's own life! It's giving him quite some headaches and sleepless nights. In the end the best thing he can do is de-install the entire thing. I think we've all been down that road! Despite the fact that I could really relate to the movie it wasn't the best movie I've ever seen. Not very bad either though. It was okay.

                  It's an OO world.

                  public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
                  public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
                  }

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                  BrainiacV
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                  Terminator - Ahhnold being run by a 6502 processor. Colossus: The Forbin Project - A computer built so large it eventually becomes sentient. Electric Dreams - A personal computer with a Wikipediac knowledge base. 2001: A Space Odyssey - A control program with unintended operational parameters that results in personal death. (Think of an elevator programmed to release the clutch if the brakes overheat) WarGames - Any kid can go home and write a war dialer. Hackers - OK if you classify it with The Wizard of Oz, in that it has nothing to do with reality. (Alright, I stepped out of the thread start, but I was on a roll)

                  Psychosis at 10 Film at 11 Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.

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                    Terminator - Ahhnold being run by a 6502 processor. Colossus: The Forbin Project - A computer built so large it eventually becomes sentient. Electric Dreams - A personal computer with a Wikipediac knowledge base. 2001: A Space Odyssey - A control program with unintended operational parameters that results in personal death. (Think of an elevator programmed to release the clutch if the brakes overheat) WarGames - Any kid can go home and write a war dialer. Hackers - OK if you classify it with The Wizard of Oz, in that it has nothing to do with reality. (Alright, I stepped out of the thread start, but I was on a roll)

                    Psychosis at 10 Film at 11 Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.

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                    KLPounds
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                    Firewall - I mean come on.. It's Harrison Ford.. Shortcircuit- Because "It doesn't get pissed off, it doesn't get happy, it doesn't get sad, it doesn't laugh at your jokes... IT JUST RUNS PROGRAMMED!" Why not include TV shows like CSI and stuff. I mean come on, we've all randomly walked into a facility and sat in front of a wall of monitor screens with spinning 3D models and immediate started typing like we're writing the next best selling novel on a console screen. I mean everyone knows you can pull up a full FBI profile with photos and service records to pop up a bunch of dialog windows from telnet. :rolleyes:

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                      Firewall - I mean come on.. It's Harrison Ford.. Shortcircuit- Because "It doesn't get pissed off, it doesn't get happy, it doesn't get sad, it doesn't laugh at your jokes... IT JUST RUNS PROGRAMMED!" Why not include TV shows like CSI and stuff. I mean come on, we've all randomly walked into a facility and sat in front of a wall of monitor screens with spinning 3D models and immediate started typing like we're writing the next best selling novel on a console screen. I mean everyone knows you can pull up a full FBI profile with photos and service records to pop up a bunch of dialog windows from telnet. :rolleyes:

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                      KLPounds wrote:

                      everyone knows you can pull up a full FBI profile with photos

                      Don't forget those wonderful image enhancement algorithms with infinite zoom and details from a 10x20 pixel jpeg. :wtf: Somebody had to write those, and you know who, programmers like us. :laugh:

                      Psychosis at 10 Film at 11 Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.

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                      • V Vivi Chellappa

                        Naerling wrote:

                        it's basically about a guy who starts writing some code that looks really good and amazing. After a while the code grows and becomes more and more unmanagable

                        Bill Gates and DOS/Windows.

                        Naerling wrote:

                        In the end the best thing he can do is de-install the entire thing.

                        No. Bill Gates keeps shoving more bad stuff on an unsuspecting public.

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                        Orlin Georgiev
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                        Bill Gates? He basically retired quite a while ago, don't you read the news? As for the quality of Microsoft code, Apple's Xcode has just crashed on me for like the 30th time today, 200th for this week. And the guys behind me are having an awful time porting the game to Android. Sorry, but I'd surely like for Windows and its off-shoots to stay around for as long as possible.

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                          KLPounds wrote:

                          everyone knows you can pull up a full FBI profile with photos

                          Don't forget those wonderful image enhancement algorithms with infinite zoom and details from a 10x20 pixel jpeg. :wtf: Somebody had to write those, and you know who, programmers like us. :laugh:

                          Psychosis at 10 Film at 11 Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.

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                          RafagaX
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                          Oh yeah, i love these image enhancement programs, specially when they can get a pristine image of the license plate in a car that is moving at 100 Km/h away from the camera in a dark moonless nigth. Did i mention that these were cameras with 320x240 pixels of resolution?

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                            Terminator - Ahhnold being run by a 6502 processor. Colossus: The Forbin Project - A computer built so large it eventually becomes sentient. Electric Dreams - A personal computer with a Wikipediac knowledge base. 2001: A Space Odyssey - A control program with unintended operational parameters that results in personal death. (Think of an elevator programmed to release the clutch if the brakes overheat) WarGames - Any kid can go home and write a war dialer. Hackers - OK if you classify it with The Wizard of Oz, in that it has nothing to do with reality. (Alright, I stepped out of the thread start, but I was on a roll)

                            Psychosis at 10 Film at 11 Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.

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                            Sander Rossel
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                            Swordfish. Need I say more :D

                            It's an OO world.

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                            public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
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                            • O Orlin Georgiev

                              Bill Gates? He basically retired quite a while ago, don't you read the news? As for the quality of Microsoft code, Apple's Xcode has just crashed on me for like the 30th time today, 200th for this week. And the guys behind me are having an awful time porting the game to Android. Sorry, but I'd surely like for Windows and its off-shoots to stay around for as long as possible.

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                              sgorozco
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                              I agree completely with Orlin's last remark. After discovering how insanely hard it is to make reliable audio capture on Android phones (on each of our 5 test phones, the same code behaves differently) I respect more how Microsoft has managed to make Windows run reliably on such diverse hardware, not to mention how easy it is to find detailed technical information for its products all around the internet. :cool:

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                                KLPounds wrote:

                                everyone knows you can pull up a full FBI profile with photos

                                Don't forget those wonderful image enhancement algorithms with infinite zoom and details from a 10x20 pixel jpeg. :wtf: Somebody had to write those, and you know who, programmers like us. :laugh:

                                Psychosis at 10 Film at 11 Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.

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                                sgorozco
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                                And please don't forget the beeps ands chirps the computer *must* emit while performing the enhancement routine ;)

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                                  And please don't forget the beeps ands chirps the computer *must* emit while performing the enhancement routine ;)

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                                  BrainiacV
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                                  That's why the TI-99/4 made those noises, otherwise the buying public would not think it was a real computer. :omg: On a side note about the TI-99/4, I heard the slow display rate was because an exec thought that people couldn't read faster than 1200 baud. :doh:

                                  Psychosis at 10 Film at 11 Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.

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                                  • R Roger Wright

                                    Naerling wrote:

                                    becomes more and more unmanagable, some code even starts to lead it's own life! It's giving him quite some headaches and sleepless nights. In the end the best thing he can do is de-install the entire thing.

                                    Sounds like Windows Vista!

                                    Will Rogers never met me.

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                                    DarthDana
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                                    Wait until Windows 8. Have any of you "played" with any of the previews? I have. What a cluster... X|

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                                    • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                                      Tron. I just saw Tron Legacy and the movie was pretty realistic compared to other big time computer hacker movies... I mean, if we leave out the details it's basically about a guy who starts writing some code that looks really good and amazing. After a while the code grows and becomes more and more unmanagable, some code even starts to lead it's own life! It's giving him quite some headaches and sleepless nights. In the end the best thing he can do is de-install the entire thing. I think we've all been down that road! Despite the fact that I could really relate to the movie it wasn't the best movie I've ever seen. Not very bad either though. It was okay.

                                      It's an OO world.

                                      public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
                                      public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
                                      }

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                                      DarthDana
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                                      The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Some of the computer responses are a bit faster than expected in real life. But, there's real SQL in there if one looks at the computer screens closely. Some of the code is off a little bit (seems to be a merge of MySql, SQL Server and Oracle), but at least it's a lot closer than "This is UNIX. I know this!"

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                                      • J Jwalant Natvarlal Soneji

                                        My anger with Vista added to my liking of Ubuntu; and it became a permanent OS on my machine.

                                        Regards, Jwalant Natvarlal Soneji http://jwalantsoneji.com[^]

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                                        Bob G Beechey
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                                        What is all this "Vista is evil" brouhaha? I was a user of XP. Installed Vista - no problem (except for slow single file copies). Vista SP1 better. Win7 better still. Did people just believe the Apple advertising BS? Were people concerned by MS decision to use all available memory at any time to improve performance so that it seemed (to untutored users) that it was a resource hog? Somebody tell me. What WAS the problem?

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                                        • B Bob G Beechey

                                          What is all this "Vista is evil" brouhaha? I was a user of XP. Installed Vista - no problem (except for slow single file copies). Vista SP1 better. Win7 better still. Did people just believe the Apple advertising BS? Were people concerned by MS decision to use all available memory at any time to improve performance so that it seemed (to untutored users) that it was a resource hog? Somebody tell me. What WAS the problem?

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                                          Sentenryu
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                                          With time, Windows Vista starts getting slow, some configurations stop making effect and even some drivers stop without a proper reason, even without internet connection (so the drivers can't update...)

                                          I'm brazilian and english (well, human languages in general) aren't my best skill, so, sorry by my english. (if you want we can speak in C# or VB.Net =p)

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