The Really Real Real Reason for the Windows 10 name
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To make the adjustment more sensible, I say we just remove the number 9 from the face of the planet. It sucked anyway.
Jeremy Falcon
Let's all switch to base-8 math. Screw you -9-!!!
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Now that[^]... is the real reason! ;P
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Let's all switch to base-8 math. Screw you -9-!!!
My plan is to live forever ... so far so good
Since we've already used the digit '8' surely you mean base 9? :confused:
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Since we've already used the digit '8' surely you mean base 9? :confused:
In base 8 there is no number 9, same as there is no number 2 in binary.
My plan is to live forever ... so far so good
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Since we've already used the digit '8' surely you mean base 9? :confused:
he probably means base 10, as in 8 + 1! ;P
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a take on someone else's "pun" Windows 8 Windows 8.1 (8 + 1 = 9) Windows 8.1 Update 1 (8 + 1 + 1 = 10) Windows 10
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert EinsteinJust wondering ... seeing all the hype about it being SSSSOOOO "wonderful" ... did they think of it i.t.o. "It's a totally 'new' windows - like in Windows 2.0"? ... And then realizing: "That's already been used" ... And then some "brilliant" meeting participant "remembering" that "computers count in 1s & 0s" ... I can just imagine the sort of meeting (having had several of those myself - ending in me just hanging my head)
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In base 8 there is no number 9, same as there is no number 2 in binary.
My plan is to live forever ... so far so good
In base 8 there is also no 8. Hence, since we've already had Windows 8 base 8 doesn't work.
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How can they be so sure that all ...
if(version.StartsWith("Windows 1")) // Windows 1.0/1.1/etc.
... code is already out of production ;)
That's a damn good question you just raised here! :-D :laugh:
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In base 8 there is also no 8. Hence, since we've already had Windows 8 base 8 doesn't work.
The topic discusses the number 9. In my view the number 8 is irrelevant in this context. But we can start using base-9 math if it will make you feel better.
My plan is to live forever ... so far so good
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a take on someone else's "pun" Windows 8 Windows 8.1 (8 + 1 = 9) Windows 8.1 Update 1 (8 + 1 + 1 = 10) Windows 10
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert EinsteinI think a lot of people are misreading it as "Windows Ten". It's clearly "Windows Two".
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Just wondering ... seeing all the hype about it being SSSSOOOO "wonderful" ... did they think of it i.t.o. "It's a totally 'new' windows - like in Windows 2.0"? ... And then realizing: "That's already been used" ... And then some "brilliant" meeting participant "remembering" that "computers count in 1s & 0s" ... I can just imagine the sort of meeting (having had several of those myself - ending in me just hanging my head)
I thought that myself, but then I realized that Intel processors are little-endian. Which would make it "Windows One", surely?
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a take on someone else's "pun" Windows 8 Windows 8.1 (8 + 1 = 9) Windows 8.1 Update 1 (8 + 1 + 1 = 10) Windows 10
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein -
I thought that myself, but then I realized that Intel processors are little-endian. Which would make it "Windows One", surely?
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It's a binary number and part of the new low-numbering scheme. XBOX ONE, Windows TWO. Makes sense. ;-)
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Good point! No counting of any chickens allowed (especially not with Microsoft's invention of a new numbering system)!
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a take on someone else's "pun" Windows 8 Windows 8.1 (8 + 1 = 9) Windows 8.1 Update 1 (8 + 1 + 1 = 10) Windows 10
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert EinsteinWindows 10 ie- Starts with a 1 (positive) and ends with a 0 (non-positive)- if it really follows Win8 :laugh: Hope it is more like a TEN- sportslike lucky number for all ;)
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a take on someone else's "pun" Windows 8 Windows 8.1 (8 + 1 = 9) Windows 8.1 Update 1 (8 + 1 + 1 = 10) Windows 10
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert EinsteinMy kids told me that MS had to use 10, because 7 8 9. :rolleyes:
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a take on someone else's "pun" Windows 8 Windows 8.1 (8 + 1 = 9) Windows 8.1 Update 1 (8 + 1 + 1 = 10) Windows 10
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert EinsteinI think it's because they introduced Windows 95 using the Rolling Stone's "Start Me Up". They're just trying to speed towards Windows 11 so they can use Spinal Tap's "Gimme Some Money".