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  • C ColborneGreg

    Signed up to be a Microsoft developer for free Received every piece of software ever made by Microsoft for free. When I log onto Windows 8.1 the start menu is there without doing anything. Right away my facebook notifications show on the start screen. Right away weather, sports, and news all show on the start screen. Then I go into the Bing News app now called MSN news (which is a data mining app - this provides news from 100s of sources I choose) Afterwards I use Visual Studio Ultimate - provided free And you wouldn't have had to waste the 15 minutes when Windows 8 was already installed - just saying :D

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    Simon ORiordan from UK
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    You must be near the top of the Microsoft pyramid scheme. :laugh: Incidentally, the 15 minutes included installing MonoDevelop, correcting the code, and building and testing the applications, improving the applications(C# and C++), and installing the latest OpenCV libraries. And I didn't have to sign up for anything or anybody. I'm a salaried Nomad. I guess it all comes down to choices. How long does it take to install Visual Studio Ultimate? :-D

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      What you have will change: Windows 1000000 is coming and force you to upgrade. :laugh:

      TOMZ_KV

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      Simon ORiordan from UK
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      Incidentally, I was told by somebody connected that the reason they're going to 10 is because millions of people have applications and code containing functionality based on "Win 9X" macros, which would of course crash all the legacy (and not so legacy) applications as soon as they detected Windows 9. :laugh:

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      • M Middle Manager

        I nominate you for the upcoming Nobel Prize for Peace ;P But really though, I agree with you on this. How is it in a world of grays so many people see black or white (usually black)?

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        rnbergren
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        " How is it in a world of grays so many people see black or white (usually black)? " Nice quote and so true.

        To err is human to really mess up you need a computer

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        • M Marc Clifton

          Tim Carmichael wrote:

          Got up today, read my e-mail, browsed some news site.

          Yes, but did you try to do anything productive while using W8? ;) Marc

          Imperative to Functional Programming Succinctly Higher Order Programming

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          I use Windows 8.1 for everything I do. This includes both VS and Android Studio development. Once the Windows 8.1 start screen is configured it's more productive than Windows 7.

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          • S Simon ORiordan from UK

            You must be near the top of the Microsoft pyramid scheme. :laugh: Incidentally, the 15 minutes included installing MonoDevelop, correcting the code, and building and testing the applications, improving the applications(C# and C++), and installing the latest OpenCV libraries. And I didn't have to sign up for anything or anybody. I'm a salaried Nomad. I guess it all comes down to choices. How long does it take to install Visual Studio Ultimate? :-D

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            giuchici
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            17 minutes and 18 seconds. By the way stop trolling.

            giuchici

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            • S Simon ORiordan from UK

              You must be near the top of the Microsoft pyramid scheme. :laugh: Incidentally, the 15 minutes included installing MonoDevelop, correcting the code, and building and testing the applications, improving the applications(C# and C++), and installing the latest OpenCV libraries. And I didn't have to sign up for anything or anybody. I'm a salaried Nomad. I guess it all comes down to choices. How long does it take to install Visual Studio Ultimate? :-D

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              ColborneGreg
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              $0 income last 2 years - spent doing whatever I want, though I've been using the time to write experimental software. 2 and a half minutes from ISO on hard drive.

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              • S Simon ORiordan from UK

                You must be near the top of the Microsoft pyramid scheme. :laugh: Incidentally, the 15 minutes included installing MonoDevelop, correcting the code, and building and testing the applications, improving the applications(C# and C++), and installing the latest OpenCV libraries. And I didn't have to sign up for anything or anybody. I'm a salaried Nomad. I guess it all comes down to choices. How long does it take to install Visual Studio Ultimate? :-D

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                ColborneGreg
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                VS ultimate from an ISO via HDD 2-5 minute install. So you want me to believe that in the first 15 minutes of having a computer you are correcting code... It's one thing to talk about a computer being fast and another thing to make yourself seem super human, you just came off as a lair.

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                  17 minutes and 18 seconds. By the way stop trolling.

                  giuchici

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                  Simon ORiordan from UK
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                  I wasn't trolling, unlike some other people who's name I forget. I was simply trying to enlighten.

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                  • C ColborneGreg

                    VS ultimate from an ISO via HDD 2-5 minute install. So you want me to believe that in the first 15 minutes of having a computer you are correcting code... It's one thing to talk about a computer being fast and another thing to make yourself seem super human, you just came off as a lair.

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                    Simon ORiordan from UK
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                    Did you get the HDD drive free as well? Liar incidentally, not lair. And no, I do not lie, as you would find if you you stopped being a Microsofty and looked at the big, good world out there.

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                    • C ColborneGreg

                      VS ultimate from an ISO via HDD 2-5 minute install. So you want me to believe that in the first 15 minutes of having a computer you are correcting code... It's one thing to talk about a computer being fast and another thing to make yourself seem super human, you just came off as a lair.

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                      Simon ORiordan from UK
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                      Incidentally, I took an hour or two to build the system(80GB of Music from backup, that sort of thing). The 15 minutes was from when I decided to get my applications running on the new computer to having them running. No SSD, no lie. Oh, and while we're being completely honest, there is one fault with 14.04 on this PC; Broadcom doesn't supply the exact Linux driver for my BCM43142 dual wifi/bluetooth card, so the distro reverts to an alternative driver which really isn't very good. Still, 14.10 is out in two weeks; I've checked, it has updated BCM drivers, which *may* improve things. If not, they will get around to it eventually. I buy brand, spanking new hardware very rarely, so I'm in it for the long term anyway.

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                      • S Simon ORiordan from UK

                        Did you get the HDD drive free as well? Liar incidentally, not lair. And no, I do not lie, as you would find if you you stopped being a Microsofty and looked at the big, good world out there.

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                        ColborneGreg
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                        When you come off as a lair you already lost credibility. In your second message you continue to alter your story backing up that you are a lair.

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                        • C ColborneGreg

                          When you come off as a lair you already lost credibility. In your second message you continue to alter your story backing up that you are a lair.

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                          Simon ORiordan from UK
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                          Bye bye troll.

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                          • C ColborneGreg

                            When you come off as a lair you already lost credibility. In your second message you continue to alter your story backing up that you are a lair.

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                            Simon ORiordan from UK
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                            HAHAHAHAHAHAHAhttp://www.thewhig.com/2009/01/02/in-the-courts[^]

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                            • S Simon ORiordan from UK

                              HAHAHAHAHAHAHAhttp://www.thewhig.com/2009/01/02/in-the-courts[^]

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                              ColborneGreg
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                              Guess that answers if I'm the only Greg Colborne. Gregory is a good name.

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                              • S Simon ORiordan from UK

                                Incidentally, I took an hour or two to build the system(80GB of Music from backup, that sort of thing). The 15 minutes was from when I decided to get my applications running on the new computer to having them running. No SSD, no lie. Oh, and while we're being completely honest, there is one fault with 14.04 on this PC; Broadcom doesn't supply the exact Linux driver for my BCM43142 dual wifi/bluetooth card, so the distro reverts to an alternative driver which really isn't very good. Still, 14.10 is out in two weeks; I've checked, it has updated BCM drivers, which *may* improve things. If not, they will get around to it eventually. I buy brand, spanking new hardware very rarely, so I'm in it for the long term anyway.

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                                ColborneGreg
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                                "The 15 minutes was from when I decided to get my applications running on the new computer to having them running." So basically you keep changing your story to make it valid k got it lair

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