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Ok, I have had my coffee, so you can all come out now!
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Idiots, they are simply idiots.
So, on my new Windows 11 Pro laptop, I was notified that hey, it's time for an update. We estimate 3 minutes apply and reboot. Thinking I might as well get it over with, I say "Rodger dodger."
It's been going now for 45 minutes, has rebooted 3 times, and I'm going to bed. I guess this is what happens when your OS is a tightly tangled bowl of spaghetti.
Charlie Gilley
“Microsoft is the virus..."
"the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money"
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I have to count myself lucky. I've never had an update problem, although a couple of MS updates seemed to mess up my VPN but also seemed to be fixed in short order. And even luckier considering how often Dell wants to update its BIOS. I'd have thought a BIOS would be left alone for longer.
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Greg Utas wrote: Dell
Enough said. Their prebuilts are a miracle of engineering, not for the quality of engineering but because it's a miracle they even work.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
The shortest horror story: On Error Resume Next
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Greg Utas wrote: how often Dell wants to update its BIOS. I'd have thought a BIOS would be left alone for longer.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
If they never release BIOS updates, it feels like the system's turned into abandonware on the day you purchased it.
If they release them too frequently, you start wondering what they're doing over there, constantly finding BIOS bugs serious enough they need patching.
I almost bricked an expensive printer years ago because of a botched BIOS update. Fortunately there was a rollback procedure - which wasn't easy to follow, but I did manage to revive it on my own. So I always get a little nervous, watching a BIOS upgrade progress bar getting stuck somewhere for a few minutes at a time...
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I think I see a black cloud over your head....
Joe who?
gotta be pretty old to know who that was... 
>64
It’s weird being the same age as old people. Live every day like it is your last; one day, it will be.
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For me, every estimate is for 3 minutes. Average is probably actually 20-30 mins.
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The guy behind the time estimation just gave up.
[Edit]
If that guy ever gets cancer and asks how long he has left...
(that took a dark turn)
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Hi All,
I am still here! I have not really posted much recently (I have asked the odd question in despartion) but... still like to read the lounge and the Daily email. The last few there has been no selection of conversation, is it still a thing? Daily CCC is back (I think) never made any headway, also I miss Moive Quote of The Day... ah memories. You young whipper snappers get off my lawn! 
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See here The Lounge[^]
and here Bugs and Suggestions[^], for a little taste of what's going on (or not) with the site.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Yeah, a kind of odd limbo state, not really knowing anything.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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jeron1 wrote: kind of odd limbo state,
Doctor: The patient isn't breathing.
Nurse: Yeah, a bit of a limbo state, it seems.
Doctor: Limbo-state? Uh, we in the business call that dead. 
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First Dilbert, Now ![Green Alien | [Alien]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/alien.gif)
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Maybe go back to the pub for a spell.
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After today I am thinking of moving in!
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despartion ?
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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pkfox wrote: despartion ?
It's that feeling of desperation you get when you realize you've just deleted the wrong partition and you know you have no backup.
(sorry, it's the best I could do on short notice...)
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dandy72 wrote: desperation you get when you realize you've just deleted the wrong partition
Part of my role as the DSJB(*) is to create the Windows system images we install on our industrial PC's. Been there, done that, currently wearing the blood, sweat, and tears-stained T-shirt.
(*) Departmental Sh*t-Job Boy
Software Zen: delete this;
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After eliminating valueless textbooks after graduating college, I made it a point to NOT buy technical books.
Other folks may go to an extreme -- one guy I worked with had a bookcase 8' tall and 12' wide, literally overflowing with technical books. Each time he touched a new technology, he purchased at least 3 new books. When he moved offices, it took him 2 days to move all the books.
Having spent 25+ years as a consultant/contractor, when I needed technical books, I talked the client into buying them. The same conversation was conducted repeatedly with each client: "You know you can't keep the books when your contract ends?"
Yeah, that was actually the idea. I had no idea what the future would bring in terms of technology I would work with, so I'd talk the next client into buying what I need for that contract. Saved me money AND I didn't have to move the books. When I went into a client site for the first time, I carried my briefcase and one bag of "stuff", and when I left, I did the same.
That said, this morning I looked at the bookcase in my home office and wondered what I'd do with the few books I purchased that are LONG outdated. Keeping with my "don't buy" mantra, there's only 5:
Microsoft C Programming for the PC
XML for Dummies
Learn ASP.NET in 21 Days (probably v1)
Professional C# 2008
Professional WordPress (probably v2)
Is there any value in books this old? WordPress is probably 12 yo and it's the youngest. ASP and XML are circa 2000, and C is circa 1990.
I hate to toss them in the landfill but can't figure out a use for them.
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Bequeath them in your will, let your ancestors deal with what to do with them.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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MarkTJohnson wrote: Bequeath them in your will, let your ancestors descendants deal with what to do with them.
FTFY.
I think your ancestors have even less use for your old books than you do. 
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I always get that wrong. Thank you. Thinking like Merlin, aging backwards.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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Ok, Benjamin Button.
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