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That setting should still be in the registry under
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
name: "Shell"
type: REG_SZ
value: explorer.exe. or whatever it is in windows 8. (just replace it with cmd.exe)
You might want to remove any/all icons from the notification area. But it doesn't hurt if you leave them.
It could be difficult to unmount usb devices though.
"It's true that hard work never killed anyone. But I figure, why take the chance." - Ronald Reagan
That's what machines are for.
Got a problem?
Sleep on it.
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In Windows 8, the "metro view" IS the start menu. It even says "START" in huge letters on the top left.
If you're in Metro and you start typing, it automatically initializes the search function, exactly like in Windows 7.
And there's no need for a start button on the screen, because you already have one on your keyboard. Since the "start menu" is a full screen application, it doesn't make sense to have a separate button in the interface.
I don't understand why that's so difficult to grasp. Windows 3.11 didn't have a start button either and it was the best Windows ever made.
*derp derp, therez no bootan*
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> "*derp derp, therez no bootan*"
Funny. But what does that mean?
"It's true that hard work never killed anyone. But I figure, why take the chance." - Ronald Reagan
That's what machines are for.
Got a problem?
Sleep on it.
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If this happens we may purchase windows 8 in our corporate environment (180+ Users).
Until then all new purchases will be Windows 7.
Microsoft I hope you see sense.
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To progress, an open-source project needs the same resource as every software development project – developer time. You need dev time to fix bugs, you need dev time to add features, you need dev time to write documentation. If the donation stream is not regular and dependable enough to allow project team members to either quit their jobs (if working full-time) or reduce contracted hours (if working freelance), then donations are not going to add more dev time to the project. If you can’t depend on funds from donations, they are relegated into the “nice-to-have” category. You can use it to pay off some external costs like hosting or running some ads (if it makes sense), but you can’t use it for anything important like salaries. Open source projects run on time, not money.
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But I thought we lived in a Doh! nation ...?!
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It’s easy to wax nostalgic about old technology--to remember fondly our first Apple IIe or marvel at the old mainframes that ran on punched cards. But no one in their right mind would use those outdated, underpowered dinosaurs to run a contemporary business, let alone a modern weapons system, right? Wrong! While much of the tech world views a two-year-old smartphone as hopelessly obsolete, large swaths of our transportation and military infrastructure, some modern businesses, and even a few computer programmers rely daily on technology that hasn’t been updated for decades. Yester-year's article about running yester-era's computer systems.
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If it ain't broke, but is ancient, then break it so you can get a new one.
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For many of us, maple syrup is an essential part of breakfast—a staple accompaniment to pancakes and waffles—but rarely do we think about the complicated and little-understood physiological aspects of syrup production. Each spring, maple growers in temperate regions around the world collect sap from sugar maple trees, which is one of the first steps in producing this delicious condiment. However, the mechanisms behind sap exudation—processes that trigger pressure differences causing sap to flow— in maple trees are a topic of much debate. In a paper published today in the SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, authors Maurizio Ceseri and John Stockie shed light on this subject by proposing a mathematical model for the essential physiological processes that drive sap flow. Bacon is the constant in solving this equation.
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Flapjack Fred here: T'ain't never needed one o' dem dee-greez ta serve up breakfast by the numbers.
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But since Microsoft announced the end of life of Silverlight 5 in 2021, we need to find a replacement some time within the next 8 years. We'd like to share some progress we've made towards our goal of moving to HTML5 video.
Well, eventually they will move. Unless. You know. Something happens in the next 8 years that stops them.
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Hhhhmmmmmm... another nail in the coffin.
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You've got to hand it to Microsoft. How many other companies would dig the grave, provide the wood and book the pall bearers for a technology that was proving popular?
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I am still amazed by their brazen ways. I really feel in limbo land. Not that HTML 5 with the JS libraries are anything bad, in fact I quite like angular, node etc but, its just when have had the taste for something good and its taken away it just feels odd.
I am hoping WPF will continue to burn brightly otherwise I take drastic measures and learn PHP
Anyway, hope you you Pete? Long time since I spoke to you. Liked the blogs on Perceptuals!!!
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Thanks Dan. I'm fine. How about you?
I've just opened up CodeStash in VS2012 to see about upgrading the extension to run in VS 2012. What a complete PITA it's being.
Next steps for me are to investigate the cloud services that Intel are working on, and to write an article or two on perceptual computing for Code Project.
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Nice. I look forward to it.
you did say initially that creating the addin for 2010 was not pleasant. But you did. I would hope 2012 would have been better but I am sure you will succeed.
Cloud services from Intel? sounds like fun. Been looking at the Azure stuff recently. Mainly their VM's and cloud based services which look great. They have just increased the price too which is nice
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I hope you mean decreased the price.
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alas, I am the lowest form of wit!
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Microsoft has announced general availability for Windows Azure Infrastructure Services with a promise to match any price drop from Amazon Web Services (AWS).
[...]
Hilf that they will also offer new high memory instances of up to 28 and 56 gigabytes to accommodate applications such as Microsoft Sharepoint that just need more memory.
TLDR: Some Windows Azure features (virtual machines, virtual networks) are no longer in beta, and prices have been dropped for other services (e.g., compute instances) to match Amazon's offerings.
I also find it funny that they actually needed beefier machines to support their own product, SharePoint 2013 (which requires 24GB of RAM).
EDIT: Scott Guthrie's blog describes some technical aspects of the release.
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Assuming I already have an existing web site or web application deployed, running, and working great for desktop browsers, my decision tree for getting the site working on mobile devices looks something like the following.... Like everything else in software, the decisions are all about tradeoffs and where the software has to go in the future. Reuse, rewrite... contract out.
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Simple: Just remove all the image & media tags.
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There are various metrics that can be calculated for source code. These can help to determine its complexity, readability or maintainability. When you are involved in code reviews, it can be useful to determine such metrics for the code being examined. This can help you to identify problem areas and rectify issues before they become too embedded in the software. Visual Studio 2008 introduced a set of five automatically calculated metrics, which continued to be present in Visual Studio 2010 and 2012. The most important code metric of all: Build succeeded.
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I would disagree. If it is difficult to maintain afterwards, the cost can be extremely high. If the code does not do what it needs to do, who cares if the build succeeded.
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No, the most important metric is: Is the customer happy enough to give you more money?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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The way browsers work today has changed in many ways thanks to jQuery. Just a few years ago DOM parsing was rather complicated, jQuery made that easy. DOM manipulation was not straight forward, thanks to jQuery developers can manipulate with little effort. Today 96%+ browsers in use today support document.querySelectorAll, which accepts a CSS selector and returns a list of matching nodes. In many ways thanks to jQuery, jQuery itself is no longer needed. There I said it.... I encourage you to give it a shot. Write your next application, library or just code for fun without jQuery. See what you can do. How much could you do without jQuery today?
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