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* Posts by Twist Rolarian

13 publicly visible posts • joined 17 Dec 2013

Let's talk about April Fools' Day jokes. Are they ever really harmless?

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FAIL

Re: Its Friday, take the easy option

We saw the Failed to Nobulate error when I was doing phone support (we all pay our dues) for a popular OEM back when Win7 was new. It was showing up on fresh images both on the recovery disk and on factory imaged hard drives. It took R&D about 3 weeks to determine that it was a corrupted file in the boot loader of the original image that they make all the copies from.

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First 'issue-free' build of Windows 10 October 2018 Update arrives

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"We didn't find any issues, primarily because we didn't look for any."

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SpaceX releases Pythonesque video of rocket failures

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Re: Fix Earth's Climate Using Terraforming Instead of Seeking Escape!

"Risk is our business." - Jim Kirk

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BOFH: We're only here because they said there would be biscuits

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Re: I am so glad that pantome.com is

That's likely the .gov version of the site.

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BOFH: There are no wrong answers, just wrong questions. Mmm, really wrong ones

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Re: 2B) or not.

"good news; you're not an axe murderer"

It's the ones who can kill with a dull crayon or a can of soup that are the real heroes.

https://youtu.be/tDdo7UAO83U

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Larry Page snuffs out ‘too expensive’ Google Fiber project

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If Google is really pulling the plug, then we in Utah didn't get the memo until too late. Salt Lake City just went live, then announced that there are no plans to expand beyond the Metro core. Suburbs want fiber too? Sorry!

http://fox13now.com/2016/08/24/google-fiber-flips-the-switch-is-now-available-in-salt-lake-city/

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Windows 10 Anniversary Update: This design needs a dictator

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Re: Win 10 in a VM

Just like Windows doesn't have "bugs", but instead just has "undocumented features"?

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Microsoft: Profit DECIMATED because you people aren't buying PCs

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Re: Surfaces?

It depends what you're comparing it to. How often have you seen things like a Dell XPS 13, Asus Zenbook UX, Yoga Pro or Thinkpad X1 Carbon?

As a field tech for Dell & IBM, I see plenty of XPS 13s and a few X1s.

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US anti-backdoor bill: If at first you're shot down in flames – try, try again

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Holmes

So the gov't can't force the developers to include a backdoor for their own personal use.

Now, if only the developers could prevent themselves from "accidentally" (read: for the developers own use) including a backdoor for the gov't to sneak into, we wouldn't need legislation like this in the first place.

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Fee fie Firefox: Mozilla's lawyers probe Dell over browser install charge

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Re: Are they blond?

There's no chance in any of the Nine Hells that I will ever install anything for free. Trade perhaps, but never without getting something in return.

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SkyDrive is dead! All hail Microsoft OneDrive! Happy now, Uncle Rupe?

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WTF?

Re: cannot get rid of it

I have it too, and outside of turning it off in the Task Manager (in which it comes back a while later on it's own), it won't stay away. And you apparently can't uninstall it either.

I use Google Drive, and have no use for SkyOneDriveWhatever.

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'No, I CAN'T write code myself,' admits woman in charge of teaching our kids to code

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Re: Few CIOs or VP ITs can code

Some ID10T's think that just because Scotty was a miracle working engineer, then we all must be.

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Zuck you! Facebook introduces 'Dislike' button... in Messenger

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Re: Has it's uses but it really is work of Satan!

I fully agree, which is why I also limit my FB friends list to RL friends and family. 5-10 min a day, and that's all it takes to catch up. The rest of the site can go right into the bin.

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