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antman said:
Apparently they were chanting "arrest Bill Gates" at one point. I mean, sure Windows Vista was bad but at some point you have to move on.
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I dunno, Windows 10 is the reason I now use Linux at home, and a great choice it is.

The anti-vaxxers are morons, they get away with it because most of us know that vaccination works when you get very high proportions of the population having the vaccination, and preventing them and their kids from getting nasty diseases. If everyone acted like them we would still have polio, small pox, measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus etc. Selfish a***holes supported by the so-called libertarians and the conservative press because they applaud selfish individualism.

DS
 
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tigerlove said:
Should have seen Windows 3.0
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Should have seen Windows 1 and 2. Don't think 1 was released but I have seen screenshots of 2, clunky would be a compliment. Then again, I have noticed some very clunky systems out there lately because computers are so powerful coding has become very lazy.

That said, 3.1 was miles ahead of 3.0.

DS
 
Tigers of Old said:
Looking at some of the pics coming out of Melbourne today we've got plenty of Trumpistas here too..:oops:
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Dozens of morons, like there were dozens in Sydeny. Given the opoulation of the 2 cities is approaching 10 million to only have 100 odd at such rally's shows you what sort of support they have. Most don't have such extreme views.
 
DavidSSS said:
Should have seen Windows 1 and 2. Don't think 1 was released but I have seen screenshots of 2, clunky would be a compliment. Then again, I have noticed some very clunky systems out there lately because computers are so powerful coding has become very lazy.

That said, 3.1 was miles ahead of 3.0.

DS
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Yep I'm pretty sure from memory Windows became far more mainstream from 3.1. Long time ago, my memory is fading :)

Edit: Bit of nostalgic history:

  • Windows 1.0 sales from its November 1985 launch to April 1987: 500,000 (Computerworld)
  • Windows sales in 1988 (Windows 2.0 shipped on December 9, 1987): 1 million (InfoWorld)
  • Windows sales, all versions, 1985 to January 1990: less than 2 million (InfoWorld)
  • Windows 3.0 sales, first year: 4 million (InfoWorld)
  • Windows 3.1 sales, first 3 months or so: 3 million (InfoWorld)
  • Windows 95 sales, first year: 40 million (Network World)
  • Windows 98 sales, first four days: 530,000 boxed copies through retail channels (New York Times)
  • Windows 2000 sales, less than a month after launch: 1 million (Microsoft)
  • Windows ME sales, first three days: 200,000 boxed copies through U.S. retail channels (Network World)
  • Windows XP sales, first three days: 300,000 boxed copies through U.S. retail channels (Network World)
  • Windows XP sales, just over two months after launch: 17 million (Microsoft)
  • Windows Vista sales, one month after launch: 20 million (Microsoft)
  • Windows 7 sales, first six months: 100 million (Engadget)
  • Windows 7 sales from October 2009 launch to June 2010: 150 million (Neowin)
  • Windows 7 sales in less than two years: 450 million (TechCrunch)
  • Windows 8 sales in a little over two months: 60 million (ZDnet)
  • Windows 8 sales, first six months: 100 million (Microsoft)
 
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Giardiasis said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1259081832085090305
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taking pre-political (lets arbitrarily use Piaget's stages of cognitive development for the purposes of this post) children to political protests is very uncool IMO

Putting aside the exposure of a little kid to a bunch of complete whack jobs in this instance, the terror of cops and dogs to a kid that makes sense of the world through mr. squiggle? very, very uncool.

child ripped from arms. spare me. protestors severely undermine their credibility with this passively violent, non-violent *smile*.

and, no, I don't think prams really have any place at climate change rallys either. I believe in a separation of powers between politics and childhood.

I understand the viewpoint that all people are inherently political, but I disagree.
 
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DavidSSS said:
Should have seen Windows 1 and 2. Don't think 1 was released but I have seen screenshots of 2, clunky would be a compliment. Then again, I have noticed some very clunky systems out there lately because computers are so powerful coding has become very lazy.

That said, 3.1 was miles ahead of 3.0.

DS
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When you guys start talking about CP/M, give me a shout.
 
Russia with ~85K cases in eight days, destined for #2. Meanwhile China reckons it had only one new case yesterday. They're in Kim Jong-Il 38 under par territory.
 
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eZyT said:
taking pre-political (lets arbitrarily use Piaget's stages of cognitive development for the purposes of this post) children to political protests is very uncool IMO

Putting aside the exposure of a little kid to a bunch of complete whack jobs in this instance, the terror of cops and dogs to a kid that makes sense of the world through mr. squiggle? very, very uncool.

child ripped from arms. spare me. protestors severely undermine their credibility with this passively violent, non-violent *smile*.

and, no, I don't think prams really have any place at climate change rallys either. I believe in a separation of powers between politics and childhood.

I understand the viewpoint that all people are inherently political, but I disagree.
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Google the name of the tweeter - Avi Yemini - if you want an interesting character study.
 
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tigerlove said:
Yep I'm pretty sure from memory Windows became far more mainstream from 3.1. Long time ago, my memory is fading :)

Edit: Bit of nostalgic history:

  • Windows 1.0 sales from its November 1985 launch to April 1987: 500,000 (Computerworld)
  • Windows sales in 1988 (Windows 2.0 shipped on December 9, 1987): 1 million (InfoWorld)
  • Windows sales, all versions, 1985 to January 1990: less than 2 million (InfoWorld)
  • Windows 3.0 sales, first year: 4 million (InfoWorld)
  • Windows 3.1 sales, first 3 months or so: 3 million (InfoWorld)
  • Windows 95 sales, first year: 40 million (Network World)
  • Windows 98 sales, first four days: 530,000 boxed copies through retail channels (New York Times)
  • Windows 2000 sales, less than a month after launch: 1 million (Microsoft)
  • Windows ME sales, first three days: 200,000 boxed copies through U.S. retail channels (Network World)
  • Windows XP sales, first three days: 300,000 boxed copies through U.S. retail channels (Network World)
  • Windows XP sales, just over two months after launch: 17 million (Microsoft)
  • Windows Vista sales, one month after launch: 20 million (Microsoft)
  • Windows 7 sales, first six months: 100 million (Engadget)
  • Windows 7 sales from October 2009 launch to June 2010: 150 million (Neowin)
  • Windows 7 sales in less than two years: 450 million (TechCrunch)
  • Windows 8 sales in a little over two months: 60 million (ZDnet)
  • Windows 8 sales, first six months: 100 million (Microsoft)
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Sorry to be off topic, but . . . you forgot Windows NT 3.51 and NT 4. I loved NT4. I was a graphic designer back then and everyone ran Macs, running OS9 or earlier which crashed 10 times a day. OSX (Free BSD with a pretty GUI) finally caught up. NT4 was so stable - I remember it crashed about twice a year. XP was great, 7 was fine but it just continues to get more bloat.

DS
 
Finally some restrictions are lifted on the day the Premier said they would be.
AFL players can train again & we can swing a golf club.
Also looking forward to a beer with some mates.
Small steps..
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antman said:
Donnie doesn't like testing because you can test "good" for a long time and then all of a sudden you can test positive

https://twitter.com/x/status/1258853971164368896
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Who the hell is responsible for putting this absolute spud anywhere near a position of power?
There are a whole bunch of little kids in the U.S. who now have evidence that anyone - and we are talking anyone -can become President of the U.S.
 
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