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I still use use windows 7 professional! No going back! Next step is open source which I am in the process of doing now!
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That there is funny!
I just keep telling people that: “I get that a lot.”
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Dewey, Cheetham, and Howe!
Thanks, that brought a much needed laugh.
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You lucky bastard. I wish I still had Windows 7. Unfortunately my SSD crapped out, and the rest of my computer was about 5 years old, so I decided it was time for a fresh start. I don’t hate Windows 10, but I prefer Windows 7 since I know how to at least work the compatibility with some older games I occasionally play. Now with 10, at least 5 of them are unplayable. At least the PS2 emulator still works fine though.
When I redid my PC Laptop, such as upgrading the HD with a digital one as well as replacing the mother board, I knew I had to find windows 7. Originally I was using Windows XP and never had a problem with it. It was a challenge but while in Singapore I found someone still selling a legalized copy of windows 7. I am sure if you look hard enough you could probably find it.
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It’s mostly China cheating on high school exams. Japan’s pretty good though.
True Story,
I attended a Clapton concert many years ago ( I got lucky with a free ticket and had to have a chaperone because I was underage)
Clapton was really drunk at the beginning of the concert, he played through a couple of songs which seemed a bit confusing as the band behind him was trying to mask his slurred playing and off timing. Suddenly he fell over the stage monitor and passed out. A couple of people came out in a Hurry and carried him off the stage, all the while the band was still playing. The rest of the concert went on without Clapton and it ended up being a great show,
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I had a legit copy of it, but it was a serial key from a friend of mine that runs his own IT/security business. When he set up the computer and installed the OS, he said “I think this key should work… I dunno, I have like 20 of 'em”. So I don’t have the original disc, nor the serial key.
I think I can still get a legit copy for 100 maple bucks. But I’m not keen on spending that just to play Fallout 3 again. In fact, I need to lay off the vidya… a bit. 
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Wow, interesting. @Magog would be interested in that.
From your videos, ■■■■ ARE the globalist elites.
It was a rhetorical question, though I didn’t make it obvious. I wonder how the millions in your country feel, who have poor health and in need of medical care and surviving on the bones of their arse, that your government chooses to bomb the shit out of the world, instead of taking care of them? Without your health you have nothing.
I guess they must cheat an awful lot in the US too. Is that why you have racial weighting for university entrance?
That’s a great track too (American Pie). I had never heard that version (S.O.S) until last night, the lyrics were not out of nowhere 
Instantly I was hooked such a powerfully haunting voice, that I thought relayed the lyrics so well.
Yes similar but a touch more haunting I think. Layla is up there as one of my classics and a great version 
I had never heard of Disturbed until last night, the wonder of getting lost in music on youtube, it really is a great resource for music lovers.
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When you’re wiping out, a second is a very long time! You wonder when you will ever stop.
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My Grandfather on my Mother’s side was ■■■■■■■ he would not allow her to see his own parent’s or use any local shops which were largely operated by ■■■■■ His parent’s had a pawnbrokers and of course that was off limits too. As she got to her teens he explained that his parent’s and the rest of the ■■■■■■ community were not in the business of making a living, they were in the business of making other’s lives a misery. This was pre WWII, during and after. My mother had a photograph of her father as a young man wearing his kippah but she never had it on open display and as a child has no recollection of him wearing it. So it would seem he rejected the faith and his family in his early to mid 20’s, his conviction was strong to both his parents death and his own. Much of what my Mother relayed to me over the years is echoed around the net which initially surprised me as up to that point hers had been my only exposure to such information. I’ve dipped in and out of it over the years as it has never affected me personally but the words of follow the money were hit home and when I think back my Grandfather’s feeling must have been so strong as I could never imagine what would want to make me reject my own family. The plot thickens…
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Nah. I’m in Canada. All we have is virtue signaling and high prices for food. 
Aah… did we have a conversation about this some months back?
In my house there are 4 computers (2 laptops and 2 PCs), plus a MacBook, 2 iPads and 5 smartphones … I refuse to maintain the iPads, MacBook and smartphones (except mine of course).
The PCs were upgraded along with the ‘free’ Windows-10 upgrade that was available a while back, whereafter I noticed a high level of background cpu load on my PC. After some ferkling I discovered that if I shut down one of the processes and restarted it the background load dropped to near zero when idle - the way it should be.
…then the SO started getting issues with her ancestry software, and otherwise generally complaining about system response. Unfortunately as a mere ‘user’ the difference between machine and remote server was lost upon her, so I took both machines back to W7. Also in W10 the user is no longer in control of what the Windows Update function is doing.
Anyway, after a while (must be at least 2 years now) I have morphed into a Linux user. I have one laptop and the SO’s PC still running W7, and my other laptop and PC running Linux.
There are some programs for which you might need a Windows machine, such as Photoshop and maybe CAD/CAE software, but for everything else…
Linux comes bundled with Libre Office which does word processing and runs a competent spreadsheet program (which I believe has roots in SuperCalc).
If I move from IG Markets (runs fine on Firefox) my preferred broker, Dukascopy, has an executable which runs without Java on both Windows or a Linux machine.
Best of all there is now a version of uBlock Origin for Firefox, under both Windows and Linux
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