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It certainly won't keep it from trying however.
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If the purpose is to avoid installing updates all the time, those who recommend Linux have clearly not spent a lot of time with it.
If I was to compare the total bandwidth used for updates in a month by a single Linux system with a single Windows system - Linux is the biggest hog, by far.
This is one of my VM hosts I have here at home. This one has nothing but Linux guests:
Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
PS C:\Users\administrator> (get-vm).count
77
I like to tinker with Linux. I have a number of versions of CentOS, Debian, Elementary, Fedora, Korora, Linux Lite, Mageia, Manjaro, Mint, OpenSUSE, Oracle Linux, RHEL, SLES, SolydXK, Ubuntu, ZorinOS and a few lesser-known distributions.
I can say with confidence they're all bandwidth hogs when it comes to updates.
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I needed an algorithm for generating the combinations of a list, in 2, 3, and 4 element quantities, so I google - and it throws up a question on SlackExchange which points to an article here: Permutations, Combinations, and Variations using C# Generics[^]
Which may have been written in 2008, but slotted right in (as a C# DLL project) and worked right out of the box. Nice one!
That's a half day to a day saved in three lines of code ... bonus! 
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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+5ed. 
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What a gem!
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
if(!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_signature))
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + _signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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OriginalGriff wrote: That's a half day to a day saved
You mean half a day of fun you're missing out of!? 
Darn you CodeProject... 
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The sad conclusion is that Google's index of CP is so much poorer than StackExchange's.
Would you have found it, had it not been for the detour through SE?
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We'll never know - but that was my first search, if I hadn't found it with that I'd have tweaked the search term and that may have ended up here.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Definitely a sign of CodeProject's community mental health !
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
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Just seems to be bigger and better rather than anything new. Some health features in the watch.
Kevin
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I told them not to click on those links... maybe I was wrong all along?
GCS 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--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Hey, they invented Dual Sim phones!
On a related news: Apple invents a mouse with a scroll wheel and a keyboard with more than 102 keys.
GCS 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--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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The only Apple I would ever have bought was the then less than a year old Apple ][. I was the nemesis of all the owners of the first computer stores at all and had a very limited choice of what store and brands to raid: Trinity of 1977[^]
Given the choice between a Commodore PET, a TRS-80 and the Apple ][, which store would be your first choice to pay a visit? To make it easier: The stores nearby only had Apple and TRS-80s.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Commodore PET...
As long as 'nearby' means under 10000 Km...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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At that age I was limited to places I could reach on foot. Under the mild climate of west Texas.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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I think the name is spot on - "Excess".
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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You can't get much of a reaction from a crowd that's fallen asleep.
Just guessing. I stay away from anything Apple.
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Hi All,
I wanted to share the joy of getting the next to impossible task done in time for the next phase of testing. Also I want to emphasise the point of backing your software at points along the way (we have all heard the mantra, back it up!). The product contains some embedded code and a horrible bodge to correct a PCB layout error. So this 'widget' is sent for EMC and other testing and can't be tested for vibration as that lab is not available. So they took three of the test units down for the first bit of testing as expected the boards have damage and the processors are corrupted. In other words I get a box of bits back, the units then have to be in a working condition for the vibration test at the end of next week. It took me three days but I have them all working (except a fault that was on one of the units)! The software is as close to what was tested in them as possible as we had one unit still working. However the software 'bloke' I am loathed to call him an engineer as if you release something you should be able to reproduce it if needed, We couldn't use the versions that was on Jenkins/Sharepoint/SVN as they were all different none had the correct date or functionality. For <<expletive deleted="">> can you pick one and it keep it up to date , in the end we had to use a version which had the correct partition table and copy off the working module various tar files that it expanded on boot. To all when you give out software keep a copy of what you have given (not only released formally) for ![Green Alien | [Alien]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/alien.gif) 's sake. Sorry for the length (had too de-stress!)
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glennPattonWork wrote: It's Alive, Alive, I Tell You!
You're clearly not talking about the Enter key! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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I paragraph too much. He is my balancing counterpart, the one who ensures the Universe doesn't fall apart.
GCS 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--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Ahh, Yes, well the layout is mostly due to wanting to get the joy to the world rather than readability 
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Ah, didn't know that the two of you had worked out a deal... Sorry! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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What you need is Picard's bookshelf and all you have to do is to say:
"Computer! I need three more of the 345 Tb WOM (*) prototypes. And Earl Grey. Hot."
(*) WOM = Write Only Memory
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Like all Windows Desktops, mine comes fitted with an infinite capacity WOM drive.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Really? WOMs actually only make sense in transporters and replicators. They do not actually have to be read because every bit of information is already quantum coupled with the Heisenberg compensators.
Poor old Werner is rotating in his grave now. 
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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