Tuesday afternoon essential listening
NSFW
very mildly NSFW.
Posted before in 2007 so should be ok by now....
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very mildly NSFW.
Posted before in 2007 so should be ok by now....
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its on youtube
I'll give it a go when pissed, looks erm, great!
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I'll give it a go when pissed, looks erm, great!
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TMNT: It's Just a Fad Response (Wonchop eats ducks)
I made this!
Thing based on all the things based on that thing
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Thing based on all the things based on that thing
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Most of your mass does not come from the Higgs field
I didn't understand much tbh
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I didn't understand much tbh
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But you always told me it was from a regular injection of bull semen up your bottom.
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Keep that to yourself bitch! Just cant have any secrets anymore... fucking disgrace.
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You can't expect to keep secrets if you keep posting the videos to redtube
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I don't like complex science
delivered to my face via a handheld camera, in a park by a man with a trendy beard and a faux leather jacket.
Give me a lab coat and a PROPER FUCKING SCIENCE BEARD (e.g. professor Denzil Dexter) and I'll listen
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delivered to my face via a handheld camera, in a park by a man with a trendy beard and a faux leather jacket.
Give me a lab coat and a PROPER FUCKING SCIENCE BEARD (e.g. professor Denzil Dexter) and I'll listen
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I knew this
because I watched a MUCH less annoying video about the Higgs boson the other day
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because I watched a MUCH less annoying video about the Higgs boson the other day
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Funny gif
A gif that is funny.
Oh, and sex with robots: www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2014/apr/07/robots-and-sex-creepy-or-cool SFW obviously.
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A gif that is funny.
Oh, and sex with robots: www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2014/apr/07/robots-and-sex-creepy-or-cool SFW obviously.
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I expected to meet the human barbie but I ended up meeting a racist space alien
Car crash funny compelling writing from Russian ed in chief of Russian gq about meeting girl that has had plastic surgery
Link fixed
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Car crash funny compelling writing from Russian ed in chief of Russian gq about meeting girl that has had plastic surgery
Link fixed
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^^ this
*cries*
Edit: Cor that's a wierd looking lady thing right there
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*cries*
Edit: Cor that's a wierd looking lady thing right there
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Would fuck her
Then rip her arms and legs off and swap them over...
Then fuck her again and write a review
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Then rip her arms and legs off and swap them over...
Then fuck her again and write a review
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It would be good reading
With a score out if 10 against all the other people I've mutilated whilst having sex*....
*Which is zero, I don't have sex these days I just watch it! like I'm too good for it! Don't wanna get my nob dirty, I'll let someone else do it....
*cries*....
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With a score out if 10 against all the other people I've mutilated whilst having sex*....
*Which is zero, I don't have sex these days I just watch it! like I'm too good for it! Don't wanna get my nob dirty, I'll let someone else do it....
*cries*....
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I wouldn't let my penis anywhere near her/it.
It would be like fucking a rubber chicken...again.
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It would be like fucking a rubber chicken...again.
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Hahaha!
As funny as that is, I object to being compared to a slug with no life.
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As funny as that is, I object to being compared to a slug with no life.
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Apologies
It's just I can't think of a more DVD Fever type activity than dismembering a woman, shagging her and then reviewing it.
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It's just I can't think of a more DVD Fever type activity than dismembering a woman, shagging her and then reviewing it.
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Dermatitis, I have that.
My elbows get sore during summer, weird but true.
Anyway you'd still fuck it! Don't lie
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GQ?
So, it's basically a shallow plastic pretence of a human being meets a shallow human being that's had plastic surgery to pretend to be plastic?
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So, it's basically a shallow plastic pretence of a human being meets a shallow human being that's had plastic surgery to pretend to be plastic?
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Meh, in the words of the genius Ex-president.
"Saving the planet will cost too much".
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"Saving the planet will cost too much".
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Also, from back when I had a job:
We don't use parachutes on our balloons here because they always* burst over the sea. Given that the radiosonde weighs about half a kilo and falls from a height of 25km on average, I may well have killed a whale. Or a little baby seal. Or a dolphin. If they were on the surface.
*Prouds*
*always mostly
(And turtles allegedly mistake the balloons for tasty, tasty jellyfish too. Not that there's likely to have been any turtles in the waters around the Falklands, but a man can dream)
:D
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We don't use parachutes on our balloons here because they always* burst over the sea. Given that the radiosonde weighs about half a kilo and falls from a height of 25km on average, I may well have killed a whale. Or a little baby seal. Or a dolphin. If they were on the surface.
*Prouds*
*
(And turtles allegedly mistake the balloons for tasty, tasty jellyfish too. Not that there's likely to have been any turtles in the waters around the Falklands, but a man can dream)
:D
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OH HAHAHAHAHA!
Things I like about that:
1/ The sheer inevitability of it.
2/ Her whooping.
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Things I like about that:
1/ The sheer inevitability of it.
2/ Her whooping.
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The heroics of the sound guy with his boom
he obviously had absolutely no intention of sacrificing
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he obviously had absolutely no intention of sacrificing
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LOLS!
Added bonus she said one of my fav Dutch words Burgemeester!!!!
It means mayor.
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Added bonus she said one of my fav Dutch words Burgemeester!!!!
It means mayor.
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Is the mayor offering his chain for her to grab?
Fake or not, audible mirth over here.
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Fake or not, audible mirth over here.
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This Guardian article about web articles which use emotional pulls in their titles will literally blow your mind
Basically a deconstruction of clickbait titling on t'interwebs that we all know and love
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Basically a deconstruction of clickbait titling on t'interwebs that we all know and love
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Why does something so transparent and unsophisticated need deconstructing?
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It's the Guardian
Read the Daily Star if you want a Tour D'Force of cutting edge social commentary
..or the Independent
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Read the Daily Star if you want a Tour D'Force of cutting edge social commentary
..or the Independent
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Turd Force
A group of superheroes dedicated to exceptional displays of deconstipation.
Err, sorry, carry on...
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A group of superheroes dedicated to exceptional displays of deconstipation.
Err, sorry, carry on...
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Does it explain the psychology behind how the Guardian is so annoying?
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[insert Venn Diagram]
When bedwetting, handwringing, liberal do-gooding and hatred of The West all combine, there's the Grauniad.
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When bedwetting, handwringing, liberal do-gooding and hatred of The West all combine, there's the Grauniad.
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Aside from the basic misperception that the sites in question create rather than nick their content, I rather agree.
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Scrapbook - Stopmotion
I made this!
YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT'S INSIDE THE SCRAPBOOK....
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YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT'S INSIDE THE SCRAPBOOK....
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Originally it was going to be "Carry on Pencil-case".... Might still do that actually.
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That was my favourite bit too. Complete spur of the moment sketch done in an afternoon.
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HGich.T - Goa Goa MPU
Time to wheel this bizarro nonsense out again...complete with a Nazi elf, a man in a hi-vis jacket and nappy and vocals that would make even Mark E Smith wince.
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Time to wheel this bizarro nonsense out again...complete with a Nazi elf, a man in a hi-vis jacket and nappy and vocals that would make even Mark E Smith wince.
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Earworm Tuesday! Have a bit of Offspring
Got a bit quiet in here so meh...
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Got a bit quiet in here so meh...
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Hey it's that band that write songs in a key half a step too high for their singer.
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OK so it's an Usvsth3m link that'll get me abuse
But hey..... Who needs Cats when you can have a baby elephant.
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But hey..... Who needs Cats when you can have a baby elephant.
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Aww, look at the little fellas go
I wonder what elephant tastes like?
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I wonder what elephant tastes like?
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sonisphere line up announced july 6 2014
I personally have a bad feeling about this
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I personally have a bad feeling about this
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Can I just use this opportunity for a bit of thread-jacking?
London Bash, just put on /calendar.
www.b3ta.com/calendar/event/25169
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London Bash, just put on /calendar.
www.b3ta.com/calendar/event/25169
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Is this the one that I'm forbidden from attending?
Looks shit.
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Looks shit.
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Yes, it is. But come along anyway.
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You can only come if your Dad:
a) was a dustman
b) he wore a dustman's cap
c) wore corblimey trousers
d) used to nonce you when your mum was out
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a) was a dustman
b) he wore a dustman's cap
c) wore corblimey trousers
d) used to nonce you when your mum was out
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To be fair, there are some nice boozers round there (or used to be).
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We find ourselves agreeing once more, Sir Tabular Huntingdon
Borough has some great drinking holes. The closer you get to the river, the more shit they become (the Thameside Inn and The Anchor, i'm looking at YOU)
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Borough has some great drinking holes. The closer you get to the river, the more shit they become (the Thameside Inn and The Anchor, i'm looking at YOU)
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Indeed.
I have spent many summer evenings talking bollocks sat outside there.
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I have spent many summer evenings talking bollocks sat outside there.
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Yup: I went into the Thameside Inn once. For a piss, as I was walking past, at midnight.
I wouldn't drink there. Urk.
[edit] Thinking about it, Herbs & Spesh were with me on that occasion. She offered to hold "it" for me :(
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I wouldn't drink there. Urk.
[edit] Thinking about it, Herbs & Spesh were with me on that occasion. She offered to hold "it" for me :(
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Sarf of the river
I'd never get a cab. Also, there be dragons.
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I'd never get a cab. Also, there be dragons.
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Meh, it ain't like they've made them a target by putting them on the main stage at Donnington..
You don't get nearly as many bottles of piss flying around at Sonisphere, and even fewer in the tent stages.
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You don't get nearly as many bottles of piss flying around at Sonisphere, and even fewer in the tent stages.
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...bit harsh.
Executed by flamethrower... must've got bored with the pack of dogs routine.
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Executed by flamethrower... must've got bored with the pack of dogs routine.
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'Reportedly'
Newspapers don't give a fuck what they print or put online nowadays. As long as that delicious advert revenue keeps spurting into their gaping bank accounts, they're happy for a job well done. Bell-ends.
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Newspapers don't give a fuck what they print or put online nowadays. As long as that delicious advert revenue keeps spurting into their gaping bank accounts, they're happy for a job well done. Bell-ends.
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And I can't think of any more unbiased news source than the South Korean media
however this is a fascist dictatorship with a history of cuntish behaviour, most of which is to well documented not to be true, so the young tyrant has probably been watching his James Bond DVDs again unfortunately
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however this is a fascist dictatorship with a history of cuntish behaviour, most of which is to well documented not to be true, so the young tyrant has probably been watching his James Bond DVDs again unfortunately
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I think The Independent is the most unbiased news source. Its name is a bit of a clue!
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Really, I thought it was all about promoting it's owner these days.
As in, you can't turn a SINGLE FUCKING PAGE without there being a photo of Two Beards smugging it up.
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As in, you can't turn a SINGLE FUCKING PAGE without there being a photo of Two Beards smugging it up.
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This happened to a mate when we were teenagers.
Thankfully, no one had a camera phone and no one in the news cared.
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Thankfully, no one had a camera phone and no one in the news cared.
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20 minutes? Take off your average Fire response time he gave up a bit quick didn't he?
BTW one of your Bristol types has done a good bit of art.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-26887276
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BTW one of your Bristol types has done a good bit of art.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-26887276
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Yeah, kids today.
I think I would have got a mate to go home and grab a hacksaw before I called for help.
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I think I would have got a mate to go home and grab a hacksaw before I called for help.
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Why was the man using small tools?
Another chance for me to breath a sigh of relief that we didn't have internets when I were a Victorian street urchin.
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Another chance for me to breath a sigh of relief that we didn't have internets when I were a Victorian street urchin.
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I didn't know Anne Widdecombe auditioned for an American sitcom back in the day.
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astonishing
They could have opened an actual camera just like that one and seen how the bellow behaves when handled =) Of course they have done just that - and still decided to add a bit of wobble
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They could have opened an actual camera just like that one and seen how the bellow behaves when handled =) Of course they have done just that - and still decided to add a bit of wobble
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Real time on what hardware though?
Looks like they spend all their points on the camera and environment was an afterthought to be honest.
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Looks like they spend all their points on the camera and environment was an afterthought to be honest.
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Windows XP users face end to Microsoft support
No security updates for befuddled XP from April eighth.
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No security updates for befuddled XP from April eighth.
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Maybe this will help people to stop using shitty out of date internet explorer browsers.
I refuse to support those browsers now and I wish more devs would do the same.
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I refuse to support those browsers now and I wish more devs would do the same.
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"I can't see the changes on the site."
"What browser are you using?"
"IE6"
"Fuck you." *slams phone down*
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"What browser are you using?"
"IE6"
"Fuck you." *slams phone down*
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'sabout time i changed from xp
served me well these many years like a friendly wet dog .
better start looking for 7 ultimate cos win 8 is about as much use as box of taliban porn
' he he hhhe hay abdul look at the bhurka on this one'
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served me well these many years like a friendly wet dog .
better start looking for 7 ultimate cos win 8 is about as much use as box of taliban porn
' he he hhhe hay abdul look at the bhurka on this one'
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I went to a Taliban stripshow.
All the blokes were shouting "show us your face". Bernard Manning RIP. LOLS.
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All the blokes were shouting "show us your face". Bernard Manning RIP. LOLS.
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The next update to 8 is due soon
Even has a start menu again for the spazzes that can't use a computer without one, and windowed metro apps.
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Even has a start menu again for the spazzes that can't use a computer without one, and windowed metro apps.
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Unless you want
To support the majority of enterprises, ditching it is pretty stupid for the sake of you doing less work.
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To support the majority of enterprises, ditching it is pretty stupid for the sake of you doing less work.
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It's not about doing less work.
Providing support for an out of date insecure browser is incredibly daft. If all web devs dropped support it would force companies to look at other more secure options. All the other major browsers work on XP if you can't upgrade just yet. Microsoft finally dropping support for XP is a blessing in disguise. IE still needs hacks, even for it's most up to date versions. I use SSE in a number of applications yet still include a fallback for IE as it doesn't support it yet.
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Providing support for an out of date insecure browser is incredibly daft. If all web devs dropped support it would force companies to look at other more secure options. All the other major browsers work on XP if you can't upgrade just yet. Microsoft finally dropping support for XP is a blessing in disguise. IE still needs hacks, even for it's most up to date versions. I use SSE in a number of applications yet still include a fallback for IE as it doesn't support it yet.
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But if a company with 10,000+ staff
Are using IE6, previously you would have to do your best to get it working in that.
I can't see them updating quickly, so don't hold your breath.
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Are using IE6, previously you would have to do your best to get it working in that.
I can't see them updating quickly, so don't hold your breath.
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Idealism is great until it meets the real world
There's a tremendous number of business-critical apps out there that rely on IE6. They'll cost millions to replace and that is not going to happen just because a dev gets all huffy and says they won't support it.
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There's a tremendous number of business-critical apps out there that rely on IE6. They'll cost millions to replace and that is not going to happen just because a dev gets all huffy and says they won't support it.
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In a similar vein
Up until a couple of years ago I used to have to support a Digital VAX cluster dating from 1991. Spare parts were impossible to find, but we had to keep it going as it was what we used to support our clients who still had them at the very core of their operations.
The clients were still running them as replacing them would have meant a complete rewrite of their entire business management software - which to ensure it kept them within their regulatory framework would probably have taken five years and cost tens of millions. They were prisoners of this system because they couldn't afford not to run it and couldn't afford to replace it. We made a decent amount of money supporting it.
I stopped having to support this system not because they replaced it, but because I moved jobs. To the best of my knowledge they're still on it.
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Up until a couple of years ago I used to have to support a Digital VAX cluster dating from 1991. Spare parts were impossible to find, but we had to keep it going as it was what we used to support our clients who still had them at the very core of their operations.
The clients were still running them as replacing them would have meant a complete rewrite of their entire business management software - which to ensure it kept them within their regulatory framework would probably have taken five years and cost tens of millions. They were prisoners of this system because they couldn't afford not to run it and couldn't afford to replace it. We made a decent amount of money supporting it.
I stopped having to support this system not because they replaced it, but because I moved jobs. To the best of my knowledge they're still on it.
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jeeze that sounds like a nightmare for them
But as you say, it still needs to be supported and they will pay for it. Banking systems are pretty dated too, even when there is the money to update they don't because of all the extra hassle of retraining staff etc.
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But as you say, it still needs to be supported and they will pay for it. Banking systems are pretty dated too, even when there is the money to update they don't because of all the extra hassle of retraining staff etc.
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I think you and Firkin are talking about something different here.
Internal systems, intranets, and applications are a different ball game. You're developing a app for a particular environment which is fine and I have no problem with.What I'm talking with regard to the consumer web which should be dropping support for older insecure browsers.
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Internal systems, intranets, and applications are a different ball game. You're developing a app for a particular environment which is fine and I have no problem with.What I'm talking with regard to the consumer web which should be dropping support for older insecure browsers.
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The key word was enterprises
yeah for joe blogs you can chose any browser you want, but if you want your site to db viewed by the financial industry for example, you can't.
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yeah for joe blogs you can chose any browser you want, but if you want your site to db viewed by the financial industry for example, you can't.
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Yes probably should have read that reply better =D
I have only built (and still develop) 1 corporate internal system, and I convinced them to move away from IE. But they are small, only 20 odd staff. Most of my work is consumer facing and I always tell my clients I'm not going to support old browsers beyond a html5 shiv and they are happy with that. Most of the breakage is superficial display issues anyway. Some functional problems though, like javascript date handling in LT IE9
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I have only built (and still develop) 1 corporate internal system, and I convinced them to move away from IE. But they are small, only 20 odd staff. Most of my work is consumer facing and I always tell my clients I'm not going to support old browsers beyond a html5 shiv and they are happy with that. Most of the breakage is superficial display issues anyway. Some functional problems though, like javascript date handling in LT IE9
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oh i get you on that side of things
Some things are just impossible in old IE. i thinks why Google made Chrome a click once install from IE. The new IE in the next release of Windows 8 apparently has webgl and loads more new stuff! Apparently...
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Some things are just impossible in old IE. i thinks why Google made Chrome a click once install from IE. The new IE in the next release of Windows 8 apparently has webgl and loads more new stuff! Apparently...
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You can't divorce enterprise and consumer browsers
They're the same thing. You probably wouldn't be surprised how much web browsing happens from people's work machines.
( , Tue 8 Apr 2014, 11:47, Share, Reply)
They're the same thing. You probably wouldn't be surprised how much web browsing happens from people's work machines.
( , Tue 8 Apr 2014, 11:47, Share, Reply)
They shouldn't be browsing at work anyway =D
I think on average I see around 1-5% of visitors from IE6, 7 & 8 browsers on my sites, an insignificant amount.
( , Tue 8 Apr 2014, 11:54, Share, Reply)
I think on average I see around 1-5% of visitors from IE6, 7 & 8 browsers on my sites, an insignificant amount.
( , Tue 8 Apr 2014, 11:54, Share, Reply)
Would be nice if they released the source code like they did with Dos
( , Tue 8 Apr 2014, 10:57, Share, Reply)
( , Tue 8 Apr 2014, 10:57, Share, Reply)
All 45,000,000
Lines, it would be like taking a giant shit on the internet.
Although I would love to see the obamacare source. I think MS keep windows closed to prevent fragmentation, imagine, 50+ distributions of windows.
( , Tue 8 Apr 2014, 11:26, Share, Reply)
Lines, it would be like taking a giant shit on the internet.
Although I would love to see the obamacare source. I think MS keep windows closed to prevent fragmentation, imagine, 50+ distributions of windows.
( , Tue 8 Apr 2014, 11:26, Share, Reply)
The Co-op by me, until very recently had an ATM that was running a version of MS DOS
it was great to see 16-bit LucasArts-like graphics of stars twinkling while waiting for my balance
( , Tue 8 Apr 2014, 11:43, Share, Reply)
it was great to see 16-bit LucasArts-like graphics of stars twinkling while waiting for my balance
( , Tue 8 Apr 2014, 11:43, Share, Reply)
They could have got rid of it years ago
If the shower of shits in charge of it had ensured that there were proper drivers available for all the printers and scanners etc. that work fine under XP but not on later versions then I'm sure many more people would have ditched it.
As it is, I keep an old XP laptop so I can do the rare bits of scanning that I need to do.
( , Tue 8 Apr 2014, 11:25, Share, Reply)
If the shower of shits in charge of it had ensured that there were proper drivers available for all the printers and scanners etc. that work fine under XP but not on later versions then I'm sure many more people would have ditched it.
As it is, I keep an old XP laptop so I can do the rare bits of scanning that I need to do.
( , Tue 8 Apr 2014, 11:25, Share, Reply)
Used xp with all updates turned off for two years, an end to a constant barrage of 'support' is perhaps not a bad thing
My win7 has so much junk added I wouldn't know where to begin to clean it up - it's not about my user experience, it's all about 'MUST SUIT NEEDS FOR SMALL COMPANIES AND EVERY OTHER POTENTIAL USER IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE' as if stuff I use for office, photoshop, browsing b3ta and a few beta test games needs shared workspace and all the other little extras. I can turn stuff off but it's still there, often so damned ready it's loaded in processes.
( , Tue 8 Apr 2014, 11:33, Share, Reply)
My win7 has so much junk added I wouldn't know where to begin to clean it up - it's not about my user experience, it's all about 'MUST SUIT NEEDS FOR SMALL COMPANIES AND EVERY OTHER POTENTIAL USER IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE' as if stuff I use for office, photoshop, browsing b3ta and a few beta test games needs shared workspace and all the other little extras. I can turn stuff off but it's still there, often so damned ready it's loaded in processes.
( , Tue 8 Apr 2014, 11:33, Share, Reply)
IMPORTANT SECURITY UPDATE
and, incidentally, we added some more bloated framework instead of adjusting the old, your PC can handle it anyway and I'm sure you don't mind having this wrapped around your system like a wet blanket
( , Tue 8 Apr 2014, 11:44, Share, Reply)
and, incidentally, we added some more bloated framework instead of adjusting the old, your PC can handle it anyway and I'm sure you don't mind having this wrapped around your system like a wet blanket
( , Tue 8 Apr 2014, 11:44, Share, Reply)
All of his stuff is rather nice
He has the DBZ animation down perfectly, but have a look at his flickbooks of ronaldinho and messi to see what he can do with non-animated source material.
( , Tue 8 Apr 2014, 10:14, Share, Reply)
He has the DBZ animation down perfectly, but have a look at his flickbooks of ronaldinho and messi to see what he can do with non-animated source material.
( , Tue 8 Apr 2014, 10:14, Share, Reply)
This is amazing...
...and Goku won so it is also totally factually correct and proper.
( , Tue 8 Apr 2014, 12:06, Share, Reply)
...and Goku won so it is also totally factually correct and proper.
( , Tue 8 Apr 2014, 12:06, Share, Reply)
I'm still trying to master a spunking CDC on a colleague's block of post it notes
( , Tue 8 Apr 2014, 19:31, Share, Reply)
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