I have a notification that I can get Windows 10 for free from Microsoft.

Forums say this is a good thing, but some say this will become a subscription sort of thing.

I HATE —really absolutely positively HATE— windows 8.X. Can’t stand it. Hate the tiles, Hate the whole fucking thing.  It’s probably great in a tablet, but I’m using a laptop.

So if I upgrade, to 10, what is it like….More like 8, or can it be like 7? And if I DON’T upgrade, then what? At some point next year or whatever I can’t use my machine and haveta upgrade anyway? (or buy a new machine or whatever?)

(knowledgeable) Advice is sought.

Please, don’t advise me to go Linux.

ETA: Is Microsoft gonna continue to support 7 after 10 comes down the pike? Or will those of us who choose to stay in the Dark Ages fail to take the upgrade when offered to 10 (free) get screwed later?

Enquiring minds wanno know and all that.

Indeed.

You’ve lost it

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So I am watching the coverage of the Dallas Police station shooting/bombing….

How do they know the van in “armored”? It isn’t all that easy to armor a vehicle…

The patterns of the bullet holes tell me that the description of the guns used by the (alleged) attackers as “automatic weapons” is a lie.

Many suspects, but they only caught one, and he isn’t talking (as he is at room temperature), so really, How DO THEY KNOW how many there may or may not have been? They assume more than one, but the attack took place in the dark, and really, cops have no idea the amount of shit one person who is motivated and unafraid of death can dish out in a short time.

And finally, one might have thought that Dallas could have found a Chief of Police who could speak reasonably well….Sadly, he can’t.

Like it would be a bad thing?

Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) on Wednesday warned Republicans that if they don’t reach another bipartisan deal to lift spending ceilings, they risk causing another government shutdown this fall.

Let ’em shut it down. If it were me, I’d shut the whole thing down (less the military), and let it stay down for a month Close all those departments like DOE, Dept of Ed, Interior, ATF, etc. Then see what parts we miss, and reactivate those. Let the rest stay shut down until we (they, actually) find a way to not spend more than we bring in each year. In fact, I’d cut them so far that we would have a surplus of 10% until we pay down that debt.

But that’s just me….someone who has to stop spending when I am out of credit and all….

Been watching the news as I do every morning….It occurs to me, especially now that it is summertime:

Y’know, if I were a young black male in the south side of Chicago, I don’t think I’d ever just Stand Onna Corner Mindin’ My Own Bidnezz….It seems to be an easy way way to get shot, stabbed or otherwise have your bodily integrity damaged or maybe killed.

Happens nearly every day on the South Side of Chicago…..

But, rather, for themselves.

Wounded Warrior project is what I am talking about here. 

They exist to siphon money from you, not to help wounded warriors.

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maybe someday.

Obama says Supremes shouldn’t have taken the health care law case. 

And no, Barry, you ain’t a king. So we have these checks and balances to prevent people like you from trying to be…..

Well, that is what happens when you rush a law into place while you have the House, Senate, and President all being Democrats….(or at least a majority).

Gotta rush to pass it, so we can find out what’s in it, right?

We shall see.

BarryCare is falling apart on it’s own anyway.

Or whatever the current favorite black boy child name is…

Anyway.

Read this.

Part of the issue, really…But only part.

Still, the excuses made are NOT helping the black kids.

And they, really, are the losers here.

Sad.