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It's even better when installers tell me that I don't have Windows XP. I use Windows XP x64 edition, which identifies itself as NT 5.2, the same as Server 2003. I can understand the fact that my 64-bit OS isn't supported, but claiming that it "isn't Windows XP" annoys me.
Other installers error saying that the program isn't supported on Server 2003, which has the same NT version (5.2), but has the "Server" flag set. I've even had the Microsoft website take me to the "Windows Media Player For Server 2003" page because of this one.
Installers that try to check the name of the OS would likely fail on foreign language versions. It's just a mess.
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Of course, that argument would carry more weight if it wasn't for all the royal palaces...
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Yes, I've often wondered why the Christians condemning homosexuality and contraception aren't so keen on all the other laws in Leviticus. Like not eating shellfish.
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When visiting the UK 10 years back, someone pointed out 10 Downing, I was dumbfounded how it looked like a regular flat (although in a fantastic location, probably run you millions of Pounds). Can one walk near to it, or is it like the White House, an East Coast version of Fort Knox/Gitmo? (Yeah, I know no gold is there anymore <shrug>.)
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You can walk past Downing St, where it meets Whitehall, but there is a big gate and police blocking the street itself.
I think Number Ten was originally the private residence of one of the first prime ministers, but he willed it to the Crown and now it's the PM's official residence. I'm sure Wikipedia has the details somewhere.
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I'm the guy who submitted the bottom one.I am running XP SP2 so it's not that I'm running Vista and it thought "oh it's XP or above", And I can confirm that I do live in the UK so it's not that. I know the correct reason but no ones said it yet :D
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I was just about to submit this same screenshot when I saw this! :( I like mine better, since the error number is 666.
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I've seen this one myself, I just can't quite remember why. I think it may have been to do with the fact that I was actually using firefox (with IETab). Or it might have been an expired login session.
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hehe, why not on the CD to appear this text.
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The error from the BBC's iPlayer occurs because it doesn't do version checking, specifically it doesn't check the version of Media Player correctly at this stage.
So if your installed Windows Media Player is version 9, instead of version 10 you will see this message (as WMP 10 is required, no doubt because of the DRM scheme being used). I think it's less picky about the specific version of IE you happen to be using.
iPlayer is actually in 'public beta', and you have to apply to take part in the trial, so this is made quite clear. It currently has a number of much more significant (but less amusing) bugs.
I appreciate this takes the joke out of it though.
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"I'm tired of these Gosh Darn exceptions in this Gosh Darn Application" - as Samuel Jackson might say in one of his more polite moments.
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"I have exception skills; I am good at dealing with exceptions. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?"
Am I the only one who caught the Office Space reference?
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Nice XSS guys! You might want to fix that...
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well, gosh darn it. Thank you for that explanation I was sorely confused
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Basically, he thought the dismal little terraced house was uncomfortable and inadequate, and he didn't want it.
Which is an interesting comment on the way that politics works, since it's now practically iconic.
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I wouldn't know. On purely moral grounds, I haven't eaten any of them.
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The shellfish argument is full of holes but is appealing to many because so few bother to read the passages in context. I encourage you to read flaws of the shellfish argument.
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my computer keeps on freezing!!! It takes so long to get it bak!
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