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Any software that uses FlexLm for license manglement, life is just too short, the existence of this mess is all the excuse you need to download cracked versions of software you have paid for.

DxDesigner gets two point for being both written by MentalGraphics and using FlexLm, so not a fan. 

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Offline james_s

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Windows 8 followed by Windows 10.

I don't blame the hardware and will not take my anger out on innocent inanimate objects but I have never been so frustrated by such a hostile piece of software in my life. Win8 has a horrible UI, and Win10 is a bit nicer in that regard but extremely pushy and obnoxious. I have to use it at work and it is constantly reverting things that I have set specifically the way I want.
 
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Windows 8 followed by Windows 10.

I don't blame the hardware and will not take my anger out on innocent inanimate objects but I have never been so frustrated by such a hostile piece of software in my life. Win8 has a horrible UI, and Win10 is a bit nicer in that regard but extremely pushy and obnoxious. I have to use it at work and it is constantly reverting things that I have set specifically the way I want.

Use Server 2016 if you have an MSDN or Imagine subscription. It's Windows 10 without most of the annoying crap you have to deal with, and some pretty neat and powerful equipment too. I have not yet found any software that I needed that has not worked with it.
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Offline james_s

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Well at work I don't have a choice, except I can run Linux on my desktop which is what I've been doing. I miss MS Outlook on this but other than that I find it works better and I spend a lot less effort fighting it. At home I have a few Windows 7 Pro licenses so I intend to continue running that for the foreseeable future.
 

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The biggest peace of shit Motorola ever made.
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Solartron 7065. When I went to buy my first 6.5 digit meter, it was either this or the 3456A. This being about 33% cheaper than every 3456a + no custom components, made this an easy decision.
I noticed that it would take several hours to be useable as a 6 digit meter(where my 3456A takes a few minutes). Was rather drifty, would not always power on, or if would sometimes go into a mode of rapidly turning on/off. Sometimes the meter would get stuck in remote operations mode, sometimes the meter would not read anything. Found out it was really out of cal.
I'm tempted to chuck it on epay for $20, and not mess with it. Part of me wants to get it working more correctly  :scared:
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Only if they constantly say PC Load Letter

You Americans! In most other parts of the world it would be "PC Load A4" ;-)
But I appreciate the reference.
 
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Tektronics TDS2000 series. Every single Pegueot car on the road, and please take away all the drivers license form the owners.
 

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Tektronics TDS2000 series.
Can I ask what Tek did to upset you ?
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Tektronics TDS2000 series. Every single Pegueot car on the road, and please take away all the drivers license form the owners.

Funny story behind that.

All of my family on my dad's side lives in Germany, or at best Europe, so we went to visit them in Germany several months ago. To get around we rented a car in Frankfurt, and we got a Peugeot.

To be fair it was a bit of a higher end car, and it was one of the most expensive cars we had ever used (We are a very cheap KIA family), but it was excellent. My dad had a good time driving it around Germany, and it was a comfortable car all around. I forgot what model it was though.
 
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Wow I haven't seen a Pugeot in a long time, I don't think they've been sold in the US for years. I remember a few of them around in the 90s, they did not have the best reputation but there were certainly worse cars out there. A friend of mine had a Yugo, now that was a turd.
 

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Wow I haven't seen a Pugeot in a long time, I don't think they've been sold in the US for years. I remember a few of them around in the 90s, they did not have the best reputation but there were certainly worse cars out there. A friend of mine had a Yugo, now that was a turd.
My issue is not with the cars (though they are ugly), because I will not buy one ever. My issue is the drivers. They are bought by people, who have no interest in cars, and drive like idiots. You know, not keeping following distance, driving way below speed limit through children and bus stops, just to scratch your car when parking next to you. Its like a bad magnet for bad drivers. Its hard to explain, you need to experience it. You know, its sort of, like a subaru imprezza's "Ah it is one of those people." Just with very bad drivers and thousands on the road.
 

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That's kind of how I view BMWs, they're not bad cars, in fact I would say they're excellent cars, but I'm not sure I'd want to own one because of the stigma that comes with them. Smug, snobby wealthy people who drive like pricks. Audi is getting that way these days too, not really sure why.

Recently though an even bigger issue has overshadowed all this and that's people driving around while glued to their smartphone and not watching where they're going. The last few years I've been seeing that in all types of cars and it's getting worse all the time. They're scarier than the drunks.
 

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Yikes.....
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tech i'd send to room 101... anything made by apple

on a different angle though i'd love to throw a brick in a big centrifuge or a CT scanner on full chat... photonicinduction style, in the name of science

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My issue is not with the cars (though they are ugly), because I will not buy one ever. My issue is the drivers. They are bought by people, who have no interest in cars, and drive like idiots.
Have you seen the French drive cars? It's amazing they don't have accidents every 100 meter... It why they've developed this.
Also keep clear of Mercedes A, they contain old people.
« Last Edit: May 02, 2017, 07:58:20 pm by Jeroen3 »
 

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Tektronics TDS2000 series. Every single Pegueot car on the road, and please take away all the drivers license form the owners.

that would be zero, since there's no such car.

 

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Wow I haven't seen a Pugeot in a long time, I don't think they've been sold in the US for years. I remember a few of them around in the 90s, they did not have the best reputation but there were certainly worse cars out there. A friend of mine had a Yugo, now that was a turd.

Peugeot
 

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Only if they constantly say PC Load Letter

You Americans! In most other parts of the world it would be "PC Load A4" ;-)
But I appreciate the reference.

 But it's not as legal to shoot them in those other places. Ha!

 
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No one puts out uglier or bigger piece of shit cars than the American automakers... blow em all up.
 

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Wow I haven't seen a Pugeot in a long time, I don't think they've been sold in the US for years. I remember a few of them around in the 90s, they did not have the best reputation but there were certainly worse cars out there. A friend of mine had a Yugo, now that was a turd.

Peugeot

Sorry, I'm not French, Peugeot cars have not been sold in my country for more than 20 years and I haven't seen one in more than a decade, excuse my spelling.
 

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Ok, video #1 for the LOGITECH fans, includes keyboards, mice, video cards, cameras, cell phones and 2 bottles of water (This is better than blowing these items up!):
« Last Edit: May 03, 2017, 06:44:09 am by BrianHG »
 

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Video #2 & #3, floppy discs & VHS tapes. (this should be enough, though this guy has done video other tech as well.)

 

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Guys, please go easy on the product hate agro    >:(

isn't there already a shortage of female talent on EEV ?   :scared:
 


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