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Thread ID: 135467 2013-11-06 01:44:00 Still a lot of people and businesses slow to see the value in moving up from XP.. Webdevguy (17166) PC World Chat
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1358940 2013-11-07 19:20:00 all the trade embargos ended and the previously abjectly-impoverished areas of the globe are thriving and producing enough food to feed humanity
Impoverished areas of the world are caused more by politics and tribal warlords than by anything else. If you want to know what society would look like if we reverted to a cashless society aka subsistence living you only need to look at those pilgrims in the mid west of the US who use horse and buggy cart as their only mode of transport. They have no electronics, no power, no cars and they only eat what they grow. They don't travel outside their community.

If you like the sound of that, you could go and join them. Just remember to leave your PC behind because you won't be needing it anymore :-D
Webdevguy (17166)
1358941 2013-11-07 19:29:00 So what? What is your point? Why should people always have to upgrade to the latest version of Windows just because Microsoft has released one? Do all Toyota car owners buy the latest Toyota just because it is in the car yard?

I still run Win XP on my main PC and the family PC. When I get around to upgrading the PC then I will get Windows 8.1 but the family PC can stay with XP for a while longer yet. It doesn't need anything else. :rolleyes:

I guess I was more surprised that the number was that high. I guess that if you don't need to be mobile for your business use a computer on the go then you could still get by with XP, until websites stop supporting IE8.
Webdevguy (17166)
1358942 2013-11-07 19:38:00 ^ Firefox 25 still installs on XP Sp2
www.mozilla.org

Found a few sites that don't like IE8, so installed FF for a number of people over the last year or so.
Renegade (16270)
1358943 2013-11-07 19:58:00 after you break in to kill him and he points you in the direction of his garden and asks if you need a hand with yours.

he questions if you missed the memo about the free gardens.

Money-less societies have been tried, all have been a dismal failure.
Everyone will just be involved in growing food, as thats what they need each day. There will be no barter system , eg swapping food for services , as that then becomes
the same as money.
So basicly we go back 4000 years, hunter gatherers . No one will be making goods to swap/sell to others.
Those without food will starve to death. The sick will be left to die.


Yep, cant wait. You need alot more than a free garden to supply your food for a year.
1101 (13337)
1358944 2013-11-07 20:37:00 abolish money and everyone wins

Mirddes, Id be interested to know ...
A - do you still still live at home with your parents?

B- if you have moved out, who pays your rent, food, power etc?
C- was your last computer given to you? if not, who paid for it and how did they acquire the money?
Webdevguy (17166)
1358945 2013-11-07 20:43:00 C- was your last computer given to you? if not, who paid for it and how did they acquire the money?

did you miss "the memo about the free gardens"
point me to a garden , I want a new PC as well. :punk
Its all a conspiracy anyway .
1101 (13337)
1358946 2013-11-07 20:52:00 did you miss "the memo about the free gardens"
point me to a garden , I want a new PC as well. :punk
Its all a conspiracy anyway .

I didn't miss that memo, its sitting in my trash ;-D

I'd just hate to think how Mirddes would survive if he had to grow his own veges and had no access to a computer because they fell out side the definition of subsistance living ..<gasp!> LMFAO.
Webdevguy (17166)
1358947 2013-11-07 21:43:00 Impoverished areas of the world are caused more by politics and tribal warlords than by anything else. If you want to know what society would look like if we reverted to a cashless society aka subsistence living you only need to look at those pilgrims in the mid west of the US who use horse and buggy cart as their only mode of transport. They have no electronics, no power, no cars and they only eat what they grow. They don't travel outside their community.

If you like the sound of that, you could go and join them. Just remember to leave your PC behind because you won't be needing it anymore :-D

Like this you mean Webdevguy:

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zqwerty (97)
1358948 2013-11-07 22:09:00 Like this you mean Webdevguy:

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Yup, the Amish community. That's them. I have a feeling that they are not very high on the PC ownership stats...
Webdevguy (17166)
1358949 2013-11-08 00:25:00 A Computer Designed Specifically for the Amish :)

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