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A couple of screenshots would've been useful for the post-millennial generations that never got to see the "beauty" (cough) of XP.
XP is Microsoft's prettiest OS by far.
Why they made it that complex? A simple rand/mod based on first character of username should be sufficient?
A couple of screenshots would've been useful for the post-millennial generations that never got to see the "beauty" (cough) of XP.
I don't see how that's relevant? Article is about the RNG implementation, it doesn't matter what the profile pictures are.
nobody cares
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XP is Microsoft's prettiest OS by far.
That's a matter of taste, but for many it was the Windows they used first and/or spend the most time on and there's a lot of love for that reason alone. I never used XP all that much, but I always changed the theme to the Windows 2000 look. I really didn't like the default, it looked unprofessional and clunky in my eyes. Upon release XP was also pretty universally mocked as a Fisher Price-like UI. To me Windows 95/NT…
i kinda miss xp at a cultural level since it was a bit the end of that computing culture cycle (after that apple started to dominate and ubuiquitous computing influenced desktop ui)
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That's a matter of taste, but for many it was the Windows they used first and/or spend the most time on and there's a lot of love for that reason alone. I never used XP all that much, but I always changed the theme to the Windows 2000 look. I really didn't like the default, it looked unprofessional and clunky in my eyes. Upon release XP was also pretty universally mocked as a Fisher Price-like UI. To me Windows 95/NT…
Took me years to like Windows XP. Hated the new start menu. I always kept installing Windows 2000 (or ME, probably because it could use Windows 98 drivers but look like Windows 2000). I eventually got used to it and ended up liking it.
Man, every post from Raymond Chen regarding Windows internals is like a little Xmas. I wonder whether he has to ask someone for permission before publishing this knowledge, though.
Why they made it that complex? A simple rand/mod based on first character of username should be sufficient?
because you don't know the number of images before running the code so no number to do the mod part
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That's a matter of taste, but for many it was the Windows they used first and/or spend the most time on and there's a lot of love for that reason alone. I never used XP all that much, but I always changed the theme to the Windows 2000 look. I really didn't like the default, it looked unprofessional and clunky in my eyes. Upon release XP was also pretty universally mocked as a Fisher Price-like UI. To me Windows 95/NT…
Took me years to like Windows XP. Hated the new start menu. I always kept installing Windows 2000 (or ME, probably because it could use Windows 98 drivers but look like Windows 2000). I eventually got used to it and ended up liking it.
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because you don't know the number of images before running the code so no number to do the mod part
Why wouldn't you know that? It's a set of preloaded stock photos, it's always gonna be the same number.