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Re:Free Windows XP-10 VirtualBox/Parallels Images from Micro... by carbocation on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @01:01AM (#11201019)
Since most of us seemed not to know about it, and since this could be useful to many of us, it's not totally clear to me that "click bait" applies here.
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Re:Free Windows XP-10 VirtualBox/Parallels Images from Micro... by dohboy on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @02:25AM (#11201243)
Just because you didn't knew does not makes it any less click bait.
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Re:Free Windows XP-10 VirtualBox/Parallels Images from Micro... by dave2000 on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @02:57AM (#11201341)
Don't be a twat. Someone posted a link to genuinely useful info that many people wouldn't have been aware of. So it's not linkbait. Look up the definition.
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Re:Free Windows XP-10 VirtualBox/Parallels Images from Micro... by nailer on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @06:51AM (#11202072)
Totally agreed with the content, but please avoid name calling on HN.
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Re:Free Windows XP-10 VirtualBox/Parallels Images from Micro... by dave2000 on Thursday March 03, 2016 @05:02PM (#11220404)
Totally got 17 points, bro.
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Re:Free Windows XP-10 VirtualBox/Parallels Images from Micro... by dang on Thursday March 03, 2016 @07:35PM (#11221152)
The civility rule here has nothing to do with points.
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Re:Free Windows XP-10 VirtualBox/Parallels Images from Micro... by dave2000 on Friday March 04, 2016 @02:56PM (#11226460)
My point is that a bunch of people favoured my comment over any civility rule.
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Re:Free Windows XP-10 VirtualBox/Parallels Images from Micro... by dang on Friday March 04, 2016 @08:18PM (#11227945)
That often happens, but it's the rules, not the votes, that are dispositive.

HN is a constitutional democracy. The constitution is https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. Please abide by it.

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Re:Free Windows XP-10 VirtualBox/Parallels Images from Micro... by thecatspaw on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @02:41AM (#11201286)
Im not sure how the title is click-bait, can you explain?

For me click-bait would mean "Microsoft releases software for free! You will never believe what the 4th iso contains!" or something to that effect

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Re:Free Windows XP-10 VirtualBox/Parallels Images from Micro... by dewiz on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @03:02AM (#11201358)
haters gonna hate, some people don't like to see "Microsoft" and "free" in the same sentence, unless it's something bad about the company. Of course MS does this for its own business, and why not, that doesn't make it any click-bait title...
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