Ti kamerater spiste middag sammen på restaurant hver dag. Regningen kom alltid på 1.000 kroner totalt.

Siden det var stor forskjell i inntekt og formue hos de ti, ble de enige om å dele regningen på samme måte som skattesystemet. De fire fattige slapp å betale. Den femte betalte kr. 10, den sjette kr. 30, den syvende kr. 70, den åttende kr. 120, den niende kr. 180 og den tiende og rikeste skulle betale kr. 590.

Alle var fornøyd med ordningen inntil restauranteieren en dag tilbød dem rabatt. De var stedets beste kunder, så han tilbød et avslag på kr. 200,- per middag. Fortsatt ville gruppen dele regningen etter skattemodellen, så de fire fattigste skulle ikke betale. Spørsmålet var hva som skulle skje med de seks andre, hvordan skulle rabatten fordeles?

Kr. 200 delt på seks ble kr. 33,33 i avslag. Det betød at person fem og seks ville få betalt for å spise, og det var klart urimelig. Restauranteieren foreslo å redusere regningen omlag likt for alle, og ville utarbeide et forslag. Det innebar at også den femte fikk spise gratis, og den sjette skulle betale kr. 20, den syvende kr. 50, den åttende kr. 90, den niende kr. 120, mens den rikeste fikk redusert regningen fra kr. 590 til kr. 520. Alle fikk lavere pris og ingen kom dårligere ut enn før.

Utenfor restauranten begynte de imidlertid å sammenligne hva de hadde spart.

Jeg sparte bare en tier, mens han sparte kr. 70 sa sjettemann og pekte på den rike tiendemannen.

Akkurat, sa femtemann, som også fikk kr. 10 i avslag. Han er rik, men fikk likevel syv ganger så mye som jeg. Hvorfor skal de rike alltid få mest, ropte den syvende, som fikk kr. 20 i rabatt. Og vi fikk jo ingenting, ropte de fire fattigste i kor. Dette systemet utnytter de fattigste.

Stemningen ble rask så hatsk at de ni banket opp tiendemann. Neste kveld kom han ikke på middagen, så de spiste uten ham.

Da regningen kom oppdaget de noe enda viktigere. Det manglet 520 kroner.

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It starts today with UK, and the rest of the world tomorrow.

http://conversations.nokia.com/2010/05/25/nokia-n900-software-update-release-1-2/

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UPDATE v2

New version uploaded here (msi64v2).

The new version allows you to have multiple Registry Searches in Launch Conditions. It will also allow you to differ between 64bit and 32 bit searches.

All you have to do is to name your 64bit Registry Searches so they are ending on “_X64″. Ex SERVICEINSTALLED_X64.

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"$(ProjectDir)..\msi64v2.js" "$(BuiltOuputPath)"

and set RunPostBuildEvent to “On Successful build”.

Now you are ready to go

Old v1

After much googling i found a way to fix this efficiently. First you will need to download this JScript. Put this JScript in your Solution/Project directory.

You have to edit the .js file and search for “SERVICEINSTALLED”, change this name to your search property name.

Open your solution explorer and find your Setup and Deployment (x64) project. Find the property called PostBuildEvent and fill inn “..\..\msi64.js <output_file_x64>.msi” and set RunPostBuildEvent to “On Successful build”.

This will edit your msi file so it searches the x64 bit registry.

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Pc suite: http://www.nokia.no/support-og-programvare/programvare/nokia-pc-suites

Map Loader: http://www.nokiausa.com/get-support-and-software/product-support/maps-support/compatibility-and-download#/default/

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