Maybe, but I was pretty lax about keeping Linux up to date, and hadn't used it a great deal so the configuration was unlikely to have changed recently.
Oh yes, and along with it not powering down, it would also take about 35 seconds from lights on to STARTING the POST check. Multiple bios reload defaults also had no effect. Just the "Kill the power" option.
I have a Lenovo Yoga which I dual boot with Linux Mint Sarah and just after I installed 1709 Fall Creators Update the fingerprint reader stopped working. I gave up trying to remedy it and reset Windows, but that didn't fix it.
I then realised that it wasn't shutting down properly either. ACPI shutdown in both OSs would leave it halted but powered on, so the only way to restart was to hold the power button to kill it, and then switch on.
I finally checked the warranty and saw it was 14 months old so took it apart, removed the battery and motherboard battery, left it for an hour, powered it on, flattened the partition table an reinstalled. Works perfectly again, but after a huge amount of time wasted.
So, it's either a coincidence, or there's something modern OSs are trying to do which screw up BIOSs.
Nope. We have a bean-to-cup machine. Granted, it wasn't cheap (£3,100 + VAT), but it has two hoppers (so people who can't/don't drink decaf aren't left out), 8 different programs, a milk fridge (it makes latte, white coffee & cappuccino). Work pays for the coffee too (it's good quality that tastes smooth black), although a few of us take turns to clean it (the machine is an attention whore!).
The way we look at it is that it keeps people happy, even if it is a large capital expense. The only downside was that I ended up buying my own coffee machine for home as I couldn't bear drinking instant anymore.
That's the second time I've seen those links. As far as I could tell they're just videos of eclipses and make me reference to flat earth. What's the deal?
Because you didn't use a reserved TLD you numpty. The same people probably use non-private subnets for their internal networks and then wonder why some websites that had the audacity to use that IP don't work...
Because petrol or diesel is free... We pay £0.148 per kWh of electricity in our office. A 85kWh Model S will (apparently) get 265mi. Assuming you use 100% of the battery charge (you won't), that's 3.1mi/kWh, which is £0.05 per mile.
A similar size diesel saloon might get get 60mpg, which at UK prices (£1.236 / litre) gives about £0.09 per mile, so almost twice as much.
We have a Nissan Leaf as a company car. It goes in for a service and MOT every year. My colleague who has sole use of it says that the garage measures the brakes to gather data for Nissan. No other reason, just data, as the mechanic said he's never changed a Leaf's pads.
I put it down to the little tree on the dashboard* (Mistubishi apparently has it too). It "grows" providing you drive efficiently and many of us who used it to see what it was like to drive an EV saw it as a challenge to get the most trees. Not braking was key, you rely on engine braking which also recovers a small amount of charge (every little helps). For instance I could get a full tree on my way into work (10 minute drive), but not on the way back because of the geography.
* Not completely, but it puts you in the mindset of being efficient.
Interesting that comments like that are always anonymous - if you think you're correct you should be willing to put your name to your thoughts.
A bit like a colleague of mine - he believes that black people are less intelligent than white people. That makes him by definition racist, but he doesn't like being described as racist for some reason.
That's my take on it. I'd be willing to accept that they didn't know specifically about the breach. However they probably had heard that something had happened which would negatively affect share prices.
To be fair, I did say "unused", not "never encountered". Also "100km offshore" and "up a mountain" are not locations that the average person finds themselves during storms, let alone hurricanes.
Ah, I didn't know that. Even as a non-American, two letter State abbreviations jump out at me. I'd struggle to name all 50 states but given the abbreviation I've a pretty good chance of getting it right.
If you want to abbreviate surely use WA, TX, AL, or write the actual name. It's just bizarre reading Wash, Ala, etc. Capitals were used so they might as well have finished off the word.
Yup, Met Eireann (in partnership with the UK Met Office) did so in order to raise public awareness of inbound storms. People apparently react better to "Storm Aileen" than they do to "Category 1 Storm", though you still get idiots standing on piers.
It's probably helps to mention that while these conditions are nothing like those encountered in Caribbean, the British Isles and Europe are unused to extreme wind conditions, so [many] people aren't aware of how quickly these conditions can overpower you.
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Maybe, but I was pretty lax about keeping Linux up to date, and hadn't used it a great deal so the configuration was unlikely to have changed recently.
Oh yes, and along with it not powering down, it would also take about 35 seconds from lights on to STARTING the POST check. Multiple bios reload defaults also had no effect. Just the "Kill the power" option.
I have a Lenovo Yoga which I dual boot with Linux Mint Sarah and just after I installed 1709 Fall Creators Update the fingerprint reader stopped working. I gave up trying to remedy it and reset Windows, but that didn't fix it.
I then realised that it wasn't shutting down properly either. ACPI shutdown in both OSs would leave it halted but powered on, so the only way to restart was to hold the power button to kill it, and then switch on.
I finally checked the warranty and saw it was 14 months old so took it apart, removed the battery and motherboard battery, left it for an hour, powered it on, flattened the partition table an reinstalled. Works perfectly again, but after a huge amount of time wasted.
So, it's either a coincidence, or there's something modern OSs are trying to do which screw up BIOSs.
Is that the one about Binary or Ternary?
In the UK, a standard spirit measure is 25ml, in Ireland it's 35ml, so my dad's joke about protestant being stingy* had a ring of truth to it!
He jokes about small serving being a "Protestant helping". He being Anglican in a predominantly Catholic country.
Nope. We have a bean-to-cup machine. Granted, it wasn't cheap (£3,100 + VAT), but it has two hoppers (so people who can't/don't drink decaf aren't left out), 8 different programs, a milk fridge (it makes latte, white coffee & cappuccino). Work pays for the coffee too (it's good quality that tastes smooth black), although a few of us take turns to clean it (the machine is an attention whore!).
The way we look at it is that it keeps people happy, even if it is a large capital expense. The only downside was that I ended up buying my own coffee machine for home as I couldn't bear drinking instant anymore.
That's the second time I've seen those links. As far as I could tell they're just videos of eclipses and make me reference to flat earth. What's the deal?
What's wrong with being an organ donor. It's not like you're going to miss them.
Because you didn't use a reserved TLD you numpty. The same people probably use non-private subnets for their internal networks and then wonder why some websites that had the audacity to use that IP don't work...
What is the cost of charging...
Because petrol or diesel is free... We pay £0.148 per kWh of electricity in our office. A 85kWh Model S will (apparently) get 265mi. Assuming you use 100% of the battery charge (you won't), that's 3.1mi/kWh, which is £0.05 per mile.
A similar size diesel saloon might get get 60mpg, which at UK prices (£1.236 / litre) gives about £0.09 per mile, so almost twice as much.
We have a Nissan Leaf as a company car. It goes in for a service and MOT every year. My colleague who has sole use of it says that the garage measures the brakes to gather data for Nissan. No other reason, just data, as the mechanic said he's never changed a Leaf's pads.
I put it down to the little tree on the dashboard* (Mistubishi apparently has it too). It "grows" providing you drive efficiently and many of us who used it to see what it was like to drive an EV saw it as a challenge to get the most trees. Not braking was key, you rely on engine braking which also recovers a small amount of charge (every little helps). For instance I could get a full tree on my way into work (10 minute drive), but not on the way back because of the geography.
* Not completely, but it puts you in the mindset of being efficient.
Interesting that comments like that are always anonymous - if you think you're correct you should be willing to put your name to your thoughts.
A bit like a colleague of mine - he believes that black people are less intelligent than white people. That makes him by definition racist, but he doesn't like being described as racist for some reason.
Or maybe they wanted to make sure the comment was completely anonymous - can you tell what gender the AC is?
...tranny cow ... sodomite "marriages"
That explains it - people shouldn't be allowed to think and behave differently from you.
That just means that F9 has been over engineered for every mission where an engine didn't fail! /s
I have so little confidence in Trump's abilities that I reckon he'd end up being found guilty by his own investigation.
That's my take on it. I'd be willing to accept that they didn't know specifically about the breach. However they probably had heard that something had happened which would negatively affect share prices.
Yeah, but I'm sure they're not happy about bring exempt. It's just that they haven't got around to the changing the law...
I have to say, it's quite cathartic to hear so many people voice identical experiences with revisited their own Perl code!
To be fair, I did say "unused", not "never encountered". Also "100km offshore" and "up a mountain" are not locations that the average person finds themselves during storms, let alone hurricanes.
Yeah, medical - Four for College, One for Bad Feet. His medical condition was so bad that he could only play football, tennis, squash & golf.
That's a quote I'll have to remember.
Ah, I didn't know that. Even as a non-American, two letter State abbreviations jump out at me. I'd struggle to name all 50 states but given the abbreviation I've a pretty good chance of getting it right.
If you want to abbreviate surely use WA, TX, AL, or write the actual name. It's just bizarre reading Wash, Ala, etc. Capitals were used so they might as well have finished off the word.
Wow, you must have really upset an Anonymous Coward.
Yup, Met Eireann (in partnership with the UK Met Office) did so in order to raise public awareness of inbound storms. People apparently react better to "Storm Aileen" than they do to "Category 1 Storm", though you still get idiots standing on piers.
It's probably helps to mention that while these conditions are nothing like those encountered in Caribbean, the British Isles and Europe are unused to extreme wind conditions, so [many] people aren't aware of how quickly these conditions can overpower you.