I currently have a Dell laptop for work, and it crashes about six times a week on average. It is making my life a living hell.
My last three work laptops have been Dell Precision's. I can't say I've had any issues like you are describing. I had my previous one for three years and would have kept using it, except I needed more video RAM. My current one is a little over 4 years old now and hasn't had any issues either.
"Hello AT&T customer service"
"Yes I would like to enter an RMA Please.
I was in my room when suddenly my phone CAUGHT FIRE!.
I was in such a panic about it, I threw the phone down the stairs and it landed in the toilet.
Thankfully that put the fire out but I'm pretty sure that's not supposed to happen, so can you warranty this?"
As long as the little white square under the battery is not pink, you're covered.;-)
I've had five Apple laptops since 2003, and all five have had problems with they keyboard. They've been playing that refuse any repairs game for over a decade.
Why would you keep doing this? Personally, after the first time, I'd have been done with any products from most companies that did this. I suppose if I really liked the product and there was more to it, I might consider giving them another shot. But you went back four more times after the first. Why?
That will no longer be an issue and we should be damn near universal back compat for the next 20 years. (barring some quantum leap in power).
Why would the smallest possible increase in power negate this? I would think that a really large one would make upgrading relevant. Is it opposite (or marketing) day and I missed the memo?
Terraforming Venus was shown back in the old Cosmos series. We humans made it rain or some such thing. Hurray! We are on our way to making another home!
The rains fell on Venus and out of the rocks emerged some sort of worm-like life form, which was promptly killed off by our helpful rain. The point the show was trying to make was that we don't understand all the consequences of doing things like that.
Actually the series was called "The Universe & I" The episode was called "Mind-Slaughter". I found it again not too long ago on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVj2mgrTtU8
It's about 20 minutes long and was certainly nostalgic to see it again.
By the time they manage to break through the safety glass my legally owned and operated handgun will be at the ready, so it doesn't really matter,
This was just stupid teenage kid stuff. They'd run up and punch the window and run away. They didn't always break. The idea was to scare the hell out of the driver. Most of the time the person in the car ran the red light to get out of there.
Just what do you think is going to happen if you shoot some kid in the ghetto who's pulling a prank? You're either going to go to jail for a very long time or get yourself killed.
I can't say I've really looked into it, but I'd guess it would have been easier to break side windows back then as the doors tended to be a lot longer than modern cars. It probably wasn't designed as well either.
though I agree he is full of shit.
Oh look, another person who know all and sees all.
let them punch my windows. in my whole life, I've never seen a FIST break a window.
In my whole life, I've never seen an atom either or Antarctica for that matter. I'm pretty sure they exist.
Obviously we grew up in much different places. Your parents probably didn't encourage you to fight either. Many of my friends parents did when I was younger. Mine didn't actively encourage it, but they didn't discourage it either.
I have a Luddite coworker who shares your mistaken belief that power windows are some kind of problem. Regular windows fail too, and replacing a power window drive system is inexpensive and easy.
I think the only failure I've ever had with manual windows is for the $.50 spring clip that holds the crank on gets lost after removing it to fix something else. Power window regulators typically run $100+. I've replaced too many of those to count over the years. Plus the time it takes to do so. I've also had to replace the switches in the passengers doors on occasion, which were relatively cheap. But the two times I've had to replace the drivers side it's the entire switch cluster. That was around $200 each time. And again the time it took to do so. Granted the switches don't take too long, but you have to be careful about removing the inside door clip, or you can break things. That can add a couple bucks for the plastic retaining clips, or could get into the hundreds of dollars if your not careful and break the panel itself.
Power windows tend to stop working if you are in an accident and end up in water too. I was a passenger once when that happened.
Not that I'd buy a car without power windows, but they are certainly not as cheap or durable as ones with a hand crank.
power windows and power door locks are a GOOD SAFETY FEATURE.
ever drive thru a bad area?
then you'll understand.
As long as it makes you feel better, I suppose. I used to live in bad areas. You do realize that the sound of those lock actuators are very audible outside the car too, right?
At best, it'll make a bunch of people laugh at you. I've seen guys go up and punch the side window out of people cars when they lock them just for fun. And that window, or even the door panel isn't going to stop a bullet, no matter how many times you've seen it do so on TV or in the movies.
Either lock your doors when you get in your car, or remember to do so long before you end up in a "bad area". At least you won't paint a target on yourself when you're feeling out of you comfort zone.
According to this publication RO removes 86% of PFAS. It also mentions that the rejected water has considerably higher concentration of PAFS. So anywhere that has a bottling plant with high concentrations is going to continually get worse as the rejected water is dumped into the sewer or directly back into the water table. Regardless it ends up back in the local water supply as standard filtration at sewage treatment plants isn't much help.
A plague that wipes out 30-60% of the human race (if it could start with the "1%ers", that'd be great
Do you take home over
$34K after taxes? If so, congratulations, you're a 1%er on this planet. Your plague would wipe out most first world countries and be very bad for many second world countries as well. But don't' worry, the third world countries should have a much easier time getting their hands on the unguarded weapons in those countries. Just think how much better the world will be once some warlord in Somalia gets a couple of nukes. At least that'll lower the population even more. Plus all of the additional particulates in the air will help cool the planet too.
Nature occasionally killed nearly every living thing on the planet.
Mankind has never done that. So who's really the evil doer here? I suggest we kill nature as quickly as possible. It's the only way to save the living things on this planet. It's practically self defense.
Pascal Canfin of green group WWF, reacting to the annual update. "From Monday August 8, we will be living on credit because in eight months we would have consumed the natural capital that our planet can renew in a year."
How does that work with fossil fuels exactly? I can't say I read TFA. Why would I, it's/. But it sounds like all we need to do is use about 1/3 less oil per year and it somehow becomes a renewable resource? I would have guessed we'd need to use a lot less than that. But Pascal Canfin seem pretty sure. Or is the WWF the one with the "Pro" wrestlers?
I think it's brilliant. If they were forced to be totally honest, and write "future upgrades may remove this functionality" on all major functionality, like it truly is, they wouldn't sell a single unit
After Sony removed the "Other OS" functionality for the PS3 how many PS3 and PS4's have they sold? I'm pretty sure it's more than none.
The perversion of copyright needs to be fixed properly instead of leaving it as a battle for future generations.
While I completely agree with everything you stated in your post, your last sentence makes me chuckle. Even though I agree with it as well. But is there anything that the US government doesn't kick the can for future generations to have to worry about? For the most part, very few things get resolved these days before they become a major crisis. Social Security has been within 20 year of bankruptcy for decades. It keeps getting band-aid fixes and was getting a lot of lip service for a while. Heath care reform has been a pretty big issue since the 1970's. The Affordable Health Care Act was touted as a fix. But as it stands it's kicking the can, just not quite as far down the road. Al Qaeda was a known problem for many years, yet no one in the US really gave it much thought until 2001. DRM is, unfortunately, too far down on the list for most people to even be aware of it. To make matters worse, the companies who use it have paid all of the right people to make sure it doesn't go away. In fact they managed to get, what should be civil cases, something that the FBI actively investigates and people get criminally prosecuted for.
Swimming in cash or not, if your entire enterprise hits the pause button stranding thousands of people in places they don't want to be because of a failure of your disaster recovery / business continuity plan, that's a universally bad thing, and an abject failure to plan or realize the potential of a multi-hour data center loss.
Someone fucked up.
It depends. If the cost of putting the stranded passengers up in hotels and re-booking flights costs less than the redundant systems and the cost of upkeep for DR and salaries, then this turns out to be a net positive for Delta. Or that's how the bean counters will look at it.
Air travel in the US sucks compared to the EU and especially compared to several of the Asian carriers. Customer satisfaction doesn't mean squat to any of the large domestic carriers these days. Of course most travelers would probably choose to fly on a plane sitting on a board resting on two cinder blocks if it would save them $5. So the market gave people what they wanted. This is just an extension of that.
He'll outlive all the original cast.. just you watch!!
When my wife told me that the actor that played Chckov had died, I thought she was talking about Walter Koenig. I mentioned that I thought he was one of the younger of the surviving original cast. Then she told me it was Anton Yelchin and my first thought was that Shatner may end up outliving the new cast too.
if the dissidents are communicating with each other, then yes, they are exchanging "weapons"
So people who disagree with the government should not be allowed to communicate with each other? And the mere act of communicating with each other to organize a protest is classified as a weapon in your mind? Do you seriously classify communications used to organize a protest on the same level as nuclear launch codes? While I can see how a ruler whose ideals run contrary to the populous could see it that way, I also believe that in such a case they are no longer fit for such a position.
If Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton get elected (I'm sure one will), it's highly unlikely the majority of the country will agree with either 100% of the time. Should the full weight of the US military be brought to bear against anyone who talks about organizing a protest?
From TFS:
...the country's army commander said today that his soldiers will "deal with threats" from activists using social media to mobilize anti-government protests
The national army (not the police force) is going to consider the citizens of the country a threat because they disagree with their leader(s). You actually support this?
I get what you're saying, but what about things like counterintelligence, false flags, incitement to violence, etc.?
Those types of things are already covered by laws in most countries. I believe TFS stated they've been ruled by the same person for 36 years. Do you believe this move is to protect the citizenry? Or the president?
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I currently have a Dell laptop for work, and it crashes about six times a week on average. It is making my life a living hell.
My last three work laptops have been Dell Precision's. I can't say I've had any issues like you are describing. I had my previous one for three years and would have kept using it, except I needed more video RAM. My current one is a little over 4 years old now and hasn't had any issues either.
"Hello AT&T customer service" "Yes I would like to enter an RMA Please. I was in my room when suddenly my phone CAUGHT FIRE!. I was in such a panic about it, I threw the phone down the stairs and it landed in the toilet. Thankfully that put the fire out but I'm pretty sure that's not supposed to happen, so can you warranty this?"
As long as the little white square under the battery is not pink, you're covered. ;-)
I've had five Apple laptops since 2003, and all five have had problems with they keyboard. They've been playing that refuse any repairs game for over a decade.
Why would you keep doing this? Personally, after the first time, I'd have been done with any products from most companies that did this. I suppose if I really liked the product and there was more to it, I might consider giving them another shot. But you went back four more times after the first. Why?
That will no longer be an issue and we should be damn near universal back compat for the next 20 years. (barring some quantum leap in power).
Why would the smallest possible increase in power negate this? I would think that a really large one would make upgrading relevant. Is it opposite (or marketing) day and I missed the memo?
Terraforming Venus was shown back in the old Cosmos series. We humans made it rain or some such thing. Hurray! We are on our way to making another home!
The rains fell on Venus and out of the rocks emerged some sort of worm-like life form, which was promptly killed off by our helpful rain. The point the show was trying to make was that we don't understand all the consequences of doing things like that.
Actually the series was called "The Universe & I" The episode was called "Mind-Slaughter". I found it again not too long ago on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVj2mgrTtU8
It's about 20 minutes long and was certainly nostalgic to see it again.
By the time they manage to break through the safety glass my legally owned and operated handgun will be at the ready, so it doesn't really matter,
This was just stupid teenage kid stuff. They'd run up and punch the window and run away. They didn't always break. The idea was to scare the hell out of the driver. Most of the time the person in the car ran the red light to get out of there.
Just what do you think is going to happen if you shoot some kid in the ghetto who's pulling a prank? You're either going to go to jail for a very long time or get yourself killed.
I can't say I've really looked into it, but I'd guess it would have been easier to break side windows back then as the doors tended to be a lot longer than modern cars. It probably wasn't designed as well either.
though I agree he is full of shit.
Oh look, another person who know all and sees all.
let them punch my windows. in my whole life, I've never seen a FIST break a window.
In my whole life, I've never seen an atom either or Antarctica for that matter. I'm pretty sure they exist.
Obviously we grew up in much different places. Your parents probably didn't encourage you to fight either. Many of my friends parents did when I was younger. Mine didn't actively encourage it, but they didn't discourage it either.
I think you are full of shit, my friend
Yes, obviously you must know all and see all.
I have a Luddite coworker who shares your mistaken belief that power windows are some kind of problem. Regular windows fail too, and replacing a power window drive system is inexpensive and easy.
I think the only failure I've ever had with manual windows is for the $.50 spring clip that holds the crank on gets lost after removing it to fix something else. Power window regulators typically run $100+. I've replaced too many of those to count over the years. Plus the time it takes to do so. I've also had to replace the switches in the passengers doors on occasion, which were relatively cheap. But the two times I've had to replace the drivers side it's the entire switch cluster. That was around $200 each time. And again the time it took to do so. Granted the switches don't take too long, but you have to be careful about removing the inside door clip, or you can break things. That can add a couple bucks for the plastic retaining clips, or could get into the hundreds of dollars if your not careful and break the panel itself.
Power windows tend to stop working if you are in an accident and end up in water too. I was a passenger once when that happened.
Not that I'd buy a car without power windows, but they are certainly not as cheap or durable as ones with a hand crank.
power windows and power door locks are a GOOD SAFETY FEATURE.
ever drive thru a bad area?
then you'll understand.
As long as it makes you feel better, I suppose. I used to live in bad areas. You do realize that the sound of those lock actuators are very audible outside the car too, right?
At best, it'll make a bunch of people laugh at you. I've seen guys go up and punch the side window out of people cars when they lock them just for fun. And that window, or even the door panel isn't going to stop a bullet, no matter how many times you've seen it do so on TV or in the movies.
Either lock your doors when you get in your car, or remember to do so long before you end up in a "bad area". At least you won't paint a target on yourself when you're feeling out of you comfort zone.
I know your being sarcastic, but the DRC employs more than one person to do these things.
--> What!! Now we are employing people from DRC - "Democratic Republic of Canopus" to do this?
FTFY. Aliens from space are always involved in these things you know.
Reverse osmosis removes all PFASes [waterrf.org].
According to this publication RO removes 86% of PFAS. It also mentions that the rejected water has considerably higher concentration of PAFS. So anywhere that has a bottling plant with high concentrations is going to continually get worse as the rejected water is dumped into the sewer or directly back into the water table. Regardless it ends up back in the local water supply as standard filtration at sewage treatment plants isn't much help.
A plague that wipes out 30-60% of the human race (if it could start with the "1%ers", that'd be great
Do you take home over $34K after taxes? If so, congratulations, you're a 1%er on this planet. Your plague would wipe out most first world countries and be very bad for many second world countries as well. But don't' worry, the third world countries should have a much easier time getting their hands on the unguarded weapons in those countries. Just think how much better the world will be once some warlord in Somalia gets a couple of nukes. At least that'll lower the population even more. Plus all of the additional particulates in the air will help cool the planet too.
nature abhors a vacuum. something will rise to take their place. always.
The funny thing about that is it's not always for the better, and almost never ends up the way you expected it to.
Nature occasionally killed nearly every living thing on the planet.
Mankind has never done that. So who's really the evil doer here? I suggest we kill nature as quickly as possible. It's the only way to save the living things on this planet. It's practically self defense.
Pascal Canfin of green group WWF, reacting to the annual update. "From Monday August 8, we will be living on credit because in eight months we would have consumed the natural capital that our planet can renew in a year."
How does that work with fossil fuels exactly? I can't say I read TFA. Why would I, it's /. But it sounds like all we need to do is use about 1/3 less oil per year and it somehow becomes a renewable resource? I would have guessed we'd need to use a lot less than that. But Pascal Canfin seem pretty sure. Or is the WWF the one with the "Pro" wrestlers?
I think it's brilliant. If they were forced to be totally honest, and write "future upgrades may remove this functionality" on all major functionality, like it truly is, they wouldn't sell a single unit
After Sony removed the "Other OS" functionality for the PS3 how many PS3 and PS4's have they sold? I'm pretty sure it's more than none.
The perversion of copyright needs to be fixed properly instead of leaving it as a battle for future generations.
While I completely agree with everything you stated in your post, your last sentence makes me chuckle. Even though I agree with it as well. But is there anything that the US government doesn't kick the can for future generations to have to worry about? For the most part, very few things get resolved these days before they become a major crisis. Social Security has been within 20 year of bankruptcy for decades. It keeps getting band-aid fixes and was getting a lot of lip service for a while. Heath care reform has been a pretty big issue since the 1970's. The Affordable Health Care Act was touted as a fix. But as it stands it's kicking the can, just not quite as far down the road. Al Qaeda was a known problem for many years, yet no one in the US really gave it much thought until 2001. DRM is, unfortunately, too far down on the list for most people to even be aware of it. To make matters worse, the companies who use it have paid all of the right people to make sure it doesn't go away. In fact they managed to get, what should be civil cases, something that the FBI actively investigates and people get criminally prosecuted for.
Swimming in cash or not, if your entire enterprise hits the pause button stranding thousands of people in places they don't want to be because of a failure of your disaster recovery / business continuity plan, that's a universally bad thing, and an abject failure to plan or realize the potential of a multi-hour data center loss. Someone fucked up.
It depends. If the cost of putting the stranded passengers up in hotels and re-booking flights costs less than the redundant systems and the cost of upkeep for DR and salaries, then this turns out to be a net positive for Delta. Or that's how the bean counters will look at it.
Air travel in the US sucks compared to the EU and especially compared to several of the Asian carriers. Customer satisfaction doesn't mean squat to any of the large domestic carriers these days. Of course most travelers would probably choose to fly on a plane sitting on a board resting on two cinder blocks if it would save them $5. So the market gave people what they wanted. This is just an extension of that.
He'll outlive all the original cast.. just you watch!!
When my wife told me that the actor that played Chckov had died, I thought she was talking about Walter Koenig. I mentioned that I thought he was one of the younger of the surviving original cast. Then she told me it was Anton Yelchin and my first thought was that Shatner may end up outliving the new cast too.
if the dissidents are communicating with each other, then yes, they are exchanging "weapons"
So people who disagree with the government should not be allowed to communicate with each other? And the mere act of communicating with each other to organize a protest is classified as a weapon in your mind? Do you seriously classify communications used to organize a protest on the same level as nuclear launch codes? While I can see how a ruler whose ideals run contrary to the populous could see it that way, I also believe that in such a case they are no longer fit for such a position.
If Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton get elected (I'm sure one will), it's highly unlikely the majority of the country will agree with either 100% of the time. Should the full weight of the US military be brought to bear against anyone who talks about organizing a protest?
From TFS:
...the country's army commander said today that his soldiers will "deal with threats" from activists using social media to mobilize anti-government protests
The national army (not the police force) is going to consider the citizens of the country a threat because they disagree with their leader(s). You actually support this?
I get what you're saying, but what about things like counterintelligence, false flags, incitement to violence, etc.?
Those types of things are already covered by laws in most countries. I believe TFS stated they've been ruled by the same person for 36 years. Do you believe this move is to protect the citizenry? Or the president?
perhaps it is a good thing when stuff like nuclear codes and deployment information are treated as weapons
"now"? since when have governments considered it okay to transmit their secrets? they have ALWAYS treated information as a weapon
Are those the kinds of information that are being transmitted in Zimbabwe?
this new threat we call cyber warfare where weapons -- not necessarily guns but basically information and communication technology
Information and communication being classified as a weapon is not a good sign.
Does this really surprise anyone since it's coming from the state with a compressed air tax?
...the same why the Godfather fans are known to vote Shawshank and Dark Knight down.
Interesting. I liked the Godfather and Dark Knight, but didn't really care for the Shawshank Redemption.
Fuck, I was bored one day and voted all the Benji films as a 1 because I hate dog films... Shit happens.
Lucky you. I'm not sure if I've ever been that bored. Certainly not in the last 40 years or so.