All HP laptops that I've come across have been utter crap. At least on these models, the internal GPU chips fail due to crap internal airflow designs and crap thermal pads. I've revived a few of them but they almost always die again even after re-pasting and blowing the suckers out (after a complete disassembly). Even the HP printers I've owned have all died early. The only decent HP product I own is a Proliant G7 server, but that *should* be good given its target use and audience.
These laptops are utterly boring, the only thing that interests me is the ability to use the screens outdoors, but that is such a seldom use-case that I wouldn't buy a laptop just for that. Next.
All good points, and what you say is definitely true. I would add though, that this is definitely a case of 'security through security' and such an attack would be highly unlikely on such a lab system. And besides, even on an updated system there are countless ways to hack such a system. If someone (determined, talented and with a sufficiently large bankroll wants to get in, they will get in).
Does anyone remember their Blockbusters keeping the actual movie or game in the box on the shelf? If I remember right they would have an empty placeholder movie/game cover, and if there were any copies in stock they would be behind it. I think that always annoyed me as sometimes it was hard to tell if there was anything behind the placeholder. Sometimes it would look like there was one in stock and then you lift it up and... nothing. Always thought that was kind of mean of Blockbusters. Maybe that was just a weird dream though, and in actuality they did things differently.
(And on a side note, you'd think that would have made theft of their items a lot easier, rather than keeping everything behind the counter).
You could try 'reflowing' the GPU on your 2011 MacBook Pro to resurrect is. It's not a guarantee to work, of course, but since it's currently unusable there's not really much to lose. For those wondering what reflowing entails, it basically means you heat up the GPU chip on the motherboard by using either a hot air gun (can find them for really cheap on Ebay) or if you want to get fancy there are also dedicated reflow 'stations' that are a bit more for the professional market.
These GPU's typically fail not because the chip goes bad, but because the chips solder ball joints crack and come loose from the motherboard due to thermal stress from normal use and poor airflow design. Reflowing melts the solder on the chip and causes it to rejoin with the board. I've fixed several laptops that had nothing but a black screen on boot, as well as several PS3's this way. The worst part is you have to dissasemble the unit down to the motherboard so you can have access to the GPU, but iFixit's site has really easy to follow teardown guides if you are interested.
I used Foursquare maybe all of 10 times around 2010 or so, got bored and haven't looked back since. Didn't even know it was still in existence anymore. That new board game sounds about as interesting as the original Foursquare concept, moving on (again). It's kind of depressing to hear that they are still alive and kicking in a more discreet (but probably incredibly profitable) form, collecting all our PII data and laughing all the way to the bank. Sigh.
Adherence implies some sort of operational sentience - these robot tanks will *adhere* to nothing on a high level principal - they'll only operate as they are programmed, and as we all know programming is extremely fallible.
That 'courage' line from Apple still makes me shake my head today.
Hey Apple, let me give you an example of courage. 'Courage' is huddling on a barge, wet, cold, trembling, sick to your stomach with fear, knowing that you are about to land on a beach filled to the brim with blood thirsty Nazis ready to pump a barrage of hot lead into your body, knowing that your chances of survival are about 40% or less and still somehow finding the will to off that boat and charge the beach.
Sorry, I digress. I guess it is a pretty courageous thing to do to remove a analog headphone jack on an iPhone.
I can see how both sides have a stake in this issue. It is the Starbucks prerogative to play music that supports the businesses overall goal of making money, however questionable their musical choices are (Hamilton soundtrack?!?), however, it's also important that the employees have the right to not work in a torturous environment.
In this case, I propose that if Starbucks is going to loop repetitive music in their stores to the possible detriment to their employees, then Starbucks allow employees to wear discreet Bluetooth earbuds that play the music of their choice. There, win-win.
Wish the missing footage would have been of the supposed 9 mile high (or so I heard) crystal/glass towers on the dark side of the moon. Supposedly they are housing souls from earth. Totally bonkers, I know! But would make a good movie plot! Same with the supposed UFOs hiding in craters.
"A node consists of two Intel chips, each of which has 24 processors."
Not to be pedantic (OK, I'm going to be pedantic), but shouldn't this read "each of which has 24 cores"? Maybe the original wording is correct, and yes you could say that a core IS a processor, but I'm a bit OCD on terminology.:)
Good question. I guess I would say that, given the large amount of processes that need to happen just right for the germination process to be successful, and that these processes were evolved to occur under a very specific gravitational context, it's possible that the low gravity of the moon could have interfered to such an extent that it could have resulted in failure. In any case it is a very interesting and hopeful outcome for the future of space exploration.
*I believe germination and these types of experiments have already been performed successfully in zero gravity environments, so not sure that this is a significant find either way. This sounds like one of those, 'well we can't say for sure it will work until we try it' kind of scenarios.
Interesting question. I would say that if flowers and other plants can 'hear', they are likely only going to be able to hear things that increase their chances of reproduction and survival. Just as we humans can only hear things within a certain frequency band (arguably matching things we need to hear to survive and reproduce) I would imagine a flower is tuned to be the same through selective evolutionary processes. To get to your original question, IMO I would they they couldn't hear things such as pebbles or streams because they serve no advantage to their survival. (Full disclosure, this is just pure speculation from someone who is neither a biologist or expert on selective evolution).
Although you can arguably say that Apple invented the smartphone as we know it, they are now mired in an endless game of tug-of-war with their rivals Samsung and the rest of the Android clan. This is unfortunate because I feel they are pumping the lions share of their considerable resources into simply keeping up with the competitors that originally copied their ground breaking concept of what a phone could be.
I feel Apple needs to somehow break free of this endless 'boring' update cycle and release their newest earth shattering product. The only problem is I doubt the current leadership at Apple has what it takes to do this. Although nice, Bluetooth earbuds, smart speakers, and smart watchers and endless iterations of iPhones, iPads and laptops ain't going to cut it. They are going to need another device that is as paradigm shifting as the original iPhone was. I think if they still had Jobs this may have happened by now, but really who knows. I feel within the next 5 years or so Apple WILL need this type of product or they will again become increasingly irrelevant as they were in the mid to late 90's before the advent of the iPod rescued them from certain death. (Full disclosure - I own Apple products).
Never knew, but apparently Amiga was eventually bought by HP, then subsequently sold to a company called Amino, who renamed themselves Amiga. Their plan was to then resurrect the core Amiga OS and release it as the Amiga DE (Digital Environment) on PowerPC, x86, Arm, SH4 and SH5 Procs. No idea what ever happened with that as I'm too lazy to look it up, but guessing not much since I've never heard of anything since regarding that attempt.
You've got a good point, it can be hard to distinguish one IPA from another (from a cask or not), but I guess I've had enough variety of IPA that you begin to pick up on the subtleties that differing types and amounts of hops (and in this case carbonation) can bring about in a given beer.
If you haven't, try cask drawn ales if you get a chance. These beers use the natural carbonation that is produced during the fermentation process and are hand drawn so the need for c02 to push the beer is unnecessary. Having very little carbonation brings out light and delicate flavors in the beer that are usually masked by having lots of C02. My favorite are cask drawn IPAs.
that these are the first Intel chips to come *out of the box* running at 5 GHz, but I've been running my i7 7700K Kaby Lake at 5 GHz stably for more than a year now, so somehow doesn't seem like that big of a 'wow' to me. Now run them at 6 GHz, now we're talking.
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Edit: By 'these models' I mean the ones I've owned in the past, not the ones discussed in this post.
All HP laptops that I've come across have been utter crap. At least on these models, the internal GPU chips fail due to crap internal airflow designs and crap thermal pads. I've revived a few of them but they almost always die again even after re-pasting and blowing the suckers out (after a complete disassembly). Even the HP printers I've owned have all died early. The only decent HP product I own is a Proliant G7 server, but that *should* be good given its target use and audience. These laptops are utterly boring, the only thing that interests me is the ability to use the screens outdoors, but that is such a seldom use-case that I wouldn't buy a laptop just for that. Next.
Ah - I was wondering about that.
"Some of the content subscribers will have access to includes all of the Star Wars films" - well this will definitely entice some folks.
All good points, and what you say is definitely true. I would add though, that this is definitely a case of 'security through security' and such an attack would be highly unlikely on such a lab system. And besides, even on an updated system there are countless ways to hack such a system. If someone (determined, talented and with a sufficiently large bankroll wants to get in, they will get in).
Does anyone remember their Blockbusters keeping the actual movie or game in the box on the shelf? If I remember right they would have an empty placeholder movie/game cover, and if there were any copies in stock they would be behind it. I think that always annoyed me as sometimes it was hard to tell if there was anything behind the placeholder. Sometimes it would look like there was one in stock and then you lift it up and... nothing. Always thought that was kind of mean of Blockbusters. Maybe that was just a weird dream though, and in actuality they did things differently.
(And on a side note, you'd think that would have made theft of their items a lot easier, rather than keeping everything behind the counter).
You could try 'reflowing' the GPU on your 2011 MacBook Pro to resurrect is. It's not a guarantee to work, of course, but since it's currently unusable there's not really much to lose. For those wondering what reflowing entails, it basically means you heat up the GPU chip on the motherboard by using either a hot air gun (can find them for really cheap on Ebay) or if you want to get fancy there are also dedicated reflow 'stations' that are a bit more for the professional market.
These GPU's typically fail not because the chip goes bad, but because the chips solder ball joints crack and come loose from the motherboard due to thermal stress from normal use and poor airflow design. Reflowing melts the solder on the chip and causes it to rejoin with the board. I've fixed several laptops that had nothing but a black screen on boot, as well as several PS3's this way. The worst part is you have to dissasemble the unit down to the motherboard so you can have access to the GPU, but iFixit's site has really easy to follow teardown guides if you are interested.
nothing of value was lost.
I used Foursquare maybe all of 10 times around 2010 or so, got bored and haven't looked back since. Didn't even know it was still in existence anymore. That new board game sounds about as interesting as the original Foursquare concept, moving on (again). It's kind of depressing to hear that they are still alive and kicking in a more discreet (but probably incredibly profitable) form, collecting all our PII data and laughing all the way to the bank. Sigh.
Adherence implies some sort of operational sentience - these robot tanks will *adhere* to nothing on a high level principal - they'll only operate as they are programmed, and as we all know programming is extremely fallible.
That 'courage' line from Apple still makes me shake my head today.
Hey Apple, let me give you an example of courage. 'Courage' is huddling on a barge, wet, cold, trembling, sick to your stomach with fear, knowing that you are about to land on a beach filled to the brim with blood thirsty Nazis ready to pump a barrage of hot lead into your body, knowing that your chances of survival are about 40% or less and still somehow finding the will to off that boat and charge the beach.
Sorry, I digress. I guess it is a pretty courageous thing to do to remove a analog headphone jack on an iPhone.
I can see how both sides have a stake in this issue. It is the Starbucks prerogative to play music that supports the businesses overall goal of making money, however questionable their musical choices are (Hamilton soundtrack?!?), however, it's also important that the employees have the right to not work in a torturous environment. In this case, I propose that if Starbucks is going to loop repetitive music in their stores to the possible detriment to their employees, then Starbucks allow employees to wear discreet Bluetooth earbuds that play the music of their choice. There, win-win.
I'd be happy it was just spiders that were going extinct (and mosquitos and roaches, too). The rest of em' don't really bug me.
Wish the missing footage would have been of the supposed 9 mile high (or so I heard) crystal/glass towers on the dark side of the moon. Supposedly they are housing souls from earth. Totally bonkers, I know! But would make a good movie plot! Same with the supposed UFOs hiding in craters.
Nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure...
"A node consists of two Intel chips, each of which has 24 processors." Not to be pedantic (OK, I'm going to be pedantic), but shouldn't this read "each of which has 24 cores"? Maybe the original wording is correct, and yes you could say that a core IS a processor, but I'm a bit OCD on terminology. :)
Good question. I guess I would say that, given the large amount of processes that need to happen just right for the germination process to be successful, and that these processes were evolved to occur under a very specific gravitational context, it's possible that the low gravity of the moon could have interfered to such an extent that it could have resulted in failure. In any case it is a very interesting and hopeful outcome for the future of space exploration. *I believe germination and these types of experiments have already been performed successfully in zero gravity environments, so not sure that this is a significant find either way. This sounds like one of those, 'well we can't say for sure it will work until we try it' kind of scenarios.
Interesting question. I would say that if flowers and other plants can 'hear', they are likely only going to be able to hear things that increase their chances of reproduction and survival. Just as we humans can only hear things within a certain frequency band (arguably matching things we need to hear to survive and reproduce) I would imagine a flower is tuned to be the same through selective evolutionary processes. To get to your original question, IMO I would they they couldn't hear things such as pebbles or streams because they serve no advantage to their survival. (Full disclosure, this is just pure speculation from someone who is neither a biologist or expert on selective evolution).
Although you can arguably say that Apple invented the smartphone as we know it, they are now mired in an endless game of tug-of-war with their rivals Samsung and the rest of the Android clan. This is unfortunate because I feel they are pumping the lions share of their considerable resources into simply keeping up with the competitors that originally copied their ground breaking concept of what a phone could be.
I feel Apple needs to somehow break free of this endless 'boring' update cycle and release their newest earth shattering product. The only problem is I doubt the current leadership at Apple has what it takes to do this. Although nice, Bluetooth earbuds, smart speakers, and smart watchers and endless iterations of iPhones, iPads and laptops ain't going to cut it. They are going to need another device that is as paradigm shifting as the original iPhone was. I think if they still had Jobs this may have happened by now, but really who knows. I feel within the next 5 years or so Apple WILL need this type of product or they will again become increasingly irrelevant as they were in the mid to late 90's before the advent of the iPod rescued them from certain death. (Full disclosure - I own Apple products).
Pics or it didn't happen... ;)
Correction, they were bought out by Gateway (the cow computer company!), NOT HP. Ugh, I need to proofread more. :)
Never knew, but apparently Amiga was eventually bought by HP, then subsequently sold to a company called Amino, who renamed themselves Amiga. Their plan was to then resurrect the core Amiga OS and release it as the Amiga DE (Digital Environment) on PowerPC, x86, Arm, SH4 and SH5 Procs. No idea what ever happened with that as I'm too lazy to look it up, but guessing not much since I've never heard of anything since regarding that attempt.
You've got a good point, it can be hard to distinguish one IPA from another (from a cask or not), but I guess I've had enough variety of IPA that you begin to pick up on the subtleties that differing types and amounts of hops (and in this case carbonation) can bring about in a given beer.
If you haven't, try cask drawn ales if you get a chance. These beers use the natural carbonation that is produced during the fermentation process and are hand drawn so the need for c02 to push the beer is unnecessary. Having very little carbonation brings out light and delicate flavors in the beer that are usually masked by having lots of C02. My favorite are cask drawn IPAs.
that these are the first Intel chips to come *out of the box* running at 5 GHz, but I've been running my i7 7700K Kaby Lake at 5 GHz stably for more than a year now, so somehow doesn't seem like that big of a 'wow' to me. Now run them at 6 GHz, now we're talking.