I'm typing this on a Lenvo Carbon X1. It's coming to the end of its life. It's not as old as my MBP (They are both Haswell I think).
The keyboard on the Lenovo sucks donkeys. Nothing is in the right place, the function keys serve mostly to allow the cat to turn off the wifi while you aren't looking. The key feel is a bit dead. It sometimes doesn't want to turn on. It often cannot attach to a Wifi AP it had no problem with in the past. Compiling C code requires messing with MinGW and the inline assembly is different because windows calling conventions != Linux calling conventions.
Wouldn't I buy the same pro for the same money today? Hell no. Things get cheaper. I'd buy a computer that offered across the board quality hardware. I have a windows gaming machine with the big graphics card, a personal laptop that I mostly do development on and whatever I have from my employer. That personal laptop can be Linux or MacOS. Since all PCs were crap hardware at the time, the MBP won. I see some options in PCs these days, so maybe I would consider a Linux laptop when the MBP goes South. Robust case, good screen, good keyboard, good CPU, lots of memory and storage. I am relatively insensitive to cost.
I heard good things about Virgin. A while ago I made regular trips from Amsterdam to Tokyo on KLM, with a few co-workers flying in from London on Virgin. After their description of the lounge and the in-flight service I was sorely tempted to grab a flight to London on my own dime and hop on that Virgin flight instead of sticking with KLM, just to experience a service where people actually make an effort (KLM isn't terrible, but it feels like they always do as little as they can get away with).
The fanciest service I've ever had from an airline was by KLM. It was in business class where they served breakfast on fine china for a 50 minute flight. Of course, that was a decade ago so perhaps they aren't nearly as fancy any more? I fly first on United and Delta from time to time and it has never ever been as amazing as that one flight by KLM. The lounges are great for long flights but I don't ever bother on domestic travel. Oh how times have changed.
Rather more recently (last December) I took business class to Guanzhou, China on China Southern airlines. It was the best international business class I've been in, and I've been in a few. In contrast, I came back on business class with Canadian airlines and it was the worst international business class I've been in.
Before a 1st class flight to Korea from the US (I think from Chicago) I found myself being directed to a first class lounge as I started in the direction of the lounge. It wasn't like they said "The first class lounge is over here if you care to use it", it was more a case of being told "No, don't even think of going to the usual lounge. Get in this elevator right now".
It was not different to the usual lounge, except for being smaller and less worn down by masses of people. But they were very insistent that I be in it.
I need a keyboard to do the things I do with a computer.
A laptop cunningly puts the computer bit on the bottom, with the keyboard attached to the top side of the computer and the screen is attach to the computer with a hinge. This works because the computer+keyboard is heavier than the screen, so it doesn't fall backwards.
Then some bright spark said, "Hey! Let's put the computer bit on the back of the screen. So now you end up with a skinny keyboard and the computer and screen oriented vertically which will not stand up on its own, so ends up with ridiculous things like flip out screen stands to keep the screen standing.
This is why I don't have a surface. They put the computer bit in the wrong place.
W.T.F.???? It is Math people. It is not plural. Sciences sure but not Maths. Maybe the OP should play more video games. Oh, and the reason there is a strong correlation is because it isn't the game that is "making" the kids smarter. It is that the smarter kids are house bound nerds who never go out and party with their friends. They are introverts and have no other social options other than on-line gaming.
You need to travel a bit more. There is a place in this world where English was created, rather than imported and they contract mathematics to maths.
It's nice to know that academic success causes video games. There is supporting evidence. Square Enix, EA, Rockstar and other video game makers did not exist until after universities were invented.
And if his condition worsened while driving there causing an accident injuring others? There's a reason why you call an ambulance and you do it for reasons in addition to yourself.
He was presented with a risk reward trade-off and made the right call.
You could put Raquel Welch into one of these pills and send her in to wipe away the blockages. That would be a fantastic voyage. However I imagine she might not fit into a pill case these days.
> specifically on the generation of X.509 certificates and certain cryptographic methods.
This one describes a procedure that sounds different to the usual way but is in fact the same. You want a random number for a key in a field of order q, q is a prime, so say a 256 bit prime is a prime that fits into 256 bits, but there are 256 bit numbers bigger than q which aren't in the field since 2^256 -1 is not prime. q is not as big as the biggest number you can represent in 256 bits.
So the obvious thing to is: Repeat { get random number x} until (Hash(x) 2^256); key = H(x); The patent says, let's not get a new random number in the loop (RNG's being slow and all). We'll make some more by incrementing x until Hash(x) 2^256. I.E. get random number x; Repeat {x++} until (Hash(x) 2^256); key = H(x);
However the x++; output H(x) is a pretty normal PRNG structure. An RNG typically contains an entropy source to seed a PRNG which then interates a counter and hashes or encrypts the counter, to extend the single seed to many random numbers.
So the patented solution is no different to the normal procedure, pulling from an RNG that contains a PRNG, like for example, a standard SP800-90 RNG or an X9.82 RNG or any of the other relevant standards.
CTR mode has been around a long time. So has the hash version.
Putting this type of patent into the ring in a court fight risks someone putting in the effort to find prior art and invalidating it. It's much easier to license it and get money without a court fight and risking losing the patent.
Ahh, now we are getting somewhere, that's atleast a CPU right? But you still failed because Broadwell is from 2014. It's 2016 and everyone else is shipping skylake.
So... it's a two year-old computer, not a four year-old computer. An every-other-year update cycle seems pretty reasonable, given the pace at which processor performance is changing these days (slower than it used to). As for GPUs, meh, these aren't gaming rigs.
I got my 2 year old retina 13" MBP about 2 years ago. It's still a better laptop than the two 'high end' Lenovos my employer foisted on me in the interim.
A) It's unixy under the hood. I can bring up a bash shell and work on the command line. B) It's case is good. It doesn't fall apart over time. C) The retina screen makes working on text better than on a lower resolution screen D) It's neither too big nor too heavy E) It isn't running Windows F) The battery lasts long enough for my needs. G) The RAM and SSD are maxed out.
15.6" is not a laptop form factor. Even 14" that is not 4:3 is not a laptop form factor. For a real laptop it has to be the size of A4/Letter sheet of paper and no larger, only thicker.
Who made you the law on what constitutes a laptop? A 15.6" laptop will sit on my lap without difficultly.
Looking for a tech job? I got 800+ connections to recruiters from the last 20 years that I've talked, interviewed or submitted resumes to during my IT career. If I post online that I'm looking for a job, I'll immediately get 50+ responses. Sometimes LinkedIn is the only way to find jobs that aren't being listed on the job search boards.
Head hunters find me on linked in every few weeks. One day I might need them.
It's the branded charger and cable that came with it : 5V, 1500mA. It's just ticked to 'all green' in the icon at 1 hour 37 minutes, but is still charging. It has not be subject to a whole lot of abuse and has spent long periods in a draw and never at extreme temperatures.
For a device that seems tailor made for travelers, the battery and charger isn't up to the task. It doesn't last for 12 hour flight, it won't charge up quickly enough between flights and you can't carry a spare battery.
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I'm typing this on a Lenvo Carbon X1. It's coming to the end of its life. It's not as old as my MBP (They are both Haswell I think).
The keyboard on the Lenovo sucks donkeys. Nothing is in the right place, the function keys serve mostly to allow the cat to turn off the wifi while you aren't looking. The key feel is a bit dead. It sometimes doesn't want to turn on. It often cannot attach to a Wifi AP it had no problem with in the past. Compiling C code requires messing with MinGW and the inline assembly is different because windows calling conventions != Linux calling conventions.
Wouldn't I buy the same pro for the same money today? Hell no. Things get cheaper. I'd buy a computer that offered across the board quality hardware. I have a windows gaming machine with the big graphics card, a personal laptop that I mostly do development on and whatever I have from my employer. That personal laptop can be Linux or MacOS. Since all PCs were crap hardware at the time, the MBP won. I see some options in PCs these days, so maybe I would consider a Linux laptop when the MBP goes South. Robust case, good screen, good keyboard, good CPU, lots of memory and storage. I am relatively insensitive to cost.
Then what do they offer over the general waiting area? the whole attraction of airline lounges here is free food/booze/showers.
No. The attraction is basic amenities and separation from the thronging masses.
I heard good things about Virgin. A while ago I made regular trips from Amsterdam to Tokyo on KLM, with a few co-workers flying in from London on Virgin. After their description of the lounge and the in-flight service I was sorely tempted to grab a flight to London on my own dime and hop on that Virgin flight instead of sticking with KLM, just to experience a service where people actually make an effort (KLM isn't terrible, but it feels like they always do as little as they can get away with).
The fanciest service I've ever had from an airline was by KLM. It was in business class where they served breakfast on fine china for a 50 minute flight. Of course, that was a decade ago so perhaps they aren't nearly as fancy any more? I fly first on United and Delta from time to time and it has never ever been as amazing as that one flight by KLM. The lounges are great for long flights but I don't ever bother on domestic travel. Oh how times have changed.
Rather more recently (last December) I took business class to Guanzhou, China on China Southern airlines. It was the best international business class I've been in, and I've been in a few. In contrast, I came back on business class with Canadian airlines and it was the worst international business class I've been in.
Before a 1st class flight to Korea from the US (I think from Chicago) I found myself being directed to a first class lounge as I started in the direction of the lounge. It wasn't like they said "The first class lounge is over here if you care to use it", it was more a case of being told "No, don't even think of going to the usual lounge. Get in this elevator right now".
It was not different to the usual lounge, except for being smaller and less worn down by masses of people. But they were very insistent that I be in it.
I need a keyboard to do the things I do with a computer.
A laptop cunningly puts the computer bit on the bottom, with the keyboard attached to the top side of the computer and the screen is attach to the computer with a hinge. This works because the computer+keyboard is heavier than the screen, so it doesn't fall backwards.
Then some bright spark said, "Hey! Let's put the computer bit on the back of the screen. So now you end up with a skinny keyboard and the computer and screen oriented vertically which will not stand up on its own, so ends up with ridiculous things like flip out screen stands to keep the screen standing.
This is why I don't have a surface. They put the computer bit in the wrong place.
It's all secret from the get go. I don't remember getting a source code dump with my car.
W.T.F.???? It is Math people. It is not plural. Sciences sure but not Maths. Maybe the OP should play more video games. Oh, and the reason there is a strong correlation is because it isn't the game that is "making" the kids smarter. It is that the smarter kids are house bound nerds who never go out and party with their friends. They are introverts and have no other social options other than on-line gaming.
You need to travel a bit more. There is a place in this world where English was created, rather than imported and they contract mathematics to maths.
It's nice to know that academic success causes video games. There is supporting evidence. Square Enix, EA, Rockstar and other video game makers did not exist until after universities were invented.
I meal natively on Linux. Curses!
Curses? I think there's a port of curses to windows, but termbox is better.
No he made the wrong call and got lucky.
When it's a non deterministic outcome, the right call and the lucky call are the same thing.
I call bullshit. The guy should have called 911. He endangered himself and others... for what? save a few hundred dollars on an ambulance ride... hah
Probably to get to hospital quicker.
Argh, Slashdot removed my less than signs, making the whole thing meaningless
And if his condition worsened while driving there causing an accident injuring others? There's a reason why you call an ambulance and you do it for reasons in addition to yourself.
He was presented with a risk reward trade-off and made the right call.
You could put Raquel Welch into one of these pills and send her in to wipe away the blockages. That would be a fantastic voyage. However I imagine she might not fit into a pill case these days.
> specifically on the generation of X.509 certificates and certain cryptographic methods.
This one describes a procedure that sounds different to the usual way but is in fact the same.
You want a random number for a key in a field of order q, q is a prime, so say a 256 bit prime is a prime that fits into 256 bits, but there are 256 bit numbers bigger than q which aren't in the field since 2^256 -1 is not prime. q is not as big as the biggest number you can represent in 256 bits.
So the obvious thing to is: Repeat { get random number x} until (Hash(x) 2^256); key = H(x);
The patent says, let's not get a new random number in the loop (RNG's being slow and all). We'll make some more by incrementing x until Hash(x) 2^256.
I.E. get random number x; Repeat {x++} until (Hash(x) 2^256); key = H(x);
However the x++; output H(x) is a pretty normal PRNG structure. An RNG typically contains an entropy source to seed a PRNG which then interates a counter and hashes or encrypts the counter, to extend the single seed to many random numbers.
So the patented solution is no different to the normal procedure, pulling from an RNG that contains a PRNG, like for example, a standard SP800-90 RNG or an X9.82 RNG or any of the other relevant standards.
CTR mode has been around a long time. So has the hash version.
Putting this type of patent into the ring in a court fight risks someone putting in the effort to find prior art and invalidating it. It's much easier to license it and get money without a court fight and risking losing the patent.
That's odd, I'm sure I set out comparing it with the work laptops I had been issued. Not your personal choice of laptop.
A cat will sit on my lap without difficulty, it doesn't mean the cat is a laptop.
When you have to pack 17 days worth of clothing and a laptop in a proper size carry on bag, then you will see why 15.6" does not qualify as a laptop.
It may not be optimal for travel but your ad hoc and arbitary categorization is just wrong.
"That skylake that takes pictures all the time and sends them to Microsoft."
It's a CPU. It doesn't have a camera built in.
Ahh, now we are getting somewhere, that's atleast a CPU right? But you still failed because Broadwell is from 2014. It's 2016 and everyone else is shipping skylake.
So... it's a two year-old computer, not a four year-old computer. An every-other-year update cycle seems pretty reasonable, given the pace at which processor performance is changing these days (slower than it used to). As for GPUs, meh, these aren't gaming rigs.
I got my 2 year old retina 13" MBP about 2 years ago. It's still a better laptop than the two 'high end' Lenovos my employer foisted on me in the interim.
A) It's unixy under the hood. I can bring up a bash shell and work on the command line.
B) It's case is good. It doesn't fall apart over time.
C) The retina screen makes working on text better than on a lower resolution screen
D) It's neither too big nor too heavy
E) It isn't running Windows
F) The battery lasts long enough for my needs.
G) The RAM and SSD are maxed out.
I'm happy to have missed the haptic touchpad.
15.6" is not a laptop form factor. Even 14" that is not 4:3 is not a laptop form factor. For a real laptop it has to be the size of A4/Letter sheet of paper and no larger, only thicker.
Who made you the law on what constitutes a laptop? A 15.6" laptop will sit on my lap without difficultly.
I don't think LinkedIn users are at all interested in any kind of media. LinkedIn is modern equivalent of self-updating Rolodex.
Yes and yes.
Why do people use LinkedIn?
Looking for a tech job? I got 800+ connections to recruiters from the last 20 years that I've talked, interviewed or submitted resumes to during my IT career. If I post online that I'm looking for a job, I'll immediately get 50+ responses. Sometimes LinkedIn is the only way to find jobs that aren't being listed on the job search boards.
Head hunters find me on linked in every few weeks. One day I might need them.
It's the branded charger and cable that came with it : 5V, 1500mA.
It's just ticked to 'all green' in the icon at 1 hour 37 minutes, but is still charging.
It has not be subject to a whole lot of abuse and has spent long periods in a draw and never at extreme temperatures.
For a device that seems tailor made for travelers, the battery and charger isn't up to the task. It doesn't last for 12 hour flight, it won't charge up quickly enough between flights and you can't carry a spare battery.
53 minutes in and it's at about 50%.
I could turn it on after 17 minutes, 30 seconds. It is complaining the battery is low.