Patents are intended to protect Research & Development, so that those who spend millions, or billions, into research don't get it copied just like that without any chance of recovering the costs whatsoever. Without it, research and development become a much less lucrative field. We get hurt because in the end, very few bother with actually developing technology, and that hurts society.
That can be, and already is, solved by current implementations. Has for decades. Yes, it requires 5 minutes of the IT crew actually bothering setting the correct policies...
Coathangers do just fine on their own. But for the same reason that CAT6 requires more insulation, that coathanger won't necessary do if you run a lot of cables in close proximity.
Considering smaller form factor machines generally only have one or two PCI-E slots, and these aren't infrequently used for Network connectivity (or GPUs) - chances are high you simply don't have any PCI-E slots left.
You basically completely failed to look at the difference in size, or consider the type of case it is mounted in.
Sure its unnecessary in a traditional Tower Case, where there are often 8 hard drive slots available.
But in a small server rack where space is premium; this becomes very viable, especially as there are often few drive slots available; but probably there are unused RAM slots.
Nope. Nothing but basic maintenance like a defrag twice a year and avoiding AV software. The most extreme thing I ever did was open it up and dismantle the entire cooling array to thoroughly clean it out. 3 and a half years on and eventually you reach a point where conventional cleaning just won't get everything out anymore. That sure did.
That doesn't explain why my 5 year old laptop has not had an OS re-installation once; and that damn thing was my sole machine until just last year - and it did not slow down at all.
(Lets not even get into the amount of stuff thats been installed and uninstalled on it - it outnumbers your expected count very likely by a multiple of 10)
OS slowdowns are caused primarily by shitty AV software. They don't just hog performance by running, they mess up your machine every single time they update. And that damage remains after uninstallation.
Considering prebuilt machines and laptops virtually always come with some form of AV package preinstalled (McAfee is popular here) - I think you over-estimate those amounts.
Its less about appearance and more about adaptability.
UEFI software is not as strict about which motherboard it runs on - and you can implement significantly more functionality into it, helped by the fact that its much easier to code for (C++ rather than Assembly). The fact that its capable of handling more than 64kilobytes of RAM helps for this as well. Its not based on code thats older than quite a number of posters here. Dozens and dozens of difficult (thus costly) modifications have had to be made to BIOS in order for it not to break modern systems. I remember when more than 128gb was unusable on a lot of machines because of BIOS; and frequently forced a complete motherboard replacement because BIOS just could not be reliably updated on a broad scale. The fact that its adaptability also permits greater ease of use is merely a bonus; its not its purpose. And it boots faster too.
BIOS has been horribly mutilated and twisted into something it was never meant to do. It should've been replaced years ago.
"Shocking" in the sense thats really all Firefox has going for it at the moment. Its a slow starter (even worse with addons), currently the weakest browser security wise, and it takes up a large amount of screen space (although some also prefer having bookmarks on screen at all times).
I used Firefox for years; but had to abandon it eventually as it has been unable to keep up in the competitive environment it was responsible for creating to begin with.
None, yet (that doesn't exist modified/simplified in some ways for XP) - because XP still has a too large userbase - and most standard programs just aren't sensitive enough to care.
What can kill XP however are 64-bit programs. Now you don't need to point out that XP has a 64-bit version; i know that; but what does need to be pointed out is that the 64-bit version of XP is poorly supported. Tons of missing drivers, and outdated drivers, results in a OS that regularly doesn't behave that nicely compared to the NT6 OSs and XP 32-bit.
IE9 in its current state is actually quite sweet. Not enough so that I'd switch from Opera to it mind; not quite got the features I like (though many are the sort the average user probably wouldn't bother with) - though it does LOOK good.
Unless you're a heavy addon user; its definitely superior to Firefox - which really has been moving to take over IE as the 'worst browser' for a while now. Vanilla Firefox is a damn disgrace at the moment.
Strange. I have seen Windows loosing its genuine status a few times - but so far its required nothing more than [WINKEY] + [PAUSE] and pressing Activate Now in order to get it back to its old genuine self.
Well with one exception; the motherboard on a computer broke and had to be replaced - at that time I had to phone up the automated validation system and validate it that way. Curious as to what issues you've had though...
One of us isn't grasping the context of the parent - and I'm not sure which. Nothing wrong with using a VM, but in the context of the parent - seemingly the VM environment specifically seemed to be causing issues. He never mentioned WHY there was a need for a VM though since all that was mentioned was the need to run UNIX application.
I can present a different story. 4 mechanical drives (1 server, 2 desktop, 1 laptop) have failed for me so far in the year 2010, and thats just private use. Of those, only the server produced S.M.A.R.T warnings which gave me time to order a replacement. Now all data is stored on at least one other drive for the sake of safety, so none were more than a few days nuisance at most - but Hard Drive = Reliable isn't something I feel comfortable saying, hence I avoid Raid0 like the plague. Everyone else I know with more than two mechanical hard drives has also had at least one HDD failure this year, and thats a lot of people.
You sure about the performance part of TRIM? Most benchmarks I've seen suggest read/write improves with the commands enabled; even if the drive is fresh. (Intels G2 drives also received pretty good performance improvements when the TRIM firmware hit - though part of that is probably due to enhanced algorithms)
I'd disagree. Hard drives have a significantly worse lifespan for the basic or standard user because of its mechanical properties.Something like one in ten mechanicals can't even make it past the first year because of their infancy failure rate.
With an SSD you have two large threats; sector wear, and controller failure. Sector wear is always present - but is completely dependent on how much WRITING you do on the drive. For the average user, it won't really be a whole lot - and you should be able to go for over a decade with minimal sector losses. At that time, most mechanicals would've brought down the entire drive; assuming death wasn't accelerated or caused by additional outside factors like temperature or the drive moving, the latter being a very significant and probable factor in a laptop, while the sooner cannot be ignored either.
That really sounds more like a case where again - they lack a primary machine. For me, the laptop is a secondary device, despite using it more often than the desktop. The desktop, as the primary, is responsible for camcorder ripping, and handling of camera files. The laptop can still do it; but its not something you let accumulate. As soon as you get home, the data is offloaded to the primary system.
Lots of people could easily reduce their storage demands with basic organization and management.
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Ask most major R&D firms, ask many individuals who work with it.
Patents are intended to protect Research & Development, so that those who spend millions, or billions, into research don't get it copied just like that without any chance of recovering the costs whatsoever. Without it, research and development become a much less lucrative field. We get hurt because in the end, very few bother with actually developing technology, and that hurts society.
They're just using it as an excuse to browse 4chan.
That can be, and already is, solved by current implementations. Has for decades. Yes, it requires 5 minutes of the IT crew actually bothering setting the correct policies...
Coathangers do just fine on their own. But for the same reason that CAT6 requires more insulation, that coathanger won't necessary do if you run a lot of cables in close proximity.
Virtualized surround. Works quite well.
Try saying that again thinking in a context outside of your home desktop.
Considering smaller form factor machines generally only have one or two PCI-E slots, and these aren't infrequently used for Network connectivity (or GPUs) - chances are high you simply don't have any PCI-E slots left.
You basically completely failed to look at the difference in size, or consider the type of case it is mounted in. Sure its unnecessary in a traditional Tower Case, where there are often 8 hard drive slots available. But in a small server rack where space is premium; this becomes very viable, especially as there are often few drive slots available; but probably there are unused RAM slots.
Nope. Nothing but basic maintenance like a defrag twice a year and avoiding AV software. The most extreme thing I ever did was open it up and dismantle the entire cooling array to thoroughly clean it out. 3 and a half years on and eventually you reach a point where conventional cleaning just won't get everything out anymore. That sure did.
That doesn't explain why my 5 year old laptop has not had an OS re-installation once; and that damn thing was my sole machine until just last year - and it did not slow down at all. (Lets not even get into the amount of stuff thats been installed and uninstalled on it - it outnumbers your expected count very likely by a multiple of 10) OS slowdowns are caused primarily by shitty AV software. They don't just hog performance by running, they mess up your machine every single time they update. And that damage remains after uninstallation.
Considering prebuilt machines and laptops virtually always come with some form of AV package preinstalled (McAfee is popular here) - I think you over-estimate those amounts.
Its less about appearance and more about adaptability. UEFI software is not as strict about which motherboard it runs on - and you can implement significantly more functionality into it, helped by the fact that its much easier to code for (C++ rather than Assembly). The fact that its capable of handling more than 64kilobytes of RAM helps for this as well. Its not based on code thats older than quite a number of posters here. Dozens and dozens of difficult (thus costly) modifications have had to be made to BIOS in order for it not to break modern systems. I remember when more than 128gb was unusable on a lot of machines because of BIOS; and frequently forced a complete motherboard replacement because BIOS just could not be reliably updated on a broad scale. The fact that its adaptability also permits greater ease of use is merely a bonus; its not its purpose. And it boots faster too. BIOS has been horribly mutilated and twisted into something it was never meant to do. It should've been replaced years ago.
The demonstration is done on a Sandy Bridge system, explicitly stated in the article. It is indeed unreleased and NDA covered.
"Shocking" in the sense thats really all Firefox has going for it at the moment. Its a slow starter (even worse with addons), currently the weakest browser security wise, and it takes up a large amount of screen space (although some also prefer having bookmarks on screen at all times). I used Firefox for years; but had to abandon it eventually as it has been unable to keep up in the competitive environment it was responsible for creating to begin with.
None, yet (that doesn't exist modified/simplified in some ways for XP) - because XP still has a too large userbase - and most standard programs just aren't sensitive enough to care.
What can kill XP however are 64-bit programs. Now you don't need to point out that XP has a 64-bit version; i know that; but what does need to be pointed out is that the 64-bit version of XP is poorly supported. Tons of missing drivers, and outdated drivers, results in a OS that regularly doesn't behave that nicely compared to the NT6 OSs and XP 32-bit.
This however is still likely some ways off.
A shocking amount of people, actually....
Should check out Russia as well. IE is loosing both to Firefox and Opera. (24% vs ~32% for both)
IE9 in its current state is actually quite sweet. Not enough so that I'd switch from Opera to it mind; not quite got the features I like (though many are the sort the average user probably wouldn't bother with) - though it does LOOK good. Unless you're a heavy addon user; its definitely superior to Firefox - which really has been moving to take over IE as the 'worst browser' for a while now. Vanilla Firefox is a damn disgrace at the moment.
Strange. I have seen Windows loosing its genuine status a few times - but so far its required nothing more than [WINKEY] + [PAUSE] and pressing Activate Now in order to get it back to its old genuine self.
Well with one exception; the motherboard on a computer broke and had to be replaced - at that time I had to phone up the automated validation system and validate it that way. Curious as to what issues you've had though...
One of us isn't grasping the context of the parent - and I'm not sure which. Nothing wrong with using a VM, but in the context of the parent - seemingly the VM environment specifically seemed to be causing issues. He never mentioned WHY there was a need for a VM though since all that was mentioned was the need to run UNIX application.
I can present a different story. 4 mechanical drives (1 server, 2 desktop, 1 laptop) have failed for me so far in the year 2010, and thats just private use. Of those, only the server produced S.M.A.R.T warnings which gave me time to order a replacement. Now all data is stored on at least one other drive for the sake of safety, so none were more than a few days nuisance at most - but Hard Drive = Reliable isn't something I feel comfortable saying, hence I avoid Raid0 like the plague. Everyone else I know with more than two mechanical hard drives has also had at least one HDD failure this year, and thats a lot of people.
You sure about the performance part of TRIM? Most benchmarks I've seen suggest read/write improves with the commands enabled; even if the drive is fresh. (Intels G2 drives also received pretty good performance improvements when the TRIM firmware hit - though part of that is probably due to enhanced algorithms)
I'd disagree. Hard drives have a significantly worse lifespan for the basic or standard user because of its mechanical properties.Something like one in ten mechanicals can't even make it past the first year because of their infancy failure rate. With an SSD you have two large threats; sector wear, and controller failure. Sector wear is always present - but is completely dependent on how much WRITING you do on the drive. For the average user, it won't really be a whole lot - and you should be able to go for over a decade with minimal sector losses. At that time, most mechanicals would've brought down the entire drive; assuming death wasn't accelerated or caused by additional outside factors like temperature or the drive moving, the latter being a very significant and probable factor in a laptop, while the sooner cannot be ignored either.
That really sounds more like a case where again - they lack a primary machine. For me, the laptop is a secondary device, despite using it more often than the desktop. The desktop, as the primary, is responsible for camcorder ripping, and handling of camera files. The laptop can still do it; but its not something you let accumulate. As soon as you get home, the data is offloaded to the primary system. Lots of people could easily reduce their storage demands with basic organization and management.