I have a mid-2011 Thinkpad W520 with a 170 W powerbrick, the processor has plenty of power but yes after a few seconds it will do thermal throttling to keep the temperature of the CPU and GPU at acceptable levels.
My question is, will a modern laptop have a better efficiency before it reaches the throttling stage?
I have my debit card for well over 20 years and as long as the ATM is in the same currency (euro) there is no charge whatsoever.
I know a lot of banks do charge for using other bank's ATM's but that is only a matter of selecting the right bank.
Where I live, NW-Europe, the driving force for going cashless are people like me who prefer the convenience.
I hate having to carry British Pounds, Euro's, Swiss Francs, Danish and Norwegian Kroner.
We've very recently seen an hours-long failure in the Maestro/Mastercard system here in Europe, lucky were those that also carried cash or a Visa based card.
Years ago I ran into a similar an issue when I wanted to use my debit card to pay fuel, the filling station was prepared and had IOU's to fill out that included a copy of the driving licence and the failing card, it just worked albeit slower than usual.
Only a few days ago I wanted to use some facilities at a fuel station along a major German route and found out you need coins to get in...
Lucky for me there was a possibility to pay by card at the cash register but it was not exactly user friendly or efficient/speedy.
Also, in The Netherlands public transport has gone cashless, you want to ride a bus you need to pay by debit card.
The main reason is to halt the robberies of bus drivers.
It's not really an issue as virtually everyone has access to debit cards.
Not so easy if your company uses Outlook for calendaring.
My colleague in the UK sets up a meeting and the mail says it was set up at UTC time which sound logic.
Only after accepting it shows they actually meant UTC+1 where I am.
Yes I know, Outlook is Microsoft.
This has already been tried several times over the years and always with the same result: People discover that they don't like it being dark longer in the morning during the winter.
...which you can also compensate by changing working hours.
And several business have different opening hours during the seasons anyway (e.g.: due to reduced work force due to vacations in summer).
Next time think before you post.
In the economically significant parts of the EU in winter the sun comes up after 09:00 and sets before 17:00.
Already virtually everyone goes to work or school and returns in the dark, making the sun come up after 10:00 is just not acceptable.
They should eliminate it simply based on the increase in heart attacks it causes.
Duh. DST 1 hour shift is as stressful as one hour jet lag, what most people don't even notice while traveling. The event causes about same amount stress as when you watch TV-programming one hour later Saturday evening and then need to wake up ordinary time Sunday morning. That's what the actual event causes. But some people make it in their mind worse by worrying it beforehand and apparently enjoy being drama queens whole next week.
Amen!
That one hour difference is totally insignificant.
So many EU people fly for holidays to Greece or the Canary Isles and Brits go to France or the Spanish Costa's and they wouldn't even know the difference.
You are so right, that hour of difference y is very little compared to the differences people already experience like during the weekend or others days off, different shifts etc.
Like I've never heard of people suffering because they travel a to/fro an adjacent time zone.
Yes I like DST and have NO sympathy for the whiners.
You seem to forget for privacy's sake German ISP's change IP every night.
You need to contact the ISP to link a particular IP at a time to a user and that doesn't work all too simple.
It is realy hard to cost such a project ahead of completion.
Especially when it takes so long, technology is rapidly improving and they must have changed to newer camera's etc. since the first design.
Just look at the technical and price development of an iPhone over this same period and you realise this increase is nothing special.
That the home speakers need net access to slurp your data was to be expected.
But as someone that contemplated (past tense) getting a Chromecast I am still surprised the damn thing can't stream from laptop or phone to the TV without accessing Google.
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I fully concur, Kubuntu works fine for all 'normal' users.
I've bought a licence for Softmaker Office and it works at least as good as MS office.
All around me I see lazy consumers taking any message for the truth, especially if it comes from Fox News.
In a regular democracy the nearly 3 million votes difference would have made Clinton the winner...
I have a mid-2011 Thinkpad W520 with a 170 W powerbrick, the processor has plenty of power but yes after a few seconds it will do thermal throttling to keep the temperature of the CPU and GPU at acceptable levels.
My question is, will a modern laptop have a better efficiency before it reaches the throttling stage?
Providing you report the stolen card and have it blocked in a timely fashion there should not be any cost involved.
Try that with cash...
I have my debit card for well over 20 years and as long as the ATM is in the same currency (euro) there is no charge whatsoever.
I know a lot of banks do charge for using other bank's ATM's but that is only a matter of selecting the right bank.
Duh, as the overdraft fee for not having enough cash on you = no sale.
Cute, but it doesn't change the facts.
I don't know of any (IBAN) bank with such a charge.
Where I live, NW-Europe, the driving force for going cashless are people like me who prefer the convenience.
I hate having to carry British Pounds, Euro's, Swiss Francs, Danish and Norwegian Kroner.
We've very recently seen an hours-long failure in the Maestro/Mastercard system here in Europe, lucky were those that also carried cash or a Visa based card.
Years ago I ran into a similar an issue when I wanted to use my debit card to pay fuel, the filling station was prepared and had IOU's to fill out that included a copy of the driving licence and the failing card, it just worked albeit slower than usual.
Cash in the bank's vault works for them, they do include it in their books as security.
Only a few days ago I wanted to use some facilities at a fuel station along a major German route and found out you need coins to get in...
Lucky for me there was a possibility to pay by card at the cash register but it was not exactly user friendly or efficient/speedy.
Also, in The Netherlands public transport has gone cashless, you want to ride a bus you need to pay by debit card.
The main reason is to halt the robberies of bus drivers.
It's not really an issue as virtually everyone has access to debit cards.
By design 'late payment' is never an issue on debit cards.
Not so easy if your company uses Outlook for calendaring.
My colleague in the UK sets up a meeting and the mail says it was set up at UTC time which sound logic.
Only after accepting it shows they actually meant UTC+1 where I am.
Yes I know, Outlook is Microsoft.
This has already been tried several times over the years and always with the same result: People discover that they don't like it being dark longer in the morning during the winter.
...which you can also compensate by changing working hours.
And several business have different opening hours during the seasons anyway (e.g.: due to reduced work force due to vacations in summer).
Next time think before you post.
In the economically significant parts of the EU in winter the sun comes up after 09:00 and sets before 17:00.
Already virtually everyone goes to work or school and returns in the dark, making the sun come up after 10:00 is just not acceptable.
. . . and the Southern Europeans respond with a chorus of:
"Only mad dogs, and Englishmen, go out in the noonday sun."
Uhh, it is:
Only mad dogs and other Englishman go out in the noonday sun.
Summertime the whole year is a bit of a problem, where I live it means in mid-winter the sun would only rise after 10:00 in the morning...
They should eliminate it simply based on the increase in heart attacks it causes.
Duh. DST 1 hour shift is as stressful as one hour jet lag, what most people don't even notice while traveling. The event causes about same amount stress as when you watch TV-programming one hour later Saturday evening and then need to wake up ordinary time Sunday morning. That's what the actual event causes. But some people make it in their mind worse by worrying it beforehand and apparently enjoy being drama queens whole next week.
Amen!
That one hour difference is totally insignificant.
So many EU people fly for holidays to Greece or the Canary Isles and Brits go to France or the Spanish Costa's and they wouldn't even know the difference.
UTC please.
What a crock, very few want to abandon the EU.
Even the Brits are slowly starting to see the obvious problems of their impending Brexit.
You are so right, that hour of difference y is very little compared to the differences people already experience like during the weekend or others days off, different shifts etc.
Like I've never heard of people suffering because they travel a to/fro an adjacent time zone.
Yes I like DST and have NO sympathy for the whiners.
You seem to forget for privacy's sake German ISP's change IP every night.
You need to contact the ISP to link a particular IP at a time to a user and that doesn't work all too simple.
Your translation is correct and in some eyes the name is suspicious.
Schröder.
And the CSU is known to be close to 'braune' (brown = nazi uniform) sympathisers.
It is realy hard to cost such a project ahead of completion.
Especially when it takes so long, technology is rapidly improving and they must have changed to newer camera's etc. since the first design.
Just look at the technical and price development of an iPhone over this same period and you realise this increase is nothing special.
Unless you want to launch 9 year old tech...
That the home speakers need net access to slurp your data was to be expected.
But as someone that contemplated (past tense) getting a Chromecast I am still surprised the damn thing can't stream from laptop or phone to the TV without accessing Google.