I dunno about peeps like you but I use the battery in a pinch only anyways...The real benefit of a laptop [imho] is just the ability to carry a computer around with you that's less bulky than a desktop.
I don't see the value of cracking a laptop open while walking around or something [even a small one] cuz the likelyhood of dropping it [at least for me] is too high.
So I'm likely to have a plug available [even when I lug my american laptop to france for business for example...].
As for the issue of "amd not being portable" that's just lame. I've taken my AMD XP-M [barton like] based laptop pretty much all over. It's never "too much to carry" and comes in very handy.
I'm not saying pentium-m based laptops aren't cool they're just not that impressive. My brothers Pentium-M Compaq 2200 series laptop gets four hours on battery... so does my AMD XP-M Compaq 2100 series laptop...whoopy
What people still fail to understand that is at idle your motherboard, ram, screen and hard drive still take quite a bit of power.
They certainly can execute you. Ever heard of "blackballed"?
If you piss off an unethical boss for whatever reason (which can include being an ass or simply not being an ass like your boss depending) they can make getting another job hard.
While yeah, "defamation" is illegal it's a mess that is hard to clean up. Most companies don't want to hire people that are "high maintanance" or come with "baggage".
So getting a negative reputation [whether fully deserved or not] is a really awkward and hard thing to deal with.
Aside: And fuck you CSE, like I wanted to work for the man anyways! "Not qualified" that's fancy talk for not "quebecois" enough!!!
I run a Gentoo Linux on 2.2Ghz AMD64 based system that doesn't crash and gets uptimes that spans the distance between kernels [shock: yes I actually update my kernel...]. Compared to my windows using friends with uptimes ranging in the HOURS department.... I'm leapyears ahead;-)
Getting an extra 100Mhz on your cpu isn't impressive. Getting an extra 10% speed boost on an already seemingly optimized/efficient algo is impressive.
I mean I could reboot at a HT speed of 210 and say "voila 110 extra Mhz". It would raise the core temperature probably by 1C and get me little noticeable performance.
Oh and btw with a $36 [CAD] "SilentBoost K8" my AMD64 is currently idling at 24.5C and my heatsink fan makes little noise [iirc it's rated at 20dB]. At full busy I get around 42-48C range where the max temp for the cpu is ~70C and I've never seen my cpu above 52C.
So really you need to follow some simple steps
Buy a more efficient cpu (K8 or PM) that can perform the same or more work with less power (I don't care what the TDP of the K8 is, it makes way less heat than a comparable P4 and I know this for a fact since I've had a P4 at one point)
I'd say go further [this relies on trusting your DNS and installed CA certs] just type the URL manually. They're usually short and it can save you a lot of hassle.
I recently [and despite my best thoughts on the matter] signed up for PayPal.
I get dozens of "paypal" emails a day. Occasionally some ARE legit.
I *NEVER* click on ANY links in emails for things like paypal/gmail/etc. [And yes, I'm smart enough to actually hover on the link to see the url or just see the source].
You want to goto ebay? simple type
"http://www.ebay.com"
In your browser location bar... wanna login to paypal type
"https://www.paypal.com"
If you get a "notice" from "paypal" just login and see your account first hand...
In otherwords don't be stupid and just randomly enter your password in sites asking for "updates"...
That and the quality of phishes are very low. I'd say a good majority don't use SSL [though they put SSL padlocks on the page] and quite a few have HTML errors [like missing images or malformed layouts]....
Yeah I bet, except you need "-f" to force [many times rm is aliased to 'rm -i' to force interactive] and many "proper" setups have users who can't write to/
so your sig should say
I work in I.T. Don't make me attempt futile humour because my two week college course didn't go into far enough depth.
GCC 3.4.3 is more C99 and optimizes better than GCC 2.8.2 that most SunOS boxes I've seen come with. Why would I want to use an out of date compiler just because "it worked back then".
Libtool is meant to be a PORTABLE interface to the creation of shared/static objects...Fuck even "bash" is better now....
I'm not "forced to upgrade" I choose to. Specially given that the tools are free... the decision isn't hard to make.
My problem with folks who use unix'es like SunOS, AIX and HPUX is that they usually don't update [or can't] and the boxes are very hard to use.
I got an AMD64... I installed gentoo using the x86_64 kernel. Whoa, a 64-bit box that I didn't have to pay an arm and a leg for... It performs very well and I get access to the latest development tools [e.g. recent GCC]...
I'm sure there are uses for a Sun box [or Unix in general] just not sure what it is. My AMD64 box can just as easily be a web server, database server, development box or even one of those informational kiosks at the airport...
As for the uptime penis war, all a long uptime says is either you don't care for security or you're not exposed to the net [and therefore uptime doesn't matter because even a TI-82 calculator can have a 9 year uptime given enough power...]
First I doubt there were zero security patches since 1999. Second, if you have to actually develop on boxes that old it's a pain in the arse [hello, libtool is not just a "random fancy idea"].
I suppose if all you do is serve static pages then yeah a box/install from 1999 is all you need. I'm sure you don't need the latest of Gentoo to run an echo server either...
About outsourcing... I'm a canadian working for an american....
So yeah, educating them is all good an all. But is it really going to be effective and cost effective? Or is this just yet another company marketing something to make money.
To put things in perspective I think the war in Iraq was a HUGE waste of money given how little americans spend on their own schooling. It's the same thing. If you want to better your society, yes educate them but also secure them. Is there enough food to go around? will there be in 5yrs? in 10yrs? Is there housing for all? In 5yrs? etc...
If paperback books were good enough for us Canadians it's certainly good enough for anyone else.
I still don't see the case. Let's see. A "handheld computer + electricity for 6 hrs a day of classes" or a "small paperback book"...
I dunno where the idea came from that a textbook [specially for elementary] has to be big, made with pine covers, etc...A small 300g dover series style book was enough to teach people number theory, algebra and calculus... why can't it do them the same?
Also if you factor in *WHY* they don't have resources [e.g. childish waring factions] then maybe people will... PAY ATTENTION!!!
I said this earlier this year about the Tsunami. Everyone was so quick to donate but prior to Dec 26th nobody cared what these people lived like. They did what the News told them [e.g. rebuild so the resorts can reopen]
Maybe if they had more resort beaches in Africa people would get upset at the "disruption" a little "war" can cause...
I made it through elementary with an apple ][ in the corner of the class. Hell, we weren't allowed to have calculators until trig [e.g. high school or for science classes]. We had to "use our minds"....You know what "educates" students very well? Interesting and educated teachers.
I [and I'm sure everyone else] has had a teacher at a time that was totally ineffective of getting the lesson plan delivered. No amount of "e-technology" would "e-help" the students "e-absorb" information that they don't "e-want".
Sure having access to computers is good but giving each student their own personal "e-slate" is just stupid. Specially given that the economic state there doesn't support it.
Jon callas is an asshat half-wit who wouldn't know his arse from a hole in the ground. I met him at ToorCon and he basically was a snotty little bitch interrupting people and causing a stir.
As for why people aren't already using SHA-256 instead? Because things like DSS mandate the use of SHA-1 *AND* people are too lazy to keep up.
Not that *cough* libtomcrypt *cough* free crypto is hard to get. Just people have to realize that, yes, you have to spend time and money to get crypto right...
Replying to trolls and "trolling" are two different things. And my karma is excellent thank you...
As for "CS grad blah blah blah". When I started posting last night it was 9PM... it's 6AM now... I go to work during the day...
Man you're coming up with lame shit to pick on. If you want some fuel... here's a freebie
1. Shy fat dude never been laid 2. Can't censor own speech in public 3. Openly mocks business people 4. Self-destructive tendencies 5. Lives with parents 6. Actually went to Community college 7. Got 72% avg in said community college 8. Never got driver license for fear of killing people ala GTA [seriously] 9. Personal hygiene is highly optional 10. Can't pwn noobs in Halo to save my life.
There you trolls go, 10 things you can use in the future. Mix and match!
I can't wait till the "manlove" guy starts trolling me again. That was some funny shit. It was like having a pet follow you around. It would do it's mindless pet things and you'd do your business.
For a while my pet was faithful but I've seem to have lost him... sad...
Good. Unlike what others would have it, reporting dangerous people is not "wussy" or "snitching". If people can't learn to not be complete tools behind the wheel they'll learn how to talk to cops more often;-)
I use [] as a substitute for () since I don't have to hit the shift key.
It really isn't a hard concept.
As for those lessons, what's your accreditation?
Let's see
1. Sitting in your underwear at your parents house on/. late a night.
2. Posting as AC on/. instead of doing something productive
3. Not actually employed in the field [and no, Burger King doesn't count]
4. Not currently known around the world for your expertise [if you have any]
5. Think you're funny by trolling as AC instead of actually saying things that are original, non-obvious and useful [kinda like a patent declaration]...
So hmm, no I don't think you're qualified to teach me anything.
If that's the case he could make it dial a MSFT 1-800 number. Still annoying but less mean [to the end user, mean for MSFT]...
But your reasoning is like "Instead of just randomly spraying the wall he wrote 'G8 Sucks!'"...It's still mean to deface someones property even if you have a "message".
Likewise it's still mean to have people call 911 [and get a police visit] while wasting time when real emergencies could be happening.
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I dunno about peeps like you but I use the battery in a pinch only anyways...The real benefit of a laptop [imho] is just the ability to carry a computer around with you that's less bulky than a desktop.
I don't see the value of cracking a laptop open while walking around or something [even a small one] cuz the likelyhood of dropping it [at least for me] is too high.
So I'm likely to have a plug available [even when I lug my american laptop to france for business for example...].
As for the issue of "amd not being portable" that's just lame. I've taken my AMD XP-M [barton like] based laptop pretty much all over. It's never "too much to carry" and comes in very handy.
I'm not saying pentium-m based laptops aren't cool they're just not that impressive. My brothers Pentium-M Compaq 2200 series laptop gets four hours on battery... so does my AMD XP-M Compaq 2100 series laptop...whoopy
What people still fail to understand that is at idle your motherboard, ram, screen and hard drive still take quite a bit of power.
Tom
They certainly can execute you. Ever heard of "blackballed"?
If you piss off an unethical boss for whatever reason (which can include being an ass or simply not being an ass like your boss depending) they can make getting another job hard.
While yeah, "defamation" is illegal it's a mess that is hard to clean up. Most companies don't want to hire people that are "high maintanance" or come with "baggage".
So getting a negative reputation [whether fully deserved or not] is a really awkward and hard thing to deal with.
Aside: And fuck you CSE, like I wanted to work for the man anyways! "Not qualified" that's fancy talk for not "quebecois" enough!!!
Tom
Getting an extra 100Mhz on your cpu isn't impressive. Getting an extra 10% speed boost on an already seemingly optimized/efficient algo is impressive.
I mean I could reboot at a HT speed of 210 and say "voila 110 extra Mhz". It would raise the core temperature probably by 1C and get me little noticeable performance.
Oh and btw with a $36 [CAD] "SilentBoost K8" my AMD64 is currently idling at 24.5C and my heatsink fan makes little noise [iirc it's rated at 20dB]. At full busy I get around 42-48C range where the max temp for the cpu is ~70C and I've never seen my cpu above 52C.
So really you need to follow some simple steps
Tom
I actually use the autocomplete of moz to type in addresses ;-) but I can see how something like typing "paypla.com" or something could be exploited.
Tom
Can't bookmarks be inserted via jscript/activex?
I'd say go further [this relies on trusting your DNS and installed CA certs] just type the URL manually. They're usually short and it can save you a lot of hassle.
Tom
I recently [and despite my best thoughts on the matter] signed up for PayPal.
...
I get dozens of "paypal" emails a day. Occasionally some ARE legit.
I *NEVER* click on ANY links in emails for things like paypal/gmail/etc. [And yes, I'm smart enough to actually hover on the link to see the url or just see the source].
You want to goto ebay? simple type
"http://www.ebay.com"
In your browser location bar... wanna login to paypal type
"https://www.paypal.com"
If you get a "notice" from "paypal" just login and see your account first hand...
In otherwords don't be stupid and just randomly enter your password in sites asking for "updates"...
That and the quality of phishes are very low. I'd say a good majority don't use SSL [though they put SSL padlocks on the page] and quite a few have HTML errors [like missing images or malformed layouts].
Tom
Presumably you log in as the user who is pissing you off...
Tom
"I work in I.T. Don't make me rm -r / you."
/
...
Yeah I bet, except you need "-f" to force [many times rm is aliased to 'rm -i' to force interactive] and many "proper" setups have users who can't write to
so your sig should say
I work in I.T. Don't make me attempt futile humour because my two week college course didn't go into far enough depth.
fwiw your command should be "rm -rf ~"
Tom
"What's in your wallet?"
;-)
Not a Capital One credit card?
Tom
Um, I "upgrade" because the tools are better.
... the decision isn't hard to make.
...
GCC 3.4.3 is more C99 and optimizes better than GCC 2.8.2 that most SunOS boxes I've seen come with. Why would I want to use an out of date compiler just because "it worked back then".
Libtool is meant to be a PORTABLE interface to the creation of shared/static objects...Fuck even "bash" is better now....
I'm not "forced to upgrade" I choose to. Specially given that the tools are free
My problem with folks who use unix'es like SunOS, AIX and HPUX is that they usually don't update [or can't] and the boxes are very hard to use.
I got an AMD64... I installed gentoo using the x86_64 kernel. Whoa, a 64-bit box that I didn't have to pay an arm and a leg for... It performs very well and I get access to the latest development tools [e.g. recent GCC]
I'm sure there are uses for a Sun box [or Unix in general] just not sure what it is. My AMD64 box can just as easily be a web server, database server, development box or even one of those informational kiosks at the airport...
As for the uptime penis war, all a long uptime says is either you don't care for security or you're not exposed to the net [and therefore uptime doesn't matter because even a TI-82 calculator can have a 9 year uptime given enough power...]
Tom
It's people like these that make me wanna scream.
First I doubt there were zero security patches since 1999. Second, if you have to actually develop on boxes that old it's a pain in the arse [hello, libtool is not just a "random fancy idea"].
I suppose if all you do is serve static pages then yeah a box/install from 1999 is all you need. I'm sure you don't need the latest of Gentoo to run an echo server either...
Tom
About outsourcing... I'm a canadian working for an american....
So yeah, educating them is all good an all. But is it really going to be effective and cost effective? Or is this just yet another company marketing something to make money.
To put things in perspective I think the war in Iraq was a HUGE waste of money given how little americans spend on their own schooling. It's the same thing. If you want to better your society, yes educate them but also secure them. Is there enough food to go around? will there be in 5yrs? in 10yrs? Is there housing for all? In 5yrs? etc...
If paperback books were good enough for us Canadians it's certainly good enough for anyone else.
Tom
I still don't see the case. Let's see. A "handheld computer + electricity for 6 hrs a day of classes" or a "small paperback book" ...
... PAY ATTENTION!!!
I dunno where the idea came from that a textbook [specially for elementary] has to be big, made with pine covers, etc...A small 300g dover series style book was enough to teach people number theory, algebra and calculus... why can't it do them the same?
Also if you factor in *WHY* they don't have resources [e.g. childish waring factions] then maybe people will
I said this earlier this year about the Tsunami. Everyone was so quick to donate but prior to Dec 26th nobody cared what these people lived like. They did what the News told them [e.g. rebuild so the resorts can reopen]
Maybe if they had more resort beaches in Africa people would get upset at the "disruption" a little "war" can cause...
Tom
bah, waste of time and energy.
....You know what "educates" students very well? Interesting and educated teachers.
I made it through elementary with an apple ][ in the corner of the class. Hell, we weren't allowed to have calculators until trig [e.g. high school or for science classes]. We had to "use our minds"
I [and I'm sure everyone else] has had a teacher at a time that was totally ineffective of getting the lesson plan delivered. No amount of "e-technology" would "e-help" the students "e-absorb" information that they don't "e-want".
Sure having access to computers is good but giving each student their own personal "e-slate" is just stupid. Specially given that the economic state there doesn't support it.
Tom
They're innovating here!!!
Geez, you anti-american zealots...
Tom
Jon callas is an asshat half-wit who wouldn't know his arse from a hole in the ground. I met him at ToorCon and he basically was a snotty little bitch interrupting people and causing a stir.
As for why people aren't already using SHA-256 instead? Because things like DSS mandate the use of SHA-1 *AND* people are too lazy to keep up.
Not that *cough* libtomcrypt *cough* free crypto is hard to get. Just people have to realize that, yes, you have to spend time and money to get crypto right...
Tom
Replying to trolls and "trolling" are two different things. And my karma is excellent thank you...
... it's 6AM now... I go to work during the day...
As for "CS grad blah blah blah". When I started posting last night it was 9PM
Man you're coming up with lame shit to pick on. If you want some fuel... here's a freebie
1. Shy fat dude never been laid
2. Can't censor own speech in public
3. Openly mocks business people
4. Self-destructive tendencies
5. Lives with parents
6. Actually went to Community college
7. Got 72% avg in said community college
8. Never got driver license for fear of killing people ala GTA [seriously]
9. Personal hygiene is highly optional
10. Can't pwn noobs in Halo to save my life.
There you trolls go, 10 things you can use in the future. Mix and match!
Tom
/me dials 911...
The dude still needs a hug.
I can't wait till the "manlove" guy starts trolling me again. That was some funny shit. It was like having a pet follow you around. It would do it's mindless pet things and you'd do your business.
For a while my pet was faithful but I've seem to have lost him... sad...
Tom
Good. Unlike what others would have it, reporting dangerous people is not "wussy" or "snitching". If people can't learn to not be complete tools behind the wheel they'll learn how to talk to cops more often ;-)
Tom
I use [] as a substitute for () since I don't have to hit the shift key.
/. late a night.
/. instead of doing something productive
It really isn't a hard concept.
As for those lessons, what's your accreditation?
Let's see
1. Sitting in your underwear at your parents house on
2. Posting as AC on
3. Not actually employed in the field [and no, Burger King doesn't count]
4. Not currently known around the world for your expertise [if you have any]
5. Think you're funny by trolling as AC instead of actually saying things that are original, non-obvious and useful [kinda like a patent declaration]...
So hmm, no I don't think you're qualified to teach me anything.
Tom
"hen a nuke goes off, I'll just do what everyone else does."
Find a twinkie factory?
Tom
Oh you love me. You know you do.
Who needs a hug? Come here you sad sad little AC.
Tom
If that's the case he could make it dial a MSFT 1-800 number. Still annoying but less mean [to the end user, mean for MSFT]...
But your reasoning is like "Instead of just randomly spraying the wall he wrote 'G8 Sucks!'"...It's still mean to deface someones property even if you have a "message".
Likewise it's still mean to have people call 911 [and get a police visit] while wasting time when real emergencies could be happening.
Tom
Ok, will do.
Tom
... of course not. Out of sight out of mind.
.... GOOOOOO AMERICA!
Why let things like that "seem more important" than say "funding for my good 'ol boys" for a war in Iraq?