I didn't ask my father in law anything for it. After all, I already have his daughter.... Hehehe. Anyway, the machine attached to his lathe was even less than 20MHz. It was one of the few IBM PS/2s that came with an ISA bus instead of an MCA bus and featured a 8086 chip (if I remember correctly)
Just in case you ever have to deal with it again: I installed FreeDOS on the machine I gave him because I couldn't find my DOS 3.3 disks anywhere. FreeDOS works perfectly fine with the lathe. I also added in an ISA ethernet card and installed Damn Small Linux on it for dual-boot. That way he could easily backup the DOS partition to his network. It has to be seen if he ever uses that feature though.
Man, i can't believe there would be someone else here that actually worked on one of those old ISA lathes. What are the odds,huh?
We're on slashdot.... The odds are quite good here for meeting people having been in "quite special" situations;-)
Same here... Except it wasn't my boss but my father in law. Exactly the same situation: an old PC controlled a lathe in his company and it broke down. I gave him an old P166 with ISA slots that I had lying around.
The company who made the lathe was out of business. Could be the same... Was it called "MASTEN" or something like that?
You mean: "I don't use vi", right?;-) Seriously, when I started to use vi, it was indeed strange, but now I use them more than the cursor keys for the simple reason that you do not have to move your hands away from the letters. It's incredibly efficient.
Besides, nethack also used (still uses) those for movement. At least back in the days I started using nethack, it was the only way.
In Eclipse, I seriously miss my vi commands and the only plugin that does that is "for pay". *sigh*
Like it, the CPU is also soldered to the motherboard.
Are you sure of that? When my last laptop broke apart (the case cracked, it was over 7 years old, I think), I decided to rip it apart and sell the parts on eBay. (I never did that, I still have the parts lying around) The CPU was a P-III 600MHz mobile and it was in a ZIF socket like all CPUs (okay, these days, the pins are on the mobo, I know). It was as easy to remove it that any desktop PC, I've ever had. It's a Socket 495, specially made for mobile CPUs.
I seriously doubt laptops have soldered-on CPUs. This simply because of the fact that the same model is offered with a multitude of CPU's. Same motherboard, different CPUs. It would be too expensive to solder them on.
I'm sure it won't be easy to replace such a CPU, but soldered on? 99% sure it is not.
Your point of customization still stands, but the main reason is that the parts are extremely expensive and it's hard to open a laptop. Not because it can't be done. (I've also seen howtos on the Internet to replace discrete laptop graphics cards. No kidding.)
at least last time I checked you were not supposed to put any accents then
And you'd be wrong.... I thought this too, up until I talked about it with a real Frenchman. This rule had been introduced in the times of the typewriter where it wasn't possible to make uppercase accentuated letters. The académie française changed that later because nobody uses typewriters anymore and computers can actually do it. You're now supposed to use accents, even in the uppercase form.
As for the "Green" Aspect: how much of the worlds carabon foot print is caused by Tech support running around trying to Fix Windows BSoD's? and general buggines?
Everybody has umlauts on slashdot. They're called "html-entities" and are quite nifty. (They're actually very logical) For the u-umlaut, simply use ü
Of course you're right: at least the Germans have an alternate system. Try writing French without accents:-/
Your point stands, but I wasn't arguing your point. The fact is: no, one cannot simply put a 1000HP engine from a NASCAR car in a production car. You should have read the "how stuff works" article I linked to: it explains in simple words why we don't have 1000HP engines and it's purely because engineering that is very very hard.
As for 15GHz processors... Might be, might not be, but as you surely know: gigahertz isn't a good indicator for performance and considering the fact that we've been hanging around the 3GHz the last few years, I'm pretty sure that the reason is engineering too. (Mainly caused by heat...)
But, yes, your point stands: end-user requirements for computers have pretty much plateaued.
As the technology developed, engineers learned to make better cars until the 1950s when a family car might have 400-500 horsepower.
Family cars had that kind of power in the fifties??? I'm just asking, I wasn't born. It does sound extremely strange a since highest end Porsche 356 only has 130HP. We're talking sportscar produced from 1948 to 1964: the timespan you describe.
Not being all that informed about American cars, I headed over to wikipedia "Ford" (American right?), took a "full-sized" category car from the fifties: the Ford Fairlane (Hey, I know that car from GTA!) and it's only mentioned power in the article says rated 225HP. Not bad, far from the 500HP you claim. I also clicked on the link to the "Chevrolet Bel Air" (which according to the article "overshadowed" the Fairlane) goes up to 195HP. (In the sixties there is a 409HP model which is a collectors vehicle now)
So, either you're looking at the fifties in roze coloured glasses, or I'm looking at the wrong category of "family cars".
As a final note: the engineers behind the Bugatti Veyron had to overcome quite a lot of obstacles to reach those 1001HP the car is rated at. How theBugatti Veyron works.
Between you and me: there is a little tool that can read the keys from existing installs. Use it at your workplace and take their key. It most likely isn't leaked. That's how I did it, back in the day when I actually used XP. (Now full Debian user) Google will help you finding that tool.
The main problem with Pro Corporate is getting the key. Never use those that are widely pirated, that's asking for problems.
XP Pro is better than XP Home, so, well... Main reason to use it;-)
Must be just me, but if you have a corporate XP Pro and you're pirating XP Home, why not use the XP Pro version in the first place? I'm just wondering.
It's not programmable at will (Yeah, yeah, the SDK is coming, but you won't be able to install non-Apple approved software) and for the iPhone, it costs a whopping 399€ with contract. Thanks, but no thanks...
Another poster here said that he installed a database server on his EEE PC for demos. I doubt your fancy iPhone is even in the same leage.
If they were able to put something comparable to even an AMD X2 processor into it, these things would be crazy popular!
I can think of at least three things: heat, cost and battery life.
For many tasks a 800MHz PC is more than enough. Heck, 600MHz is enough for light surfing, email, light development, light office work. I had a P-III 600MHz laptop with 512Meg RAM running XP Pro just fine and doing all that and more. (It only replaced it because it physically started to fall apart) Now, I might sound like the "attributed to Bill Gates" quote "640kByte should be enough for everyone", but look at the frequency-scaling of your CPU in daily usage. Mine has a 1.6GHz dual-core CPU and it's pretty much at 800MHz at all times, which is the lowest scale it can run.
Kinda sad, given that both BMW and Mercades dealers can't fix their own cars. Oh, you didn't know both companies include scheduled maintenance for free?
What is funny, is that I know as a matter of fact that German mechanics can get green cards to go to work in the US because exactly those German dealerships lack the mechanics with the required expertise. Doesn't say good things about locals mechanics, eh?
Free maintenance? WTF? That's indeed the first I hear about such a thing.
However, this conversation is over. We clearly aren't going to end up on a common agreement, you started to be rude and I think you arguments suck. You think the same of mine, fine.... I couldn't care less....
Senior management support you, so flack directed to them
They'll drop you like a hot potato when that happens. Besides, "Senior Management" are "Users" too and guess which side they'll take once they discover their lunch-time solitaire will be gone? It won't be yours.
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I didn't ask my father in law anything for it. After all, I already have his daughter.... Hehehe. Anyway, the machine attached to his lathe was even less than 20MHz. It was one of the few IBM PS/2s that came with an ISA bus instead of an MCA bus and featured a 8086 chip (if I remember correctly)
Just in case you ever have to deal with it again: I installed FreeDOS on the machine I gave him because I couldn't find my DOS 3.3 disks anywhere. FreeDOS works perfectly fine with the lathe. I also added in an ISA ethernet card and installed Damn Small Linux on it for dual-boot. That way he could easily backup the DOS partition to his network. It has to be seen if he ever uses that feature though.
We're on slashdot.... The odds are quite good here for meeting people having been in "quite special" situations ;-)
Same here... Except it wasn't my boss but my father in law. Exactly the same situation: an old PC controlled a lathe in his company and it broke down. I gave him an old P166 with ISA slots that I had lying around.
The company who made the lathe was out of business. Could be the same... Was it called "MASTEN" or something like that?
You mean: "I don't use vi", right? ;-) Seriously, when I started to use vi, it was indeed strange, but now I use them more than the cursor keys for the simple reason that you do not have to move your hands away from the letters. It's incredibly efficient.
Besides, nethack also used (still uses) those for movement. At least back in the days I started using nethack, it was the only way.
In Eclipse, I seriously miss my vi commands and the only plugin that does that is "for pay". *sigh*
Are you sure of that? When my last laptop broke apart (the case cracked, it was over 7 years old, I think), I decided to rip it apart and sell the parts on eBay. (I never did that, I still have the parts lying around) The CPU was a P-III 600MHz mobile and it was in a ZIF socket like all CPUs (okay, these days, the pins are on the mobo, I know). It was as easy to remove it that any desktop PC, I've ever had. It's a Socket 495, specially made for mobile CPUs.
I seriously doubt laptops have soldered-on CPUs. This simply because of the fact that the same model is offered with a multitude of CPU's. Same motherboard, different CPUs. It would be too expensive to solder them on.
I'm sure it won't be easy to replace such a CPU, but soldered on? 99% sure it is not.
Your point of customization still stands, but the main reason is that the parts are extremely expensive and it's hard to open a laptop. Not because it can't be done. (I've also seen howtos on the Internet to replace discrete laptop graphics cards. No kidding.)
Forgot the reference, but it's obviously in French
And you'd be wrong.... I thought this too, up until I talked about it with a real Frenchman. This rule had been introduced in the times of the typewriter where it wasn't possible to make uppercase accentuated letters. The académie française changed that later because nobody uses typewriters anymore and computers can actually do it. You're now supposed to use accents, even in the uppercase form.
What country officially entered a recession, recently? Of course, you're gonna take us with you down too....
Those techs better stop eating burritos! ;-)
Everybody has umlauts on slashdot. They're called "html-entities" and are quite nifty. (They're actually very logical) For the u-umlaut, simply use ü
Of course you're right: at least the Germans have an alternate system. Try writing French without accents :-/
Your point stands, but I wasn't arguing your point. The fact is: no, one cannot simply put a 1000HP engine from a NASCAR car in a production car. You should have read the "how stuff works" article I linked to: it explains in simple words why we don't have 1000HP engines and it's purely because engineering that is very very hard.
As for 15GHz processors... Might be, might not be, but as you surely know: gigahertz isn't a good indicator for performance and considering the fact that we've been hanging around the 3GHz the last few years, I'm pretty sure that the reason is engineering too. (Mainly caused by heat...)
But, yes, your point stands: end-user requirements for computers have pretty much plateaued.
Family cars had that kind of power in the fifties??? I'm just asking, I wasn't born. It does sound extremely strange a since highest end Porsche 356 only has 130HP. We're talking sportscar produced from 1948 to 1964: the timespan you describe.
Not being all that informed about American cars, I headed over to wikipedia "Ford" (American right?), took a "full-sized" category car from the fifties: the Ford Fairlane (Hey, I know that car from GTA!) and it's only mentioned power in the article says rated 225HP. Not bad, far from the 500HP you claim. I also clicked on the link to the "Chevrolet Bel Air" (which according to the article "overshadowed" the Fairlane) goes up to 195HP. (In the sixties there is a 409HP model which is a collectors vehicle now)
So, either you're looking at the fifties in roze coloured glasses, or I'm looking at the wrong category of "family cars".
As a final note: the engineers behind the Bugatti Veyron had to overcome quite a lot of obstacles to reach those 1001HP the car is rated at. How theBugatti Veyron works.
Between you and me: there is a little tool that can read the keys from existing installs. Use it at your workplace and take their key. It most likely isn't leaked. That's how I did it, back in the day when I actually used XP. (Now full Debian user) Google will help you finding that tool.
The main problem with Pro Corporate is getting the key. Never use those that are widely pirated, that's asking for problems.
XP Pro is better than XP Home, so, well... Main reason to use it ;-)
Must be just me, but if you have a corporate XP Pro and you're pirating XP Home, why not use the XP Pro version in the first place? I'm just wondering.
I don't think "loose" and "virginity" are compatible ;-)
It's not programmable at will (Yeah, yeah, the SDK is coming, but you won't be able to install non-Apple approved software) and for the iPhone, it costs a whopping 399€ with contract. Thanks, but no thanks...
Another poster here said that he installed a database server on his EEE PC for demos. I doubt your fancy iPhone is even in the same leage.
I can think of at least three things: heat, cost and battery life.
For many tasks a 800MHz PC is more than enough. Heck, 600MHz is enough for light surfing, email, light development, light office work. I had a P-III 600MHz laptop with 512Meg RAM running XP Pro just fine and doing all that and more. (It only replaced it because it physically started to fall apart) Now, I might sound like the "attributed to Bill Gates" quote "640kByte should be enough for everyone", but look at the frequency-scaling of your CPU in daily usage. Mine has a 1.6GHz dual-core CPU and it's pretty much at 800MHz at all times, which is the lowest scale it can run.
Okay, I should have RTFA.... You're right, and it's right there in TFA. Damn.
Sounds unlikely to me: freezing destroys the cells. That's why transplantations are time critical.
You are very very lucky with your Senior Managers....
But, I'm not a business! A business service comes with business prices. I'm just a geek that likes to tinker with servers...
What is funny, is that I know as a matter of fact that German mechanics can get green cards to go to work in the US because exactly those German dealerships lack the mechanics with the required expertise. Doesn't say good things about locals mechanics, eh?
Free maintenance? WTF? That's indeed the first I hear about such a thing.
However, this conversation is over. We clearly aren't going to end up on a common agreement, you started to be rude and I think you arguments suck. You think the same of mine, fine.... I couldn't care less....
Stay in your retarded little US...
Beware what you wish for.... We *are* talking about the state, you know....
They'll drop you like a hot potato when that happens. Besides, "Senior Management" are "Users" too and guess which side they'll take once they discover their lunch-time solitaire will be gone? It won't be yours.