Actually, old X-rays can be very useful. If they spot something suspicious that looks like a tumor they like to go back to an older X-ray if available and see if it existed back then, generally with the idea that if it's been there for years (and not growing) it's probably benign.
I've found it's a crapshoot. Some CDs read just fine, and others are useless. Brand doesn't seem to matter much either, as I've seen expensive ones fail and no-name generics survive just fine and vice-versa. Actually, kind of like the hard drives now that I think about it. My advice if you wanted a burn-it-and-forget-it situation would be to get several different brands, burn the same data to each type, and hope that at least one survives.
Subaru Outbacks are SUVs, unless you mean an old one. Well, more like a CUV, but still a light truck per CAFE. There's actually very few wagons sold in the US anymore, even all the Volvo's are now classified as light trucks and not cars. The only ones I can think of are German, the Volkswagons and the Mercedes, unless you stretch the definition enough to include cars like the Scion xB.
Have you ever dealt with systems like that? If it isn't broken, don't fix it. Especially since updating the systems can be quite expensive. And it's not like the software is ever going to wear out - it will keep on working the same for the lifetime of the equipment. So what if it's Windows XP? Spending money to update the system so that it can run the shiniest new OS to do the exact same task as before is just a waste.
Of course, I've always thought it kind of strange that this kind of stuff uses Windows anyway, as opposed to something that's truly embedded. I understand why, because commodity PC hardware is cheap, it's easy to find programmers to create Windows software, plus the customers usually know how to use a Windows PC. On the downside though, the PC hardware is often a weak link with a low lifetime compared to the rest of the machine, and you get the idiot users who think that because it's running Windows it's no different than any other PC in the office.
Windows will automatically create a page file that's about the size of your ram. It can also create a hibernation file that is also the size of your ram. If you're running a larger amount of ram this can chew up a non-negligible amount of disk space. Since VMs tend to get by with less ram, this should result in a smaller image.
It's the bug(?) with svchost.exe where it pegs the CPU at 100%, again. This is nothing new in the sense that this has been an ongoing thing that pops its head up from time to time in Windows XP, usually fixed by another patch. This time around, however, Microsoft seems uninterested in fixing it. It's nastier this time around because it seems that it never gets out of whatever causes svchost to peg at 100%, and Windows Update never completes. Not to mention that it seems more crippling to the system almost as if svchost.exe is running at a higher priority level than before.
You'll see it on any Windows XP system that's somewhat behind on patches whenever Windows update runs. This includes the XP image that Microsoft provides for XP Mode in Windows 7, as well as systems running XP on bare metal. A system or VM that is used regularly and has been kept up to date on patches doesn't seem to show the problem. The only way to get rid of it for sure is to disable Automatic Updates and never run Windows Update manually, leaving the system at whatever patch level its currently at. A few people have reported some luck applying certain patches manually and then being able to run Windows Update to get the rest, but these solutions don't seem to work in all cases.
On the other hand, not wearing a seatbelt might make the difference between someone ending up dead, which is relatively cheap compared to treating a serious injury or expensive complications that will last for the rest of their lives. It may be like with heavy smokers, which despite the serious effects from smoking to their health, tend to cost less health care dollars because they often drop dead at an earlier age.
As someone who is about the same height, the problem with cars nowadays is the sloping rooflines. I can fit in the car just fine, but I'm staring at the sun visor and not out the windshield. So yes, that can mean ducking to see a stoplight. I'm just hoping things come back around and we go back to the squared off styling and formal rooflines like back in the 80's instead of the form-over-function overstyled mess that is modern automobile design.
The problem with Apple chargers is they have no strain relief on the cable. Not slim and stylish enough or something like that. Be super careful with them, and they'll last a long time. But for someone who treats it like any other charger, 1-2 years of normal wear-and-tear is enough to do one in.
I can believe it if they are both Toyota's. Toyota has been de-contenting their cars for years now, and it's really starting to show. Quality is down, and they are mostly living off their reputation at this point when it comes to cars like the Camry and Corolla. Meanwhile 1988 was about the time Toyota was at the top of their game. Besides rust (if you live in a northern climate) those cars will go forever.
Unless Linux is doing some fancy trick on the Thinkpad, the volume range above 100% is simply using dynamic range compression (the same stuff that's currently destroying music) to make things sound louder. Though in this case, it's an appropiate application. I don't know about Windows, but there may be something available that does the same thing.
No, you could buy Dell laptops with 1920x1200 screens. You still can, too.
Everyone who complains about low res screens are only limiting themselves - you could always buy a laptop with 1920x1200 screen. You just had to ante up for it because 1920x1080 is a commodity while 1920x1200 is more niche.
I'm not aware of any Dell that ships with a 1920x1200 screen. Almost no one does now, and that's the way it's been for a few years. The only laptops I know of in the past few years that still are available with 1920x1200 screens are some of the Apple non-Retina models (these may be gone now), and the Panasonic Toughbooks. So I guess you're right that you could either pony up for an expensive Apple laptop or a Toughbook, but Dell hasn't sold 1920x1200 for some time now.
1920x1080 at 21.5" the pixels are easily visible. You're only at about 100DPI which is pretty much where commonly available desktop LCDs top out at. It's kind of disappointing that while there are now high DPI laptops, not to mention high DPI tablets and phones, nothing really interesting has happened to desktop monitors for some time now.
That's simply not true. Breath in pure nitrogen, you don't get any more oxygen into your blood stream, which cuts off the supply to the brain. Your brain needs a constant supply of oxygen, so without that you lose consciousness fast. This will happen within 10-20 seconds or so. The suffocation reflex, or the sensation that you're not getting enough air is actually triggered off of a buildup of CO2. Since you're still exhaling CO2 this doesn't happen, and since nitrogen is otherwise inert there is no suffering or pain. Basically what happens is keep breathing as normal, you'll have several seconds of lightheadedness, and then you're out. Obviously it will take a few more minutes to finally suffocate from lack of oxygen but you've already checked out at that point.
Now, opening up a tank of nitrogen in a closed room isn't going to work as well. It's going to take a while for the nitrogen to displace the air in the room so it's going to be a slower process. A mask would be better.
It's not that people think that being a CEO is easy, and a very good CEO may well deserve to be well compensated. What pisses a lot of people off is how a bad CEO can completely destroy a company and get paid handsomely while doing it. I may not be able to successfully run a company like HP or Microsoft, but for millions of dollars a year I could certainly run it into the ground.
That site has been hosting old versions of Winamp for years, so I doubt AOL would suddenly start caring, especially now. Though it may not be a bad idea to grab a few key versions.
The best part about Winamp is that it's also a video player, and you get all those great playlist features for video files too. That's the main reason why I've stuck with Winamp, because every other video player I've tried the playlist feature was either very basic, seemed to be tacked on as an afterthought, and/or it takes forever to load a non-trivial playlist of videos. And that's despite the video player in Winamp having some annoying quirks.
I think it could be done, but the computer would have to smart about it, and the devices would have to do what they are told and not draw more power than the host tells then they can. The PC would know how much total power USB devices could draw, a device would request an amount of power up to 100W from the host, and the PC would then decide how much power the device could actually draw. The device would not be allowed to draw more than that. My guess is that in most cases, only one device would be able to draw the full 100W at a time. More than that would mean that not every device is getting the full 100W it requested. And that would be on a desktop, a laptop may only allow something like 20W total to begin with.
However, in the real world I would see too many problems with devices (and hosts) that wouldn't follow or implement the spec properly for this to work reliably.
Assuming an average speed of 35 MPH, that's about 6000 miles of driving per customer which is about a half year of data for a typical driver. Not too bad as a sample would go.
The obvious solution is to make high resolution computer displays, which could be put to use immediately by anyone with a good enough GPU. Once that drives the price down for high resolution LCDs, then make the push into the TV market. The way the manufacturers are going about this seems to be backwards.
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Yeah, but what do you think the NSA stored it on?
Actually, old X-rays can be very useful. If they spot something suspicious that looks like a tumor they like to go back to an older X-ray if available and see if it existed back then, generally with the idea that if it's been there for years (and not growing) it's probably benign.
I've found it's a crapshoot. Some CDs read just fine, and others are useless. Brand doesn't seem to matter much either, as I've seen expensive ones fail and no-name generics survive just fine and vice-versa. Actually, kind of like the hard drives now that I think about it. My advice if you wanted a burn-it-and-forget-it situation would be to get several different brands, burn the same data to each type, and hope that at least one survives.
Subaru Outbacks are SUVs, unless you mean an old one. Well, more like a CUV, but still a light truck per CAFE. There's actually very few wagons sold in the US anymore, even all the Volvo's are now classified as light trucks and not cars. The only ones I can think of are German, the Volkswagons and the Mercedes, unless you stretch the definition enough to include cars like the Scion xB.
Have you ever dealt with systems like that? If it isn't broken, don't fix it. Especially since updating the systems can be quite expensive. And it's not like the software is ever going to wear out - it will keep on working the same for the lifetime of the equipment. So what if it's Windows XP? Spending money to update the system so that it can run the shiniest new OS to do the exact same task as before is just a waste.
Of course, I've always thought it kind of strange that this kind of stuff uses Windows anyway, as opposed to something that's truly embedded. I understand why, because commodity PC hardware is cheap, it's easy to find programmers to create Windows software, plus the customers usually know how to use a Windows PC. On the downside though, the PC hardware is often a weak link with a low lifetime compared to the rest of the machine, and you get the idiot users who think that because it's running Windows it's no different than any other PC in the office.
Windows will automatically create a page file that's about the size of your ram. It can also create a hibernation file that is also the size of your ram. If you're running a larger amount of ram this can chew up a non-negligible amount of disk space. Since VMs tend to get by with less ram, this should result in a smaller image.
It's the bug(?) with svchost.exe where it pegs the CPU at 100%, again. This is nothing new in the sense that this has been an ongoing thing that pops its head up from time to time in Windows XP, usually fixed by another patch. This time around, however, Microsoft seems uninterested in fixing it. It's nastier this time around because it seems that it never gets out of whatever causes svchost to peg at 100%, and Windows Update never completes. Not to mention that it seems more crippling to the system almost as if svchost.exe is running at a higher priority level than before.
You'll see it on any Windows XP system that's somewhat behind on patches whenever Windows update runs. This includes the XP image that Microsoft provides for XP Mode in Windows 7, as well as systems running XP on bare metal. A system or VM that is used regularly and has been kept up to date on patches doesn't seem to show the problem. The only way to get rid of it for sure is to disable Automatic Updates and never run Windows Update manually, leaving the system at whatever patch level its currently at. A few people have reported some luck applying certain patches manually and then being able to run Windows Update to get the rest, but these solutions don't seem to work in all cases.
Or they figure the only people who want a Blackberry must be business users so they can figure they can charge a healthy premium.
On the other hand, not wearing a seatbelt might make the difference between someone ending up dead, which is relatively cheap compared to treating a serious injury or expensive complications that will last for the rest of their lives. It may be like with heavy smokers, which despite the serious effects from smoking to their health, tend to cost less health care dollars because they often drop dead at an earlier age.
As someone who is about the same height, the problem with cars nowadays is the sloping rooflines. I can fit in the car just fine, but I'm staring at the sun visor and not out the windshield. So yes, that can mean ducking to see a stoplight. I'm just hoping things come back around and we go back to the squared off styling and formal rooflines like back in the 80's instead of the form-over-function overstyled mess that is modern automobile design.
A good sex scandal could bring down the house. Maybe.
The problem with Apple chargers is they have no strain relief on the cable. Not slim and stylish enough or something like that. Be super careful with them, and they'll last a long time. But for someone who treats it like any other charger, 1-2 years of normal wear-and-tear is enough to do one in.
I can believe it if they are both Toyota's. Toyota has been de-contenting their cars for years now, and it's really starting to show. Quality is down, and they are mostly living off their reputation at this point when it comes to cars like the Camry and Corolla. Meanwhile 1988 was about the time Toyota was at the top of their game. Besides rust (if you live in a northern climate) those cars will go forever.
Unless Linux is doing some fancy trick on the Thinkpad, the volume range above 100% is simply using dynamic range compression (the same stuff that's currently destroying music) to make things sound louder. Though in this case, it's an appropiate application. I don't know about Windows, but there may be something available that does the same thing.
I'm not aware of any Dell that ships with a 1920x1200 screen. Almost no one does now, and that's the way it's been for a few years. The only laptops I know of in the past few years that still are available with 1920x1200 screens are some of the Apple non-Retina models (these may be gone now), and the Panasonic Toughbooks. So I guess you're right that you could either pony up for an expensive Apple laptop or a Toughbook, but Dell hasn't sold 1920x1200 for some time now.
1920x1080 at 21.5" the pixels are easily visible. You're only at about 100DPI which is pretty much where commonly available desktop LCDs top out at. It's kind of disappointing that while there are now high DPI laptops, not to mention high DPI tablets and phones, nothing really interesting has happened to desktop monitors for some time now.
That's simply not true. Breath in pure nitrogen, you don't get any more oxygen into your blood stream, which cuts off the supply to the brain. Your brain needs a constant supply of oxygen, so without that you lose consciousness fast. This will happen within 10-20 seconds or so. The suffocation reflex, or the sensation that you're not getting enough air is actually triggered off of a buildup of CO2. Since you're still exhaling CO2 this doesn't happen, and since nitrogen is otherwise inert there is no suffering or pain. Basically what happens is keep breathing as normal, you'll have several seconds of lightheadedness, and then you're out. Obviously it will take a few more minutes to finally suffocate from lack of oxygen but you've already checked out at that point.
Now, opening up a tank of nitrogen in a closed room isn't going to work as well. It's going to take a while for the nitrogen to displace the air in the room so it's going to be a slower process. A mask would be better.
I would guess that even if you manage to prove your innocence and walk free they'll still seize the car and you'll never get it back.
It's not that people think that being a CEO is easy, and a very good CEO may well deserve to be well compensated. What pisses a lot of people off is how a bad CEO can completely destroy a company and get paid handsomely while doing it. I may not be able to successfully run a company like HP or Microsoft, but for millions of dollars a year I could certainly run it into the ground.
That site has been hosting old versions of Winamp for years, so I doubt AOL would suddenly start caring, especially now. Though it may not be a bad idea to grab a few key versions.
Are they any Winamp clones that also handle videos files? That's what I have been looking for and haven't found anything yet.
The best part about Winamp is that it's also a video player, and you get all those great playlist features for video files too. That's the main reason why I've stuck with Winamp, because every other video player I've tried the playlist feature was either very basic, seemed to be tacked on as an afterthought, and/or it takes forever to load a non-trivial playlist of videos. And that's despite the video player in Winamp having some annoying quirks.
I think it could be done, but the computer would have to smart about it, and the devices would have to do what they are told and not draw more power than the host tells then they can. The PC would know how much total power USB devices could draw, a device would request an amount of power up to 100W from the host, and the PC would then decide how much power the device could actually draw. The device would not be allowed to draw more than that. My guess is that in most cases, only one device would be able to draw the full 100W at a time. More than that would mean that not every device is getting the full 100W it requested. And that would be on a desktop, a laptop may only allow something like 20W total to begin with.
However, in the real world I would see too many problems with devices (and hosts) that wouldn't follow or implement the spec properly for this to work reliably.
Assuming an average speed of 35 MPH, that's about 6000 miles of driving per customer which is about a half year of data for a typical driver. Not too bad as a sample would go.
The obvious solution is to make high resolution computer displays, which could be put to use immediately by anyone with a good enough GPU. Once that drives the price down for high resolution LCDs, then make the push into the TV market. The way the manufacturers are going about this seems to be backwards.