The "driver problem" is that the manufacturers dragged their feet, so people had all sorts of problems getting Vista to run on their whatever. Of course, by the time Windows 7 came out everyone had gotten their shit together, things were signed, x64 more or less just worked, so everything went relatively smooth. That's why even today, people think Vista was crap and Windows 7 is awesome, despite not a whole lot changing between the two below the hood.
Temperature has a large impact on the mpg. The same example above in 25 degree weather will net about 36-38 mpg, consistent with the reporting done over the winter. Obviously, cold starts and running the defroster has a big effect, and the electric traction motor eats away at the battery much quicker at lower temps.
The differences in the summer and winter fuel may make a difference too, since it sounds like you're in a cold climate. Winter fuel is less energy dense, so all other things being equal you'll take a hit to your mileage due to that alone. While it's difficult to do a test with just changing the fuel type by itself (I could do it as there is a station nearby that sells pure gasoline at a premium for "collector" cars year-round), with my car I average about 27MPG in the summer and about 22MPG in coldest parts of the winter. Incidentally the EPA rates my car at 22MPG, but my guess is that their rating isn't supposed to reflect driving during January in Minnesota.
A lot went on in the US automotive world in the 1970's. You started off the with the tail-end of the muscle car era, and by the end of the decade after various government regulations and the fuel crisis scare, you ended the decade with things like the Chevy Chevette, Chrysler K-Cars, and AMC importing the Renaults to the US.. I'd say the horsepower deprived era really started in the mid-late 70's, and went to the mid-80's or so until engine improvements and things like fuel injection and computer controlled timing made it possible to build engines with a decent amount of power and not run into problems with the EPA.
Actually, you can choose which version (32-bit or 64-bit) of Internet Explorer to run since 64-bit Vista. The 32-bit version is the default. For a while, it was actually a slightly more secure way to run IE since there weren't 64-bit Flash and Java plug-ins so you were less likely to get pwned. That has now changed.
That's why he said for non-catastrophic things. You probably still want to insure your house and maybe your car because suddenly losing those things could cause some hardship. But if my $500 digital camera or $300 TV breaks, it may suck but it's not catastrophic.
Why should you have to buy that second phone for work? They should be providing it to you, not the other way around. That's what this whole discussion is about.
If it's stated up front, then I don't think there is much that could be done legally. It would be like a job such as a mechanic that states up front that you must provide you own tools. You would know exactly what you're getting into.
If they try to require it after the fact, I'm not entirely sure that it would be a lawsuit waiting to happen, as "non-smartphone owners" wouldn't be a protected class such as religion, race, etc.
I think many of the manufacturers have planned for this, in the sense that the tablets are designed to "wear out" when the non-replaceable battery fails. Though I guess it's to be seen whether or not people are going to be willing to spend hundreds replacing a device once they realize that they are basically designed to be disposable.
In terms of environmentalism, horse crap everywhere is a whole lot more green than cars belching out carbon pumped out of the ground. Whether it's better for quality of life and sanitation may be another matter.
I've gotten odd looks from my co-workers when I mention that I use bit torrent to download ISOs because it's faster. In most people's minds, bit torrent is synonymous with piracy.
By ISO, I assume you mean pirated copies of Windows, right?
The fun part is when you find that the computer running on a bunch of cheap parts like what you might find on Newegg, cheap no-name Chinese power supply included. Or even better, a bog-standard Dell or HP that you would expect to find under the receptionist's desk instead of controlling a $2M+ piece of equipment. At least in a clean room, climate controlled with a very expensive UPS even a crappy Dell desktop will last a lot longer than you might think.
It's more like telling the truck driver he has to upgrade the emissions systems on his truck. It's going to cost a lot of money, and when all is said and done the upgraded truck won't do the job any different than the old truck.
That only works if it is just software. If the software interfaces to some piece of equipment, then sometimes running the OS on the bare metal is the only solution.
Ultra-portables tend to lag behind a bit. I have a PC from 2001 here, a P4 1.5Ghz with 1GB of Rambus memory(!), 40GB hard drive, and GeForce 2 something-or-another. Must have cost someone a fortune when it was new. I bought it for something like $100 used in 2006 and ran Linux on it for several years.
I've never seen an automatic downshift while in cruise control to slow down via engine braking. They will reduce the throttle to 0% and coast in the highest gear, but if they are going down a steep enough slope the car will gain speed. Granted, I've never used one of the newer cars with the adaptive cruise control so they may behave differently.
For most people, it's pretty much as good. True, if you're editing HD video or playing games or trying to render a slashdot page with 1000+ comments a Core iX is nice, but for most people a Core 2 Duo is fine. Heck, my laptop is from very early 2006 with a first generation Core 2 is only recently starting to show its age, and it's more of a matter of the weak (by 2013 standards) GPU rather than the processor.
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The "driver problem" is that the manufacturers dragged their feet, so people had all sorts of problems getting Vista to run on their whatever. Of course, by the time Windows 7 came out everyone had gotten their shit together, things were signed, x64 more or less just worked, so everything went relatively smooth. That's why even today, people think Vista was crap and Windows 7 is awesome, despite not a whole lot changing between the two below the hood.
The differences in the summer and winter fuel may make a difference too, since it sounds like you're in a cold climate. Winter fuel is less energy dense, so all other things being equal you'll take a hit to your mileage due to that alone. While it's difficult to do a test with just changing the fuel type by itself (I could do it as there is a station nearby that sells pure gasoline at a premium for "collector" cars year-round), with my car I average about 27MPG in the summer and about 22MPG in coldest parts of the winter. Incidentally the EPA rates my car at 22MPG, but my guess is that their rating isn't supposed to reflect driving during January in Minnesota.
A lot went on in the US automotive world in the 1970's. You started off the with the tail-end of the muscle car era, and by the end of the decade after various government regulations and the fuel crisis scare, you ended the decade with things like the Chevy Chevette, Chrysler K-Cars, and AMC importing the Renaults to the US.. I'd say the horsepower deprived era really started in the mid-late 70's, and went to the mid-80's or so until engine improvements and things like fuel injection and computer controlled timing made it possible to build engines with a decent amount of power and not run into problems with the EPA.
Actually, you can choose which version (32-bit or 64-bit) of Internet Explorer to run since 64-bit Vista. The 32-bit version is the default. For a while, it was actually a slightly more secure way to run IE since there weren't 64-bit Flash and Java plug-ins so you were less likely to get pwned. That has now changed.
That's why he said for non-catastrophic things. You probably still want to insure your house and maybe your car because suddenly losing those things could cause some hardship. But if my $500 digital camera or $300 TV breaks, it may suck but it's not catastrophic.
Well, there are those that use their employer's electricity to search for aliens and fold proteins.
"This video has been removed because its content violated YouTube's Terms of Service."
I guess it's not just the DA that's overreacting here.
Why should you have to buy that second phone for work? They should be providing it to you, not the other way around. That's what this whole discussion is about.
If it's stated up front, then I don't think there is much that could be done legally. It would be like a job such as a mechanic that states up front that you must provide you own tools. You would know exactly what you're getting into.
If they try to require it after the fact, I'm not entirely sure that it would be a lawsuit waiting to happen, as "non-smartphone owners" wouldn't be a protected class such as religion, race, etc.
I think many of the manufacturers have planned for this, in the sense that the tablets are designed to "wear out" when the non-replaceable battery fails. Though I guess it's to be seen whether or not people are going to be willing to spend hundreds replacing a device once they realize that they are basically designed to be disposable.
In terms of environmentalism, horse crap everywhere is a whole lot more green than cars belching out carbon pumped out of the ground. Whether it's better for quality of life and sanitation may be another matter.
By ISO, I assume you mean pirated copies of Windows, right?
Yeah, but what about [insert long list of features that the iPad doesn't have]?
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The fun part is when you find that the computer running on a bunch of cheap parts like what you might find on Newegg, cheap no-name Chinese power supply included. Or even better, a bog-standard Dell or HP that you would expect to find under the receptionist's desk instead of controlling a $2M+ piece of equipment. At least in a clean room, climate controlled with a very expensive UPS even a crappy Dell desktop will last a lot longer than you might think.
Chances are pretty good it will run just fine on the 32-bit version of Windows 7.
It's more like telling the truck driver he has to upgrade the emissions systems on his truck. It's going to cost a lot of money, and when all is said and done the upgraded truck won't do the job any different than the old truck.
That only works if it is just software. If the software interfaces to some piece of equipment, then sometimes running the OS on the bare metal is the only solution.
What. as opposed to Howard The Duck?
My guess is that in a couple of years, your typical smartphone will have grown in size to the point that they will make tablets redundant.
I would do Windows 2000. How else would they get people to upgrade to Windows 10? :)
I would assume he's talking about the whole anthrax letter scare that came along with the DC sniper.
Ultra-portables tend to lag behind a bit. I have a PC from 2001 here, a P4 1.5Ghz with 1GB of Rambus memory(!), 40GB hard drive, and GeForce 2 something-or-another. Must have cost someone a fortune when it was new. I bought it for something like $100 used in 2006 and ran Linux on it for several years.
I've never seen an automatic downshift while in cruise control to slow down via engine braking. They will reduce the throttle to 0% and coast in the highest gear, but if they are going down a steep enough slope the car will gain speed. Granted, I've never used one of the newer cars with the adaptive cruise control so they may behave differently.
For most people, it's pretty much as good. True, if you're editing HD video or playing games or trying to render a slashdot page with 1000+ comments a Core iX is nice, but for most people a Core 2 Duo is fine. Heck, my laptop is from very early 2006 with a first generation Core 2 is only recently starting to show its age, and it's more of a matter of the weak (by 2013 standards) GPU rather than the processor.