Can we please STOP saying "exploded"? A normal electronic failure - that releases the magic smoke upon which all computers really work - while it releases heat and smoke, is NOT an "explosion". (Really, folks - this is/. where we start with real terms with real meanings. Right? Right?)
For what at least looks like a possible solution to the ever-present electronic challenges of shrinking geometry, yielding the usual benefits of speed, size and density, I'm seeing some really ridiculous comments. Recall that the first transistor "...was about the size of the palm of a hand, with a depth of two matchbooks stacked on top of each other." Basic technological breakthroughs do not automagically turn into "thinner iPhones" or other crapola for a while, but they do break new ground.
Sure. Just be reincarnated as someone who writes a completely new UNIX-compatible OS using a radical new software licensing scheme, attract multiple developers and users who allow same OS to be a transformational force in the computing industry and grow to be the most-used server OS in history, Then - and only then - can you apply, Asshat.
Actually, this removes ICANN from the control of ANY government. Certain govs - like China - already take control over their own portion of the internet, but they cannot affect ICANN.
So, your argument fails on pure logic. Feel free to try again, though....
How so? There is a big difference between someone saying something nasty about you on twitter and the government either arresting you or standing idly by while you are physically attacked. And - no - nasty SM postings != physical harassment/assault.
Look, we all get to make free choices. If those choices piss off others who disagree, so be it. The ONLY thing that really matters - fundamentally - is the Constitution, which DOES say "Congress shall make no law..." but does NOT say "There shall be no social media reactions...". Easy-squeazy, baby!
Bullshit. When W10 enables "fastboot", you can no longer access the BIOS (say, to be able to boot from DVD drive) even after all the "remove the battery, hold down X key while inserting the battery, etc." crap.
Close enough for me, anyway.
Maybe not the perfect definition of "bricked", but the W10 upgrade also enabled "fastboot", meaning I could NOT get into the BIOS setup with any of the normal keys on my brother-in-law's laptop. After appropriate google-fu, I disabled it within W10, installed Linux Mint and he's happy as a clam.
As mentioned in other comments, probably great for back-haul upgrades but for me doing average web browsing, the connection speed is irrelevant as 99.999% of the delay in loading web pages is due to the hundreds of ad-pushing/sniffing websites that the underlying web site relies on before completely loading. I could have a dedicated terabit connection and my load time would be the same.
...I agree with nuking them. Living (voluntarily) in the country (North Georgia USA) I've come to very much appreciate the variety of life and their interactions, and I very much try to not screw with that to the degree possible. However...when the rats chew through my AC duct work and invade my living space, I kill the fuckers. I've drowned them, stomped them with boots and never felt an iota of the guilt of an errant daddy-longlegs caught in a bad spot.
More to the point, I've always said: "It's not that you measure metrics that matter - it's what metrics you measure that matter." Case in point: I was meeting with a call center manager pitching a new system and we were swapping war stories and he told me about taking over at another company's call center and was reviewing reports, only to see what seemed a really high number of complaints about reps hanging up on customers in the middle of a call. Interviewing some of the worst-offending reps, they told him the situation. "We get paid based on the number of calls per hour that we take! If some bitty starts yakking about her grandkids, I hang up on them to get in the queue for the next call. That way, I maximize my pay. What would you do?"
And there you have it....
"People will always do what they perceive to be in their best interest." Being a sales guy and going through a variety of "comp plans", we all learn really quickly how to maximize our commissions. Oh - if we can sell more shit, great! But the first goal is to maximize commission-able revenue.
Other than the gamer community which seems to be Windows-focused - and I'm not one of you - who gives a bubbly-fart? Anything beyond W7 is utter nonsense and I use Linux for everything other than a very specific DAW app for which I use a W7 dual-boot arrangement. Fuck everything W8+!!!!
I call 100% Organic, dolphin-free Bullshit! Name one place in America where you are allowed to have your DL photo taken while wearing a mask because of SHARIA!! (Boogety-boogety...) You can't, because your paranoia has you blinded.
Let me try. First, her entire purpose in having said private email server was explicitly to protect her privacy - something she is very sensitive about. The issue, and what separates her situation from that of Colin Powell, is that she used that server for both personal and official email exchanges. This defies both basic common sense and several applicable federal laws - laws which were *NOT* part of the recently concluded FBI investigation. That investigation was about the content of the emails and their classification, NOT - again - the real violation of law and common sense.
Bottom line is that her credibility is in question because of a series of actions, all attributable to her paranoia and penchant for secrecy.
While it's true that the technology itself is "dated", so is Unix. Also, as TFS mentions: " is still updated by IBM, which did a major rewrite of the operating system about a decade ago."
Of course, they could do a RAD/SCRUM/No-SQL/Other-Buzzword-compliant technology rebuild and achieve the same results, with no downtime and seamless transitioning, right? Right?
Most of North Georgia has one provider - Windstream. Between regular days-long (yes, days-long) outages, slow crappy DSLAMs and high prices, it's like a third-world here for internet.
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Can we please STOP saying "exploded"? A normal electronic failure - that releases the magic smoke upon which all computers really work - while it releases heat and smoke, is NOT an "explosion". (Really, folks - this is /. where we start with real terms with real meanings. Right? Right?)
Considering that the previous limit was - theoretically - 5nm, yeah. Any 5X improvement usually qualifies as such.
For what at least looks like a possible solution to the ever-present electronic challenges of shrinking geometry, yielding the usual benefits of speed, size and density, I'm seeing some really ridiculous comments. Recall that the first transistor "...was about the size of the palm of a hand, with a depth of two matchbooks stacked on top of each other." Basic technological breakthroughs do not automagically turn into "thinner iPhones" or other crapola for a while, but they do break new ground.
Sure. Just be reincarnated as someone who writes a completely new UNIX-compatible OS using a radical new software licensing scheme, attract multiple developers and users who allow same OS to be a transformational force in the computing industry and grow to be the most-used server OS in history, Then - and only then - can you apply, Asshat.
Actually, this removes ICANN from the control of ANY government. Certain govs - like China - already take control over their own portion of the internet, but they cannot affect ICANN. So, your argument fails on pure logic. Feel free to try again, though....
"you get fast cheap internet"....Not to mention better healthcare, roads (autobahns), high-speed trains...But - what have the Romans ever done for us?
How so? There is a big difference between someone saying something nasty about you on twitter and the government either arresting you or standing idly by while you are physically attacked. And - no - nasty SM postings != physical harassment/assault.
Look, we all get to make free choices. If those choices piss off others who disagree, so be it. The ONLY thing that really matters - fundamentally - is the Constitution, which DOES say "Congress shall make no law..." but does NOT say "There shall be no social media reactions...". Easy-squeazy, baby!
...we're getting way more than 40% more ads today, so - it's a win! /s
Bullshit. When W10 enables "fastboot", you can no longer access the BIOS (say, to be able to boot from DVD drive) even after all the "remove the battery, hold down X key while inserting the battery, etc." crap. Close enough for me, anyway.
Maybe not the perfect definition of "bricked", but the W10 upgrade also enabled "fastboot", meaning I could NOT get into the BIOS setup with any of the normal keys on my brother-in-law's laptop. After appropriate google-fu, I disabled it within W10, installed Linux Mint and he's happy as a clam.
As mentioned in other comments, probably great for back-haul upgrades but for me doing average web browsing, the connection speed is irrelevant as 99.999% of the delay in loading web pages is due to the hundreds of ad-pushing/sniffing websites that the underlying web site relies on before completely loading. I could have a dedicated terabit connection and my load time would be the same.
...I agree with nuking them. Living (voluntarily) in the country (North Georgia USA) I've come to very much appreciate the variety of life and their interactions, and I very much try to not screw with that to the degree possible. However...when the rats chew through my AC duct work and invade my living space, I kill the fuckers. I've drowned them, stomped them with boots and never felt an iota of the guilt of an errant daddy-longlegs caught in a bad spot.
Not to be pedantic, but - isn't that SIX words?
More to the point, I've always said: "It's not that you measure metrics that matter - it's what metrics you measure that matter." Case in point: I was meeting with a call center manager pitching a new system and we were swapping war stories and he told me about taking over at another company's call center and was reviewing reports, only to see what seemed a really high number of complaints about reps hanging up on customers in the middle of a call. Interviewing some of the worst-offending reps, they told him the situation. "We get paid based on the number of calls per hour that we take! If some bitty starts yakking about her grandkids, I hang up on them to get in the queue for the next call. That way, I maximize my pay. What would you do?" And there you have it....
"People will always do what they perceive to be in their best interest." Being a sales guy and going through a variety of "comp plans", we all learn really quickly how to maximize our commissions. Oh - if we can sell more shit, great! But the first goal is to maximize commission-able revenue.
Other than the gamer community which seems to be Windows-focused - and I'm not one of you - who gives a bubbly-fart? Anything beyond W7 is utter nonsense and I use Linux for everything other than a very specific DAW app for which I use a W7 dual-boot arrangement. Fuck everything W8+!!!!
I call 100% Organic, dolphin-free Bullshit! Name one place in America where you are allowed to have your DL photo taken while wearing a mask because of SHARIA!! (Boogety-boogety...) You can't, because your paranoia has you blinded.
And the paranoia begins....Nothing useful can be done with technology because: Gummint! Sheesh!!
Let me try. First, her entire purpose in having said private email server was explicitly to protect her privacy - something she is very sensitive about. The issue, and what separates her situation from that of Colin Powell, is that she used that server for both personal and official email exchanges. This defies both basic common sense and several applicable federal laws - laws which were *NOT* part of the recently concluded FBI investigation. That investigation was about the content of the emails and their classification, NOT - again - the real violation of law and common sense. Bottom line is that her credibility is in question because of a series of actions, all attributable to her paranoia and penchant for secrecy.
While it's true that the technology itself is "dated", so is Unix. Also, as TFS mentions: " is still updated by IBM, which did a major rewrite of the operating system about a decade ago." Of course, they could do a RAD/SCRUM/No-SQL/Other-Buzzword-compliant technology rebuild and achieve the same results, with no downtime and seamless transitioning, right? Right?
"the things I need right now." The operative word here being, of course, "I". Welcome to being a "Conservative/Republican"!!!
Most of North Georgia has one provider - Windstream. Between regular days-long (yes, days-long) outages, slow crappy DSLAMs and high prices, it's like a third-world here for internet.
Just what the fuck does Twitter do beyond enable dumb-asses to post 140 character "comments" about every bubbly fart emanating from some "celebrity"?
Possibly. Drafts - by their nature - must be saved, even though sent emails are not.