Except for the services part, Windows memory management has been improving a lot with each version.
XP was dire. A huge step backwards in terms of memory management. Windows 7 works a lot better.
I just opened Firefox, went to this page of text, and it's using 223Mb. I'd say there's still a problem...and it can't possibly be a 'leak' yet because it's only opened one page.
When Vista first came out all sorts of people were noticing battery life decreased substantially.
Yeah but Linux hasn't just come out and it isn't suddenly requiring new drivers from everybody because it broke the old model. Linux is supposed to be working by now. This is the year of Linux, remember?
The bit I don't understand is why Linux sucks up everybody's battery just so some broken systems/drivers will work.
Surely the correct thing to do is to follow the standards and let users vote with their wallets. That way the people making broken systems might get off their asses and do something about it.
eg. The video receiver boxes could have a six digit code on them. The line unit could read this code over the radio to central command. Central command then transmits the encryption key for that receiver to the drone.
I didn't say it doesn't work...but when you get to 8Gb (or more) of RAM then hibernation starts to take as long as a normal power-on. It's diminishing returns...
"Ninjas snuck into my house and erased them" would at least be statistically possible.
Joking aside, if they really are seeing all these effects then the cause is probably human. Maybe the downstairs neighbor has a Frankenstein/Tesla/Van-der-Graaf playground set up and all this bad stuff happens whenever he plays his Thermin.
Can you imagine that a much smaller field could effect the heads? Even a.0001% error in head placement is a massive problem. But no, you are too stupid to consider the operation of the drive, and instead post your lies because you are too stupid to actually think about the issue.
Try taking a hard drive apart sometime. There's big magnets INSIDE THEM that are so strong you'll have trouble pulling them apart with your bare hands.
Exactly how 'magnetized' would a steel joist have to be to wipe a hard drive at a distance? (hint: enough to lift the change out of your pocket)
Do magnets even interfere with radio waves? Hope not, because the earth is a magnet.
Only CRT TVs distort because of magnets and even assuming the joist is magnetized enough to distort it and your TV is close enough to the joist (unlikely) then it's far cheaper to buy a big plasma TV than go through all this crap. You just bought a new house fer glub's sake.
Nope, they're a bunch of whiners who're looking for a payout. Even if you go in and fix things they'll never be convinced, they'll still lie awake at night thinking of the evil magnetic field.
Pal, taking an hour to prep, cook, serve, clean is doing something useful.
Not to mention that you'll feel physically better if you eat proper food instead of junk. You'll sleep better and be more productive in your waking hours.
In one hour I can make 2 dishes which portion out to 6 meals each. That means one hour of work will net me 12 meals which are healthier and cheaper than going to Subway.
Even then a lot of the time is just waiting. eg. Making a pizza is five minutes work, tops. The other 20 is waiting for it to cook. You can be reading slashdot or whatever while you wait.
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Except for the services part, Windows memory management has been improving a lot with each version.
XP was dire. A huge step backwards in terms of memory management. Windows 7 works a lot better.
I just opened Firefox, went to this page of text, and it's using 223Mb. I'd say there's still a problem...and it can't possibly be a 'leak' yet because it's only opened one page.
That's exactly the point. OS leaves more memory for apps. duh.
OS developer (and you) telling the app writers not to worry so much about memory usage? Yeah, that'll work out.
The apps will soon eat up the difference (if they haven't already...)
When Vista first came out all sorts of people were noticing battery life decreased substantially.
Yeah but Linux hasn't just come out and it isn't suddenly requiring new drivers from everybody because it broke the old model. Linux is supposed to be working by now. This is the year of Linux, remember?
The bit I don't understand is why Linux sucks up everybody's battery just so some broken systems/drivers will work.
Surely the correct thing to do is to follow the standards and let users vote with their wallets. That way the people making broken systems might get off their asses and do something about it.
Uh - wipe and repartition the disk including overwriting the mbr and install a clean system....
...at which point it gets reinfected via the same mechanism that infected it before.
There's ways to do it...
eg. The video receiver boxes could have a six digit code on them. The line unit could read this code over the radio to central command. Central command then transmits the encryption key for that receiver to the drone.
Tell your current company about the offer, and see if you get a counter-offer.
(and if they don't counter, you know how you're valued. Leave.)
This.
I didn't say it doesn't work...but when you get to 8Gb (or more) of RAM then hibernation starts to take as long as a normal power-on. It's diminishing returns...
I think most people Hibernate their computers these days. I definitely do.
Haven't got much RAM then...?
It could be on the equator and the rotation of the Earth would do the rest. /Joderell Bank radio telescope was visible from my schoolyard...
"Ninjas snuck into my house and erased them" would at least be statistically possible.
Joking aside, if they really are seeing all these effects then the cause is probably human. Maybe the downstairs neighbor has a Frankenstein/Tesla/Van-der-Graaf playground set up and all this bad stuff happens whenever he plays his Thermin.
...something geological?
There must be loads of magnetic bracelet/insole/pillow peddlers who'd pay a fortune to live there. They could live forever!
This isn't a problem, it's an opportunity!
It *might* affect a cordless phone. Not the radio waves but all the inductors and stuff inside it.
But....as has been pointed out the field would have to be strong enough to yank the change out of your pocket as soon as you walked into the room.
The Faraday cage effect of the steel structure is going to be worse for the phone than any magnetic field it could physically have.
Not to mention the fact that the steel case of the PC would divert the magnetic field away from the hard drive.
Can you imagine that a much smaller field could effect the heads? Even a .0001% error in head placement is a massive problem. But no, you are too stupid to consider the operation of the drive, and instead post your lies because you are too stupid to actually think about the issue.
Try taking a hard drive apart sometime. There's big magnets INSIDE THEM that are so strong you'll have trouble pulling them apart with your bare hands.
Seems like total bullshit to me.
Exactly how 'magnetized' would a steel joist have to be to wipe a hard drive at a distance? (hint: enough to lift the change out of your pocket)
Do magnets even interfere with radio waves? Hope not, because the earth is a magnet.
Only CRT TVs distort because of magnets and even assuming the joist is magnetized enough to distort it and your TV is close enough to the joist (unlikely) then it's far cheaper to buy a big plasma TV than go through all this crap. You just bought a new house fer glub's sake.
Nope, they're a bunch of whiners who're looking for a payout. Even if you go in and fix things they'll never be convinced, they'll still lie awake at night thinking of the evil magnetic field.
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Just overclock it and get an extended battery.
So simple even your granny could do it!
Your phone has that option...?
You might be surprised...
There was no public debate, true, and RIAA-like types did give free music download coupons and that sort of things to the deputies,
Is that all it takes to buy a law in France...?
It's pretty clear that SONY's done the math and decided they don't want "thinkers" in their customer base...
Pal, taking an hour to prep, cook, serve, clean is doing something useful.
Not to mention that you'll feel physically better if you eat proper food instead of junk. You'll sleep better and be more productive in your waking hours.
In one hour I can make 2 dishes which portion out to 6 meals each. That means one hour of work will net me 12 meals which are healthier and cheaper than going to Subway.
Even then a lot of the time is just waiting. eg. Making a pizza is five minutes work, tops. The other 20 is waiting for it to cook. You can be reading slashdot or whatever while you wait.