In Windows 8 they also removed the system tray icon notifying about new updates when the option "check for new updates but let me choose when to download and install them" is selected.
It surprised me to learn that laptops from popular manufacturers like Lenovo ship with a piece of BIOS-based malware called Lojack. Used as a method of theft prevention, once activated it can infect a fresh install of Windows with tracking software.
Even if it performs "sneaky stuff" I wouldn't call it malware as it is designed to help the real owner of the laptop in case of theft.
My kid does magic tricks... that involve me turning around for up to 30 seconds. It's cute. The lesson here is, if you let your machine out of your sight for a while, don't be surprised if it comes back rooted. Isn't rule #1 of computer security always "If you don't have physical security, you don't have security"?
It's not that simple. There's multiple aspects in physical security too.
I bet that if your operating system was password-locked, it would take more than 30 seconds for your kid to mess with the data.
Because if this was a company, that extra time would also have given the security guards more time to arrive at the scene.
This is not rocket science. Just get a professional workstation laptop and you can work with full CPU and GPU load 24/7. Of course you still have to take care of possible dust buildup.
160 F is only 71 C and should be in normal operating range of the CPU. The fan working hard is only a good thing as then the air is exhausted properly.
Turbo Boost is automatically disabled when the temperature gets high. Turbo Boost's entire purpose is to crank the core frequency up when there is thermal headroom.
Of course, if the system firmware is a bit crusty and cannot properly deal with these circumstances in practice, your suggestion might still be a good idea.
For every machine they test precisely the thing that you are talking about. They run the laptop at maximum load and keep an eye on temperatures and CPU/GPU operating frequencies.
Also a big pop-up card that appears in front of the page while you are deeply focused reading it. There is an "X" symbol in the top right corner of it to close it.
Nice! The archive.org's selections are somewhat odd though.:) There's a bunch of text adventures, four Commander Keen games, and couple of other random games. I don't know how that is a well-rounded showcase of DOS games, it seems more like someone's subjective favorites.
DST is a clear one hour offset. We know precisely what the time without the DST addition is at any given moment. Letting the time slide second-by-second until we reach the extra hour would be quite a different thing.
They appear to be targeting audiophiles — their press release includes phrasing about how pedestrian MP3 encoding will "compromise the purity of the original signal.
Well, does it have proper headphone amplifier? The audio output of typical mobile gadgets is poor for driving good chunky headphones: there is noise, there is not enough energy to deliver good bass, and the sound is just smudgy.
Are you joking? Windows runs smoothly on Atom hardware, but if you put a typical Linux desktop on that machine, the desktop becomes super choppy. You have to downshift to something like XFCE to get it working properly, but then you have to give up all desktop effects. Windows 10 Technical Preview is still a free download, you should give it a spin to see where Windows is these days. It's not the same bloated pile of garbage that it was 10 years ago.
I know the backstory, but Unity is still perfectly usable with mouse and keyboard. However I agree with you that Canonical's mobile efforts have not been terribly successful.
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Why is it that RMS is quick to call all proprietary software unjust, and yet gives a free pass to chipmakers for not publishing their masksets?
I would also like to hear RMS' answer regarding that.
Please explain what you specifically mean about his message.
In Windows 8 they also removed the system tray icon notifying about new updates when the option "check for new updates but let me choose when to download and install them" is selected.
It was taken as it was meant to of been
Heh. So far I have only seen "should have" being replaced with "should of", but "to of" is certainly a new one. :)
It surprised me to learn that laptops from popular manufacturers like Lenovo ship with a piece of BIOS-based malware called Lojack. Used as a method of theft prevention, once activated it can infect a fresh install of Windows with tracking software.
Even if it performs "sneaky stuff" I wouldn't call it malware as it is designed to help the real owner of the laptop in case of theft.
My kid does magic tricks... that involve me turning around for up to 30 seconds. It's cute. The lesson here is, if you let your machine out of your sight for a while, don't be surprised if it comes back rooted. Isn't rule #1 of computer security always "If you don't have physical security, you don't have security"?
It's not that simple. There's multiple aspects in physical security too.
I bet that if your operating system was password-locked, it would take more than 30 seconds for your kid to mess with the data.
Because if this was a company, that extra time would also have given the security guards more time to arrive at the scene.
This is not rocket science. Just get a professional workstation laptop and you can work with full CPU and GPU load 24/7. Of course you still have to take care of possible dust buildup.
160 F is only 71 C and should be in normal operating range of the CPU. The fan working hard is only a good thing as then the air is exhausted properly.
Turbo Boost is automatically disabled when the temperature gets high. Turbo Boost's entire purpose is to crank the core frequency up when there is thermal headroom.
Of course, if the system firmware is a bit crusty and cannot properly deal with these circumstances in practice, your suggestion might still be a good idea.
What you want is a way to remove heat quickly from the chips. That's not going to happen with the tightly packed frame of a laptop.
On the other hand, with a good thermal design the tightly packed frame of a laptop can act as a great air guide.
Yep. I would expect that HP EliteBook and Fujitsu Celcius series do not have problems in this area.
You will benefit from the reviews at Notebookcheck.net.
For every machine they test precisely the thing that you are talking about. They run the laptop at maximum load and keep an eye on temperatures and CPU/GPU operating frequencies.
Having a proper cooling system is not breaking the laws of physics. :)
Also a big pop-up card that appears in front of the page while you are deeply focused reading it. There is an "X" symbol in the top right corner of it to close it.
I see this so much these days. I wish all software guys also took some basic course in electronics.
Nice! The archive.org's selections are somewhat odd though. :) There's a bunch of text adventures, four Commander Keen games, and couple of other random games. I don't know how that is a well-rounded showcase of DOS games, it seems more like someone's subjective favorites.
DST is a clear one hour offset. We know precisely what the time without the DST addition is at any given moment. Letting the time slide second-by-second until we reach the extra hour would be quite a different thing.
You will get good equipment if you pay tens of thousands of dollars for audiophile equipment. But there is also a lot of air in that price.
Pro shops like Thomann demonstrate that you can buy real HiFi gear for very reasonable prices.
They appear to be targeting audiophiles — their press release includes phrasing about how pedestrian MP3 encoding will "compromise the purity of the original signal.
Well, does it have proper headphone amplifier? The audio output of typical mobile gadgets is poor for driving good chunky headphones: there is noise, there is not enough energy to deliver good bass, and the sound is just smudgy.
Meeh. I'd still like to whine a bit. This discussion is clearly about typical desktop usage, not about tailored embedded systems.
Are you joking? Windows runs smoothly on Atom hardware, but if you put a typical Linux desktop on that machine, the desktop becomes super choppy. You have to downshift to something like XFCE to get it working properly, but then you have to give up all desktop effects. Windows 10 Technical Preview is still a free download, you should give it a spin to see where Windows is these days. It's not the same bloated pile of garbage that it was 10 years ago.
It's dupe-l-licious!
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Yo dawg, I hear ya. Coming right up.
I know the backstory, but Unity is still perfectly usable with mouse and keyboard. However I agree with you that Canonical's mobile efforts have not been terribly successful.
What is tablet-like about Unity? Tell me specifically.