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  1. Re:Honestly? on Windows 10, From a Linux User's Perspective · · Score: 1

    Hehehe, so a system is only stable when it's EOL :D

  2. Re:Honestly? on Windows 10, From a Linux User's Perspective · · Score: 3, Informative

    9. This is a big one for me: removed technical information in stop errors. If stop errors prevent the system from booting, it makes diagnosis a lot harder.

    In addition to his, you now have to "enable safe mode" on a running system before you can use it (http://www.7tutorials.com/5-ways-boot-safe-mode-windows-8-windows-81).

  3. Re:Great Economy? on Good Economy? Tech Layoffs Are Up · · Score: 1

    Just out of curiosity, how was the New Deal bad ?

  4. Re:Great Economy? on Good Economy? Tech Layoffs Are Up · · Score: 2

    No I'm talking about the fast recoveries in the 50's, 60's, 70's. But you're right Obama isn't doing *everything* he can to save the economy.
    Because he wants to accomplish some of his campaign points and 8 years really isn't that long.

  5. Re:Great Economy? on Good Economy? Tech Layoffs Are Up · · Score: 1

    Well you don't have the worldwide demand WWII gave you.

  6. Re:Great Economy? on Good Economy? Tech Layoffs Are Up · · Score: 1

    But the real issue is that the system has been captured, and we can't remove the parasite without killing the host (or so we're told, anyway).

    So, we need to contact the Tok'Ra.

  7. Re:Live tiles on Windows 10 Start Menu Wins IDSA Design Award · · Score: 1

    They are web clients parsing remote html/js, ...
    I also like to keep the marketing out of my start menu as much as possible.

  8. Re:If you want something done right... on KDE Plasma 5 Problem Traced To Bug In Intel Graphics Driver · · Score: 2

    You forgot to include Docker somewhere.

  9. Live tiles on Windows 10 Start Menu Wins IDSA Design Award · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Live tiles can be removed completely as well.

    Shouldn't live tiles be removed/disabled by default since they pose a security risk ?

  10. Re:My ancient i7-2700 on 10 Years of Intel Processors Compared · · Score: 2

    Well crappy Javascript code (as is prevalent on the web today) is pretty power hungry, but it's terrible everywhere anyway.

  11. Re:Different instruction sets on 10 Years of Intel Processors Compared · · Score: 1

    There are actual rules (weight, horse power, safety, ...) for cars wishing to compete in a race.

  12. Re:Different instruction sets on 10 Years of Intel Processors Compared · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I wish they compared early PIII Katmai or Coppermines to the Duo 6600. Because what the pessimist in me is seeing, isn't a cherrypicked 11 x increase in one bench but overall core performance stagnation.

  13. Re:Passed data with a ton of noise? on $340 Audiophile Ethernet Cable Tested · · Score: 1

    Yes error correction instead of only error detection would be nice.

  14. Re:Passed data with a ton of noise? on $340 Audiophile Ethernet Cable Tested · · Score: 1

    Indeed this is stupid, even Ethernet frames use CRC codes.

  15. We get it, you don't like Clarkson.

  16. Re:Why did it only happened on Samsung's SSDs? on Samsung Finds, Fixes Bug In Linux Trim Code · · Score: 1

    While Intel is conservative in its NAND flash and controllers, which are unique selling points. They haven't used SLC for a while now. Even the venerable X25 had plenty of non SLC variants (http://ark.intel.com/nl/products/56600/Intel-SSD-X25-M-Series-160GB-2_5in-SATA-3Gbs-34nm-MLC)

  17. Re:Why did it only happened on Samsung's SSDs? on Samsung Finds, Fixes Bug In Linux Trim Code · · Score: 1

    WTF are you talking about? Samsung SSDs have always been considered top tier. If you want the "best" SSDs you basically buy an Intel, Samsung or Crucial, in that order (but all roughly the same, with Intel standing out a bit more than the other two).

    If you want to buy the cheapest (price/performance) consumer SSD out there then yes you buy Samsung or Crucial.
    Intel prices their consumer stuff higher because they want fatter margins.

  18. Re:Why did it only happened on Samsung's SSDs? on Samsung Finds, Fixes Bug In Linux Trim Code · · Score: 1

    They have a good overall reputation but some of them hijack your data when they fail.
    See SSD life endurance test https://techreport.com/review/....
    Anyway SSD's fail completely different from Hard drives. Most just vanish, some corrupt massively and others go in a final one chance read-only mode (select Intel consumer models).
    Tested backups are a necessity here.

  19. Re:Just another case.... on Samsung Finds, Fixes Bug In Linux Trim Code · · Score: 1

    The list contains a lot of ATA workarounds (https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/e64f638483a21105c7ce330d543fa1f1c35b5bc7/drivers/ata/libata-core.c).
    Apparently it's quite normal to have software work around hw defects.

  20. Re:Why did it only happened on Samsung's SSDs? on Samsung Finds, Fixes Bug In Linux Trim Code · · Score: 1

    Well they pump out the cheapest SSD's (TLC) around, which everyone buys. And let's not forget the fact that Samsung's reputation was already dwindling because of the many performance degradation issues.

  21. Re:Um... you're not nearly cynical enough on Ask Slashdot: Everyone Building Software -- Is This the Future We Need? · · Score: 1

    Because unions in the past fought government and enterprises to demand those privileges.
    And now they are commonplace.

  22. Re:Mostly weekly. on Ask Slashdot: How Often Do You Update Your OS? · · Score: 1

    Boot to Ghost, install os, play, run, do whatever. In the event of a virus, it's short lived. When I attended Berkeley, this was the way they had set up their computer lab. I remember, at the time, being intrigued by the setup.

    I have no knowledge of Ghost (use dism & ntfsclone primarly) but doesn't the "Run" step require a reboot ?
    Does your user know how to boot Ghost manually or is there a special bootloader that gets updated on deploy and when Windows is first ran.
    Are your images Sysprepped or machine specific ? And if so aren't you bothered with the lengthy "pseudo-setup" phase (eg Windows welcome (OOBE), Installing drivers, ...) ?

  23. Re:Both options kind of suck on What Happens When Your Own Limb Is Almost Good Enough? · · Score: 1

    The non-biological components are definitely more robust. You can just plug in new ones. Even do upgrades. The first thing I'd do after the amputation is dedicate a bunch of time to learning as much about prosthetics and 3D printing as I could. "Doctor heal thyself" would be a pretty good thing to dedicate the rest of my life to.

    Bullshit, your biological components are a lot more robust. The average llifespan is 80 years.
    Show me one mechanical machine (heart) which can do that without some offline maintenance.

  24. Re:In Will Reynold's case on What Happens When Your Own Limb Is Almost Good Enough? · · Score: 1

    Prosthetics are a long way off from "superlimbs".
    It takes proper training to be able to even use current gen prosthetics.
    And both scenario's are coupled with a lot of pain and hardship: nerve damage, ghost limb syndrome, ...

  25. Re:awesome!... wait... on ARM Support Comes To SUSE Linux Enterprise Server · · Score: 1

    AMD has benched their "upcoming" ARM products. (http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/04/amd-abandons-the-microserver-market-takes-75-million-hit/)