the hardware is fine. linux will run for years without reboots on intel/amd cpus & cheap hardware. kernel updates are pretty much the reason to reboot.
are you sure it was the cpu, not the motherboard or something else?
thats really the first i've heard of.
if it's truely dead, i'd keep it, just for the novelty value.
i've had a 1ghz athlon running at 1.33ghz for over 5 years now, almost 24/7, i've had to replace a dead motherboard, & a dead hard disk from that system in that time, but the cpu is still good as new. it was sold half price as 'b-grade' too, as it had a few marks on the core.
I overclock cpus whenever i can.
i had a power supply blow in an old cheap system, it took out the motherboard, hard disk & most of the rest of the computer, even the cpu fan, but the cpu was still fine. i've rescued several cpus from otherwise dead systems & they all worked fine.
i cant say cpu death is something i worry about, no matter how much a system overheats, they normally last a lot longer than their useful lifespan.
im saying, if a company could make millions by boiling live babies, and there was zero chance of anyone finding out, they'd do it, companies only have morals when they feel it is profitable.
its an extreme & unrealistic example, but companies exist soley to maximise profits, if they can get away with doing something wrong, they will, if it makes them more money.
if mozilla, or opera were in microsofts position, they'd abuse their power too, just like any other company would, because with that much money & power, theres not a lot that anyone can do to make them ethical.
i'm saying that companies dont have ethics or morals, their primary function is to maximise profits.
if a company believes following certain ethical or moral guidelines is the best way to maximise profits, thats what they'll do, but they'll be doing it in order to maximise profits, not to be moral or ethical just for the sake of it.
that'd just be taking a longer term view of maximising profits, its not a moral view as such.
like saying if we do x, we'll make more money in the short term, but if people find out we're doing x, we'll make much less money.
so its not really a moral view, they arent not doing x because it might be wrong, simply because theres a high chance of getting caught & making less money as a result.
how many processors have ever died on you without physical damage?
in over 15 years of using pcs, including nearly 5 as a network admin, in charge of many computers, i've never seen a processor die from overheating, or from anything other than physical damage.
ive seen every other componant die, multiple times, never seen a cpu die in normal use, overheating or not.
i dont even know anyone thats ever had a dead cpu.
heat from a cpu can help to reduce the lifespan of other componants (hard drives, etc), if the heat isnt removed from the case well enough, but the cpu will just crash when it overheats, then be fine again once its cooled down.
i'd hope you can persude the ceo to stop downloading 3d-screensavers & crap.
if not & your ceo tells you to make the network as insecure as possible & not to pay any attention to the network at all, you arent a real admin, the ceo is.
if you want to accept one credit card payment, you are forced to 'upgrade' your account, then all transactions are charged for, even if the money was already in their paypal account.
they have certain rights under copyright law, which says you can't produce copies, but they have no right to tell you that you cant sell your original copy.
theres a problem when one 'side' is vastly richer than the others though. for example, the oil industry could afford to pay off a lot of scientists to produce misleading reports.
then all of a sudden, 'the experts disagree', so 'we can't really be sure', so we shouldnt attempt to do anything about it (like use less oil).
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or they will raise their fixed costs (eg spend lots on marketing), to prevent entry from a new competitor.
the hardware is fine. linux will run for years without reboots on intel/amd cpus & cheap hardware. kernel updates are pretty much the reason to reboot.
what about if you pay the tax, does that then give you the right copy whatever you want? you've paid the copyright holder for the privilege.
but, if you dont know the exact length of a second, you dont know the 'new' unit, so your physics calculations are wrong.
that was the point the parent was making.
if the second changes in length as the earth slows, you'll never know the exact length of a second.
which is why the second is now a fixed absolute unit.
are you sure it was the cpu, not the motherboard or something else?
thats really the first i've heard of.
if it's truely dead, i'd keep it, just for the novelty value.
i've had a 1ghz athlon running at 1.33ghz for over 5 years now, almost 24/7, i've had to replace a dead motherboard, & a dead hard disk from that system in that time, but the cpu is still good as new. it was sold half price as 'b-grade' too, as it had a few marks on the core.
I overclock cpus whenever i can.
i had a power supply blow in an old cheap system, it took out the motherboard, hard disk & most of the rest of the computer, even the cpu fan, but the cpu was still fine. i've rescued several cpus from otherwise dead systems & they all worked fine.
i cant say cpu death is something i worry about, no matter how much a system overheats, they normally last a lot longer than their useful lifespan.
if they go & buy a philips product with this feature, they deserve all they get.
i'm sure word will spread quickly, if philips ever bring a product to market that features this technology, nobody wants to be forced to watch ads.
i'm just really glad philips patented this, so no other manufacturers can use it.
im saying, if a company could make millions by boiling live babies, and there was zero chance of anyone finding out, they'd do it, companies only have morals when they feel it is profitable.
its an extreme & unrealistic example, but companies exist soley to maximise profits, if they can get away with doing something wrong, they will, if it makes them more money.
if mozilla, or opera were in microsofts position, they'd abuse their power too, just like any other company would, because with that much money & power, theres not a lot that anyone can do to make them ethical.
i'm saying that companies dont have ethics or morals, their primary function is to maximise profits.
if a company believes following certain ethical or moral guidelines is the best way to maximise profits, thats what they'll do, but they'll be doing it in order to maximise profits, not to be moral or ethical just for the sake of it.
that'd just be taking a longer term view of maximising profits, its not a moral view as such.
like saying if we do x, we'll make more money in the short term, but if people find out we're doing x, we'll make much less money.
so its not really a moral view, they arent not doing x because it might be wrong, simply because theres a high chance of getting caught & making less money as a result.
yes, they all exist to make as much money as possible, this the the primary aim of any company.
they just arent as good at it (yet) as micosoft is (or was).
they were actually convicted of (ab)using their monopoly position in the desktop pc operating system market to gain market share in other markets.
a monopoly is when a single firm controls a large enough proportion of the supply of a product or service to be able to set the price.
they don't need to control 100% of the supply to be a monopoly, it could be anything over about 25% (depending on the particular market).
so yes, it makes perfect sense.
other desktop operting systems exist, but windows has the vast majority of the market, which makes it a monopoly.
just like every other company in existance.
yes it sounds like a great idea to me, i hope philips sue any other company that tries this into bankrupcy.
how many processors have ever died on you without physical damage?
in over 15 years of using pcs, including nearly 5 as a network admin, in charge of many computers, i've never seen a processor die from overheating, or from anything other than physical damage.
ive seen every other componant die, multiple times, never seen a cpu die in normal use, overheating or not.
i dont even know anyone thats ever had a dead cpu.
heat from a cpu can help to reduce the lifespan of other componants (hard drives, etc), if the heat isnt removed from the case well enough, but the cpu will just crash when it overheats, then be fine again once its cooled down.
nobody in their right mind would want to run oracle on ubuntu.
i'd hope you can persude the ceo to stop downloading 3d-screensavers & crap.
if not & your ceo tells you to make the network as insecure as possible & not to pay any attention to the network at all, you arent a real admin, the ceo is.
any 'normal' users dont need admin rights.
i really think you should get another job, if you really are an admin, because you really arent suited to the job.
your users install crap *because you let them*.
its your fault that company got fined 750k, if you were responsible for that network.
its your fault it took 2 months to diagnose a bandwidth problem & by the sound of it, it could happen again.
99% of your problems are caused by crap your users install, because you obviously have no idea how to lock down a system.
because otherwise somebody could publish a picture taken by an 'anonymous source'
if you want to accept one credit card payment, you are forced to 'upgrade' your account, then all transactions are charged for, even if the money was already in their paypal account.
computer science is a liberal arts degree.
if you want to do computer science, do a maths degree.
they have certain rights under copyright law, which says you can't produce copies, but they have no right to tell you that you cant sell your original copy.
even if they did restrict their licenses, these restrictions wouldnt apply in the UK without a change of law.
if they are terrorists, they are criminals, terrorism is a crime.
criminals should be allowed a fair trial, to find out if they are actually criminals or not.
without a trial, these guys are innocent, innocent until proven guilty, right?
if they were caught fighting us troops, they should be treated as pows, who also have rights under the geneva convention.
how do we know these guys havent just been rounded up off the streets in afghanistan, if they've never had a trial?
do you think holding innocent people is a good way to stop terrorist attacks? or do you think it might do more to provoke them?
theres a problem when one 'side' is vastly richer than the others though. for example, the oil industry could afford to pay off a lot of scientists to produce misleading reports.
then all of a sudden, 'the experts disagree', so 'we can't really be sure', so we shouldnt attempt to do anything about it (like use less oil).