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  1. For comparison purposes, consider that a Pentium III, at its peak, went to 1.4 gHz (wiki), and were no longer made after 2003.

    I have a couple of dozen computers, with the oldest one being a Q6600 -- came out in 2006. I readily admit I have pushed it several years beyond its useful life. I think I do it more as a challenge and curiosity than anything else. Needless to say I don't update it -- those broke some 8 or 10 years ago.

    I think I am comfortable with letting go of PIII's.

  2. Re:Firefox? Never left it. on NYT: 'Firefox Is Back. It's Time to Give It a Try.' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    That said, process separation has huge benefits for stability, security, and UI responsiveness -- and arguably content responsiveness if you allow multiple content processes.

    Hysterically funny. What actually happens is that Chrome will happily use up all your memory, then crash your computer. Or turn it into a dog.

    On my computer, Pale Moon uses about 4 times less memory than Chrome.

    Google must get kick backs from RAM providers; Wintel version 2.

  3. Re:upgrading the hardware isn't the problem on $950 Million Large Hadron Collider Upgrade 'Could Upend Particle Physics' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you mean Dr. Randell Mills? For those curious, his site is here

    Wiki is not very kind...

    Anyway, if you really are looking for alternate theories, might I suggest my own alternate theory?

  4. Re:That time table on Self-Driving Cars Likely Won't Steal Your Job (Until 2040) (wired.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Truck driver is the number one job in most states. Tesla already has shown an electric truck, that is probably already self-drivable.

    This is going to hit a lot earlier than 2040.

  5. Re:And we all wonder how Trump got elected. on When Did TV Watching Peak? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 2

    You can program the Comcast remote so that it can control your TV as well. More convenient, but also great for Comcast who now know when you power up your TV -- "she just hit the power up all button".

  6. Much as I enjoy watching a bit of cricket, it is not telegenic.

    Wait til all those viewers in India discover pinball!

  7. Re:Compensating on US Cities Lose Tree Cover Just When They Need It Most (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    This page says US cities are losing ten times less -- 4 million trees a year.

  8. Re:You can thank me for this. on Samsung Announces 970 PRO and 970 EVO NVMe SSDs (anandtech.com) · · Score: 1

    Note that many if not most Intel SSDs have an expiration date. They "die" on purpose.

  9. Re:It's time to user smaller specific social media on Is It Time To Stop Using Social Media? (counterpunch.org) · · Score: 1

    Yes, all seminars are within a dojo. Sometimes there are performances for the public -- at a school or mall, etc.

    The spam that we receive, spoofed with our friends' email addresses, is proof that we all have address books.

    FB and email are the same in that they both can be used to tell someone else about something.

    FB centralizes things, and that is both good and bad. You can do a search of the FB central place and maybe find someone anew. But then FB can shut you down, or bombard you and everyone else with distorted information, or sell you to advertisers, etc.

    Anyway, back to Aikido. My "banjo" mention was an attempt at humor/generalization (made clear at the end of that post).

    May you connect with your god within on the mat. Of off it.

  10. Re:It's time to user smaller specific social media on Is It Time To Stop Using Social Media? (counterpunch.org) · · Score: 1

    I tell you our family did Aikido for a dozen years, and you say this?

    I guess you never have been on a martial arts seminar

    We are informed of the seminars -- to this day -- via the same email gathered all those years ago.

    BTW, our dojo is much larger than any I've seen elsewhere...and we routinely fill it for a seminar, with the extra-large mat also filled. Can't imagine what would happen if we invited Bruge.

  11. Re:It's time to user smaller specific social media on Is It Time To Stop Using Social Media? (counterpunch.org) · · Score: 1

    r "with" w "without"

  12. Re:It's time to user smaller specific social media on Is It Time To Stop Using Social Media? (counterpunch.org) · · Score: 1

    What does a Like button have to do with inviting your friends to Banjo practice?

    There is always a sign up process. After all, the person inviting everyone also collects money from them.

    And, funny thing, practices usually happen at consistent times. Maybe changing only once per year.

    And they are posted.

    And you make announcements after class. And sometimes before.

    And our family went to Banjo, I mean Aikido, for a dozen years. With the book.

  13. Re:It's time to user smaller specific social media on Is It Time To Stop Using Social Media? (counterpunch.org) · · Score: 1

    When did email stop working?

  14. Re:the psycho-historian doesn't 'read the future' on Apple Is Developing a TV Show Based On Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series (deadline.com) · · Score: 1

    I was annoyed by the comparison to Game of Thrones.

    On audio, the Foundation series is 23 CDs.
    On audio, the Game of Thrones series is 162 CDs.

  15. Then this happens... on Update: Possible Active Shooter Reported at YouTube HQ (theverge.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    (1) YouTube says they will ban (most) gun videos.
    (2) Protests follow.
    (3) Then this happens.

    Sounds like a false flag to drum up support for their plan.

  16. Re:Regulate Facebook on Ask Slashdot: Is There a Good Alternative to Facebook? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Why do we need to "find everyone else"? Almost no one changes anything about themselves, even after decades. Why would I want to track them down to find that out?

  17. Re:Einstein wouldn't happen today on How Einstein Lost His Bearings, and With Them, General Relativity (quantamagazine.org) · · Score: 1

    It is not the first step of a theory but a last step to provide specific numerical results. What has been accomplished so far is not too shabby, considering it has been done with zero budget. Please compare $0.00 with the $5,000,000,000/year waste that is the LHC.

    Also note that many of the predictions made by Spring-And-Loop Theory do not need to be numeric to be significant. That is the whole point of a new model. You are like a buggy whip maker demanding I show you a new and improved buggy whip.

    For example, Albert Einstein won his Nobel for the photoelectric effect, despite that being nothing but a theory; a mere speculationj -- an "I wonder that was unsubstantiated for the next 9 years.

    ...then I will convince mainstream physicists whom I have worked with that they should stop working on string theory and the standard model and general relativity and instead follow your lead...

    Anyone who would put forward string theory as something of value evokes my empathy. And so, out of kindness, I continue.

    As to the "standard" "model", Wikipedia's List of (hundreds of) unsolved problems in physics puts the lie to anyone saying it is valid, sound or useful.

    Views like yours are the real problem -- bought and paid for "scientists" with zero incentive to support anything that actually works.

    I get it. I just can't go down that corruption route. Primarily because it is the least interesting path.

  18. Re:Einstein wouldn't happen today on How Einstein Lost His Bearings, and With Them, General Relativity (quantamagazine.org) · · Score: 1

    This is a good point of discussion. Things aren't as black and white as you imply, of course, but distractions are way up these days.

    I came up with my theory because of an unusual job situation -- caring for first one and later a second Alzheimer's person, on very long shifts, the second one at night -- one in the country, the second where I wasn't able to have the lights on.

    I listened to a physics series on audio player almost every waking minute for a year and a half.

    So it can be done, but circumstances will need to play a big part.

  19. Right. Smokers are almost always smoking -- either they have one going, or they have one available.

    Most of us are in front of a computer and/or carrying our radiation blaster at all times. Sam Ting.

  20. Re:Cable tightening.. Post Tension Slab on The Ordinary Engineering Behind the Horrifying Florida Bridge Collapse (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    And until they tightened those cables, the truss was weak. P(ost)TC that doesn't get T'd until after the truss is installed is a disaster waiting to happen.

    P(re)TC is the norm.

    They screwed up in how they chose to make/install this truss. Pretty obvious.

  21. Re:Just on Amazon Is Designing Custom AI Chips For Alexa (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Imagine you are quadraplegic. I can assure you that about half your day is tied up with "activities of daily living" that force you to be away from a keyboard. Getting the picture?

  22. Re:4th Phase of Water on Scientists Create a New Form of Matter: Superionic Water Ice (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    From wiki's plasma page:

    The word plasma comes from the Ancient Greek [..unprintable..], meaning "moldable substance" or "jelly", whose usage describes the behaviour of the ionised atomic nuclei and the electrons within the surrounding region of the plasma.

    You can't have water plasma. Once you have ionised nuclei, you no longer have water.

  23. Much more on Billy Mitchell (and the real Donkey Kong record holders)

  24. Re:Uber is a criminal organization on What We Learned From Day 1 of the Uber and Alphabet Trial (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I've always had the impression that Uber is going to go away, much like HD DVD did. Or merge, like Sirius did with XM. But then I was sure the Pats would win by 14.

  25. Is it not possible for A/V companies to come up with a way to simulate how modern CPUs work?

    This problem reminds me of the problem of archive files -- e.g. ZIP. A/V programs had to temporarily extract all the files, then scan those...and do this recursively.

    Is this problem really all that different?