kryten

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by kryten 13y ago
The context was implied and definitely applicable. This is now becoming pedantic so let's invoke Godwin's law and stop valuable electrons being pushed around for no reason. The nazis did it. Everyone happy now? :)
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by kryten 13y ago
And for those with computers people can be bothered to write virii for because of the massive market share, I would suggest Microsoft Security Essentials or if you have windows 8, don't bother with AV as it is built in.
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by kryten 13y ago
Applying Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
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by kryten 13y ago
So you'd prefer a BOM for your nuclear power station controller with mostly proprietary vendor-specific parts which are obsolete after 2 years, impossible to replace or find maintenance stock for and under layers of NDAs and crappy doc
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by kryten 13y ago
Unless there is a tradeoff. The tradeoff here being that introducing immature equipment may result in a higher risk. Plus if it's an older PDP11, it's fully documented both hardware and software wise and is built out of flip chip
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by kryten 13y ago
Or when everyone agrees on a mutual truth even if it's not the real truth...
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by kryten 13y ago
Writing up the accounting and distributing tax for that must be a bugger.
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by kryten 13y ago
Unless you suddenly find a conscious cabbage or an onion with an opinion.
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by kryten 13y ago
It's an apt description of what we are. Only we think we are more. Perhaps we're not and the thought is just part of that feedback loop. Art, wine, music, maths. It's all just more inputs...
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by kryten 13y ago
There is a problem with your argument. Let me return the gift of pedantry: Firstly, the problem I have with the hypocrisy is independent to a diet choice so the statement about the path is invalid. Secondly, everything is subjective so your
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by kryten 13y ago
Ray Kurzweil said so! That was sarcastic for reference - I think the guy is a crackpot.
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by kryten 13y ago
Spot on. This is typical human hypocrisy at work. The worst thing I find is the "I'll eat a sausage but I couldn't possibly eat a cute bunny wabbit". The sausage in its natural form is capable of being a valuable and loy
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by kryten 13y ago
Thanks for your explanation. There is a lot missing at least from the media here in the UK. It seems to be being spun as a bad thing to appease us because in the major cities in the UK, it's exactly the same by the sounds. If someone d
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by kryten 13y ago
I was using Xilinx FPGAs in 1998 and they were saying next year then for such a thing. It's 15 years later and it's still the same with shitty overpriced tools, per-vendor ghettos and crazy per-unit prices. Granted we've got
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by kryten 13y ago
Metro will never launch with start8 enabled. Install adobe reader on the machine and it will open pdfs on the desktop only as well even if they are launched from metro. Right click something that doesn't work or install on windows 8, g
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by kryten 13y ago
It does but commercial offerings that we have are still supported from their implementation in 2001. Paid support by the vendor?
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by kryten 13y ago
I wouldn't. I'd go with something with a definitive support life and paid support if you need it. Either that or something simple enough you can run your own fork.
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by kryten 13y ago
That sounds like a lot, but it's really nothing.
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by kryten 13y ago
Screwing up the documents is usually a human issue. That crap on your disk is probably system restore, swap file and hibernation file. You can delete the system restore checkpoints easily. The rest you have to live with. Windows 8: install
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by kryten 13y ago
Hibernate is better than sleep because you have a better idea of what your battery capacity is going to be when you wake it up!
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by kryten 13y ago
Because they are minor targets.
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by kryten 13y ago
I've never had any luck with anything Samsung. Their stuff never seems entirely finished or entirely tested.
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by kryten 13y ago
And conversely I saw someone get stabbed in the stomach at Waterloo. I was the only person out of at least 200 witnesses who did a thing and to be honest I have no idea what to do so could only apply pressure and call paramedics. Same with
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by kryten 13y ago
Lenovo T61 7661. Dual Core 2 2.0, 4Gb RAM, Samsung 840 pro. 9 cell battery. It's better because even with powertop optimisations, Linux leaks energy out of the window everywhere. If you let Windows handle it with the Lenovo power manag
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by kryten 13y ago
Hardly. I use both. I write software for both. Each have flaws but the OP spouts pure shite.
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by kryten 13y ago
Seriously? I lived in a crap hotel in Finsbury Park for a few weeks and it was a dive.
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by kryten 13y ago
I use Windows 7 on a 7 year old ThinkPad with Linux inside a VirtualBox VM. Works better and consumes less power and therefore has longer battery life than Linux on bare metal. My 2010 MacBook Pro caught fire, so I can't vouch for Appl
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by kryten 13y ago
I used hibernate regularly until I got an SSD, mainly for convenience. I boot in a few seconds now so it's a non issue.
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by kryten 13y ago
I call bullshit. I've worked for a couple of printing outfits and Windows has by far been the most reliable bar some big ass Xerox machines with PostScript processing and a Sun workstation tied to it. Fuck, the most unreliable so far h
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by kryten 13y ago
As a Windows and Linux user on a daily basis, I'll tell you that no-one bothers with Office unless they are running a business. Everyone else seems happy with ancient copies of OpenOffice that their cheap laptop came with or LibreOffic

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