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Comment Where are the benchmarks? (Score 0) 83

Could you atleast attempt to prove that this mod is a worthwhile effort by posting some benchmark scores. I'm guessing these systems aren't stable enough to run most benchmarking suites reliably and even if they do the scores won't be much better than the same class of chip that Intel spec'd for that generation of motherboard.

Comment There is only one valid reason for this switch (Score 1) 412

If your organization fully adopts Windows 10 then you can boot up anywhere in the world that offers internet connectivity and securely be connected to your corporate 'mother ship' with absolutely zero end-user expertise. Sure, linux gurus can achieve the same functionality with minimal effort but once again Microsoft wins the usability wars, IMHO.

Comment An opportunity (Score 1) 308

Okay, so it is time to design a device to detect an overvoltage condition on any external I/O pin and sound a LOUD audible alert and/or send an administrative alert over Wi-Fi. Will this add cost? Yes of course, but we live in an era where the cost is justified for those who deploy electronics in public spaces.

Submission + - RIP John Ellenby, godfather of the modern laptop (nytimes.com)

fragMasterFlash writes: John Ellenby, a British-born computer engineer who played a critical role in paving the way for the laptop computer, died on Aug. 17 in San Francisco. He was 75.

Mr. Ellenby’s pioneering work came to fruition in the early 1980s, after he founded Grid Systems, a company in Mountain View, Calif. As chief executive, he assembled an engineering and design team that included the noted British-born industrial designer William Moggridge.

The team produced a clamshell computer with an orange electroluminescent flat-panel display that was introduced as the Compass. It went to market in 1982. The Compass is now widely acknowledged to have been far ahead of its time.

Comment Re:Wishful thinking... (Score 1) 96

You would need a USB stick that implemented a secondary device to uniquely identify the USB stick to avoid piracy. Implementing something like ARM TrustZone in a USB secondary function device would seem to suit this purpose nicely. Games downloaded to your USB stick could then only be used when that particular USB stick is physically present on your gaming system.

Comment Re:Generosity? (Score 1) 224

So if SpaceX fails, the taxpayer picks up the cost, with the billions we invested unlikely to ever be repaid. But if SpaceX succeeds, they reap the profits?

My good fellow, you do realize that if YOU are capable of offering launch services that are as reliable and cost effective as SpaceX that you could underbid them and reap those profits yourself, right? So unless you command a fleet of orbital launch capable vehicles I suggest you STFU and GTFO.

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