2013/8/16-10/28 [Computer/HW/Laptop] UID:54728 Activity:nil | 8/16 I just left my employer. They didn't ask to get their HW back.
Is is common for employers to contact me a few months/years later
and ask for their HW back?
\_ Is it an iPhone 9 prototype? :-)
\_ as a matter of fact, it is just a 2 year old laptop
and they don't seem to keep track of inventor
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2013/7/8-8/23 [Computer/HW/Laptop] UID:54706 Activity:nil | 7/8 Suppose I just stopped going to work and stopped communicating
with them. How many days will it take before they stop sending me
paycheck (and maybe even try to get back the laptop they gave me)?
\_ They'll probably try to call your emergency contact first to see if
you're hit a tree or something.
you've hit a tree or something.
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2011/12/21-2012/2/6 [Computer/HW/Laptop, Computer/SW/Editors/Emacs] UID:54269 Activity:nil | 12/21 In Emacs, how do I make it so that it will resize its screen
when the maximum resolution of my monitor changes? When I
use my laptop, my emacs is too big (and I can't resize it
because the bottom-right corner is not accessible).
\_ Which OS? Can't you drag the top border (not a corner) to resize
the height to be smaller?
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2011/5/9-7/13 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:54106 Activity:nil | 5/4 Any thoughts about apple switching to ARM for all machines?
\_ Could only have happened if the Mac App Store had been a wild, wild
success, and they were willing to give up Steam. Games/dual-booting
is strategically valuable to not driving people away from macs.
A new ARM iOS based device, or opening the Apple TV to iOS apps
(same thing, really) would be much more likely than sabotaging their
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2011/3/12-4/20 [Consumer/CellPhone, Computer/HW/Laptop] UID:54057 Activity:nil | 3/12 I am curious what others think of tablets like iPad. They don't seem
useful to me, but I use my computer for more than web browsing,
Facebook, and Twitter. Why would I buy one instead of a laptop?
They seem like a disabled laptop to me, but at a higher price.
\_ You are most likely a coder. iPad is not for coders. They are
what you get your non-technical friends. Or musicians. Look at
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2010/8/23-9/7 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:53932 Activity:low | 9/21 are you guys really all using win7 in some way now?
\_ Yes. In my company, we have upgraded all our machines for
development, QA and other office use (HR, Finance, Receptions, etc.)
from WinXP to Win7 a few months ago. Our products now primarily
support Win7/Win2008 and secondarily support WinXP/Win2003.
\_ Any weird gotchas support-wise?
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2010/5/17-26 [Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:53835 Activity:nil | 5/13 I am getting a new Macbook Pro. Should I get a glossy or matte screen?
I always had matte in the past. I use my laptop just about everywhere
and glare is a concern. Should I stick with matte? I noticed
glossy is the default now.
\_ It is weird, but I have the glossy screen that goes to the edge of
the monitor for my 13" PB and it somehow seems bigger than the one
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2010/1/22-30 [Computer/HW/Laptop, Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:53655 Activity:high | 1/22 looking to buy a new development laptop
needs ssdrive, >6 hr possible batt life, and runs linux reasonably
Anyone have a recommendation? Thx.
\_ thinkpad t23 w ssdrive and battery inplace of drive bay
\_ Ever wondered what RICHARD STALLMAN uses for a laptop? Well,
wonder no more!
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2009/6/1-5 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:53065 Activity:kinda low | 5/31 I'm not a hardcore gamer, but I do play games sometimes. Is the
80G Sony PS3 sufficient for say, 2-3 years? I'll use it 80% for
BlueRay movies and 15% game (I play 3-4 games a year max), and
possibly 5% something else. I'm just trying to figure out how
long a 80G will last based on my usage, and whether I can get
away with a 40G version, or if the 160G is a must have or not. Thanks.
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2005/12/22-23 [Computer/HW/Drives] UID:41113 Activity:moderate | 12/21 What's the quietest, most reliable 300-500GB HD out there these
days? I'm mainly concerned with reliability/sound/price per GB
to store lots of media stuff, and I'm not too concerned about
performance. Also a related question, when do you guys think
1T drives will come out, 2008? 2009?
\_ in my experience, seagate drives tend to be quieter than others
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2005/4/20-21 [Computer/HW/Drives] UID:37275 Activity:low | 4/19 I went to Fry's today and saw a 400GB HD by Seagate, with 5 years
warranty!!! That is just amazing. By the way, what is the current MB
limitation on size? I remember back in the 90s I had to get special
HD card to go above 4G, and then in the late 90s a special card to
go above 80G. I'm just wondering what the current limitation is.
\_ Why would there be a limitation? Granted, I always buy SCSI.
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2005/1/17-18 [Computer/HW/Drives] UID:35742 Activity:high | 1/17 My DMA is in fact turned on, but I'm hardly getting the 133 rate
in my ATA133 as claimed by my motherboard and hard-drive. What
are some culprits in the lack of performance? ok thx.
\_ How are you measuring the throughput?
\_ You know nothing can sustain ATA133 throughput, right?
\_ And you're running which OS?
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2005/1/18 [Computer/HW/Drives] UID:35759 Activity:nil | 1/17 Thank to all the people trying to help me configure ATA133.
I fixed it. Basically, WinXP was configured to auto use DMA,
and it was using DMA Mode 2 automatically. According to the site:
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/modesUDMA-c.html
...the max expected rate was 33.3MB/s. However after playing with
the BIOS I got WinXP to go up to DMA Mode 6. Now I'm getting
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2004/8/27-28 [Computer/HW/CPU] UID:33192 Activity:insanely high | 8/27 I'm currently running a 1.2 Ghz Celeron with 386 megs or so of RAM.
I'm thinking of buying a new machine, but I want to go cheap, maybe
less than $500. I want to end up with a nice machine and a crap
machine at the end of this. (Crap machine so my wife can do email and
stuff) so don't need a CD drive or monitor, and the video card
doesn't have to be great because I already have a nice one in my
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2004/7/22-23 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows, Computer/HW/Drives] UID:32425 Activity:very high | 7/22 Is there any convenient way to upgrade (replace) my primary hard drive
in WindowsXP without having to go to the trouble of reinstalling my OS
and all my apps?
\_ Clone your disk.
\_ Does that work when the two drives are different sizes? The new
one is (obviously) larger.
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2004/6/16 [Computer/HW/Drives] UID:30833 Activity:insanely high | 6/16 I have about 500 Gigs of stuff that I need to backup on a monthly
basis. I anticipate that our content will grow to 1000Gig in the
next year or two. Should I just get 2-4 big HDs or should I get
tape backup device? Opinions? -newbie admin
\_ Do you need to back up the entire 500g each month or just an
initial cut and a small amount of data changing each month? 500g
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2003/11/23-24 [Computer/HW/Drives] UID:11199 Activity:nil | 1/23 Any recommendations for a Linux tool to merge two disk partitions into
one. Does the partition that will get deleted would need to me
empty? I don't want to loose the data that's on it. Thanks.
\_ Get PartitionMagic ($70 or steal), I believe it works on merging
Linux partitions. Get a PC running Windows, install it, then attach
the HD to a free IDE (or SCSI) port and repartition. Non-optimal
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1999/11/28-12/1 [Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:16960 Activity:moderate | 11/27 Need to build a machine that will be used primarily for recording
sounds/tunes/mixdowns etc with. Using cakewalk software (unles
someone can recommend better). I've done recording with an
alesis adat, mackie 24 and other stuff, but not with a computer
anyone have any suggestions as to 1. what machine i'd want to
buy, and 2. what components to max out on (cache vs ram vs disk)
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1999/11/10 [Computer/HW/Drives] UID:16859 Activity:very high | \_ Disk space is cheap. I can get a 10 GIG HD for $200. These people
are only costing CSUA 1-2 dollars. What is your point?
\_ Our point is that your account costs us nothing to squish,
and nothing << 1-2 dollars. -root
\_ The mail spool is FULL. Duh.
\_ Then buy us a 10 Gig, highly reliable, SCSI disk then, rich boy.
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