I mean why not do POE for lamps when you could just use a powerline ethernet setup to control them?
[QUOTE=Van-man;52766944]I guess it could work with the "desktop" computers being merely thin-clients with bells and whistles, but any serious CPU & GPU processing happens in a central server farm.[/QUOTE]
70W goes a lot further than it used to. I run a full desktop DAW on my Surface, with just a 15W CPU. You can get 4C8T i7s with a 45W TDP. No need to go thin-client, just put a clean OS install on it and don't load it down with bullshit.
[QUOTE=Trekintosh;52767023]I mean why not do POE for lamps when you could just use a powerline ethernet setup to control them?[/QUOTE]
From Wikipedia: "A technical challenge is that, because the power wiring is unshielded and untwisted, the wiring acts as an antenna, so that the wiring emits radio energy, causing interference to the existing users of the same frequency band. The power lines can also act as receiving antennas, and receive interference from radio signals."
That can become quite a problem in an office. I guess a narrowband system or shielded electric cables for lighting would work. Maybe nobody had thought of it yet?
[QUOTE=Van-man;52766825]I'm more concerned about the price for a properly secured and specified set-up.
Having to buy a 48 port PoE switch just for office lightning seems absurd, and another thing that needs firewalling and software management.
Besides, having a electrician install the lightning is (hopefully) a one time ordeal if it was specced and designed properly the first time around.[/QUOTE]
EOL lightbulbs, welcome to the darkest dystopian future.
[QUOTE=Cakebatyr;52767303]EOL lightbulbs, welcome to the darkest dystopian future.[/QUOTE]
I [I]really[/I] hope that joke was intentional :v:
[QUOTE=Van-man;52766944]I guess it could work with the "desktop" computers being merely thin-clients with bells and whistles, but any serious CPU & GPU processing happens in a central server farm.[/QUOTE]
Most office work could get done on a core M really.
[QUOTE=Levelog;52767487]Most office work could get done on a core M really.[/QUOTE]
I see you have not met our users
Macros on macros on macros and macros hitting the pagefile and an incredibly dense suite of corporate bloatware can bring any computer to its knees
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[QUOTE=fishyfish777;52767674]I see you have not met our users
Macros on macros on macros and macros hitting the pagefile and an incredibly dense suite of corporate bloatware can bring any computer to its knees[/QUOTE]
If you try, and believe in yourself, and work hard, you can make any computer unusably slow.
What are the cons of encoding video with Intel quick sync? Everything I look for online is from years ago. From my own testing it's hard to tell the difference.
Anyone got any recommendations for a Laptop that's got decent specs? (i5, 2.5ghz or something like that and a decent GPU but nothing too flashy)
Was looking around for one, IDK if there's a decent thinkpad or ASUS one as I will probably be using Linux on it primarily.
[QUOTE=J0SEPH;52767830]Anyone got any recommendations for a Laptop that's got decent specs? (i5, 2.5ghz or something like that and a decent GPU but nothing too flashy)
Was looking around for one, IDK if there's a decent thinkpad or ASUS one as I will probably be using Linux on it primarily.[/QUOTE]
Budget?
[QUOTE=darksoul69;52767804]What are the cons of encoding video with Intel quick sync? Everything I look for online is from years ago. From my own testing it's hard to tell the difference.[/QUOTE]
Quality. If you don't have much of a bitrate budget, it's otherwise usually fine. But if you are looking for better quality at a lower bitrate/filesize, nothing beats x264. Even HEVC is weak if you aren't at super low bitrates.
[QUOTE=Brt5470;52767854]Quality. If you don't have much of a bitrate budget, it's otherwise usually fine. But if you are looking for better quality at a lower bitrate/filesize, nothing beats x264. Even HEVC is weak if you aren't at super low bitrates.[/QUOTE]
I'm using handbrake with RF 19 on the preset 1080p fast with a high encoding profile. I'm not seeing much difference visually using x264 and x264 quick sync using dvds. Encode time is more then halved. Initial testing with bluray using the same settings above resulted in similar (to my eyes) quality with around 1/5th the encode time.
[QUOTE=Cakebatyr;52766668]Oh man I just found out [url=https://www.treehugger.com/interior-design/led-light-fixtures-are-poe-or-powered-over-ethernet.html]IOT POE lighting is a thing[/url] and I want it.[/QUOTE]
I just love this one piece of marketing wank
[QUOTE]“A common misconception is that the IoT enables smart lighting, but, unlike many other ‘things’ of the IoT, it’s the converse - LED lighting enables the IoT.”[/QUOTE]
Cree apparently believes that the IOT is purely wanky smart lights
[QUOTE=kaze4159;52768146]I just love this one piece of marketing wank
Cree apparently believes that the IOT is purely wanky smart lights[/QUOTE]
To be fair, that's like saying the internet is purely cats and porn. It's not [I]literally[/I] true but it's [I]essentially[/I] true.
Edit: I also think they're trying to say "we couldn't do this shit with incandescents or fluorescents, only LED bulbs can be 'smart'". Which is vacuous but also true.
[QUOTE=darksoul69;52767902]I'm using handbrake with RF 19 on the preset 1080p fast with a high encoding profile. I'm not seeing much difference visually using x264 and x264 quick sync using dvds. Encode time is more then halved. Initial testing with bluray using the same settings above resulted in similar (to my eyes) quality with around 1/5th the encode time.[/QUOTE]
What are the filesizes between those two files.
In light of the stupid retro thinkpad(made for hipsters obviously) I have to ask; would Lenovo computers be any better off, if they were still owned by IBM or would thinkpads be pretty much the same?
[QUOTE=RoboChimp;52768975]In light of the stupid retro thinkpad(made for hipsters obviously) I have to ask; would Lenovo computers be any better off, if they were still owned by IBM or would thinkpads be pretty much the same?[/QUOTE]
No.
Products adapts to market, and the demand for the classic Lenovo style laptops are becoming a smaller and smaller niche. They won't make much money if they keep on making laptops like that, as that's not what the majority of consumers are looking for.
Who needs native IPv6 when you can just use a Teredo tunnel!
[code]PING google.com.au(syd09s15-in-x03.1e100.net (2404:6800:4006:809::2003)) 56 data bytes
64 bytes from syd09s15-in-x03.1e100.net (2404:6800:4006:809::2003): icmp_seq=2 ttl=55 time=478 ms
64 bytes from syd09s15-in-x03.1e100.net (2404:6800:4006:809::2003): icmp_seq=3 ttl=55 time=375 ms
...
--- google.com.au ping statistics ---
100 packets transmitted, 98 received, 2% packet loss, time 99850ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 375.347/418.187/538.294/32.363 ms[/code]
Ah right.
[editline]11th October 2017[/editline]
Can't forget trusty ol' IPv4 that randomly takes 25 - 661 ms to hit the same server with 7% packet loss.
[QUOTE=kaze4159;52768146]I just love this one piece of marketing wank
Cree apparently believes that the IOT is purely wanky smart lights[/QUOTE]
But what is IOT? Everyone uses it as a marketing bullshit, [URL="http://www.zdnet.com/article/the-internet-of-things-does-it-start-with-parking/"] we read this in our class for some reason and it also called itselft "the beginning of IOT." [/URL]
I feel like the term IOT went so wide, just like "the cloud" that everything is and isn't that anymore.
[QUOTE=tratzzz;52769015]But what is IOT? Everyone uses it as a marketing bullshit, [URL="http://www.zdnet.com/article/the-internet-of-things-does-it-start-with-parking/"] we read this in our class for some reason and it also called itselft "the beginning of IOT." [/URL]
I feel like the term IOT went so wide, just like "the cloud" that everything is and isn't that anymore.[/QUOTE]
it's not even a new concept, around the dot-com bubble everyone was also hyped about networked appliances with their own computer.
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;52768978]No.
Products adapts to market, and the demand for the classic Lenovo style laptops are becoming a smaller and smaller niche. They won't make much money if they keep on making laptops like that, as that's not what the majority of consumers are looking for.[/QUOTE]It's a shame really, I liked the old normal keyboard.
[QUOTE=RoboChimp;52769033]It's a shame really, I liked the old normal keyboard.[/QUOTE]
I miss the on-site serviceability of almost everything and ports galore.
[editline]11th October 2017[/editline]
That said I'm also really not fond of Chiclet keyboards, fucks with my speedtyping and turns me into a hunt & peck.
[QUOTE=RoboChimp;52769033]It's a shame really, I liked the old normal keyboard.[/QUOTE]
Am I the only person who doesn't mind the newer chiclets so much? I mean, the keyboard in the t420/x220/etc and before were great but having recently switched to an x230t I don't have many issues with it.
What I do miss though is how fucking easy it was to teardown my old T61P.
I could basically replace the motherboard in that thing in under 15 minutes, it was great.
[QUOTE=Lyokanthrope;52769081]Am I the only person who doesn't mind the newer chiclets so much? I mean, the keyboard in the t420/x220/etc and before were great but having recently switched to an x230t I don't have many issues with it. [/QUOTE]
Float typing where your fingers are constantly touching the keyboard, but not enough so you accidentally press is a real PITA.
But that's the only thing I can do on laptops besides hunt and peck.
Another case of form over function.
[QUOTE=Van-man;52769085]Float typing where your fingers are constantly touching the keyboard, but not enough so you accidentally press is a real PITA.
But that's the only thing I can do on laptops besides hunt and peck.
Another case of form over function.[/QUOTE]
Guess it's just a really shitty chiclet then. I hate chiclet as much as the next guy but the one on my Clevo takes enough force to actuate that it's perfectly usable. As was the Dell chiclet keyboards that come with their PCs that I had to deal with until my Topre arrived at work.
IBM used to make some pretty good ads too:
[video=youtube;3nbEeU2dRBg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nbEeU2dRBg[/video]
[video=youtube;Kbn_MUfTG0E]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbn_MUfTG0E[/video]
[QUOTE=Brt5470;52768168]What are the filesizes between those two files.[/QUOTE]
The QS files tend to run about 15% larger.
[QUOTE=helifreak;52769127]Guess it's just a really shitty chiclet then. I hate chiclet as much as the next guy but the one on my Clevo takes enough force to actuate that it's perfectly usable. As was the Dell chiclet keyboards that come with their PCs that I had to deal with until my Topre arrived at work.[/QUOTE]
It's the sharp-ish edges and space between keys that fucks it up, the "pyramid stub" oldschool keys are no problemo due to the slanted edges and no space between keys.
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