• CIPWTTKT&GC V43 - WHERE IS MY THINKPAD?
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[QUOTE=gman003-main;52114791]Ah, Easter. One of those holidays where you're obliged to visit family. And you know what that means - the computer-illiterate aunt brought a busted laptop for the computer nerd to take a look at. This time, it was Chrome, throwing a "weak certificate" error when going to Facebook. That's when I remembered my brother is in college, majoring in "cybersecurity", and I foisted it off on him. When I left, he was planning to run MBAM, see if that fixed it, and if not, nuke Windows and reinstall. Should be a decent learning experience for him - or so I justify it to myself.[/QUOTE] I get to work, and I don't even get holiday pay.
[QUOTE=Del91;52114942]I get to work, and I don't even get holiday pay.[/QUOTE] Neither do I, I learned that for Christmas because I was at a "new job" and their shift swapping consists of "talk to your co-workers and sort it out" which was hard to do since I JUST STARTED and didn't really know anyone.. So now I just request all of the holidays off as much as I can and I typically get them.
I found this gem on a forum I frequent [IMG]https://i.gyazo.com/cdf8458a42e74ec385c64fdef5af2a48.png[/IMG]
Speaking of thinness in technology, here's a calculator from 1975 I found. It's more than twice the thickness of my Nexus 5 and takes 4 AAA batteries lol. I love the VFD. [t]http://i.imgur.com/kjrhjB9.jpg[/t] [editline]17th April 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=KnightVista;52115377]I found this gem on a forum I frequent [IMG]https://i.gyazo.com/cdf8458a42e74ec385c64fdef5af2a48.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] I mean in a way, he's not wrong. "GPU" just refers to the chip itself, whereas graphics card is a GPU plus cooling, memory, etc. :v:
[QUOTE=KnightVista;52115377]I found this gem on a forum I frequent [IMG]https://i.gyazo.com/cdf8458a42e74ec385c64fdef5af2a48.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] Ah Zarp. A community that believes Joomla is the best PHP framework existing and therefor a module for Joomla is the best forum software you can get.
I got sick of the cheap quality of the keyboard, so i had to improvise Before [t]http://i.imgur.com/cu4Web1.jpg[/t] After [t]http://i.imgur.com/KNFn0JC.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=KnightVista;52115377]I found this gem on a forum I frequent [IMG]https://i.gyazo.com/cdf8458a42e74ec385c64fdef5af2a48.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] I bet this kid also loves to partake in the Mac vs PC internet arguments
Exactly, everybody knows macs are superior as they are immune to viruses and hardware failure, duh.
[QUOTE=EddieLTU;52115390]I got sick of the cheap quality of the keyboard, so i had to improvise Before [t]http://i.imgur.com/cu4Web1.jpg[/t] After [t]http://i.imgur.com/KNFn0JC.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] I've always wondered what a keyboard for cyrillic users look like but I never bothered googling, neat.
IMO the cyrillic keyboard makes like no sense at all. The buttons don't even line up phonetically - it is a completely new design. Takes quite a while to get used to it.
[QUOTE=tratzzz;52115724]IMO the cyrillic keyboard makes like no sense at all. The buttons don't even line up phonetically - it is a completely new design. Takes quite a while to get used to it.[/QUOTE] pancake/10 tbh. [editline]17th April 2017[/editline] Canadian prices: [t]https://www.helifreak.club/image/20170417125459304.png[/t] Australian prices: [t]https://www.helifreak.club/image/20170417125554525.png[/t] Exchange rate: [t]https://www.helifreak.club/image/20170417125640841.png[/t] Someone please explain.
[QUOTE=helifreak;52115728]<ripoff>[/QUOTE] I don't even have the option to be ripped off like you guys do. They won't even sell it here.
[QUOTE=pentium;52113822]Man, I really miss the early 2000's XP tablets. Some of the slates were really legit. [IMG]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/Computer%20related/CGS_7538.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] Before tablets became crippled facebook machines.
[QUOTE=DrTaxi;52114580]Me neither (I'd sacrifice appearance for [I]a lot[/I] of things), I'm just saying that in absolute, no portable hardware from the previous decade can hold a candle to modern devices. Though you're right about heat dissipation and such. That said, you actually can make sleek cases decently sturdy. [URL="http://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-x/X1-Yoga-1st-Generation/p/22TP2TXX11Y"]My current convertible[/URL] is 17mm thin and passes MIL-STD-810. My previous convertible had this design: [t]https://www.notebookcheck.com/fileadmin/Notebooks/News/Sony/Computex_2013_Duo_13/VAIO_Duo_13_von_Sony_schwarz_06.jpg[/t] ...bit awkward to use, but it actually cooled pretty well (in laptop mode, and in tablet mode you're probably not gonna be doing too expensive things anyway). [..][/QUOTE] Hate to burst your bubble, but [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIL-STD-810#Applicability_to_.22ruggedized.22_consumer_products"]MIL-STD-810 doesn't define what are acceptable limits, it just defines test methods[/URL], so I'd be dubious as to what that ThinkPad can handle unless you specifically request test documents from the manufacture that state what altitudes, drops, temperature extremes, etc it can handle. Furthermore you'd want to see the laptop's IP rating (For dust and liquid ingress) The most believable laptop that is actually ruggedized are the [URL="ftp://ftp.panasonic.com/pub/panasonic/toughbook/specsheets/TB-31_ss.pdf"]ToughBooks, considering they have gaskets on just about every port, immersion resistant up to 1m (IP68) built in heaters for the harddrive and display, and are certified drop proof.[/URL] [IMG]http://demandware.edgesuite.net/aavr_prd/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-panasonicB2BSharedLibrary/default/dw4c9f3db9/business/toughbook/img/tb31-hero.png[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;52115902]you're like a little baby. watch this [t]http://i.imgur.com/8Hj5oBl.png[/t] yes, that's the xp [I]13[/I] and it costs 2640 US dollars for the [I]base model[/I][/QUOTE] What's the specs? I noticed that the base model for the CA and AU models are very different. Lowest end XPS 15 in Aus has an i7, while CA gets an i3, for example.
[QUOTE=helifreak;52115728] Someone please explain.[/QUOTE] The Canadian/US base model has an i3 and the Australian base model starts with an i7. You'd know this if you scroll down the page a bit more furthur to see the configurations
[QUOTE=TrafficMan;52110478]Man I'm really dreading the switch to 10 next computer upgrade Why does microsoft have to have so many string attached, can't it just be objectively better like 7 was to XP [editline]15th April 2017[/editline] In over 7 years of using Windows 7, I'm not sure an update has [I]ever[/I] fucked anything up With 10 my impression is every update you have to go on a quest to fix what it broke[/QUOTE] If it wasn't for games & programs that only work well under native windows, shitty Linux GPU drivers and SystemD being hard-baked into any distro that doesn't require wizardry to install and maintain, I'd slap Linux on my stationary instead. [sp]SystemD is the sole reason to 90% of my Linux problems, followed by afromented shitty GPU drivers and Wine not supporting the software I use. Why didn't they go with OpenRC instead? that's actually the only thing of [B]***too[/B] that made perfect sense to me.[/sp]
[QUOTE=Van-man;52116147]If it wasn't for games & programs that only work well under native windows, shitty Linux GPU drivers and SystemD being hard-baked into any distro that doesn't require wizardry to install and maintain, I'd slap Linux on my stationary instead. SystemD is the sole reason to 90% of my Linux problems, followed by afromented shitty GPU drivers and Wine not supporting the software I use. Why didn't they go with OpenRC instead? that's actually the only thing of [B]***too[/B] that made perfect sense to me.[/QUOTE] SystemD is just the way things are going, like it or not. Should probably just learn to adjust. I have a lot of complaints but it's at least not all bad, it does have some genuine advantages. And, well, GPU drivers really just depends on the vendor, AMD's actually pretty decent honestly. [editline]18th April 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;52116160][t]http://i.imgur.com/RhYO6Bh.png[/t][/QUOTE] Holy christ that's bad. AU gets the same one on the left for $2,299 AUD. According to XE, that BR one is $3,910AUD. For the same model.
[QUOTE=LoneWolf_Recon;52115872]Hate to burst your bubble, but [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIL-STD-810#Applicability_to_.22ruggedized.22_consumer_products"]MIL-STD-810 doesn't define what are acceptable limits, it just defines test methods[/URL], so I'd be dubious as to what that ThinkPad can handle unless you specifically request test documents from the manufacture that state what altitudes, drops, temperature extremes, etc it can handle. Furthermore you'd want to see the laptop's IP rating (For dust and liquid ingress) The most believable laptop that is actually ruggedized are the [URL="ftp://ftp.panasonic.com/pub/panasonic/toughbook/specsheets/TB-31_ss.pdf"]ToughBooks, considering they have gaskets on just about every port, immersion resistant up to 1m (IP68) built in heaters for the harddrive and display, and are certified drop proof.[/URL] [IMG]http://demandware.edgesuite.net/aavr_prd/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-panasonicB2BSharedLibrary/default/dw4c9f3db9/business/toughbook/img/tb31-hero.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] Rugged Latitudes are also pretty tough, I've worked on a few and they're pretty much set up the same as toughbooks.
[QUOTE=wingless;52116162]SystemD is just the way things are going, like it or not. Should probably just learn to adjust. I have a lot of complaints but it's at least not all bad, it does have some genuine advantages.[/QUOTE] Even SystemV has more advantages than SystemD Mainly it isn't a bitch to work with in the first place. Same with OpenRC, it's kept [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle"]K.I.S.S.[/URL] and easy to understand with minimal documentation trawling, the way init systems are SUPPOSED to be.
[QUOTE=Van-man;52116245]Even SystemV has more advantages than SystemD Mainly it isn't a bitch to work with in the first place. Same with OpenRC, it's kept [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle"]K.I.S.S.[/URL] and easy to understand with minimal documentation trawling, the way init systems are SUPPOSED to be.[/QUOTE] What I'm saying is SystemD is the way things have gone and will continue to go, it's best to just accept it and learn to work with it. You're not going to avoid it.
[QUOTE=Van-man;52116245]Even SystemV has more advantages than SystemD Mainly it isn't a bitch to work with in the first place. Same with OpenRC, it's kept [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle"]K.I.S.S.[/URL] and easy to understand with minimal documentation trawling, the way init systems are SUPPOSED to be.[/QUOTE] SystemD is fucking fine once you actually get used to it.
I just switched to a Hackintosh build :v: macOS has actually done an excellent job consolidating my needs of both Windows and Linux and it's doing great as my daily driver. Wish the actual hardware wasn't so overpriced, though.
[QUOTE=Levelog;52116304]SystemD is fucking fine once you actually get used to it.[/QUOTE] I have, which is why I find it to be a royal PITA. Feature creep and cryptic outputs, it's like the worst of Windows but applied to Linux. [QUOTE=wingless;52116268]What I'm saying is SystemD is the way things have gone and will continue to go, it's best to just accept it and learn to work with it. You're not going to avoid it.[/QUOTE] I'm not a pushover quitter.
[QUOTE=Van-man;52116313]I have, which is why I find it to be a royal PITA. Feature creep and cryptic outputs, it's like the worst of Windows but applied to Linux.[/QUOTE] But its outputs are really just stdout and syslog of the service with basic cgroup-tracking status for anything that matters?
[QUOTE=Van-man;52116147]If it wasn't for games & programs that only work well under native windows, shitty Linux GPU drivers and SystemD being hard-baked into any distro that doesn't require wizardry to install and maintain, I'd slap Linux on my stationary instead. [sp]SystemD is the sole reason to 90% of my Linux problems, followed by afromented shitty GPU drivers and Wine not supporting the software I use. Why didn't they go with OpenRC instead? that's actually the only thing of [B]***too[/B] that made perfect sense to me.[/sp][/QUOTE] I can't say I've ever had problems with nvidia drivers and I've been using Linux since Ubuntu 4.10 came out, audio drivers on the other hand used to be a massive pain but that seems to have been solved mostly in recent years, problems with Wine is a given although most dx9 things are usable now. As for systemd I've not had much reason to tinker with it, aside from it being a bit bloated I don't see anything significantly wrong with it, there is always the option of Gentoo if you really don't want it.
[QUOTE=Kiwi;52116224][t]https://horobox.co.uk/u/Uscjiv.png[/t] I had no idea we needed an Adobe edition.[/QUOTE] I can only assume it comes with the software
systemd is fucking sweet, the configuration files are easy instead of being 20-year old bash scripts and after you've done a bunch of changes you just hit daemon-reload and shit just works. The only main fault is binary logging, but the log tools are so good that I'm willing to overlook that. Also, you can tell when someone hasn't even touched the docs when they keep throwing random-ass capitalization into systemd. It's all lowercase.
[QUOTE=nikomo;52116342]systemd is fucking sweet, the configuration files are easy instead of being 20-year old bash scripts and after you've done a bunch of changes you just hit daemon-reload and shit just works. The only main fault is binary logging, but the log tools are so good that I'm willing to overlook that. Also, you can tell when someone hasn't even touched the docs when they keep throwing random-ass capitalization into systemd. It's all lowercase.[/QUOTE] Honestly, my experience with binary logging is that most distros just ship with classic plaintext logging in /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog like before. So I've never actually ran into a problem with that. I roll with systemd daily and I've honestly never had really any issues with it. Once I learned how it works, I started enjoying the advantages and shrugged off the few disadvantages it has and found ways to work around them, it's never been a huge deal. Conceptually it has issues but in practise it really, really isn't that bad. Plus I can write units in a 10th the time it takes to write a sysvinit script.
[QUOTE=nikomo;52116342]systemd is fucking sweet, the configuration files are easy instead of being 20-year old bash scripts and after you've done a bunch of changes you just hit daemon-reload and shit just works. The only main fault is binary logging, but the log tools are so good that I'm willing to overlook that.[/QUOTE] 'Least a 20 year old bash script can handle shutdown or suspend without hanging and actually is configurable without juggling with various utilities. Or not suddenly rocket up system resource usage. it's the antithesis if what I need from a init system.
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