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On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 06:30:59 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 3/30/17 5:48 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 3/29/2017 9:04 PM, wrote: On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:34:37 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: You can get back in forth to work in a Tesla too but you don't really need all of that power. I guess if you want the biggest and baddest machine on the block, go for it. You can afford it. ;-) Lesson I learned a long time ago from a old timer mechanical engineer (P.E.) "When in doubt, make it stout". Unfortunately, in the computer biz, stout is not the same as fast. I had to give up my PC based MP3 players because once you got much beyond a P1 166, reliability in the Florida car environment because you couldn't keep them cool. The same was true of hard drives. Once you got much over 10-15gig, they started getting more heat sensitive. My interest in laptops used to be as cheap (to run) servers since they used to run at "night light" levels of power. This last one I got came with a 90w power brick. You need to put a towel in your lap if you actually use it as a laptop or you will roast your nuts. The Dell Latitude (P3/400 W/98 machine) I am running back in the shop is always cool to the touch. The specs say it pulls a max of 36w but it seems to cruise in the 10-15w just talking to the printer, scanner or banging an external hard drive. Greg, not many people use or are as interested in computers as you are. I really am not interested in seeing how long I could use Windows 98. Greg apparently has lots of hours to fill during the day keeping his old computers running, carpeting his home town with tiki bars, and building RV trailers out of old bed frames. As soon as he picks up enough old microwave ovens from dumpsters, he'll be able to communicate directly with the Trump administration. In case you missed this: "Harree's hobby is denigrating the skills and interests of others. It makes him feel superior and he thrives on the insults he receives in return. Sick puppy." Pretty well said, doncha think? |
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On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 10:41:45 -0400, Poco Deplorevole
wrote: On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 06:30:59 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 3/30/17 5:48 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 3/29/2017 9:04 PM, wrote: On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:34:37 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: You can get back in forth to work in a Tesla too but you don't really need all of that power. I guess if you want the biggest and baddest machine on the block, go for it. You can afford it. ;-) Lesson I learned a long time ago from a old timer mechanical engineer (P.E.) "When in doubt, make it stout". Unfortunately, in the computer biz, stout is not the same as fast. I had to give up my PC based MP3 players because once you got much beyond a P1 166, reliability in the Florida car environment because you couldn't keep them cool. The same was true of hard drives. Once you got much over 10-15gig, they started getting more heat sensitive. My interest in laptops used to be as cheap (to run) servers since they used to run at "night light" levels of power. This last one I got came with a 90w power brick. You need to put a towel in your lap if you actually use it as a laptop or you will roast your nuts. The Dell Latitude (P3/400 W/98 machine) I am running back in the shop is always cool to the touch. The specs say it pulls a max of 36w but it seems to cruise in the 10-15w just talking to the printer, scanner or banging an external hard drive. Greg, not many people use or are as interested in computers as you are. I really am not interested in seeing how long I could use Windows 98. Greg apparently has lots of hours to fill during the day keeping his old computers running, carpeting his home town with tiki bars, and building RV trailers out of old bed frames. As soon as he picks up enough old microwave ovens from dumpsters, he'll be able to communicate directly with the Trump administration. In case you missed this: "Harree's hobby is denigrating the skills and interests of others. It makes him feel superior and he thrives on the insults he receives in return. Sick puppy." Pretty well said, doncha think? Yup. Harry is content to live his life dependent on the kindness of others. |
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On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 06:30:59 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote: On 3/30/17 5:48 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 3/29/2017 9:04 PM, wrote: On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:34:37 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: You can get back in forth to work in a Tesla too but you don't really need all of that power. I guess if you want the biggest and baddest machine on the block, go for it. You can afford it. ;-) Lesson I learned a long time ago from a old timer mechanical engineer (P.E.) "When in doubt, make it stout". Unfortunately, in the computer biz, stout is not the same as fast. I had to give up my PC based MP3 players because once you got much beyond a P1 166, reliability in the Florida car environment because you couldn't keep them cool. The same was true of hard drives. Once you got much over 10-15gig, they started getting more heat sensitive. My interest in laptops used to be as cheap (to run) servers since they used to run at "night light" levels of power. This last one I got came with a 90w power brick. You need to put a towel in your lap if you actually use it as a laptop or you will roast your nuts. The Dell Latitude (P3/400 W/98 machine) I am running back in the shop is always cool to the touch. The specs say it pulls a max of 36w but it seems to cruise in the 10-15w just talking to the printer, scanner or banging an external hard drive. Greg, not many people use or are as interested in computers as you are. I really am not interested in seeing how long I could use Windows 98. Greg apparently has lots of hours to fill during the day keeping his old computers running, carpeting his home town with tiki bars, and building RV trailers out of old bed frames. As soon as he picks up enough old microwave ovens from dumpsters, he'll be able to communicate directly with the Trump administration. These old computers just run and run with no attention from me. The W/98 machine in the back room has not burped for years. .... and I like building things. It is far more rewarding for me than writing things nobody will ever read and will be forgotten before I get home on the bus. |
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On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 07:23:39 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:
Keyser Soze Wrote in message: On 3/30/17 5:48 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 3/29/2017 9:04 PM, wrote: On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:34:37 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: You can get back in forth to work in a Tesla too but you don't really need all of that power. I guess if you want the biggest and baddest machine on the block, go for it. You can afford it. ;-) Lesson I learned a long time ago from a old timer mechanical engineer (P.E.) "When in doubt, make it stout". Unfortunately, in the computer biz, stout is not the same as fast. I had to give up my PC based MP3 players because once you got much beyond a P1 166, reliability in the Florida car environment because you couldn't keep them cool. The same was true of hard drives. Once you got much over 10-15gig, they started getting more heat sensitive. My interest in laptops used to be as cheap (to run) servers since they used to run at "night light" levels of power. This last one I got came with a 90w power brick. You need to put a towel in your lap if you actually use it as a laptop or you will roast your nuts. The Dell Latitude (P3/400 W/98 machine) I am running back in the shop is always cool to the touch. The specs say it pulls a max of 36w but it seems to cruise in the 10-15w just talking to the printer, scanner or banging an external hard drive. Greg, not many people use or are as interested in computers as you are. I really am not interested in seeing how long I could use Windows 98. Greg apparently has lots of hours to fill during the day keeping his old computers running, carpeting his home town with tiki bars, and building RV trailers out of old bed frames. As soon as he picks up enough old microwave ovens from dumpsters, he'll be able to communicate directly with the Trump administration. It's his hobby. Do you have a hobby? === Harree's hobby is denigrating the skills and interests of others. It makes him feel superior and he thrives on the insults he receives in return. Sick puppy. |
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justan wrote:
Keyser Soze Wrote in message: On 3/30/17 5:48 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 3/29/2017 9:04 PM, wrote: On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:34:37 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: You can get back in forth to work in a Tesla too but you don't really need all of that power. I guess if you want the biggest and baddest machine on the block, go for it. You can afford it. ;-) Lesson I learned a long time ago from a old timer mechanical engineer (P.E.) "When in doubt, make it stout". Unfortunately, in the computer biz, stout is not the same as fast. I had to give up my PC based MP3 players because once you got much beyond a P1 166, reliability in the Florida car environment because you couldn't keep them cool. The same was true of hard drives. Once you got much over 10-15gig, they started getting more heat sensitive. My interest in laptops used to be as cheap (to run) servers since they used to run at "night light" levels of power. This last one I got came with a 90w power brick. You need to put a towel in your lap if you actually use it as a laptop or you will roast your nuts. The Dell Latitude (P3/400 W/98 machine) I am running back in the shop is always cool to the touch. The specs say it pulls a max of 36w but it seems to cruise in the 10-15w just talking to the printer, scanner or banging an external hard drive. Greg, not many people use or are as interested in computers as you are. I really am not interested in seeing how long I could use Windows 98. Greg apparently has lots of hours to fill during the day keeping his old computers running, carpeting his home town with tiki bars, and building RV trailers out of old bed frames. As soon as he picks up enough old microwave ovens from dumpsters, he'll be able to communicate directly with the Trump administration. It's his hobby. Do you have a hobby? Harry's hobby is being one of the supreme arsholes on the Internet. |
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Bill wrote:
justan wrote: Keyser Soze Wrote in message: On 3/30/17 5:48 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 3/29/2017 9:04 PM, wrote: On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:34:37 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: You can get back in forth to work in a Tesla too but you don't really need all of that power. I guess if you want the biggest and baddest machine on the block, go for it. You can afford it. ;-) Lesson I learned a long time ago from a old timer mechanical engineer (P.E.) "When in doubt, make it stout". Unfortunately, in the computer biz, stout is not the same as fast. I had to give up my PC based MP3 players because once you got much beyond a P1 166, reliability in the Florida car environment because you couldn't keep them cool. The same was true of hard drives. Once you got much over 10-15gig, they started getting more heat sensitive. My interest in laptops used to be as cheap (to run) servers since they used to run at "night light" levels of power. This last one I got came with a 90w power brick. You need to put a towel in your lap if you actually use it as a laptop or you will roast your nuts. The Dell Latitude (P3/400 W/98 machine) I am running back in the shop is always cool to the touch. The specs say it pulls a max of 36w but it seems to cruise in the 10-15w just talking to the printer, scanner or banging an external hard drive. Greg, not many people use or are as interested in computers as you are. I really am not interested in seeing how long I could use Windows 98. Greg apparently has lots of hours to fill during the day keeping his old computers running, carpeting his home town with tiki bars, and building RV trailers out of old bed frames. As soon as he picks up enough old microwave ovens from dumpsters, he'll be able to communicate directly with the Trump administration. It's his hobby. Do you have a hobby? Harry's hobby is being one of the supreme arsholes on the Internet. He's very good at that. |
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On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 05:48:47 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 3/29/2017 9:04 PM, wrote: On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:34:37 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: You can get back in forth to work in a Tesla too but you don't really need all of that power. I guess if you want the biggest and baddest machine on the block, go for it. You can afford it. ;-) Lesson I learned a long time ago from a old timer mechanical engineer (P.E.) "When in doubt, make it stout". Unfortunately, in the computer biz, stout is not the same as fast. I had to give up my PC based MP3 players because once you got much beyond a P1 166, reliability in the Florida car environment because you couldn't keep them cool. The same was true of hard drives. Once you got much over 10-15gig, they started getting more heat sensitive. My interest in laptops used to be as cheap (to run) servers since they used to run at "night light" levels of power. This last one I got came with a 90w power brick. You need to put a towel in your lap if you actually use it as a laptop or you will roast your nuts. The Dell Latitude (P3/400 W/98 machine) I am running back in the shop is always cool to the touch. The specs say it pulls a max of 36w but it seems to cruise in the 10-15w just talking to the printer, scanner or banging an external hard drive. Greg, not many people use or are as interested in computers as you are. I really am not interested in seeing how long I could use Windows 98. When your objective does not change, why should your hardware and software change? Most home users are doing very simple tasks on their PC and yet we have convinced them they need a machine that is as fast as the ones used by animators at Pixar. I guess it is just me but my 97 Honda gets me up to the Publix just as well as a brand new Bugatti would. I do not measure my self worth by things I have acquired. |
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