Posts by CadentOrange

Re: Citation needed

Don't forget traction and stability control. They are so effective in preventing serious accidents that they were made mandatory on new cars in the EU.

Re: SSD

I think these are probably already in SSDs. The MacBooks with PCIe SSDs already have read/write speeds of approximately 1.4GB/s for the 512GB part.

Re: Not worth going then

And primitives. Not everyone is using a new fangled language that treats everything as an object.

Re: Not Neurons

>> It might be modelling Perceptrons, which are actually useful for engineering.

> They are not very interesting because they are just classifiers handily described in a single equation. > This is not that.

Well, what is it then?

Re: Embrace, extend and extinguish

Microsoft will betray you, me and everyone else. It's only a matter of time.

I think Google is worse. I've stayed clear of Google App Engine specifically because of the trail of dead projects left behind by Google. Doesn't excuse Microsoft though.

Re: Acer

Asus made the Nexus 7, not Acer.

Re: Windows XP

It should read "...relied on it (OpenSSL) instead of the Win32 CryptoAPI". Brain fart.

Re: Some questions

Thanks. I've just seen your post with a link to the features. SQL Server is starting to look interesting again.

They've recently increased their free plan's storage limit to 50GB. I'm hoping that this drives Dropbox dot do something similar.

Re: sure

"Most of those control technicians in industry working largely on plc's and windows based infrastructure would make better use of an iPad?? Sysadmins?"

Aside from the ad hominems, you've obviously never worked on legacy Windows apps using a touchscreen. Those needs are better served by the Toughbook, which is legendary. Toughpad, not so much.

Re: odds and earnings

More importantly, that's £760 that's independent of location. £760 a day while living in the location of your choice? Yes please!

Re: The Black Swan Theory

It's also the reason some companies make it big.

Re: Comp Sci degrees were sold to many kids looking for a well paid job....

Or a CS graduate who enjoys programming.

Re: "If you've got nothing to hide you've got nothing to fear"

David Cameron has backed down from so many promises, any promise he makes in the future is worthless. Thus he needs to get rid of his old speeches in the run up to the next election.

Re: Must be the NSA @ratfox

A corollary of this is that you must ensure your opponents are using Apple's Maps. That's totally tilt things in your favour.

Re: Interesting

It's generally hard to find SSD drives that fit the Macbook Air. They don't use the standard 2.5" drives. That's the curse of thin laptops, a lot of ultrabooks are the same. Upgrading to a 480GB SSD is going to cost you almost £500 once you factor in shipping and customs charges, if you buy it from these guys. http://eshop.macsales.com/search/MBA2010.480 I've not found a similar supplier in the UK.

While it's still cheaper than buying a whole new laptop, there's nothing like a good excuse to buy a new laptop :)

Re: re Quark smaller than Atom

That just illustrates how revolutionary as opposed to evolutionary this new line of processors are!

Re: Windows Defender

I'm surprised that other vendors still offer free consumer AV. Is there any reason to use anything other than Microsoft Security Essentials?