Posts by Not That Andrew

They could always buy Cyrix's & Centaur's licences off VIA

I'm no fan of the Windows Store but it's no more restrictive than most Linux distro's repositories

Doubt it. Sao Paulo (ex Foch) is getting a bit leaky, so they do need something vaguely aircraft carrierish

Re: You don’t care about x86 vs ARM

This video might be of interest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs.

Re: Chrome runs 110% of CPU, can't stand the competition

8 cores = 800% maybe? In which case using 50% or 100% isn't that big a deal.

But seeing as windows doesn't measure CPU usage that way (at least in task manager) probably exaggeration.

Re: But wait!

But a lot of Bitcoin fanatics (accidentally typed bitcon) seem to think it's not a fiat currency, for some bizzarre reasons. IMO they are reminiscent of the arguments that sovereign citizens, flat earthers & Tesla fanboys make.

Re: I think Linehan has it right

A guy in his 60's who feels the need to post selfies of his 6 pack is not smart

Re: How many people believe Sheryl?

Well, you could ask Bell at his shiny new PR agency in London, or Pottinger in the chunk of Bell Pottinger he carved off, now based in Singapore. Both the rats left the ship when they saw the chickens were coming home to roost.

Re: Pointing people at the right forum reduces cobwebs

I am waiting with trepidation for a friends laptop at the moment. An acquaintance of his installed Mint Linux on it a year ago and then disappeared. I suspect it hasn't received a single update since then.

Some here may consider him an idiot, but he can do stuff with with carpentry that amazes me and he's a fully qualified electrician. He just doesn't have time to baby sit a computer.

Well you might notice a difference if you are using an ATI Mach 32, as it would have to do extra dithering. Mind you, that was probably offloaded to the CPU, I can't remember.

Re: Once upon a time...

Isn't it still up on eBay?

It popped up again because one of their spokesmen made some disturbingly similar comments about autism.

Re: Yandex

So instead of the NSA rifling through your files you have the FSB. I'm not sure if that is an improvement

Re: Being forced to use Bing can easily scare any propesctive buyers

True, MS's advertising platform is pants compared to Google.

My first IBM compatible PC had a 80 Mb HDD and an AMD 386 DX40 CPU. The dealer threw in Windows 3.1 for free with MS-DOS 5

Re: What? WFW was only 16bit

Also known as "Windows for Warehouses"

Re: how's the browser?

It's far closer to a modernised Opera than the browser called Opera these days, though.

Well the title says it all. It's Argentinian, I doubt they'll sell or licence their tech to us.

Re: Video Editing

OBS is streaming software not a video editor

KdenLive is probably an OK alternative to Windows Movie Maker

As far as I'm aware the only NLE for Linux is Cinelerra, and that's a bitch to set up and get running, crashes constantly and has an even more obtuse interface than GIMP used to. I don't think is still being developed either.

Re: Murica

Don't forget the seven year old girl sleeping on a couch

Re: Details

You mean go full on old Southern lady on them? Bless their little hearts.

Re: Most People Like to Kick the Tyres / Tires Before Buying

I'm afraid you are talking out your arse. The QE2 & PoW won't have catapults and the capability to be retrofitted with them was removed by penny pinchers in Thales & the MOD. It was the new EMALS system that was putting unexpected stress on the aircraft's fuselage (not just F35's) in testing. As far as I'm aware that problem has been fixed.

Re: I liked the Moller...

Moller has been fleecing the credulous for over 50 years now

Re: Needling me?

Lucas weren't called the Princes of Darkness for nothing you know.

Re: Grandfathered In

Of the top of my head stuff that gets grandfathered into an upgrade.

Windows Media Player

Windows Movie Maker & the other programs in the Windows Live bundle

Windows Media Centre

Zune

SkiFree32 (I may have installed that myself)

Most of this stuff has also been removed from public view on the MS website

And it as far as I can tell it leaves the Windows XP VM that XP Mode uses but uninstalls Windows Virtual PC

But seriously of all the software over the years that has used OpenSSL, has anyone ever actually done that? No, just a section in the documentation and a page on the website.

Re: The dark side

Was that a "Do Scanners Live in Vain" reference?

Re: Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

Considering how infatuated this government is with American so-called "tech" companies, that wouldn't surprise me.