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OH MY WORD so much this!!! Except maybe hold the Baileys Irish Cream till later tonight
I'm in the fortunate position of getting a double espresso (sometimes triple, if I ask nicely) on the train to work in the mornings. It's the only reason to go into the office at all, really.
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Good computer. (HDD, RAM, Screens...)
Good network infrastructure and IT support. (fast, backups, limited restrictions...)
Good work environment. (comfy chair, not too cold, not too hot, access to fridge and microwave/toaster, clean bathrooms, decent commuting, nice neighborhood)
I'd rather be phishing!
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...plus endless hot tea or coffee.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Quote: 1. light weight and compact like mobile. No way, not needed, not wanted.Quote: powerful like cloud servers Hell no.Quote: bigger screen like my 56 inch TV I already have 6 x 24" screens - what do I need a giant TV for?Quote: and Cheap like chocolates I am diabetic so certainly don't want cheap chocolates! In addition, if I was to have chocolates I would want decent English Cadbury's chocolate (not that cr*p that Hershey's licence as Cadbury's) or other cheap imitation chocolate.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I don't care about that, I make my one coffee in the morning when I come it, and sometimes, once, or twice per month, one in the afternoon.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Good coffee.
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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Thanks for the laugh! Absent that mythical beast (free time), I'd settle for sufficient time
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... all components should be relatively capable, but at least from my personal experience, moving from HDD to SSD (all other components being equal) was the biggest single component boost for as long as I use computers (cca. 30 yrs)
modified 19-Nov-18 21:01pm.
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I'd call it #2. Going from single to dual core was even more dramatic for me in reducing heavy load suckage. A maxed out CPU makes everything suck, IO bottlenecks only impact whatever is trying to access the disk at the time.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Tine Svete wrote: moving from HDD to SSD (all other components being equal) was the biggest single component boost for as long as I use computers
I have to agree 100% with that statement. I have broken the 5 year replacement with my current development machine built in late 2009 when Win7 went on sale. (3.6 GHz quad-core, 4GB of RAM) When the price per GB for SSD got low enough for me last December, I got a 480 GB for around $200 (US) and put Win10 on it fresh. The impact on performance was huge! Or course, I also got rid of 7 years of cruft!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Brain, heart, liver or my favourite, the kidneys.
I think you may need to choose more than just one.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Male or female body?
I came into this game for the action, the excitement. Go anywhere, travel light, get in, get out, wherever there's trouble, a man alone. Now they got the whole country sectioned off, you can't make a move without a form.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Go on then.... Female.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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I thought this was a family-friendly site!
I came into this game for the action, the excitement. Go anywhere, travel light, get in, get out, wherever there's trouble, a man alone. Now they got the whole country sectioned off, you can't make a move without a form.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Seriously, if you have a tiny screen and lots and lots of RAM and processor power, it's useless. On the other hand having 3 wide quality screens with an i3 processor and 4Gb of RAM is not useful either. Same for the other parameters.
It ALL has to be good, though it doesn't have to be the latest shiny technology either.
In short, it's in the combination of things.
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And are very important...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Think about it: RAM, SSD, processor. They all speed up your computer.
But...most of the time, your computer is sitting there doing nothing while you stare at the screen, maybe running your finger down a page of code, or typing it in. Yes, it's nice to have a quick compile; yes, it's nice to have quick loading apps.
But the huge majority of your day is spent staring at a screen. Or two in my - and probably your - case.
Now imagine what it would be like with a 15" monitor and the same computer...
Steve Ballmer Should have said: Monitors! Monitors! Monitors!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: Now imagine what it would be like with a 15" 14" monitor and the same computer... and that was after I upsized from 12". So long ago, yet, my eyes still hurt.
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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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If you stuck in traffic for long, the first pray you do is a free road.
Same with me.
- When I was developing Chess program, i was looking for much higher processor.
- When I was working with multimedia, I was looking for RAM + Storage.
- Now a days, fast SSD is my need.
Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.
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And of course bacon is always good to have too...
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You seem to have developed an excessive desire for "Bacon Bloat".
Have you forgotten that this world has . . . chocolate . . . ?
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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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