Posts by Bill Neal

Prophetic

Praise the Omnissiah or be branded a heretic!

okta?

"thousands of users" is a serious understatement when they have many thousands in my company alone.

Meet?

What is Google meet? I use meet a lot, but didn't know Skype was still a thing.

Zoom or Teams

It doesn't help if the everyone in my work-life only use Zoom, Teams, or both.

Free message therapy?

Is that an SMS therapist or a chatbot?

Johnny Mnemonic?

I hope they get better storage capacity than Keanu did.

Ancient technology

I had an employer who insists his old tube-based amplifier is still superior to anything digital today. After hearing the quality at very high volume and very low wattage, I'm inclined to agree. Of course every few years he has to order new tubes from China or some eastern European country since there isn't much demand anymore in the west.

On the other hand, speakers have changed quite a bit over the years. There are even towers that you might not think capable of making any sound just by looking at them (google MartinLogan). Most people (myself included) still prefer a more traditional speaker for simplicity. When a simple speaker breaks, I know why and I can repair or replace it myself.

Emulation?

"uses software for processes traditionally performed by hardware."

Are they afraid to say emulation? because it looks like they're afraid to say emulation.

IoT?

more like the Internet of Things for the NSA! Why would you need such high res (& probably low framerate) graphics in such a small package?

smaller and simpler power supplies

This may be a bit off-topic, but why aren't there power supplies for DC voltage applications like marine & automotive environments? Wouldn't it be simpler to skip the AC/DC transformer and just control voltage? Is there something out there that I don't know about?

too far?

I want to believe there is no loss of reliability, but at what point should I worry? Is it not still more reliable to use the last generation with slightly more atoms per bit?

Why?

I get Microsoft v Apple, Intel v AMD, and AT&T v (the world of the 80's?), but not this. Who is forced to use Google? only the advertisers? It seems to me Google is being punished for being too effective/efficient/good.

How did Lenovo do it?

Start by making something for consumers that is affordable and isn't crap. I love HP servers, but their consumer-grade products are absolute crap, and Dell fell into that hole too. Lenovo & Asus are the only brands I recommend for cheap machines these days, and it has paid off.

A good number of Windows surface tablets sold in Q3 2013 were quickly returned when people realized they had to get all applications from Microsoft. Where is that figure? Friends in retail tell me they are the most returned tablet. Too bad we don't get accurate stats on these things.

HELLO?

HELLO!

YEAH I GOT A NEW WINPHONE!

NO IT'S RUBBISH!

YEAH RUBBISH MATE!

CIAO!

I kinda miss trigger happy TV. I should go download it.

Whale Whores

DOLPHIN AND WHALE!

abgn...

The engineers have made a fine mess of the alphabet with 802.11_ standards. What letter(s) will be next?

Serious question

Are there ANY benefits to Itanium/IA64 over the Xeons availible at this time? I'm asking about hardware here, not software support or porting issues. I have heard about Intel bringing Itanium features to Xeon, and I'm just wondering what is left? Is the only problem with Itanium the low clocks? high cost? Is the only thing keeping IA64 alive the software lock-in?

Yes, but...

Does this one have shingles? I'd like to stay away from the ones that do.

Headline

I saw the headline and thought, "WTF is Kinetic Ethernet?" that sounds dangerous.

Cold water?

Typical MPAA spokeswoman sticking fingers in ears shouting, "I'm not listening!"

FireTube?

So it's NOT a source for ginger porn then. They really could have thought up a better name. I really don't see a reason to switch from my Roku3 & PS3. I don't want to buy an HDMI switch either.