Re: cpu-x

On 2024-05-19, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:

On Sun, 19 May 2024 01:41:12 -0000 (UTC), RonB
<ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:
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On 2024-05-17, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:

On Fri, 17 May 2024 14:06:25 -0400, DFS wrote:
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On 5/17/2024 12:46 PM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:

On Fri, 17 May 2024 12:06:49 -0400, DFS wrote:
 

On 5/17/2024 11:14 AM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:

On Fri, 17 May 2024 13:41:10 +0000, RonB wrote:
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On 2024-05-17, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:

On Fri, 17 May 2024 03:04:45 +0000, RonB wrote:
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On 2024-05-15, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:

On Wed, 15 May 2024 14:04:34 +0000, RonB wrote:
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On 2024-05-14, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:

On Mon, 13 May 2024 22:54:36 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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On 13 May 2024 12:14:27 GMT, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
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... explain how it is the _software_ that is making them
money,
and not the _support_ for that software.

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It is the support that is making the money. That is the point,
after all.
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Ever heard of “give away the razor, sell the razorblades”?
That’s how Free Software works.

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So, it would be beneficial to open-source developers to make
sure that their software breaks easily and crashes, so as to
sell the support. Gotcha.

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Yeah, that would be brilliant, because customers would flock by
the droves to useless, crap software... But you may have
something, people keep using crap Microsoft Windows even though
their "customers" are really Microsoft's unpaid beta testers.

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They use Windows because it's what they got on the computer they
purchased which cost less than a similar Mac. Considering how
Windows can run on just about any hardware and support every
third-party peripheral they plug into it, they are not likely to
seek out an alternative, even if it crashes a few times. It also
has the largest library of software, and tons of experts can be
found on the web to help them with any technical problem they
have,
free of charge. Those are real benefits, no matter how much one
hates Windows.

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I find a lot better support for Linux on the Internet than I do
for Windows. There are a LOT of people who'll tell you how to fix
Windows...
only problem is, none of it EVER works. When my wife's old
computer BSOD'd (twice during upgrades) I found (and tried) about
20 "solutions,"
none of which worked.
The second time I went to what actually worked sooner — using a
Linux Live[B USB to download her data and rebuild the computer
from scratch. I could be a great Windows support expert... I've
already memorized the three Rs,
"Reboot. Reboot. Rebuild."
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(Again this is from a years back and I will admit that wife has
had a lot less trouble since then. Although I still have to reset
her network something or other when it slows to crawl on the
Internet (what is that crap?). And I still think Windows is the
most convoluted crap OS ever made.

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There are three issues I can imagine for the slow Internet: 1) an
IP mismatch caused by a crappy TP-Link router (I've had this
issue), 2) terrible Wi-Fi hardware such as the chips made by
MediaTek, 3) too much distance and interference between her
computer and the router. If you have a cheap TP-Link router, get
rid of that thing. Their more expensive models are fine, but the
one selling for around $30 causes a lot of chaos.

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I have a TP-Link router and it works well because the computers,
except for one room, are connected via LAN cables. I think TP-Link
routers can't handle a lot of WiFi traffic — they overheat. But the
Gigabyte Ethernet ports seem to be rock solid. There's computers in
nine locations in this house. Fortunately, when they ran the phone
cables they used CAT 5, so I just re-terminated the cables to CAT 5
jacks, added five, cheap ($7 Gigabyte switches) and ran some CAT 5
cable at the base of the wall for some of the locations not near a
jack — and everyone has fast, reliable Internet. Now that you
mention it, I don't think my wife's computer has had to have the
network reset since I ran the Ethernet cable to her computer. But I
never had problems with the Linux computers when using the same WiFi
connections.

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With the aforementioned TP-Link router a technician from my ISP gave
me, I had no problems in Linux either. However, the moment I got back
into Windows, it wouldn't give me any kind of Internet after
connecting to the router. I only eventually figured out that the
router in question was using an already used IP address despite being
configured not to. Why that would only be a problem for Windows is
beyond me.
  

Linux has much of the above too, but its library of software
isn't as impressive and the software's general quality isn't
there either. It works on anything, that's true, but not anyone
is comfortable with the process of installing it, no matter how
easy it is.

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I understand. I've known people who buy a new Windows computer
every time the old one slows down because that's all they want to
know. "Doesn't work right any more, but a new one."

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Meanwhile, we're dealing with high inflation and a likely recession
which should prompt most people to save as much money as they can
by keeping their hardware for as long as possible. Linux is going
to be everyone's best friend soon.

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You're probably right. It's already happening in South America.

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And I don't blame them for rejecting Windows or anything else
American,
considering what the CIA did to topple their democratically elected
governments in the past to make them puppet states of the USA. How
many Latin leaders need to die in a plane crash before the world
realizes that the American government, not the people, is indeed The
Great Satan?

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kooks

 
Which part are you denying?

 
 
Much of the political crap you and wRonG type is nonsense, and your
hatred of the USA is ridiculous ("Removing American products from my
diet has allowed me to lose weight and keep it down.").
 
Maybe both of you kooks could quit polluting tech threads with political
statements?

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I've lost five pounds since I decided to stop buying anything from the
United States because of the crap that is added to every product. You can
deny that too, but it speaks volumes about you.

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GMO "food" is just fantastic, don't you know? And so is fructose and sucrose
"sugar" made from corn. And added hormones in cow's milk is just peachy.
Coming soon, Bill Gates' fake eggs and synthetic meat, probably full of mRNA
"vaccine" "goodness."

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I very much expect this kind of crap to be pushed in our supermarkets
and them making it increasingly difficult to circumvent it. They know
that they can easily force us into buying their junk by making
everything else expensive.
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Meanwhile Russia has banned GMO "food" and just opened another huge organic
fertilizer plant. Who knew man-made chemicals (manufactured for profit)
could possibly be bad for you? Meanwhile, in the U.S., shitheads like Gates
are buying up all the farmland so there won't be any escape from their fake
food. Maybe crickets _will_ be the most healthy thing we can eat by then.

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No matter how "clean" they make those crickets, there will always be
parasites.
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As for weight loss, in 2½ months I lost 35 pounds (from 210 to 175), simply
by NOT drinking "diet" pop, and staying away from sugar and processed flour.
And I've remained at that weight now for two years.

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Sugar itself is addictive, and its consequences on weight gain and
tooth rot are well known. The effects of aspartame and sucralose are
not as well known, but neither does anything to help weight loss at
the very least. Both are also thought to lead to either mental
illnesses and, shockingly, weight gain since the body ends up storing
it in the belly as stubborn fat. I'm not surprised that you lost
weight from removing it from your diet. I've done the same. It's Zevia
soft drinks (with stevia) or lightly-flavoured carbonated water from
now on for me.
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I quit eating McDonald's food about seven years ago. For two reasons. 1)
Their "food" doesn't rot, it mummifies. And 2) My stomach always rejected it
(almost immediately).
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But DuFuS, definitely enjoy your tasty chemical vittles. Specifically
concocted for dufuses like you.

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My taste for McDonald's comes from my associating it with pleasant
childhood memories. Every time I eat it, I regret it. I wish you guys
had Harvey's hamburgers down there. If you're going to eat a burger,
you might as well have theirs because they're actually delicious.

My first full-time job was at McDonalds at 16 years old. A whopping $1.60 an
hour, but I got a 5¢ raise within a few weeks. (Which was actually worth
something in those days when gas cost 29¢ a gallon and McDonalds advertised
a combo meal, Big Mac, fries and a drink for $1 and change back). Even then
the owner of this McDonalds franchise would not use McDonald's meat patties
unless we ran out of our fresh ones. He paid a local butcher to make his
ground beef patties (at 99¢ a pound, which was expensive in those days — and
he bought in bulk). He consistently won best franchise in the region though.
At one point McDonalds (especially this one) made decent food.

Harvey's looks pretty good (what I can see of it). They want me to put in a
Canadian address before they'll let me look at the menu. Here we've got a
pretty good sit-down burger restaurant called Red Robin, which makes tasty
hamburgers — and they're as cheap as McDonalds combo meals now. No contest.
If I go out to eat a hamburger that's where I go, but I usually just make my
own. But I don't eat a lot of red meat anymore.

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