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The app search from the start menu in 10 is my biggest complaint, as it very rarely works for me. Example: In Win 7, 8, or 8.1 I can hit the windows key and type "Photoshop", the program called Photoshop that is installed on my computer appears as the top result, pressing enter launches it...

I suspect the opposite is true. Google has enough techs, lawyers, and control over their entire environment to maintain a list of the standards that they comply with. Their exposure is also high enough that I'd bet their system is configured properly and actually complies with the standards...

Nothing is entirely safe. Larger organizations that can devote enough skilled staff to maintain their own e-mail/spam/AV/calendar/etc system in a secure way can have a system more secure than trusting it with Google. Most companies running Exchange do not fall into this category.

I've given management the choice, and they've decided to keep former employee accounts open just for easy access. The $50/user/year is nothing to maintain a full searchable record of all their communications. Protocol is that password is changed and given to former supervisor, and all new...

Lunar nailed it.

Nope. The only video cards I've had die were my own fault (failed watercooling or running way out of spec).

Wow am I glad you used your good keyboard for that post; I wouldn't have understood half of it if it were below your average for clarity. Thanks for the information! Do you know of any large 4k@60hz capable displays that offer any of these features? This is what I get for gaming and working on...

This first-gen Dell 32" 4k in front of me now positively sucks. Running it in DP1.2 (60hz) causes constant loss of sync and corrupted video. I'm looking forward to replacing it with something a bit bigger that can handle 4k@60 reliably.

Congratulations on the apps. Is that $5500 just for the first year? Just for tuition?

Last I heard the thought was that >45 SPF had a very diminishing return.

My favorite are the custom ones that only work if you are wearing the correct glasses. ;) https://youtu.be/zL_HAmWQTgA

Totally interested. May/June seems to be the availability people are tossing around?

Nope. Hate it. One of the big selling points of getting in with your guys on S4s was not having to negotiate. I'm very tempted to get someone else to negotiate my next car. Best experience ever was for my wife's current car; did it all via e-mail over the course of a morning.

I've had a 2-post rack in the living room for years, but I think it is time to transition to a 4-poster. Due to cable length limitations it was important for the rack to be close to the desk. Now that USB 3.1 and HDMI 2.0 over fiber are a thing I can put the hardware further away. I may even...

Again this is part of dealing with a system that already exists. When I was in SE Asia and showed interest in a product, the seller immediately quoted a price 5-10x what it was worth. I'd respond with an offer 1.1x the value to me (still probably double what they would have settled for had I...

I have luggage with wheels, but I had two max size checked bags behind me and they weren't fitting through that door.

Those look cool. Thanks for the link.

Tipping is awful. It's been shown that tipping and bartering corrilate directly with corruption. There is also a layer of social awkwardness that I find very distasteful. So much so that I nearly injured myself carrying our bags to the room to avoid the guys at the door. This would be so much...

Currently at SeaWorld with wife and kid. I believe Dante would have referred to this as sub-basement 2.

Just started using Uber for the first time on this trip. Amazing experience compared to a cab. No cash involved. No tips. The cars are nicer and you can specify how nice you want. Even on a busy night you don't have to wait thanks to surge pricing. They already know where you're going because...

The video above says that unRAID uses the KVM tech from RedHat. I don't know what VM format that requires.

As usual Merc nails it. I'd either go Android or full-blown Win10 with an MS Surface Book. For your budget forget that second option. The Surface Book is awfully nice, typing on it now and have been photo editing all morning on Photoshop. Because most of the brains are behind the screen the...

The worst one I have to do these days is LAX -> SVO; about 12.5 hours usually with a 1 hour delay. My local airport (MRY) is an absolute dream; typically a staff of 5 (same people check you in and board you) and a dozen TSA just sitting around watching their 3 co-workers do the things. Very laid...

Sounds about right. One of the things I like about that channel is that all the errors make it in; there is no hand-waving "what mistake?" editing shenanigans going on. Looking forward to the next video...

I've always ended up buying new cars because I want tech that is only in new cars (this time it will be Tesla Autopilot). Once you are buying the car and eating the depreciation, then you get to make the decision about interest vs. cash.

Very jealous. Getting on a plane for a "vacation" in San Diego in about an hour. With a kid the best vacation is in a completely controlled and predictable environment. Last week I tried to take 3 days off and stay home but was called in every day.

I'll likely be financing a car in the next year or so. In the past I've financed cars for 0.9% through dealerships (with good credit). Even if I have the money I can do better than 1% elsewhere (managed 5% in the market last year).

For those concerned about the performance of their virtualized workstations. The reason I'm not putting my own workstation in the same machine is that unRAID won't support SLI, and I think I'll want that when the Oculus arrives. https://youtu.be/FvcxPufSRNo

Google Apps Unlimited supports unlimited mailbox size. And (thanks to the web interface) this won't cause performance issues.

I'm still in the high-700s because I both don't have enough lines of credit (3) and the lines of credit are too young (avg. 3.5 years, oldest 6 years). Without any large purchases coming up soon, I'm tempted to bite the bullet now and get some additional lines of credit immediately and then let...

Yup. When working with most vendor application issues, the step after "reboot" is "disable firewall and see if it works".

If CPU usage on the E5200 is _really_ close to 50%, you are likely hitting a single-threaded CPU bottleneck.

This, but make sure you send an e-mail in advance warning of the problem and requesting the resources. When the resources are denied (notice I didn't say "if"), then you will be appreciated after fixing it while having your ass covered. Why do you think all the US intel agencies post so many...

I found variable fan speeds more annoying than fixed. I ended up setting the fans to the highest speed that wasn't audible and then added heatsinks and ducting to cool any hot spots.

7200RPM likely induces a load?

For the record, I was back at that same place having the Orange Chicken last Thursday. Still awesome.

I also had to Google it. Maybe it is an east-coast thing?

With tiny parts of the platter being randomly heated to 500C I would fear for the integrity of the platter itself. Motors, bearings, and arms are things that I feel are pretty solid tech at the moment.

RDP works fine @4k over LAN. Video over RDP never works well. I can vouch for the K420 working 4k@60.

Video on the subject. Thermal cycling can't be good for longevity. https://youtu.be/PnM38b_CMIo

This is probably the right chassis/MB/power supply for this kind of project: https://youtu.be/DhZJ66l82r8

For all the ThinkPads the Lenovo Windows application handles BIOS updates along with drivers and their utilities.

Currently I'm running a dedicated firewall without WiFi and running a pair of Ubiquiti AC Lite access points in the house. The firewall is fast (not willing to compromise my 150Mbps+ connection), but power hungry. Can't remember the name, but we've discussed it before and it is a 1U chassis with...

This is for my house. The goal is to fit as much of my computing infrastructure into this machine as possible to simplify the hardware stack and reduce power consumption. Putting the firewall in the same machine eliminates another electronic device that consumes power. Rather than connect this...

After watching some videos on YouTube demonstrating VMs with direct exposed hardware while wanting a NAS with 10GbE and SSD file caching, I decided to start a build similar to that in the videos (links at bottom of post). UnRAID will do a bunch of things, the things I'm interested in at the...

Do you have a french keyboard, or did that take a lot longer than it should have?

https://youtu.be/vydPOjRVcSg Pi day is more accurate this year than in centuries.

Is it formatted NTFS or FAT32? Last time I had drives randomly error check was in the bad old FAT32 days.

After the BIOS, check the XMP settings and make sure the speed is indeed correct. Welcome Edwin!

Sorry, should have been more specific. One thing Microsoft is really good at is taking your money and fixing issues with their own products. Not sure whether your company has a larger service agreement with MS, but even the pay-per-issue support is excellent. As you mentioned in the OP, this...