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No complaints for the ones in Australia... (obviously depends on origin of the car itself, unknown where the US ones are actually made). Issues with the drive-by-system in some Prius models... have since been fixed (from what I've read).

Doug, have you seen the following blog post? http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/slabinfo.html Also in addition to /proc/$pid/status, /proc/$pid/smaps will give you additional information about shared pages allocated as well. So to get the accuracy, you may need to parse status and smaps...

And that's a problem for MS? The thing is, a lot of desktops/laptops already come with OEM license (at least for Win) and then you add VL on top and then add SA (software assurance) and it's a nice cash cow for MS. Certainly not saying that's the case, but I don't see it as too far fetched...

Aren't they already if you have Software Assurance membership tied to your VL?

Yep, they certainly are a money pit...

Actually, I suspect Enterprise versions and the move to volume licenses (VL) to have a higher uptake due the flexibility the Enterprise edn's give over the regular Pro edn's. Particularly in regard to auto-updates (with better/more refined WSUS integration), tunables related to search and...

3 Sorry, couldn't resist...

At least you've found something NOT to buy... When I used to do a lot of travel for work, many years ago, I had the pleasure to driving a lot of different rentals. Made you appreciate how good and bad some cars really are.

Exactly. I would suspect the vehicle has never been serviced, so would be looking at a major service straight up to ensure all fluids have been replaced, and especially get the fuel and exhaust systems checked. (extremely low mileage vehicles will tend to have rust through out the exhaust...

So suggesting a Tor exit node is out of the question then?

Thanks, wasn't aware of that.. seems to be two separate vehicles with the same name...

Been a while since using either, but I thought Daemon Tools handle securerom and other protection mechanisms better than VCD. And daemon tools supports those sparse mini-ISOs that are often used as well...

Merc, gald you're ok, and to be honest, all you can do is laugh about it... I'll have to second Coug on the Mazda CX-5 recommendation... It gets very good review here in Australia. The other to look at is the Toyota RAV4 (they have 2WD models available here, don't know about if they're...

Not to mention you can buy a house outright in a nice part of town for the cost of some of the POWER or SPARC based servers from IBM and Oracle respectively...

Cedar Mill P4's have been known to reach 8GHz during those extreme overclocking events... http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/pentium-4-overclocked-to-8ghz-lets-see-your-fancy-core-2-try-t/ But AMDs tend to go even further... 8.8GHz (for a FX-8350)... http://valid.canardpc.com/records.php

That's exactly how I feel about the rumours... Won't believe it until I see it first hand...

A lot of rumours indicate AMD's Zen architecture will offer 40% improvement over their current offers, giving similar single core/IPC performance similar to Haswell/Skylake...

With the launch of Skylake today, here are some of the reviews I've read... http://anandtech.com/show/9483/intel-skylake-review-6700k-6600k-ddr4-ddr3-ipc-6th-generation http://hardocp.com/article/2015/08/05/intel_skylake_core_i76700k_ipc_overclocking_review

I think that's part of the issue as well, most of the world are on metered connections. (Unlimited plans while they exist are still fairly rare in Australia). While I could see this technology as beneficial if it was restricted to a LAN setup (that is users on the same LAN can share updates)...

FYI... http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/001116.html TLDR: Win10 uses a bittorrent like technology to help distribute updates to other windows 10 users which are located outside of your own LAN.

Just in case you've missed it (and I've missed it being posted here), the Win10 ISO can be downloaded here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO

Anyone else had Android 5.1.1 pushed to their devices? My Sony Z3C just got the update, and it certainly feels more fluid and polished than 5.0.1 (which the update replaced), and battery performance is slightly better...

Coug, the whole minimum wage debate has been going for years here in Australia as well, and fortunately past Australian governments have been quite good in keeping minimum wages increasing each year in line with CPI (consumer price index) increases each year. CPI has been roughly 2.5-3% per...

Umm... reminds me of this...

Yep... until auto manufacturers move back to less integrated designs...

Doug, thanks for the link, very interesting... Looks like the way Samsung SSDs were doing things highlighted this bug in the kernel... I always love comments like "callers responsibility" and "there is no problem, I think" on source code and mailing list comments, as they truly do radiate...

The blacklists are generally for devices that misreport capabilities. eg, they say can do function X, but when you try to use function X, it doesn't work according to the agreed contract...

I'd be very, very interested in seeing the Linux kernel patch...

Like LM, I suspect corporate models won't be as locked down allowing for other OSes (especially Dell and HP as they support RHEL/Suse), but general consumer stuff you find at the local big retailers will certainly be locked down...

Actually another reason to be wary of Windows 10 coming from OEMs... MS no longer requires OEMs to allow users to turn off secure boot... While this won't effect those of us that build our own desktops, it may effect those that buy laptops (that come with Win10) and find they can't install...

Likewise, at work, new security policy was approved/pushed yesterday effectively banning the installation of flash from all machines. All Flash installations will be removed over the next 48 hours... The most flash I personally see today are ad related... don't care that I miss some ads! ;)

We had it on the list to look at, but ultimately was outside our budget. The CRV was $3-5K more than the equivalent from other brands (and came with less), not to mention the annual insurance premium was also 10-30% more than the others as well... I don't know what Honda pricing is like around...

Yep, ours was built/plated on 1-Apr-2015 in Japan. There is a model refresh in the coming months as well... Looking online it appears Suzuki US filed for Chap11 back in 2013 and has since left the US automotive market, whilst restructuring to only supply/sell bikes and ATVs.

In a side note; my wife and I recently purchased a new Suzuki Grand Vitara (auto 2WD) to replace our ageing Holden Frontera (aka Isuzu Mu or Isuzu Rodeo as known in the US). We also looked at the Nissan X-Trail (and the 2015 model feels very cheaply made and is different to the older 2013/14...

Joe, congratulations on reaching 3K...

Current model Intel Core M's run about 80% of the performance of an i5-5200U, FWIW... http://www.anandtech.com/show/9117/analyzing-intel-core-m-performance

Missed it due to cloud cover... :(

Bike riders will appreciate/relate with this YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC1QbaUC39ayQrNbcxoAahw

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/disable-built-pdf-viewer-and-use-another-viewer

What/which box?

I'm not sure I understand the question regarding HDMI? Unless you mean Ethernet via HDMI? They all report activity to their servers (I'm reluctant to use the word spy, as that denotes a covert action, whilst these devices phoning home is more overt, as it's described in the products...

Spying TVs: http://bgr.com/2015/02/11/how-to-stop-samsung-smart-tv-spying-guide/ http://www.cnet.com/au/how-to/samsung-smart-tv-spying/ http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31296188 http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/security-it/lg-australia-investigates-smart-tv-spy-claims-20131121-hv3nx.html...

Is that using bluetooth keyboards with the Samsungs? Interesting, wasn't aware of that feature. I know most Sony's can use the Sony Remote App (both iOS and Android) or "Quick Remote: TV SideView" (Android) to control their TVs as well, but it requires either a phone or tablet to be the hosting...

I only typically saw those on name brand systems in the 286 and early 386 era, eg Amstrad PC3x86 systems had socketed VRAM for the Paradise VGA controllers... as well as some same generation Nokia and Compaq's as well... (Yes, Nokia had some 286 PCs).

The Windows 10 FAQ (What version of Windows 10 will I get when I upgrade?) shows the versions... https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/windows/windows-10-faq In short: Win7 Pro / Ultimate get Win10 Pro, all others get Win 10 Home Win8.1 Pro get Win10 Pro, Win8.1 get Win 10 Home. Enterprise versions...

MS back flips on some Win10 upgrade promises: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/06/microsoft-stealthily-backs-away-from-free-windows-10-promise/

Commodore64 (really the family computer. Only had a tape deck for most of it's life, and got a floppy drive and 9pin dot matrix printer later on). Then 286@16MHz w/ 1MB RAM, Paradise VGA (256KB RAM), 40MB HDD. (which at end of life at 287 Math co-processor and 4MB RAM upgrades). Ran Dos 3.3 +...

NSFW: http://bouncebreak.com/ for those that things that bounce...

My favourites were the Seagate TR5's where the drive belt (literally a rubber band) would fall off during operation... (For those that haven't seen them, the drive belt was on the underside, and would slip off once they became slightly worn, which was approximately about 800hrs of operation)...

When Fiat took over, Fiat Australia they originally said they would disband or significantly reduce the presence of the brand in the coming years, but that was a number of years ago...