Curious Pineapple

8 minutes ago, That Franc said:

Oh look, I unlocked a bootloader on my Pixel and Google didn't send an assassin to my house.

 

Get with the times Samsung

My note 9 has a bootloader unlock in the developer options.

It looks water damaged and fucked.

2 minutes ago, Kisai said:

I went through every single game on my "games drive" and ran the main executable, some of these games were installed one or two OS's ago. Those Mass Effect installs? Don't work at all. Why? probably online DRM. They were last launched probably 10 years ago.

 

The ones I skipped were ones asking to insert the CD-ROM, and the ones that were clearly 16-bit from the 8.3 executable name in all-caps. Some of these were even GOG titles. For example, trying to run KQ8 (which was a late 3DFX glide api title from 1998) didn't work the first three times I ran it, but mysteriously ran the fourth time after Windows automagically applied some fix.

 

There were some other titles that just immediately exited with no error message like the FF8PC demo.

 

I don't have a collection of Mac and Linux error messages, because I don't have games on these these OS's, and OSX in particular, the only game I have on it is the Sims 3. Another EA title. I've just gotten fed up with trying to run EA titles on the PC, it's just too much of a hassle to make work, even if you buy it and run it through Origin. This is also why I have no love for the Epic Game store, and the current version of Steam's "webUI" style. They drain the PC of performance.

 

And yet, some of you seem to think that your device should have several bad app stores competing with the same titles rather than one less-bad app store that at least will install things correctly.

What does copying games and trying to launch them have to do with being able to install and run an older application anyway? And which bad app stores? I have no issue with Epic or Steam, they don't drain any performance and I have an old machine. I have no issues installing and running Visual Studio 2003 by the way, works perfectly.

You are the one that has turned it from installing older programs to trying to prove that copying an old application over without installing doesn't always work.

23 minutes ago, Snowmnason said:

soo I am a HUGE newbie when it comes to this.

 

My friend was telling me I should start mining for bit coin, he was telling me its a handsome pay out if I am smart. 

 

I just want to know if its worth it from people who are more experienced. I am not paying for electricity so I don't really care about that of that is anything of worth.

 

But the questions are

1. Is it worth it for someone who isn't going hardcore
2. Would it be smart it have an all on one pc, one for my normal use (gaming, workstation, school work) not for effectivce but for life if the computer
3. Are cpus the tread for it now? If I get a threadripper instead of whatever gpus would it be beneficial?
4. How long would it take to get one coin if it is only mine like 10 hours a day everyday (on average i understand hardware is a factor)
5. Is internet speed a factor?

Thank you!

Not even worth the time to explain why it's a dead end. Coin mining in a desktop machine is long dead, especially for Bitcoin.

33 minutes ago, Kisai said:

 

The entire point of that argument was that the way we install software is horrific and having to "install" something rather than just move it from disk D to disk F tends to just obliterate it's ability to run is a problem. Missing system libraries, is not unique to Linux. Those two EA messages are Mass Effect 1 and 2 respectively.

 

 

Linux

 

OSX

 

Windows

 

When people have this entire anti-DRM attitude and go "well I want to back up my software"... look at this mess. Even if you can backup your installed software, you typically will not be able to restore it.

 

This is an argument that shows up at the office every so often. I can move their data to a new machine, but the installed software due to licencing shenanigans, or shared libraries (AutoCAD is truely horrific if you install different languages) has to be reinstalled.

 

This isn't even getting into "cd-rom must be in the drive" type installs.

And your point is? You have shown a load of screenshots of Windows displaying errors in the GUI and 1 each for Linux and Mac in the command line. Trying to make Windows out to be worse? One isn't even a Windows error, it's from EA, and another could simply be trying to run a 64 bit program on a 32 bit OS.

They are exactly the same thing. What happens when a manufacturer makes a product obsolete and pushes new drivers through Windows updates that brick it? No doubt you just go out like a good little consumer and buy a new one instead of being able to use an older unsigned driver that actually works. Yes it happened, and yes I have to reinstall the old driver if I ever remove the device. PL2032 USB to UART converter, should I really be forced into a new one just because ther manufacturer says so? Considering how often you defend such practices I don't need an answer, I already know it.

I'll stick to actually being able to compile code on one machine then run it over the network on another, and use odd drivers for obscure hardware thanks. I don't need to be wrapped in bubble wrap and have every aspect of my machine controlled by the manufacturer. I can handle the mammoth task of inserting more RAM myself

18 hours ago, Kisai said:

If you installed the software correctly, maybe it works. If you simply plugged in a drive that was previously in a WinXP machine and tried to run anything chances are very little of it would run due to missing libraries.

 

Go ahead, find that old copy of Vintage Win98 starcraft 2 and try and run it.

If you simply plug in a drive that was previously in any Linux machine and try executing an application, the chances are very little of it would run due to missing libraries and dependencies.

Works both ways too you know, that's why installers and package managers are a thing, to ensure that all requirements are there.

If I saw -730,000 I'd be contacting the company involved, not topping myself. Must have been some underlying mental health issue for such a lack of rational thinking.

1 hour ago, Origami Cactus said:

Maybe in america?

I have lived off of 4G for almost a year now, and it is 100% fine. Nothing like that, and ping is 5-10, which is not terrible in any way. Only problem is nat=strict, so for some games i have to activate a vpn to get nat=moderate, but in modern games it isn't a problem.

How the hell is it that low? I got horrendous latency when I was trying to game on 4G.

Unless you're buying 4000 at a time in bulk for a TV remote you're probably not going to be throwing any away due to exceeding ths shelf life

Just now, Slad said:

probably games like borderlands 2, gta v, csgo, rocket league. i dont expect much performance out of it, if any lol. 

Problem is they're all built for x86 machines, not PowerPC.

^^Less of that would be handy^^

2 minutes ago, PunchbagTurtle said:

Coax connection and capped at 150 mbps on my current plan. Just got a new modem since my old one was dying and now I'm getting drops down to 20 mbps and it's super frustrating.

 

I want something that isn't what my isp just suggested for me to get. A $160 modem that does 10 gigabit +, when I have a 150 mbps plan. Gotta love isps

Well as they recommended one and you are getting stupid speed drops with a different one, they probably made that suggestion based on actually being the ISP and knowing what will work best.

I have found a cheap HP Z400 which will take my existing RAM and one of my X5570's. Close enough that I can just swap the drives into it and nothing major will happen, practically the same machine just with one less CPU socket.

On 6/16/2020 at 8:41 AM, mr moose said:

I have yet to encounter a prebuilt I can't upgrade the hdd/ssd in. 

I'v yet to encounter a (decent) prebuilt that doesn't have tool-less drive removal or at least very easy access to screws.

I'm having some issues with my Z800 workstation now, power supply failed on me last night. Think it cooked itself as the machine kept powering off randomly and the PSU itself was too hot to touch.

I'm looking for something new (but older and used) to replace it for gaming while I work on jamming it into a Power Mac G5 case with an ATX PSU. Ideally something with DDR3 ECC support as I have a lot of it, but I have non EEC memory too. Not too bothered about getting the best performing machine as it may get sold on again or just go in a box. If it matches an 11 year old Xeon than I'm happy.

I have an FX machine but buying an 8350 for it is not going to happen, they cost way too much for what they are.

What should I look out for to get a cheap setup going that won't be a pile of utter crap? Just going for a new Ryzen build isn't an option, and used isn't much better either.

*Insert somerambling on how someone else does this too so it's fair and Apple is the golden boy*

Whole different machine as my PSU failed last night. I'll possibly end up using the Toshiba and Windows BT stacks together with different dongles.

3 minutes ago, Tom_nerd said:

try using a different Bluetooth dongle.

Already tried 3.

I've thrown together a VR setup and I'm currently using Wiimotes as controllers. I have a Bluetooth headset however the audio keeps cutting in and out when the remotes are connected. If I use the hands free device on the headset then the quality is shite but works fine.

Apart from installing a second BT dongle and using a different BT stack for it, is there any way to solve this rather annoying issue?

Finally a CPU that won't overheat in a Macbook

1 minute ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Or do what Volvo does and use IR lights and photoresistors (or something like that) to get the feel of capacitive with the ability to interact with the screen with anything, including gloves or whatever.

CarrollTouch displays use IR tech

1 minute ago, Kaloob said:

That's the AV adapter from what I can tell.

The HDMI only adapter is made by Belkin.

Not that it matters since Apple is still selling them on their website.

Yup, but the only AV output is has is HDMI, the other 2 ports are a USB-c charge and USB-c device as the budget for the machine only included one hole in the case and one port to fill it with.

Who really cares? It's not laser engraved into the front glass, most phones are in cases anyway. If you buy a phone for how the R-send of it looks then I'd assume you plan on dropping it on the floor face first a lot.

1 minute ago, Lord Vile said:

Apple don't do a HDMI adapter, they do the AV adapter.

You mean that £75 adaptor with a HDMI port in the middle of it? I'd say that is a HDMI adaptor, mainly as it adapts, to HDMI.

Just now, sub68 said:

makes sense but I know too much about computers, maybe I should not work at a apple shop but a normal pc shop.

Maybe that was it, you know too much and lack the ability to lie right in a customers face about how repairable the device actually is.