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Our home computer is a laptop we purchased in the summer of 2005. It's on its last legs. It has a 2Ghz processor and 2 gigs of RAM and runs on Windows XP. It replaced a desktop I'd had since 1999 that had a Pentium III processor, 128MB of RAM, and ran on Windows 98 SE."What are you prepared to do?" - Jimmy Malone
"What choice?" - Abe Petrovsky
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Laptop, home, 2 years old and I am ready for a new one.What's to explain? It's a bunch of people, most of whom you've never met, who are just as likely to be homicidal maniacs as they are to be normal everyday people, with whom you share the minutiae of your everyday life. It's totally normal, and everyone would understand.
-Teenage Dirtbag
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If your computer is less than 10 years old it may be soon time to get a new one... Unless you don't mind a 5-30% slowdown:
Major flaw in millions of Intel chips revealed
A serious flaw in the design of Intel's chips will require Microsoft, Linux and Apple to update operating systems for computers around the world.
Intel has not yet released the details of the vulnerability, but it is believed to affect chips in millions of computers from the last decade.
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said it was aware of the issue and that patches were being produced.
Some experts said a software fix could slow down computers.
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The bug could allow malicious programs to read the contents of the so-called kernel memory of computers, which can include passwords and login keys.
It is also likely to affect major cloud computing platforms such as Amazon, Microsoft Azure and Google, according to The Register, which broke news of the flaw.
The effects of the updates to Linux and Windows could incur a performance slowdown of between five and 30 percent, experts said. It would involve separating the so-called kernel memory from other processes.
"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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Originally posted by Uncle Ted View PostIf your computer is less than 10 years old it may be soon time to get a new one... Unless you don't mind a 5-30% slowdown:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42553818
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Yikes. That is no bueno."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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Feeling good about my decision to go AMD this time around.Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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Originally posted by falafel View PostFeeling good about my decision to go AMD this time around.
Intel's CEO Just Sold a Lot of Stock
On Nov. 29, Brian Krzanich, the CEO of chip giant Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), reported several transactions in Intel stock in a Form 4 filing with the SEC.
Most of the transactions involved Krzanich exercising employee stock options (these options allowed Krzanich to purchase Intel shares at prices significantly below where they are currently trading) and then immediately selling those shares that he bought at a discount on the open market.
[...]"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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Originally posted by beefytee View PostHow long until intel has chips with fixes out? My understanding is that this doesn't affect AMD chips. Only Intel x86 chips.
Both Windows and Linux are receiving significant security updates that can, in the worst case, cause performance to drop by half, to defend against a problem that as yet hasn't been fully disclosed.
Patches to the Linux kernel have been trickling in over the past few weeks. Microsoft has been testing the Windows updates in the Insider program since November, and it is expected to put the alterations into mainstream Windows builds on Patch Tuesday next week. Microsoft's Azure has scheduled maintenance next week, and Amazon's AWS is scheduled for maintenance on Friday—presumably related.
Since the Linux patches first came to light, a clearer picture of what seems to be wrong has emerged. While Linux and Windows differ in many regards, the basic elements of how these two operating systems—and indeed, every other x86 operating system such as FreeBSD and macOS—handle system memory is the same, because these parts of the operating system are so tightly coupled to the capabilities of the processor.
The details about the problem...
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/741878/eb6c9d3913d7cb2b/"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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Originally posted by Uncle Ted View PostThe OS vendors have known about this since November and have been testing patches...
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018...erous-patches/
The details about the problem...
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/741878/eb6c9d3913d7cb2b/"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostClass action lawyers, start your engines!
"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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"Intel believes these exploits do not have the potential to corrupt, modify or delete data."
Intel Responds to Security Research Findings
Intel and other technology companies have been made aware of new security research describing software analysis methods that, when used for malicious purposes, have the potential to improperly gather sensitive data from computing devices that are operating as designed. Intel believes these exploits do not have the potential to corrupt, modify or delete data.
Recent reports that these exploits are caused by a “bug” or a “flaw” and are unique to Intel products are incorrect. Based on the analysis to date, many types of computing devices — with many different vendors’ processors and operating systems — are susceptible to these exploits.
[...]"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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My son wanted this radiator CoolerMaster CPU cooler thing that's water-cooled for Christmas. So, I got it from NewEgg after triple-checking pcpartpicker.com to make sure all his stuff would work with it. We built this machine last year, and it has an i7 6700 in it with 12g RAM, and really powerful video card. I'd planned on the thing lasting until college.
Well, the radiator was like a 1/2" too big to fit in the case. It kept hitting into the RAM and there was no way to make it work. He took a photo of it and sent it to some people on a forum and they said no dice. So, we put the old cooler back on the CPU, and when it boots, he goes into the BIOS to check the settings. He's nerding out about the fan speeds. After he saves the BIOS settings, it goes into Windows, where he messes around some more, and has to reboot to save changes. He does, and now it won't even boot to BIOS. We took out the battery and reset the CMOS, and it rebooted to BIOS, and he changed it all back, but it won't get to Windows anymore. A friend says that something has created an unstable environment...likely the CPU or motherboard. We took every static precaution, and I watched him work (and did some of it too), and I don't know what he/we did. At this point I can't decide if I should buy a whole new system for him, or try and plug-and-play with different parts. Any ideas?"Yeah, but never trust a Ph.D who has an MBA as well. The PhD symbolizes intelligence and discipline. The MBA symbolizes lust for power." -- Katy Lied
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