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Apple Suicide - Their Change Their End?

7/21/2020

The above article appeared in the most recent issue of Maximum PC. I was stunned. When Apple made the switch to x86 Windows XP was the Microsoft OS of choice and it could not compete with iOS. But now it is 2020 and things are much different. Windows 10 is stable and for the foreseeable future Microsoft does not intend any major alterations or any NEW OS. So Windows 10 has become a strong long lasting stable OS.
Then Apple does the above. Cost saving for them yes but for Apple users NO! Consider once Apple starts to roll out the ARM architecture on laptops and desktops the support for the x86 will dry up. Apple must force users to ditch their x86 hardware in favor of the ARM, so it is only logical Apple will stop the support and perhaps even cause issues with the iOS on x86. Keep in mind Apple is the great denier of unjust action on their part they have a long history of it.
What is more, all existing software for the x86 systems will not run on the ARM systems, so users will be forced to buy a new system as well as new software.
Now here is my question. A company running 200 x86 Apple systems in 2020, will they seriously invest tens of thousands of dollars not to upgrade but buy entirely new systems and software? Some may but I do not foresee all of them doing so. Non-profit org will not be able to justify the purchase.
With Windows 10 being stable and Microsoft firm about no more major changes I believe most companies will change to a stable system, Windows 10 and this move that Apple is making from x86 to ARM will be their own undoing.

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Covid-19 World Stats

7/15/2020

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Here is a link to gather world data on Covid-19 or the Coronavirus. It's important for American visitors to keep in mind this is world stats and not United States only.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

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World Data

7/15/2020

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Here is a link to what appears to be a good website for world data

https://www.worldometers.info/

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HP Pro Tablet 608 G1 Battery Issues

7/14/2020

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If you own an HP Pro Tablet 608 G1 you know the battery can drain quickly and when you search the HP forums you come to realize there is not a lot that can be found.
This article will address how to increase the battery life and some mistakes people are making when they flash their BIOS.

First flashing the BIOS.
Go here to download the latest BIOS
https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-pro-tablet-608-g1/7484083
Version 01.21A is now released, this does fix several issues, including the touch screen and scroll issues.
The BIOS download with be an exe file. Simply run it and WAIT! I have read in the HP forums where some bricked their tablet after running the BIOS update. If you do not know what you are doing and do not read the instructions then don't update. Here is fact, if the BIOS is the correct version for your tablet the BIOS itself can't brick the tablet, the user can. I know of cases where the user expected almost instant results, run the BIOS update, system reboots and then get the black screen with simple execution code and the user panics and reboots the system thinking it has froze. I've flashed 2 of the HP Pro Tablets and had no issues with either but the install took about 5-10 minutes and in that time many users will panic and hold the power button and kill the tablet and blame a bad flash. Most arm-chair shoot from the hip techs kill their own systems because they simply do not allow enough time for the system to do its job. Installing firmware is not instant and can take some time. So wait if you flash.

Now to improving battery life.
1) From settings go into Apps startup and turn off every app that does not have any need to start up. Email, People, Calendar does not need to be there, only drivers. Then turn off every app running in the background. There is no real need for an app to run in the background except maybe Weather and Mail, everything else turn off. If you are using CCleaner remove it. The company the bought it has made it a resource hog and it gets a high battery drain rating. What once was good has become bad.

Now lets enter the BIOS. Restart the tablet and when you see the tiny words at the bottom press the volume down button till you see the BIOS on the screen. You will see the image below. Tap the gears which has a red square and enter the BIOS.

The next screen will look like this, tap the 3rd option on the left "ADVANCE".

You will see this next. You will need to tap Device Options.

Tap Device Options

At this point you will see WWAN and GPS, here comes a difficult choice.
First WWAN is NOT your in home WiFi or the Internet you need outside your home. The Internet you use at home and to connect to hotspots is WLAN.

WWAN is LTE. So if you use a Cellphone service for the Internet do not go any further, your stuck. But if you DO NOT use your Cellphone service to connect to the Internet than continue.
The only other drawback is this same piece of hardware is also used for GPS. Now personally why do you need GPS on a tablet if you have a good cellphone.
So if you are fine without using GPS on your tablet and do not connect to the Internet via a cellphone service then tap disable. By disabling the actual piece of hardware you are bypassing all battery power to it, it is as if the hardware is not there. When this is enabled it uses some battery power even in standby.
Now it is not shown in this BIOS pictures here, but it was in the other HP Pro Tablet I worked on. You may have a "NEAR FIELD CONNECTION" device.
What is that? If you are within 1.5 inches I believe it is, of another device with NFC you can exchange data without any type of connection, the 2 devices connect.
But consider, if you never knew it was there and never used it are you missing out by disabling it? Of perhaps you did use it, maybe once or twice.
Regardless it is very unlikely most people even know what it is or use it. If you fall into that category, then by all means disable the "NEAR FIELD CONNECTION". It too will use battery power the entire time the tablet is on.

Now this is really all that can be disable in the BIOS. The only other item is the Bluetooth, but that is used by many including me. It can be turned off from within the Operating System and turned back on. Although turning it off does not disable it, it does help save power.

As I continue to explore the settings I may discover more options to conserve battery power. If I do I will post them here. The HP Pro Tablet 608 G1 is a great tablet, just HP made some design errors. The plan I suppose was to create a WORLD tablet. However cramming too much hardware into the device caused a terrible drain on the power. So hopefully the above will help you.

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So Many Cars

6/10/2020

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My goal is to post at least one image of each car. There are about 20 different cars that visit on a weekly basis. Some of the other post have different cars and diferent cars appear in the videos. Of interest is 2 commercial trucks that come and go but the driver just does an exchange.

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My Parking SPOT!

6/10/2020

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UPDATE:
So let's go back to 401-C and 401-D the two basement apartments on Clark Street Livingston. The blue SUV is parked directly in front of the spot for our cottage. I have of course made the landlord aware of this and I did try to speak to the renters in the basment apartments. The monarch lady, she controls everyone who lives there, says I'm to wait they will move. Now our landlord rents his places based on what you get. The basement apartments are rented cheep, you don't get much. And if you rent a basement apartment you agree to keep the outside area of the arking lot clear for parking of other renters. These people do not do that. Out of concern for our lives we park on the road, but I still have to pay full rent for parking I do not have accress to.
The woman who controls everyone who lives there is very rude and hateful and her fav word is F! If you try to ask her anything you get attacked with a lot of screaming and yelling and words not need to be heard.
She does not care about others and living in a setting where t]some thing has to be considered for others, it is all about her.

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Living in Fear

6/8/2020

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In August 2019 my wife and I sold our home and moved into a small cottage on a dead end quiet and peaceful street. Next to our cottage is a 4 unit apartment building, two up and two below, behind. The two below are like basements. My oldest son moved into one of the upper apartments, for September and part of October it was quiet and peaceful. Across the street in a duplex live 2 elderly sisters and the other side an elderly woman who's son is living with her to take care of her. In the other upper apartment next to my son is a middle age couple, quiet, nice and very friendly.
Then in late October a couple moved into one of the basement apartments. From the very beginning the landlord started asking me how they were, what they were like. He knew they might be bad. The man and woman both are covered with prison tattoos, and from their ravished bodies it appears they are meth users. (My sister got addicted to meth, I saw her body.) Over the remainder of October and November the police were called many times for loud violent fighting, drug use in the parking lot, the two going around to others in the neighborhood at night and terrorizing others. (The same landlord owns every property on the street.) The couple was seen selling and buying drugs, they were heard buying and selling and all the activity was captured on security video. Hundred's of calls and text were sent to the landlord and his co-partner his mother. On December 26th 2019 his mother promised me and the other renters on the block that the eviction process was started and the basement couple would be out by January 26th.
We waited. They did not move out. We were again told they would be out within a month. That dragged into March, Covid19 froze all evictions.
Toward the end of May, when June started to approach again the landlord started to reassure the other renters that the couple would be evicted, in June the restrictions would be lifted and all the landlord had to do was resume his current eviction process. The basement couple is still there, but it has gotten worse.
Today there are 9 people living in one of the single room studio apartments. The other single room studio apartment was rented to a single man with a severe mental disorder. I spoke to his parents and learned that the basement couple is taking advantage of him and his disability to their advantage. At times there have been 4 people living in his apartment.
They use the entire parking lot for their personal outside fun and pull up and do drug sales. The outside paved area is supposed to be my driveway to my parking area but I can't use it. When I did try to park back there and had to ask them to move or one of their drug customers I was told no, wait, or even threatened. I now park on the street. My son's apartment has a living area and a bedroom, his bedroom is directly above the basement couple's exit door and main sitting area, it reeks of cigarette smoke and pot smoke. They have an indoor cat and dog, they have not potty trained the dog. So my son's apartment also reeks of urine. When their dog is outside it poops right by their door and they do not pick it up. Also they pile their trash by their door. So if we sit outside on our back deck we smell excrement, pee, and human trash and waist. It is repulsive. Of course video, photos and text messages and phone calls have been made to the landlord in times beyond counting. Nothing. Everyone in the neighborhood has stopped calling the police, the monarch of the group tells the police very excellent lies, she has done this many times.
My son has had to close off completely his bedroom, he can't use it due to the smell. We can't use our parking, in both cases these are areas we pay for in our rent, but now can't make use of. I pay my rent on time every month, made some very valuable improvements to the cottage without expecting any repayment, and we do not smoke or cause problems. But because I have complained about the basement couple the landlord has suggested me, my wife and son move.
The couple in the other upper apartment no longer stay in it. They are staying elsewhere for the most part , the wife has serious health issues and is unable to breath in their apartment. I fear they will move and the landlord will allow some other drug addicts move in.
Every renter on the street has complained, all the ones who pay their rent and take care of their homes. I mean suggesting to a renter who pays their rent and takes care of his place to move because they complain about living next to drug dealers.
The basement couple have also been heard talking about having weapons hidden in the apartment in the event of a shootout and they openly carry weapons, mind you some are on probation.
We can't get help from the police, we can't get help from the landlord and everyone on the street lives in fear.

The basement people have broken the rental agreement in several ways.
1) No smoking inside building. (cigarettes and pot)
2) No loud music or parties. (Raging loud rap music with porn lyrics and extremely loud arguing using the F word a lot. Loud parties with lots of people in the parking lot.
3) Using drugs.
4) Buying and selling drugs.

They live at 401-C Clark Street Livingston Tennessee, the apartment around back.
Another new concern is they have started to move out into other areas of the neighborhood. They now congregate around my sons car (their drug customers have nearly hit my sons car several times) and they have ventured into his yard and around his porch. We had to move my sons basketball goal to behind our house because they wanted to use it. My sons apartment has a clearly defined area that is his yard and parking and they have now taken it over.
They have also started to venture across the street into the yard of the two single sisters at times. Those two older women are very sacred. And now they have crossed over into our yard many times. On video Sean Collins can be seen sneaking and hunched over approaching our yard. They have been seen in the bushes along the fence line. We think he is scouting, the have stolen from others,we have that on video.
If we call the police they always say they are looking for their dog or cat.
We have no recourse.
5 homes, 5 families live in fear.

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