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I have two desktop machines running Ubuntu 16.04. My machine wakes up from suspend if I press any key, whereas my wife's machine does not. She has to press the power button.
I wonder wherein lies the difference.
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Thank you for your reply, Eurus. I was able to decipher the tech-speak in that document well enough to gather that the way a processor handles a suspend can determine the characteristics of the suspend.
My wife's machine has a Celeron processor, and mine has an Intel® Core™ i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz × 4. That may have something to do with it.
As an aside: I read papers by Einstein and other physicists that are clearly stated and as easily understood as is possible to understand the subject at hand, whereas most documents written by computer experts are so heavy with jargon and tech-speak that the only people who can understand most of what the writer is saying are other tech people who already know. I sometimes wonder if it's that they are simply out-of-touch with their audiences, or if it's that their intended audiences are really other tech people, and what they are looking for is "attaboys" from other techies.
Thanks again.
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(03-21-2020, 12:19 AM)Richard Wrote: As an aside: I read papers by Einstein and other physicists that are clearly stated and as easily understood as is possible to understand the subject at hand, whereas most documents written by computer experts are so heavy with jargon and tech-speak that the only people who can understand most of what the writer is saying are other tech people who already know. I sometimes wonder if it's that they are simply out-of-touch with their audiences, or if it's that their intended audiences are really other tech people, and what they are looking for is "attaboys" from other techies.
Thanks again.
Richard
Agreed. My biggest complaint about computer related information is that the writers have resolutely refused to use English in the same way as the rest of the English speaking world. (Do other languages suffer the same problem I wonder?) I don't know if they invent terminology because they are illiterate, or because they feel that incomprehensible jargon gives them an elevated status. Whatever the reason, their failure to communicate their expertise in normal language is a source of irritation to me and many others.
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Then I feel sorry for the French. It's bad enough that the English language is perverted by "computer speak", but it's a double perversion for the beautiful French language to be corrupted the same way.
As somebody with expertise in two technical subjects (chemistry and horology) I appreciate that certain terms and definitions are unique to the subject, and I am used to simplifying such terms and concepts for the layman even if it means being a little inaccurate. What I object to in computers are terms invented when perfectly good comprehensible terms already exist in English. An example that springs to mind is "drive". That device is not a drive, it does not conduct or lead anything, it does not power anything. It is a form of memory so why not use the word memory, a entirely self-explanatory term.
Anyway, none of this is relevant to the subject Richard raised so I'll stop here to avoid detracting from his question.
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