Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bob Martin Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: OT: This Swift thing Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 07:41:07 BST Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net 6GVCjsatMuoGuDH1CTHIiAc8nDBnIorerFSLKljMlg0t9kb+NS X-Orig-Path: BERLIN : news.individual.net Cancel-Lock: sha1:MN1wd6BcppF6LBJh15zSADq3wvU= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:73351 in 723903 20140617 121638 alister wrote: >On Tue, 17 Jun 2014 08:34:13 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> >> Partly that. But also, people want to know how long that will *really* >> last. For instance, 10 hours of battery life... doing what? Can I really >> hop on a plane for ten hours and write code the whole way without >> external power? Or will each minute spent recompiling Python (with the >> CPU pegged) cost 2-3 minutes out of those ten hours? What if I watch >> videos (on headphones, probably, given how noisy airliners are!)? >> That'll surely take more power than the manufacturers estimate. >> And what happens six months from now? Will battery life decay to the >> point where it's no longer interesting? (Obviously it'll decay some. But >> how much?) >> > >I bought a 12 cell battery for my Acer Once netbook & did exactly that >(LHR to LAX), listening to music playing supertuxcart & reading ebooks >for most of the flight. > >It was a life saver as the on-board entertainment from American Airlines >was terrible, next time i will happily pay the extra 100 for a Virgin >flight LWG to LAS instead. c/LWG/LGW/ ;-)