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Trident XP4 Reviewed

Posted by michael on from the only-mostly-dead dept.

ceebABC writes "In a new review, the Trident XP4 got a nasty reception. Based on the tests, it sounds like Trident has got some work to do on the thing. Looks like this GPU is dead on arrival." Our last story on Trident mentioned them coming back from the dead. Maybe not.

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  1. Trident by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Tri - Dent

    three - teeth

    This is truly the videocard of Trolls::Hicks.

    HAHA First Post!

    1. Re:Trident by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Thoughout history, many names have been used to describe those who are on the wrong moral path in life: coward, criminal, fiend, monster, vagrant, lunatic. It's without question that William Scott Lockwood III is all of these things, but these are things that can be forgiven. William Scott Lockwood III's sins run deeper.

      In many cultures, the greatest moral offense a man can commit isn't murder, robbery, rape, arson, or even blasphemy. In these cultures, there's a word for someone who is even lower than the murderers and rapists, because he has demonstrated with clear finality his lack of moral character. This one word, never used carelessly, reserved only for the lowest of the low is oathbreaker.

      Many societies value personal honor, honesty, and integrity above anything else. People can make mistaks, and still maintain their honor if they take accountability for their actions. But the oathbreaker is the lowest of the low, never to be forgiven, and never to be trusted. This is because he has voluntarily sacrified the only thing that every man brings with him into the world, and the only thing that every man (hopefully) takes with him into the grave: his honor.

      When a man's honor is gone, he has nothing.

      Ladies and gentlemen, William Scott Lockwood III has nothing. If our society were still built on the concept that a man's word is sacred and that honoring others with the truth is a noble goal, William Scott Lockwood III would be dead right now.

      A man's word is his bond, and when he breaks his word, he's no longer a man at all. He's worse than a coward, worse than a liar, and worse than a thief, but he's all these things and more. He's an oathbreaker.

      In the past, oathbreakers become nonpersons. They stand below even murderers and thieves. Even beggars would not give or recieve comfort from an oathbreaker. Quite often, they were simply killed outright. Sometimes, they were merely cut off from honest society, trusted by no one, alienated until the day they died. After their death, their families were shunned and distrusted forever, because a man holds in his hand no only his own honor, but the honor of his family as well.

      The Lockwood family has no honor left. The Lockwood family has no place in honest society, among civilized humans, because they have no honor, and they are not a part of civilization.

      Killing an oathbreaker was considered to be an act of mercy, sending a tortured soul on to final judgement instead of forcing him to live an empty, hollow life.

      Maybe it's time that we bring back the practice of killing oathbreakers, and ensuring that their bloodline does not propogate. Maybe a lack of honesty is what's wrong with our society. Maybe that's why everything is falling into chaos around us. When you can't trust a man's word, what basis is there for civilization?

      I think upon consideration that you will agree: William Scott Lockwood III is less than a gentlemen, less even than a man, less even than a human, less even than an animal. William Scott Lockwood III is an oathbreaker.

  2. hi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this is a frst p0st!

    i am cool

  3. Make it funky! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Aw yeah! FRIST POOST!!

  4. Re:Go back to Russia. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WTF is "In Soviet Russia"

  5. Flyers/Rangers Game by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So...Flyers won, Lindros still really sucks. Excellent.

    HOT GRITS

  6. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Michael is NOT a cock-gobbling faggot.

  7. What's the best way to serve Palestinians? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Barbecued!!!!

  8. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    cmdrtaco taco snots you!!!

    It is cold here, I'm going home to warm up my bawls.

  9. Um by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Who gives a shit?

  10. You just made the list! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You are one dead Palestinian.

  11. Whose fault is it anyways? by althalus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've been getting the same issues. Timeout going to a comments page, slow loads. But beyond that I also was getting random changes to the pages themselves, like getting the large square ad placed in each headline on the main page. That's *really* getting the ad across, wonder how much osdn charges for that? :)

    So, IMHO they are probably making template changes or something to slash, and keep restarting the services. That would cause the problem.

  12. Re:Geez, take a hint... by GigsVT · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You know, it's strange because /. is blazingly fast now. Maybe they were working on the network or something and installed some new lines.

    --
    I've had enough abrasive sigs. Kittens are cute and fuzzy.
  13. IN SOVIET RUSSIA... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    TRIDENT SHUTS YOU UP!