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How Not To Install Computer Hardware

Posted by timothy on from the do-your-worst dept.

ssassen writes "Most computer hardware websites tell you how to get your computer hardware up and running properly and not RMA it after the first boot. Hardware Analysis takes a different approach and tells us exactly how NOT to install computer hardware. They document many of the pitfalls that'll sound familiar to many enthusiasts and have some great pictures of what could go horribly wrong during an upgrade. Very funny, and guaranteed to put a smile on your face!"

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  1. You can watch it sink... by shadowcabbit · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    From the top of the page:

    There are 14 registered and 1986 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 1532.31 kbit/s

    It's like watching the sun set, or a bonfire burn....

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    1. Re:You can watch it sink... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Oct 21, 3:50EDT. There are 14 registered users and 2122 anonymous users online. Current bandwidth usage: 2,146kbit/s.

    2. Re:You can watch it sink... by Otto · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      There are 15 registered and 3484 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 1515.04 kbit/s

      Amazing. :)

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    3. Re:You can watch it sink... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Right before it died:
      There are 14 registered and 4311 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 2265.92 kbit/s

      I think they are in line for a new article: How Not To Run A Webserver - Item 1: Get your server posted on /.

    4. Re:You can watch it sink... by zeno_2 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      There are 15 registered and 6650 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 2059.38 kbit/s

      Looks like its about to die too, takes a long time to bring up a new page.

    5. Re:You can watch it sink... by Takara · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      I can do you all one better :p

      There are 15 registered and 6723 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 1862.08 kbit/s

    6. Re:You can watch it sink... by michib01 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Well, how do they count registered users? This number shouldn't change this way...
      We can clearly see the /. effect on the increasing number of anonymous users...
      But the registered ones? Is it a randomly generated integer (some sort of Gaussian distribution with its mean approx. = 14.7)?

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    7. Re:You can watch it sink... by leuk_he · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      here are 11 registered and 7585 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 1760.55 kbit/s

      Bandwith is limited it seems.

      But it seems to be written by a technial repair man. He doesn't seem to like the failing of the hardware. After repairing a few thousend PC's you should begin to see the humour.

    8. Re:You can watch it sink... by mobby_6kl · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Have a look at this:

      Please register or login. There are 17 registered and 3776 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 1620.78 kbit/s

      Please register or login. There are 14 registered and 4169 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 1669.73 kbit/s

      Those 3 registered users saw the slashdot crow comming, and ran away to avoid being crushed

    9. Re:You can watch it sink... by Hes+Nikke · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      There are many registered and even more anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 1401.99 kbit/s

      many? even more? i think they've cut back on there scripts :)

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    10. Re:You can watch it sink... by Mr+Guy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      There are 14 registered and 8698 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 2408.61 kbit/s

      Wonder what the odds are in Vegas right now...

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    11. Re:You can watch it sink... by Yakman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Well, I suppose this definitively proves that /. readers actually do RTFA. When they can.

      You'll find that most people RTFA, these however aren't the same people that read/post comments - as according to what the /. crew tell us occasionaly a relatively small percentage read comments, and an even smaller percentage post.

    12. Re:You can watch it sink... by AndroidCat · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      Please register or login. There are 15 registered and 9205 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 2908.60 kbit/s

      Wow, 15 registered users!

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    13. Re:You can watch it sink... by thenextpresident · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      There are 14 registered and 9741 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 3150.04 kbit/s October 21 08:10 EDT

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    14. Re:You can watch it sink... by Bob+McCown · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      There are 15 registered and 10170 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 3001.31 kbit/s

    15. Re:You can watch it sink... by ssassen · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Keep 'm coming guys, you're nowhere near to taxing the server. Which is a nice dual Xeon running on RH9 with the Apache webserver.

      Sander Sassen

      ssassen@hardwareanalysis.com
      http://www.hardwareanalysis.com

    16. Re:You can watch it sink... by robslimo · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      There are 19 registered and 11841 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 2714.16 kbit/s October 21 09:22 EDT

      Good job. Maybe you should write us an article on "How to Build a Slashdot-Proof Webserver"

    17. Re:You can watch it sink... by peachboy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I've always found it interesting that most people don't read the comments at all. Quite frankly, the comments are most of the reason I keep coming here. If I just wanted to read the articles, I would be reading the publications that /. links to instead of /. itself. I come here to see what other (relatively) normal people have to say about this stuff.

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    18. Re:You can watch it sink... by Sillypuddy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      There are 22 registered and 11707 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 2876.77 kbit/s

      -joe

    19. Re:You can watch it sink... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Please register or login. There are 19 registered and 11718 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 3438.17 kbit/s October 21 09:19 EDT 2

  2. It's Slashdotted. Here's the article text by gantrep · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Parents sue school over wireless network SAN FRANCISCO, California (Reuters) --A pioneering elementary school district outside Chicago has been sued for installing a wireless computer network by parents worried that exposure to the network's radio waves could harm their children. According to the complaint, filed in Illinois state court, parents of five children assert that a growing body of evidence outlines "serious health risks that exposure to low intensity, but high radio frequency radiation poses to human beings, particularly children." The Oak Park Elementary School District set up a wireless network to connect its schools to one another in 1995, long before such networks became wildly popular. A spokeswoman for the district, Gail Crantz, said it complies with all government regulations for wireless networks. Today, the 5,000 students in the district have access to carts of laptop computers to do research on the Internet from their desks, said Steve Chowanski, director of information services for the district. An estimated 30 million WiFi networks have been installed worldwide, according to the WiFi Alliance, which certifies wireless products. Brian Grimm, a spokesman for the group, said he is unaware of other similar suits targeting WiFi networks. According to Chowanski, a small group of parents had complained about the risks of installing wireless networks in the school. In response, the school board said it would continue to monitor research into the safety of the networks but reaffirmed its plan to use WiFi. "We are not going to do anything different," Chowanski said. "This is the wave of the future." The complaint by the parents was filed on September 26 in the Circuit Court of Cook County in Illinois. A hearing before Judge Nancy Arnold is scheduled for February. The parents allege that the district failed to examine the health impact that wireless local area networks pose, especially for growing children. They are seeking class action status for their suit, which seeks to halt the use of wireless networks. Calls to the parents and their lawyers were not immediately returned. The WiFi Alliance says WiFi networks are safe. The radio waves in a WiFi network use the same frequency as wireless home phones, and have one-thirtieth the power of, cordless phones, Grimm, the spokesman for the group, said.

  3. WOW!!!!!! by gantrep · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wow, that joke just gets funnier every time!

  4. Keeping track of the slashdot effect.. by alfadir · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There are 13 registered and 6897 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 1799.80 kbit/s

  5. Melting down :+) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There are 11 registered and 7436 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 1904.08 kbit/s

  6. Logging the slashdot effect by MikeHunt69 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Feel the server meltdown!

    Please register or login. There are 11 registered and 7211 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 1133.30 kbit/s

  7. Watching a slashdotting! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There are 9 registered and 7048 anonymous users currently online.
    Current bandwidth usage: 1743.07 kbit/s

    The above bandwidth seems to be the maximum, considering how long it's taking to load the site!! Let's see what reloading will show... ;-)

  8. somebody needs to read by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    how NOT to clog slashdot with shit

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

    Me too, that was cool.

  10. oooo, we broke 2000 kbps! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just saw:

    There are many registered and even more anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 2034.38 kbit/s

  11. ooooo, we almost broke 2200 kbps now! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I bested my 'score' above with this:

    There are many registered and even more anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 2195.85 kbit/s

  12. kekekekekekeke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    lolollololololoolololololollolololollolololollolol olollolololo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111

    yuo si teh FUNNEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111

  13. Re:The Slashdot Affect in action by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Do you mean "Effect"?

  14. Re:Oh no they removed the usercounter! by dan+dan+the+dna+man · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There are 14 registered and 7654 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 2170.15 kbit/s

    it just keeps climbing :)

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  15. I'll see your 1986, and raise you... by Sapphon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "There are 16 users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 3008.40 kbit/s "

    Good Morning America!

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  16. I'll see your 1986, and raise you... by Sapphon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "There are 16 registered and 11136 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 3008.40 kbit/s"

    Good Morning America!

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  17. Re:poor server by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Its getting there...

    There are 19 registered and 11539 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 3117.21 kbit/s

  18. Real-time slashdot statistics... by Carbon+Unit+549 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Look at the top of the page of the article..

    There are 17 registered and 11697 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 2847.96 kbit/s

    I would love to see this on a really popular post.

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  19. Re:It's now up to .... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please register or login. There are 19 registered and 11718 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 3438.17 kbit/s October 21 09:19 EDT

  20. It's gone up... by free_agent_777 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There are 22 registered and 11475 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 2960.03 kbit/s

  21. this is what a slashdot looks like by keithww · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Please register or login. There are 22 registered and 11833 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 3451.95 kbit/s

  22. Re:About your .sig... by Lars+T. · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    It's a play with words. Popel means booger. So what is more revolting:

    Soilent Green (TM) is:

    1. People
    2. Popel
    3. CowboyNeal
    4. I still don't get it, you insensitive clod
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  23. Watch the Slashdot Effect by suwain_2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    From the top of the page:
    There are 21 registered and 9773 anonymous users currently online. Current bandwidth usage: 2263.41 kbit/s

    I don't think we've linked to a site that shows cool stats like these for a while. I somehow think that, on an average day, they don't have 9,773 unregistered users visit at a time. But they seem to handle that, and the 3+ Mbps bandwidth peaks, without a hitch. Do you know how many jokes could have been made had we Slashdotted it and left their server a smoldering wreck?

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  24. Impressive... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There are 16 registered and 9195 anonymous users

    and so far it's resisted the /. effect.