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Muscle Cars And Smokin' Chips

Posted by timothy on from the lowrider-fx dept.

YetAnotherGeekGuy writes "IEEE Computer has an article this month, "The Zen of Overclocking" by Bob Colwell. In it the author compares overclockers to hot rodders (which, in my personal experience, are two sets with a significant intersection). More importantly he talks about the phenomenon, the culture, the attitude, and the natural tension between them and the industry in the quest for the right balance between performance and reliability. Thought-provoking, and some good one-liners. Enjoy!"

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  1. too bad by AnonymousCowheart · · Score: 3, Funny

    "In it the author compares overclockers to hot rodders"
    Too bad the ladies don't think of it the same way...

    1. Re:too bad by Not+The+Real+Me · · Score: 5, Funny

      Very true. The muscle car dudes are thought of as masculine and manly, and are the ultimate chick magnets. They score with all the hot chicks and eventually become ultra-successful business executives.

      The overclocking dudes are thought of as girly Poindexters, who if they are lucky, will have a cubicle larger than a bread box and might even move out of their mommy's basement before they turn 45 -- about the same time they lose their virginity.

    2. Re:too bad by ChazeFroy · · Score: 3, Funny

      Thought-provoking, and some good one-liners.

      Minus the "thought-provoking" comment, how dare he rip off every single review of every American movie from the ten years.

    3. Re:too bad by Epistax · · Score: 3, Funny

      Something about knowing your heat dissipating per square inch just doesn't impressive. What they really like is when you can convert Fahrenheit to Kelvin in your head. THAT gets the ladies.

    4. Re:too bad by rampant+mac · · Score: 3, Funny

      I live my life a .c header at a time.

      --
      I like big butts and I cannot lie.
  2. The AOL Top Speed ads by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's all I could think of when I read this story. (It turns out it's for speeding up the internet, not cars!)

  3. Envy is a terrible thing. by Darwin_Frog · · Score: 2, Funny
    Ehhh.

    He's just jealous because his box crashes on Irrelevant Benchmark Number 6 Epsilon. Mine gets pi. If he put all his chips in a circle and insulated them with rare unguents from the East it'd work.

  4. Don't you know? by walter_kovacs · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've got a 6 liter v8 honda civic and a duron overclocked with nitrogen to over 5ghz, so I must have a REALLY small penis. ;-)

  5. Hmm... by rampant+mac · · Score: 1, Funny
    "...compares overclockers to hot rodders..."

    Except those guys working on their cars are actively looking to get laid on a Friday night.

    --
    I like big butts and I cannot lie.
  6. Re:A 2.2L can beat a 8.0+L.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wow, I'm glad we're all adults here.

    "Rice boys" make your motherboard asshole.