It's not just suits and feds who pronounce it like that. A former boss (mom & pop computer shop) who was into the scene (but TBH mispronounced several things) pronounced it about like that.
OT: I pronounce luser as leuser, i.e. "user" with the l-sound prepended. I'm told it's more common to pronounce it as simply "loser".
I didn't sound 'positive enough'. I'm not sure how positive a man from Yorkshire is supposed to sound Luxury! We had to get our positivity from an electrical outlet!
I make about $40k/year pretax in the Midwest (our cost-of-living is among the lowest in.us), and I'm pretty happy with what I make. I wouldn't turn down a raise, you understand, but I'm comfortable and all of my needs are met.
Don't bother. If you want to buy a computer, just do it, because there's *always* something newer and better coming.
IMO the best metric for when to replace a computer: if it won't do what you want any longer. That covers both being dead (lightning damage) and being too slow to run the latest game that you really want.
Unless you upgrade regularly, you probably shouldn't bother with considering upgradability of your parts, possibly save the case, power supply, and disk drives. Every few years new processor sockets, new card connectors, new RAM, and sometimes new power-supply standards become common and (like your PIII) you can't upgrade your old kit without throwing out almost everything. I replaced an Athlon XP system in April and was only able to keep the case and p/s from the old parts, and the latter needed a 20-to-24-pin adapter; AGP's obsolete, so's DDR RAM, so's Socket-A, so's PATA. I suppose I could have kept my PATA CD-ROM drive, but it was well-past time to upgrade to a DVD burner.
You think that's bad, the community college I went to years ago ('prox 1999) had a single T1 feeding the entire campus (two computer labs plus faculty). We got horrible latency and speeds lower than my 56K modem at home, unless you came in at an off-peak time.
I don't remember if that was before Napster, but it wouldn't have surprised me if some luser was trying to download music over that link.
"But Acrobat 5 does everything I need, and why should I pay a couple hundred to upgrade it?" x at least a couple dozen. Replace 5 with 6 or 7 as needed.
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It's not just suits and feds who pronounce it like that. A former boss (mom & pop computer shop) who was into the scene (but TBH mispronounced several things) pronounced it about like that.
OT: I pronounce luser as leuser, i.e. "user" with the l-sound prepended. I'm told it's more common to pronounce it as simply "loser".
"Attempted?" It *was* treason.
But then we'd have to do the same with the Decider's conservative base, since they still support what he's done.
ya srsly. The vendor should probably be sued for false advertising.
"Calm down and be nice, eh?"
Isn't NZ part of Australia? What does your real government have to say?
gd&r
That was a speling flame.
But this is Slashdot and I shouldn't expect that most of you can speel anyway.
Don't ever do that again.
Perhaps the joke was not funny.
I make about $40k/year pretax in the Midwest (our cost-of-living is among the lowest in .us), and I'm pretty happy with what I make. I wouldn't turn down a raise, you understand, but I'm comfortable and all of my needs are met.
Is that for all versions of XP or just Home?
Shirley there's an extended-support phase (like for 2000 right now) wherein they'll offer security fixes.
Or goatse with a goatee.
Don't bother. If you want to buy a computer, just do it, because there's *always* something newer and better coming.
IMO the best metric for when to replace a computer: if it won't do what you want any longer. That covers both being dead (lightning damage) and being too slow to run the latest game that you really want.
Unless you upgrade regularly, you probably shouldn't bother with considering upgradability of your parts, possibly save the case, power supply, and disk drives. Every few years new processor sockets, new card connectors, new RAM, and sometimes new power-supply standards become common and (like your PIII) you can't upgrade your old kit without throwing out almost everything. I replaced an Athlon XP system in April and was only able to keep the case and p/s from the old parts, and the latter needed a 20-to-24-pin adapter; AGP's obsolete, so's DDR RAM, so's Socket-A, so's PATA. I suppose I could have kept my PATA CD-ROM drive, but it was well-past time to upgrade to a DVD burner.
I've heard of code so tight that it screams, but that's some virtuoso programming to get a driver to *sing*.
And why are they singeing it? Or is that the secret -- singe the driver's balls & it sings?
Better save that $7.50 so you can buy yourself a girlfriend. For an hour.
Riceboys don't actually bother with large-diameter exhaust pipes. They'll stick a coffee-can /thing/ on the very end of their /stock/ exhaust system.
See, riceboys care more about the *appearance* of performance than actual performance. Well, and lights, and thumpy stereos, and tacky stickers.
There's a reason why serious car enthusiasts regard riceboys with unconcealed contempt.
Google is the new Apple.
Please do.
You think that's bad, the community college I went to years ago ('prox 1999) had a single T1 feeding the entire campus (two computer labs plus faculty). We got horrible latency and speeds lower than my 56K modem at home, unless you came in at an off-peak time.
I don't remember if that was before Napster, but it wouldn't have surprised me if some luser was trying to download music over that link.
Fucking racist.
You must be new here.
How'd he bust through your security?
"But Acrobat 5 does everything I need, and why should I pay a couple hundred to upgrade it?" x at least a couple dozen. Replace 5 with 6 or 7 as needed.
$SPYWARE is trying to own your machine. Cancel or allow?