Im not so sure about the BX440 chipset. I bought a system last year in December and had stability problems, then Intel announced "some" boards might have a problem with the MTH. Gee I never felt so lucky. After a Mainboard changeout all my stability problems went away. The part the irks me is it wasnt an Intel manufactured one, and the company that did make the board didn't offer to replace it... so I guess I am out a few bucks on this field Beta test. I will concede the BX440 chipset did appear to be faster in multimedia applications.
I find it interesting that most/.ers dont examine this issue from their deeper sense of what flys and what crashes.
No intent to troll here, but Bush's lead did drop by two thirds on the automatic recount. It is pure denial to ignore, for the counties that a recount were requested, within the scope of Florida law, did find a difference "capable of affecting the outcome of the race" existed. Again, by Florida law, this meant a further manual recount was justified. The counties had so much oversight via the media, party observers, etc. I find it hard to believe any fraud occurred, or that votes that didn't exist "suddenly appeared". Given that circumstance, the Gore side continued to rack up more votes.
From a troubleshooting point of view, this tells me the county election officials were on the right track. If the vote had gone more less 1 for 1 where Bush and Gore were coming out the same, I would have been saying Bush won, no question about it. But my troubleshooting mind must admit the trend was clear, and with all the review, it is not imaginary, illusory, or wishful thinking. Furthermore, any observer that believed fraud was going on could have rasied their hand, asked for immediate intervention, filed a criminal complaint, and the camera's would have been there to help make their case. But, that hasn't happened has it?
If I may now draw a parallel, many here have railed against the bullying of companies such as MS, and complained about monopoly power, abuse of process, etc. But the real reason so many are for Opensource isn't about power or balance of power, but about maintaining an opportunity for truth to be recognized. That Opensource policy means people can speak their mind without fear, make suggestions without fear, and in the end we all get something better for it. And what does this cost us? Nothing more than a bit of time, to be sure in our facts, purposeful demonstrations, and representations.
Have we all become so jaded and polarized we now have blinders on? Have we lost sight of the higher goal of "get it right", not "get it right away"?
Extending some of the theories I have read in this discussion to their logical conclusion have me wondering.. and for those that think I am pro Gore, rest assured I am not, but I will not abide by the turmoil sure to be created by "expediency" because..... by that reasoning, Microsoft is merely looking out for all our best interests...
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Im not so sure about the BX440 chipset. I bought a system last year in December and had stability problems, then Intel announced "some" boards might have a problem with the MTH. Gee I never felt so lucky. After a Mainboard changeout all my stability problems went away. The part the irks me is it wasnt an Intel manufactured one, and the company that did make the board didn't offer to replace it... so I guess I am out a few bucks on this field Beta test. I will concede the BX440 chipset did appear to be faster in multimedia applications.
No intent to troll here, but Bush's lead did drop by two thirds on the automatic recount. It is pure denial to ignore, for the counties that a recount were requested, within the scope of Florida law, did find a difference "capable of affecting the outcome of the race" existed. Again, by Florida law, this meant a further manual recount was justified. The counties had so much oversight via the media, party observers, etc. I find it hard to believe any fraud occurred, or that votes that didn't exist "suddenly appeared". Given that circumstance, the Gore side continued to rack up more votes.
From a troubleshooting point of view, this tells me the county election officials were on the right track. If the vote had gone more less 1 for 1 where Bush and Gore were coming out the same, I would have been saying Bush won, no question about it. But my troubleshooting mind must admit the trend was clear, and with all the review, it is not imaginary, illusory, or wishful thinking. Furthermore, any observer that believed fraud was going on could have rasied their hand, asked for immediate intervention, filed a criminal complaint, and the camera's would have been there to help make their case. But, that hasn't happened has it?
If I may now draw a parallel, many here have railed against the bullying of companies such as MS, and complained about monopoly power, abuse of process, etc. But the real reason so many are for Opensource isn't about power or balance of power, but about maintaining an opportunity for truth to be recognized. That Opensource policy means people can speak their mind without fear, make suggestions without fear, and in the end we all get something better for it. And what does this cost us? Nothing more than a bit of time, to be sure in our facts, purposeful demonstrations, and representations.
Have we all become so jaded and polarized we now have blinders on? Have we lost sight of the higher goal of "get it right", not "get it right away"? Extending some of the theories I have read in this discussion to their logical conclusion have me wondering.. and for those that think I am pro Gore, rest assured I am not, but I will not abide by the turmoil sure to be created by "expediency" because..... by that reasoning, Microsoft is merely looking out for all our best interests...