This sort of thing is mostly a problem among non-technical people. They weren't as close to the Y2K issue as IT people, and never got to see it the way they did. All they saw was the media hype and then when nothing did happen saw it as a scam.
I think perhaps too much was done to correct the problem. If a few semi-serious things had have gone wrong, perhaps the general populous would have seen the real importance of all the money that was spent to fix the problem.
"Dust", "dirt", "shoddy operation"? What is your position at Intel? How close to the manufacturing process are you? Dust and dirt destroy chips. It wouldn't be worth it for Intel or any other chip manufacturer to have an environment like that. In my experience, Intel chips have a very low failure rate, lower than AMD I might add.
But this kind of thing really disturbs me. An ISP has no business filtering what their users can and cannot do on the net. They are paying for the service, so they should be able to dictate what they see (within the bounds of the law of course).
Yes, I agree totally, The Pentium 4 is a sign that Intel is now totally out of touch with reality. They have no idea of what the consumer wants anymore. How many more times do we have to hear tired cliches about the new processor "enhancing your Internet experience" or whatever. AMD have the real innovation, folks, and they are much cheaper too. I have supported Intel in the past, but my next processor is sure to be an AMD.
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This sort of thing is mostly a problem among non-technical people. They weren't as close to the Y2K issue as IT people, and never got to see it the way they did. All they saw was the media hype and then when nothing did happen saw it as a scam.
I think perhaps too much was done to correct the problem. If a few semi-serious things had have gone wrong, perhaps the general populous would have seen the real importance of all the money that was spent to fix the problem.
"Dust", "dirt", "shoddy operation"? What is your position at Intel? How close to the manufacturing process are you? Dust and dirt destroy chips. It wouldn't be worth it for Intel or any other chip manufacturer to have an environment like that. In my experience, Intel chips have a very low failure rate, lower than AMD I might add.
But this kind of thing really disturbs me. An ISP has no business filtering what their users can and cannot do on the net. They are paying for the service, so they should be able to dictate what they see (within the bounds of the law of course).
Yes, I agree totally, The Pentium 4 is a sign that Intel is now totally out of touch with reality. They have no idea of what the consumer wants anymore. How many more times do we have to hear tired cliches about the new processor "enhancing your Internet experience" or whatever. AMD have the real innovation, folks, and they are much cheaper too. I have supported Intel in the past, but my next processor is sure to be an AMD.