CELLPHONE: My Ericsson cellphone was placed neatly under the front driver-side wheel after being fed-up with dropped calls. I proceded to back over it and when I felt the truck return to the ground, I hopped happily from the cab to see the phone only had a slight scratch on it and was actually ringing from an incoming call.
CYRIX 4x86 PROCESSOR: In a sad attempt to get a system running at top notch, I exploited a "cascading" clock-multiplier on an old 486 motherboard. With my Cyrix 4x86 100Mhz CPU strapped to the board along with a cooling fan (not stock/OEM), I began the experiment. Instead of being a 3x33 clocking, we boosted it to a 3x66 clocking. It booted faster than ever, started Windows 3.1, then burned to a delicate crisp. Just add salt.
THE SEAGATE: *Click, zip, click, zip* The Seagate harddrive just wouldn't mount. *Fling* *Crash, boom, bang* I wonder if it works now after throwing it down the stairs? *Zip, click, beep* "Starting Windows 98..." Yep.
ROOMMATE'S NEW MOBO: After receiving a neat orange and blue box from Intel, my friend Matt quickly put his brand new system together. Except he forgot to plug in the fan for the CPU. No, no, the chip didn't burn up. You see, Intel has this cute little hardware feature that prevents the CPU from crisping itself. Instead, he tried to plug the fan in while the system was running. *click, bzzzzz...* "Oh shit.":: presses button to start the system:: *beeeeeeep, beep beep* Congrats, first 640k of memory, toasted lightly.
THE APC UPS: APC makes great UPS batteries, however, in this case, having a UPS meant precisely nothing. The battery was replaced in the unit by the factory, then returned to us simply because an experiment went awry. My friend, yes, Matt, has a little brother who is just as geeky as us. He repaired a power supply (old AT style) that needed a fuse and some cleaning before it was to be used on the test-bench. Once the power supply was back together, he plugged it into the UPS and turned it on. As his little brother quoted, "I saw light coming out of the UPS!" That's because it was arcing. The sparks, smoke, and hissing sound were all attributed to the "light" showing through all the plug holes.
The ability to miss pell code in sophtware and talk badly about America. It would help if you could work for three and a half cents a day, eat stale bread and dirty water, and somewhere around 90 hours per week.
I recall an article on Yahoo about HP hiring primarily Indian workers for exactly those reasons. I can't personally comment, however, I've heard numerous complaints both externally and internally about the quality of service from support staff in foreign countries. In relation, other companies such as Dell, have "clipped coupons" when it comes down to support expenses. I recently called Dell about a BIOS problem, the guy didn't know about a BIOS update, kept me on the phone for 45-50 minutes while I found the answer in less than 20 minutes, its documentation on the known problems of the old BIOS - what causes the anomaly, and installation instructions. To top it off, the guy yelled, "F*ck" into the phone, then hung up on us for no reason. He never called back and his review (sent to me via email) was returned with poor markings.
I used to work at HP, yeah, USED to work there. You see, we were subcontracted with a staffing agency to "save the company some money" because the staffing agency would put the job listing out and would only list "some" of the daily tasks and could put a price tag on those tasks. However, once hired, more tasks were piled on the top of what we already had and not given compensation to justify it.
It appears HP wanted to break the contract with the staffing agency, so what they did was put higher restrictions on what kind of media and personal hardware could traverse the building. We were blindly following managers who invoked "no USB media" rules and "no personal hardware" rules. To complicate things, we were denied playing ANY kind of games whether web or local system based games. We were even being denied access to certain websites like/. Yes, forums were not allowed either! If we spoke in jest to any coworker about our job tasks or even saying something to the effect of "I don't get paid enough for some of this stuff I do..." we were severely repremanded. Thank you, Sir, may I have more gruel?
So, to wrap this up, what happened was, HP eventually trimmed enough of us out and opened a support facility in INDIA and paying them 1/5th of what the quality, American-speaking people made. Our lesson here is to keep jobs in the US and stop letting our managers push us around. If I want to bring a USB media stick to work with some soothing music on it so I can relax a little at lunch, I will. If a company looks like a place you wouldn't really want to work, have some balls and tell them, "Thanks, but no thanks, your money can't buy me off - I stand for something more important." I have stopped buying HP products because I believe in America and support the American worker for supporting me. Thank you America!
For $19.00 an hour on a 2-year contract? I'm there. I got shafted by HP, yes, Hewlett Packard, for $15.00 an hour and got hosed after busting my ass for 5 months. Just one day, "Oh, we love your work, you're great, you work hard, we're downsizing, goodbye." "Can I get my stuff from my desk?" "No, we're boxing it up for you as we speak." Thank you very fucking much. BTW, can we pass a couple more H1-B Visas, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH SWAMIS IN THIS NATION YET. I LIKE GOING TO BED AT NIGHT KNOWING I CAN BE FIRED AT ANY MOMENT AND THAT MY DAUGHTER WILL PROBABLY STARVE IF I CAN'T PROVIDE FOR HER FOOD.
IF WE DON'T UNIONIZE INFO-TECH, NONE OF US WILL BE LEFT TO SPEAK FOR.
Before we have an uncontrolled explosion of crap, much like the internet, we need to declare a World Department of Space Exploration that is in charge of scheduling launches, arrivals, and trajectories. If we don't establish a system of space management, we could in fact be increasing our odds of having more debris scattered across our states. Anyone remember the mess and legal problems with the Discovery shuttle explosion? The last thing I need is a hunk of the cockpit landing on my hood as I drive down the highway on my way to pickup my grandmother from the airport.
In defense of Mirabilis, NOT AOL, Mirabilis, ICQ was a superior IM client before AOL screwed it all up. There comes a point in which every program becomes a suite and a suite becomes an OS. ICQ had an integrated P2P chat interface that would allow users to see, in real-time, the text they were typing to each other. It also featured a status message that would tell when the other person was typing. Long live the original Mirabilis! Die, AOL Die! Monopoly!
This is an interesting article for debate. I feel that MS should NOT be treated differently because MS sells products based on their "security" for business needs. The problem lies in that no one has really had the balls to take on a corporate giant due to the lack of monetary backing. MS has lawyers out the wahoo, and you think I'm going to go a couple bouts with them? That's nuts. I'd lose, no matter what I did. However, I feel that if MS is going to churn out crap and sell it like it's gold, it had better work right. I won't buy a product where security is its pinnacle marketing ploy and have some 13-year old script kiddie whack my system because Billie-Boy Gates didn't check a buffer on a remote service that was enabled by default. Thanks Bill. Instead, they should disable most services and have them enabled by the end-user JUST LIKE THE WONDERFUL OS, REDHAT. If MS is going to crank out an OS that is NOT dependable, then, the first line of the EULA it should state, "FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY".
...knowing that we'll only see a life-threatening object in the Earth's vicinity only AFTER IT PASSES. What's next, "Extra, Extra, read all about it: Armageddon on Earth!"? Sure, but what's the price of a newspaper going to be after a global killer?
Honestly, it sounds like this guy needs to get his wife's strap-on out of his ass, but he probably likes it.
This anal-rententive piece of shit feels that because he let a firearm fall into the hands of a minor who is NOT licensed or registered for the weapon, that he should sue a company who produces an artificial environment where certain capabilities are granted to a player.
Obviously, since this game went before the ESRB committee, the game must have been approved by the rating bureau. Since this is a government bureau, shouldn't he be suing the government for allowing the product to be shipped to the general public? Afterall, what the fuck are the ratings there for on the game boxes anyway? I thought it was just decoration (sarcasm).
Get over it dipshit. Your kids killed someone because you screwed up. If you had half a brain, I'd be afraid to see what you might be capable of. Your kids are looking at doing time in a "Federal, Pound-Me-In-The-Ass Prison".
...that raghead government in India needs to realize, that as a country who not only governs, but also occupies half the internet, I feel they should allow us to work in the country. We're the only reason their archaic country has flourished. Whatever Swami has to say about it is irrelevant because he has no right to tell us what to do with our money we're paying him to sit on his ass and generate crappy code every day. If we want to put QC agents in the companies there, we had better be able to do so to protect our investment. India, get bent.
Personally, I feel I should pick up the slack here. Everything is based on sex and in some way, I feel this is necessary! Porn helped the internet blossom and porn helped the distribution of VCRs and VHS tapes. Once again, I'd like to introduce our good friend, "Porn". I'd love to slide my fingers around on this one... (sold at a legitimate computer store in Houston, TX) http://www.directron.com/smi111.html
I'm actively boycotting all music and refusing to purchase anymore of it. Period. I can listen to my radio and enjoy the NON-Clear Channel stations. Thanks to the RIAA and its peons, that poor (not meant literally) girl will be traumatized for life. She'll be thinking about everything she does and how it could cost her and her family financially. Fucking over 12-year old girls for thousands of dollars for some no-talent washup (Cher?) so our buddies in the RIAA can have another joint after dinner is NOT my idea of the true American market. Those bastards need to realize that since file-sharing occured, their sales have increased because the music was better publicized. I stand behind that girl as if she were my own daughter. I'm saddened by this issue of a 'Big Brother' corporation crushing school children and their families. America - "Give us your tired, your weak, your haggard, so we can sue them." God Bless the almight dollar. Right?
now that you've all learned the hard way NOT TO REGISTER YOUR SCREENNAME WITH YOUR HOME ADDRESS AND REAL NAME, have you actually learned anything from this lesson?
Any information that YOU enter into a computer about yourself can be used at any time by any one as they see fit. I hope that all you people who are in panic about this subpoena issue realize what has happened.
It all comes back to the saying, "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch."
I just got a job working at Motorola as the local grunt and oddly enough it reminds me of BOfH. However, through a friend of mine who is also a coworker, I met a wonderful girl, let's call her, "Joyce", and she's just as geeky as me. She's built her own computer, loves the internet and all the electronic goodies she can scrounge up. Not only is she beautiful, but she's tall too! She's 5'11" tall and has sparkly brown eyes. I'd tell you what my plans are for the night, but if she reads this, she'll know what's in store for her! In the past week, she's done more for me than my ex ever did. I guarantee she and her daughter mean more to me than anything in the world.
...one year, my boss, let's call him, "Bill", gave me a handshake and a farewell for Christmas after making me drive all across town to pick up engineering drawings and visit job sites on my day off. Thanks.
...instead of selling the cycles to companies, why doesn't Gateway donate the wasted cycles to the Seti@Home project which is a non-profit organization (to my knowledge) and make one hell of a tax write-off? Its one thing to sell your product, but why not look good instead by donating it to Breast Cancer Research? I don't know about you other guys out there, but I love girls' breasts! I want to preserve them as long as I can!
Remember the movie, "Back to the Future"? Yeah it was a great movie built on the concept that people aren't necessarily greedy in every effort put forth in life. Our problem is that almost everyone out there wants to make a buck off of their "hot coffee" and all that extra legal work delays products, delays the development of new technology and the good technology usually lands in the lap of some fat bastard politician who's receiving generous kickbacks from other companies to either delay the use of it or hasten it. Its almost the year, Two Thousand and frickin' Three! Where are the frickin' flying cars and hover boards already???
No shit, right? I installed the Detonator 40.41 drivers on my Windows 2000 Server machine so my lil sister could jump on and play a few rounds of UT2003 with me. As they say in Mexico, "No va!" The new 40.41 drivers brought the system to a screeching blue-screened halt and wouldn't even let me boot to safe mode. It took a complete reload of the server and being that I'm using roaming profiles and Mozilla at the same time, it makes life slightly less than a total bitch. So I spent 36 hours reloading and rebuilding my server so I could load my profile on my other machine....and what the hell is that stupid thumbtack for on the 40.72 interface??? Its more annoying than ever with that slide-out collapsable menu... what the hell were they thinking???
Aren't we the epitome of Geekiness? Please tell me all of us on/. know how to build a decent PC clone system. I think I'm going to cry if people start asking, "What's a PC clone?"
I'll tell you why alot of homes in the US don't have Broadband access. I used to work for AOL/Time Warner and they can't handle their own staff more/less the clients. Our one Houston, TX location hired more people than they could handle DUE TO POOR MANAGEMENT and it resulted in techs leaving. When I tried to leave, they tried to stick me with $3,000 worth of 'stolen' equipment - Cable Modems, HDTV Decoders, and Cable Boxes. I'm assuming this is a way to scrape up some more revenue? But its because of companies who don't give a damn that people don't have broadband access in their homes. The idea of movies on demand is not before its time. The idea of cable companies treating their employees and clients with the respect they deserve is desperately needed.
Until we write code that will use the chip to its full potential, my Athlon (Slot A) 750 will continue to reign on my desktop. Intel is going to hurt themselves badly if they keep pushing to break the Gigabarriers. Oooh, look I have clock cycles I can't use...
Why not create a slider bar like the guys did for Unreal Tournament? I always play at 150% game speed. Things really start to hit the fan at 200%! I just hope they don't try to skimp on the pretty graphics and the special effects. I was completely won over by the 7 minute long demo at QuakeCon 2002. I hate it when I see a product, pour $60 into it (or more) and find out the company cut corners to push the release date up sooner to boost revenue. That pisses me off when that happens and I'm sure it does to the rest of you folks too.
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CELLPHONE:
:: presses button to start the system ::
My Ericsson cellphone was placed neatly under the front driver-side wheel after being fed-up with dropped calls. I proceded to back over it and when I felt the truck return to the ground, I hopped happily from the cab to see the phone only had a slight scratch on it and was actually ringing from an incoming call.
CYRIX 4x86 PROCESSOR:
In a sad attempt to get a system running at top notch, I exploited a "cascading" clock-multiplier on an old 486 motherboard. With my Cyrix 4x86 100Mhz CPU strapped to the board along with a cooling fan (not stock/OEM), I began the experiment. Instead of being a 3x33 clocking, we boosted it to a 3x66 clocking. It booted faster than ever, started Windows 3.1, then burned to a delicate crisp. Just add salt.
THE SEAGATE:
*Click, zip, click, zip* The Seagate harddrive just wouldn't mount. *Fling* *Crash, boom, bang* I wonder if it works now after throwing it down the stairs? *Zip, click, beep* "Starting Windows 98..." Yep.
ROOMMATE'S NEW MOBO:
After receiving a neat orange and blue box from Intel, my friend Matt quickly put his brand new system together. Except he forgot to plug in the fan for the CPU. No, no, the chip didn't burn up. You see, Intel has this cute little hardware feature that prevents the CPU from crisping itself. Instead, he tried to plug the fan in while the system was running.
*click, bzzzzz...*
"Oh shit."
*beeeeeeep, beep beep*
Congrats, first 640k of memory, toasted lightly.
THE APC UPS:
APC makes great UPS batteries, however, in this case, having a UPS meant precisely nothing. The battery was replaced in the unit by the factory, then returned to us simply because an experiment went awry. My friend, yes, Matt, has a little brother who is just as geeky as us. He repaired a power supply (old AT style) that needed a fuse and some cleaning before it was to be used on the test-bench. Once the power supply was back together, he plugged it into the UPS and turned it on. As his little brother quoted, "I saw light coming out of the UPS!" That's because it was arcing. The sparks, smoke, and hissing sound were all attributed to the "light" showing through all the plug holes.
...on what shows up better on the camera, blonde, brunette, or redhead. Of course, we should test them all together... :->
Stick your head between your knees and kiss your ass goodbye.
YOU'VE BEEN FIRED.
The ability to miss pell code in sophtware and talk badly about America. It would help if you could work for three and a half cents a day, eat stale bread and dirty water, and somewhere around 90 hours per week.
I recall an article on Yahoo about HP hiring primarily Indian workers for exactly those reasons. I can't personally comment, however, I've heard numerous complaints both externally and internally about the quality of service from support staff in foreign countries. In relation, other companies such as Dell, have "clipped coupons" when it comes down to support expenses. I recently called Dell about a BIOS problem, the guy didn't know about a BIOS update, kept me on the phone for 45-50 minutes while I found the answer in less than 20 minutes, its documentation on the known problems of the old BIOS - what causes the anomaly, and installation instructions. To top it off, the guy yelled, "F*ck" into the phone, then hung up on us for no reason. He never called back and his review (sent to me via email) was returned with poor markings.
I used to work at HP, yeah, USED to work there. You see, we were subcontracted with a staffing agency to "save the company some money" because the staffing agency would put the job listing out and would only list "some" of the daily tasks and could put a price tag on those tasks. However, once hired, more tasks were piled on the top of what we already had and not given compensation to justify it.
/. Yes, forums were not allowed either! If we spoke in jest to any coworker about our job tasks or even saying something to the effect of "I don't get paid enough for some of this stuff I do..." we were severely repremanded. Thank you, Sir, may I have more gruel?
It appears HP wanted to break the contract with the staffing agency, so what they did was put higher restrictions on what kind of media and personal hardware could traverse the building. We were blindly following managers who invoked "no USB media" rules and "no personal hardware" rules. To complicate things, we were denied playing ANY kind of games whether web or local system based games. We were even being denied access to certain websites like
So, to wrap this up, what happened was, HP eventually trimmed enough of us out and opened a support facility in INDIA and paying them 1/5th of what the quality, American-speaking people made. Our lesson here is to keep jobs in the US and stop letting our managers push us around. If I want to bring a USB media stick to work with some soothing music on it so I can relax a little at lunch, I will. If a company looks like a place you wouldn't really want to work, have some balls and tell them, "Thanks, but no thanks, your money can't buy me off - I stand for something more important." I have stopped buying HP products because I believe in America and support the American worker for supporting me. Thank you America!
For $19.00 an hour on a 2-year contract? I'm there. I got shafted by HP, yes, Hewlett Packard, for $15.00 an hour and got hosed after busting my ass for 5 months. Just one day, "Oh, we love your work, you're great, you work hard, we're downsizing, goodbye." "Can I get my stuff from my desk?" "No, we're boxing it up for you as we speak." Thank you very fucking much. BTW, can we pass a couple more H1-B Visas, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH SWAMIS IN THIS NATION YET. I LIKE GOING TO BED AT NIGHT KNOWING I CAN BE FIRED AT ANY MOMENT AND THAT MY DAUGHTER WILL PROBABLY STARVE IF I CAN'T PROVIDE FOR HER FOOD.
IF WE DON'T UNIONIZE INFO-TECH, NONE OF US WILL BE LEFT TO SPEAK FOR.
UNIONIZE NOW!
Before we have an uncontrolled explosion of crap, much like the internet, we need to declare a World Department of Space Exploration that is in charge of scheduling launches, arrivals, and trajectories. If we don't establish a system of space management, we could in fact be increasing our odds of having more debris scattered across our states. Anyone remember the mess and legal problems with the Discovery shuttle explosion? The last thing I need is a hunk of the cockpit landing on my hood as I drive down the highway on my way to pickup my grandmother from the airport.
In defense of Mirabilis, NOT AOL, Mirabilis, ICQ was a superior IM client before AOL screwed it all up. There comes a point in which every program becomes a suite and a suite becomes an OS. ICQ had an integrated P2P chat interface that would allow users to see, in real-time, the text they were typing to each other. It also featured a status message that would tell when the other person was typing. Long live the original Mirabilis! Die, AOL Die! Monopoly!
This is an interesting article for debate. I feel that MS should NOT be treated differently because MS sells products based on their "security" for business needs. The problem lies in that no one has really had the balls to take on a corporate giant due to the lack of monetary backing. MS has lawyers out the wahoo, and you think I'm going to go a couple bouts with them? That's nuts. I'd lose, no matter what I did. However, I feel that if MS is going to churn out crap and sell it like it's gold, it had better work right. I won't buy a product where security is its pinnacle marketing ploy and have some 13-year old script kiddie whack my system because Billie-Boy Gates didn't check a buffer on a remote service that was enabled by default. Thanks Bill. Instead, they should disable most services and have them enabled by the end-user JUST LIKE THE WONDERFUL OS, REDHAT. If MS is going to crank out an OS that is NOT dependable, then, the first line of the EULA it should state, "FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY".
...knowing that we'll only see a life-threatening object in the Earth's vicinity only AFTER IT PASSES. What's next, "Extra, Extra, read all about it: Armageddon on Earth!"? Sure, but what's the price of a newspaper going to be after a global killer?
Honestly, it sounds like this guy needs to get his wife's strap-on out of his ass, but he probably likes it.
This anal-rententive piece of shit feels that because he let a firearm fall into the hands of a minor who is NOT licensed or registered for the weapon, that he should sue a company who produces an artificial environment where certain capabilities are granted to a player.
Obviously, since this game went before the ESRB committee, the game must have been approved by the rating bureau. Since this is a government bureau, shouldn't he be suing the government for allowing the product to be shipped to the general public? Afterall, what the fuck are the ratings there for on the game boxes anyway? I thought it was just decoration (sarcasm).
Get over it dipshit. Your kids killed someone because you screwed up. If you had half a brain, I'd be afraid to see what you might be capable of. Your kids are looking at doing time in a "Federal, Pound-Me-In-The-Ass Prison".
Some alternate slogans for Ford:
I listed the original slogan, then the alternate for you all to enjoy...
Built Ford Tough - "Built Linux Tough"
Quality is Job 1 - "Clustering is Job 1"
Have you driven a Ford lately? - "Have you driven a Penguin lately?"
If you haven't looked at Ford lately, look again. - "If you haven't looked at RedHat lately, look again."
Everything we do is driven by you. - "Everything We Do is Backed By Linux."
Ford has a better idea. - "Linus has a better idea."
There's a Ford in your Future. - "There's a Penguin in your Ford."
...that raghead government in India needs to realize, that as a country who not only governs, but also occupies half the internet, I feel they should allow us to work in the country. We're the only reason their archaic country has flourished. Whatever Swami has to say about it is irrelevant because he has no right to tell us what to do with our money we're paying him to sit on his ass and generate crappy code every day. If we want to put QC agents in the companies there, we had better be able to do so to protect our investment. India, get bent.
Personally, I feel I should pick up the slack here. Everything is based on sex and in some way, I feel this is necessary! Porn helped the internet blossom and porn helped the distribution of VCRs and VHS tapes. Once again, I'd like to introduce our good friend, "Porn". I'd love to slide my fingers around on this one... (sold at a legitimate computer store in Houston, TX) http://www.directron.com/smi111.html
I'm actively boycotting all music and refusing to purchase anymore of it. Period. I can listen to my radio and enjoy the NON-Clear Channel stations. Thanks to the RIAA and its peons, that poor (not meant literally) girl will be traumatized for life. She'll be thinking about everything she does and how it could cost her and her family financially. Fucking over 12-year old girls for thousands of dollars for some no-talent washup (Cher?) so our buddies in the RIAA can have another joint after dinner is NOT my idea of the true American market. Those bastards need to realize that since file-sharing occured, their sales have increased because the music was better publicized. I stand behind that girl as if she were my own daughter. I'm saddened by this issue of a 'Big Brother' corporation crushing school children and their families. America - "Give us your tired, your weak, your haggard, so we can sue them." God Bless the almight dollar. Right?
now that you've all learned the hard way NOT TO REGISTER YOUR SCREENNAME WITH YOUR HOME ADDRESS AND REAL NAME, have you actually learned anything from this lesson?
Any information that YOU enter into a computer about yourself can be used at any time by any one as they see fit. I hope that all you people who are in panic about this subpoena issue realize what has happened.
It all comes back to the saying, "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch."
Cheers.
I just got a job working at Motorola as the local grunt and oddly enough it reminds me of BOfH. However, through a friend of mine who is also a coworker, I met a wonderful girl, let's call her, "Joyce", and she's just as geeky as me. She's built her own computer, loves the internet and all the electronic goodies she can scrounge up. Not only is she beautiful, but she's tall too! She's 5'11" tall and has sparkly brown eyes. I'd tell you what my plans are for the night, but if she reads this, she'll know what's in store for her! In the past week, she's done more for me than my ex ever did. I guarantee she and her daughter mean more to me than anything in the world.
...one year, my boss, let's call him, "Bill", gave me a handshake and a farewell for Christmas after making me drive all across town to pick up engineering drawings and visit job sites on my day off. Thanks.
...instead of selling the cycles to companies, why doesn't Gateway donate the wasted cycles to the Seti@Home project which is a non-profit organization (to my knowledge) and make one hell of a tax write-off? Its one thing to sell your product, but why not look good instead by donating it to Breast Cancer Research? I don't know about you other guys out there, but I love girls' breasts! I want to preserve them as long as I can!
Remember the movie, "Back to the Future"? Yeah it was a great movie built on the concept that people aren't necessarily greedy in every effort put forth in life. Our problem is that almost everyone out there wants to make a buck off of their "hot coffee" and all that extra legal work delays products, delays the development of new technology and the good technology usually lands in the lap of some fat bastard politician who's receiving generous kickbacks from other companies to either delay the use of it or hasten it. Its almost the year, Two Thousand and frickin' Three! Where are the frickin' flying cars and hover boards already???
No shit, right? I installed the Detonator 40.41 drivers on my Windows 2000 Server machine so my lil sister could jump on and play a few rounds of UT2003 with me. As they say in Mexico, "No va!" The new 40.41 drivers brought the system to a screeching blue-screened halt and wouldn't even let me boot to safe mode. It took a complete reload of the server and being that I'm using roaming profiles and Mozilla at the same time, it makes life slightly less than a total bitch. So I spent 36 hours reloading and rebuilding my server so I could load my profile on my other machine. ...and what the hell is that stupid thumbtack for on the 40.72 interface??? Its more annoying than ever with that slide-out collapsable menu... what the hell were they thinking???
Aren't we the epitome of Geekiness? Please tell me all of us on /. know how to build a decent PC clone system. I think I'm going to cry if people start asking, "What's a PC clone?"
I'll tell you why alot of homes in the US don't have Broadband access. I used to work for AOL/Time Warner and they can't handle their own staff more/less the clients. Our one Houston, TX location hired more people than they could handle DUE TO POOR MANAGEMENT and it resulted in techs leaving. When I tried to leave, they tried to stick me with $3,000 worth of 'stolen' equipment - Cable Modems, HDTV Decoders, and Cable Boxes. I'm assuming this is a way to scrape up some more revenue? But its because of companies who don't give a damn that people don't have broadband access in their homes. The idea of movies on demand is not before its time. The idea of cable companies treating their employees and clients with the respect they deserve is desperately needed.
Until we write code that will use the chip to its full potential, my Athlon (Slot A) 750 will continue to reign on my desktop. Intel is going to hurt themselves badly if they keep pushing to break the Gigabarriers. Oooh, look I have clock cycles I can't use...
Why not create a slider bar like the guys did for Unreal Tournament? I always play at 150% game speed. Things really start to hit the fan at 200%! I just hope they don't try to skimp on the pretty graphics and the special effects. I was completely won over by the 7 minute long demo at QuakeCon 2002. I hate it when I see a product, pour $60 into it (or more) and find out the company cut corners to push the release date up sooner to boost revenue. That pisses me off when that happens and I'm sure it does to the rest of you folks too.