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Asher is offline Asher
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Couldn't you taken one out of the other computers in the house? =)

The other 2 computers have broken floppy drives.

Asher is offline Asher
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quote:
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What do you need all that power for?

Half-Life 2, DOOM3, etc.

Asher is offline Asher
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Nice rig. The only thing I will do different is to use an Ultra320 RAID at mode 5.

These days though I have graduated to clusters.

SCSI drives are still too much money, and lack the capacity of SATA drives.

The ASUS A8V has dual RAID controllers (Via, Promise), so it's possible to build a RAID 0+1, but I don't need it that badly.

The big thing was capacity though: this machine doubles as my PVR with Snapstream's Personal Video Station software, and I need lots of HD space.

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I thought gay people liked stylish computers.

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What kind of geek takes pictures of the inside of his computer when building it?

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Originally posted by Agathon
I thought gay people liked stylish computers.

I've seen your picture, you wouldn't know style if it ****ed you up the ass.

You probably think the noisy cheese grater case of the new G5s is stylish.

Rule of thumb with Apple morons when dealing with anything attractively styled:

  • If Apple makes it, it is stylish and sexy by default
  • If anyone else makes it:
    • "It is a clone of Apple!"
    • "It's ugly!"



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What a foul tongue you have young man

Anyway, are you going to give us any benchmark info about it?

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I've seen your picture, you wouldn't know style if it ****ed you up the ass.


Jeez - a fuzzy head shot and you can tell everything.

Why is it my fault that you surround yourself with hideousness?

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Originally posted by Provost Harrison
What a foul tongue you have young man

Anyway, are you going to give us any benchmark info about it?

Well it gets 51,940 AquaMarks in AquaMark 3.0. 3DMark03 crashes on load right now so I need to work with that.

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...don't forget Asher about Apples: paying over the odds for 'style'

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Jeez - a fuzzy head shot and you can tell everything.

Why is it my fault that you surround yourself with hideousness?

Aren't you the one that thinks the iMacs look good (either new or old)? I presume you also think the G5s look good.

The iPod looks good, I'll give you that one, but most of Apple's style is ugly and overrated. The new G5s take the cake for hideousness.

BTW, not only is this rig far quieter, far faster, and better looking than the new dual G5s -- it's also considerably cheaper.

The Dual G5s are an incredible $4200CDN (I paid $2700).

God damn, how can people buy that?

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Going by the pics of your boyfriend and now this "dull slab", you obviously don't understand what beauty is.

Anyway, I'm tired of participating in yet another of your "Look at me I'm Sandra Dee" threads, so that's me out.

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Going by the pics of your boyfriend and now this "dull slab", you obviously don't understand what beauty is.

Wanna knock off the SO cracks, jackass? I don't understand why JohnT got mad when I responded to his SO-crack in kind, then you threw a fit about how wrong it is for me to do it, and here you go insulting my SO because of penis envy.

For the record, maybe I should start a poll over which is more attractive? Although, it'd be a landslide victory...

Attachment: poll.jpg
This has been downloaded 34 time(s).

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Wanna knock off the SO cracks, jackass? I don't understand why JohnT got mad when I responded to his SO-crack in kind, then you threw a fit about how wrong it is for me to do it, and here you go insulting my SO because of penis envy..


If you actually read Freud, who coined the term, you would realise that only women suffer from penis envy, and then only if he is right (which is hotly disputed).

I don't see JohnT posting half naked pics of his SO on here. You did, so expect some comment.

Anyway, I'd rather look at pics of Sava's girlfriend.

The G5 design is completely functional - the grill is there because it is needed, as are the handles. Your computer has some strange molding on the front that makes it look like a bad designer cabinet from the 60s.

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Asher's rig

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If you actually read Freud, who coined the term, you would realise that only women suffer from penis envy, and then only if he is right (which is hotly disputed).

If you actually had some intellectual capacity, you would perhaps see I didn't mean it in a psychological sense. Women have penis envy, according to Freud, which causes them great grief.

The penis here is a fast, quiet, cheap computer, and the fact that another poster got one that dwarf's Apple's overpriced cheese grater has caused you great grief. Hence:

  • Why you responded to a PC building thread anyway though you're a Mac user
  • Why you insulted the design of the case
  • Why you insulted my SO

    Somebody is jealous, but is probably not bright enough to even realize it.

    quote:
    I don't see JohnT posting half naked pics of his SO on here. You did, so expect some comment.

    I did a long time ago in another thread, this is about the fourth time you've made a crack about the appearance of my SO. Which tells me that you have issues, and that you need to move on and stop insulting people's SOs.

    quote:
    The G5 design is completely functional - the grill is there because it is needed, as are the handles. Your computer has some strange molding on the front that makes it look like a bad designer cabinet from the 60s.

    The grill is not needed, nor are the handles. I'll note that the Athlon 64s are hotter than the PowerPC 970s, and I don't have any grill at the front of my case making it look like some kind of toaster oven from a 1950s film on the "home of the future".

    The "moulding" is an outter bevel to house the air filter (of which the G5 has none). It sucks in fresh air from the sides of that moulding, then filters it, then supplies it to the rest of the case. It is indeed quite functional, moreso than the cheaper route of poking holes in the front of your case and pretending it's stylish.

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    quote:
    Originally posted by Asher

    those blue LEDs on the front are actually designed like a car's headlights, with a reflective, curved back, but aimed towards the ground mostly. At night it illuminates floor all the way across my room with a gorgeous blue light.



    And for you, this would be the most important feature to base your purchase decision on, right?

    General Ludd is offline General Ludd
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    What's the best way of tiding up those wires, anyways? Mine are still bunched up like in your pic. (But I did take some consideration into where I bunched them up to allow air flow, of course)

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    What's the best way of tiding up those wires, anyways? Mine are still bunched up like in your pic. (But I did take some consideration into where I bunched them up to allow air flow, of course)

    It may be possible to remove much of the wires that you're not using (I've got a ton of extra ATA power cables). If that's not possible, it's best to use plastic tie things (or even twist-ties should work). Clump together nearby wires and duck them away in the sides of the case. I'm putting mine in by the empty drivebay to put it out of the way, in clumps tied with plastic ties.

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    And for you, this would be the most important feature to base your purchase decision on, right?

    I blue. It's my favorite color by far.

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    quote:
    Originally posted by Asher

    If you actually had some intellectual capacity, you would perhaps see I didn't mean it in a psychological sense. Women have penis envy, according to Freud, which causes them great grief.


    There isn't any other sense. If you want to bastardize psychoanalytic terms, that's your problem - just don't expect educated people to understand what you say or to think you are clever.

    To suggest I'm jealous of you is a bit of a joke - in fact, while we're in Freud mode, it seems to me that you suffer from narcissism.

    For one I thank god I'm not gay. For another, I thank god I don't have to use Windows, and once more that I don't live in Calgary.

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    quote:
    Originally posted by Agathon
    There isn't any other sense. If you want to bastardize psychoanalytic terms, that's your problem - just don't expect educated people to understand what you say or to think you are clever.

    I don't expect educated people to understand, I expect intelligent people to understand. Some people are highly educated, while dumb as sh*t. They can even teach, say, Philosophy courses.

    quote:
    To suggest I'm jealous of you is a bit of a joke - in fact, while we're in Freud mode, it seems to me that you suffer from narcissism.

    I do, it's true.
    * Asher cues Alanis' "Narcissus"

    quote:
    For one I thank god I'm not gay. For another, I thank god I don't have to use Windows, and once more that I don't live in Calgary.

    You're not fooling anyone, Agathon. Cut your losses.

    You trolled a thread about a new PC and insulted my SO, it's patently obvious that you've got an axe to grind and somehow feel threatened or, more likely, jealous...

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    And as for this...

    quote:
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    I did a long time ago in another thread, this is about the fourth time you've made a crack about the appearance of my SO. Which tells me that you have issues, and that you need to move on and stop insulting people's SOs.


    **** you, you loser. You're quite content to do this to other posters (and rather more nastily and not long ago I might add), but whine like a stuck pig when it happens to you.

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    Hey, lay off Asher and his ugly boyfriend, Ag.

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    And as for this...

    **** you, you loser. You're quite content to do this to other posters (and rather more nastily and not long ago I might add), but whine like a stuck pig when it happens to you.


    I don't insult people's SOs unless they do it to me. JohnT insulted mine, so I insulted his (with a wink, even).
    You've directly insulted mine no less than four times.

    You are the loser. Not to mention how you're trolling and looking like an ass inside a PC thread.

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    Now the thread has been inundated with Mac users with an IQ of 10 who think it's fun and fine to repeatedly insult my SO because I bought a new computer.

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    I'm on your side.

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    Everybody needs to just CHILL

    And Agathon... you seem to be one of the main instigators here... so if you want to continue posting in the next few days, I would recommend you DON'T personally insult another member again.

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    quote:
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    Everybody needs to just CHILL

    And Agathon... you seem to be one of the main instigators here... so if you want to continue posting in the next few days, I would recommend you DON'T personally insult another member again.


    Okey doke. I'm finished in this thread anyway.

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    If I were religious, I'd pray for you.

    * Asher has no idea why it took Agathon four times of insulting my SO before he even got in trouble, and even then it was only an indirect warning.

     
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