My Final Computer Upgrade
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It's the end of the Mayan calendar - 12/21/20012 - curiously, my credit card expires on the same day... Fortuitous, or just a little creepy? You decide...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001Perhaps the Mayans are like Americans. Every calender I buy seems to mysteriously end in either December of the Same year or January of the next year and the world never ends. Perhaps, they intended to build another one after 2012 because of calender drift?
Need a C# Consultant? I'm available.
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However, there is no agreement whether in 2012 there will be the end of civilization, or humanity will be elevated to a higher level, or a new human species will evolve, or some other major catastrophe will occur.
Since when elevation of humanity to a higher level is considered major catastrophe? :laugh:
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Perhaps the Mayans are like Americans. Every calender I buy seems to mysteriously end in either December of the Same year or January of the next year and the world never ends. Perhaps, they intended to build another one after 2012 because of calender drift?
Need a C# Consultant? I'm available.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest HemingwayWhich begs the question - do you think we're going to see End of the Mayan Calendar calendars in 2012? That would be funny. :) Microsoft is optimistic - the system clock calendar shows the entire month of December, along with the first week of January. The bad news is that the end of the world will be on a Friday - I hope nobody's planning a barbeque for the subsequent weekend. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Which begs the question - do you think we're going to see End of the Mayan Calendar calendars in 2012? That would be funny. :) Microsoft is optimistic - the system clock calendar shows the entire month of December, along with the first week of January. The bad news is that the end of the world will be on a Friday - I hope nobody's planning a barbeque for the subsequent weekend. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001I am planning to take Thursday off and make up for it by coming in on the weekend :p
Need a C# Consultant? I'm available.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway -
With 2012 right around the corner, along with my age and my rapidly diminishing desire to "keep up", I ordered what I hope is my final major computer upgrade today: Biostar TA790GX motherboard AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition (2.5ghz, quad core) G.Skill PC2 6400 RAM - 8gb (can go to 16gb if I want to) Finally replacing my IDE hard drives with SATA2 units Windows XP 64 I guess I won't have many/any problems running virtual machines. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001Quad core? Aren't octa cores out now? WEAK! -10 man pts. 15k rpm drives I hope?
Todd Smith
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Quad core? Aren't octa cores out now? WEAK! -10 man pts. 15k rpm drives I hope?
Todd Smith
Aren't octa cores out now? If they are you will probably need a bank loan to pay for them since there is no competition at 8 core Intel can charge whatever it wants.
John
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With 2012 right around the corner, along with my age and my rapidly diminishing desire to "keep up", I ordered what I hope is my final major computer upgrade today: Biostar TA790GX motherboard AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition (2.5ghz, quad core) G.Skill PC2 6400 RAM - 8gb (can go to 16gb if I want to) Finally replacing my IDE hard drives with SATA2 units Windows XP 64 I guess I won't have many/any problems running virtual machines. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I ordered what I hope is my final major computer upgrade today:
Ah John. So trusting, so niave... Talk to me in 12 months :D
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I ordered what I hope is my final major computer upgrade today:
Ah John. So trusting, so niave... Talk to me in 12 months :D
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
The way I have it figured... 0) I'm no longer a gamer, so performance isn't really a driving factor 1) I write some code, backup DVDs, browse the web, read what little email I get, and constant try Linux to see if it's "ready" yet. 2) I wanted something that would support virtualization better than my 3-year old AMD64 X2 4500 (Socket 939) 3) I wanted a reason to get XP 64 (8gb RAM) 4) My motherboard does weird things sometimes when I reboot (like thinking I changed the boot device when I didn't) 5) The system is upgradeable to 16gb (if I decide I need it), and I'm sure the next round of Phenoms will be compatible, especially if they lower the wattage. My current system is three years old. I figure that by the end of 2011, we should know one way or the other if the world is going to end. If it doesn't I plan on retiring. I'd really like to move to a cabin out in the sticks somewhere, and sit on the front porch with my trusty shotgun, telling trespassers to "git off my land!" :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Quad core? Aren't octa cores out now? WEAK! -10 man pts. 15k rpm drives I hope?
Todd Smith
You can't subtract man points for not buying something you can't afford. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
The way I have it figured... 0) I'm no longer a gamer, so performance isn't really a driving factor 1) I write some code, backup DVDs, browse the web, read what little email I get, and constant try Linux to see if it's "ready" yet. 2) I wanted something that would support virtualization better than my 3-year old AMD64 X2 4500 (Socket 939) 3) I wanted a reason to get XP 64 (8gb RAM) 4) My motherboard does weird things sometimes when I reboot (like thinking I changed the boot device when I didn't) 5) The system is upgradeable to 16gb (if I decide I need it), and I'm sure the next round of Phenoms will be compatible, especially if they lower the wattage. My current system is three years old. I figure that by the end of 2011, we should know one way or the other if the world is going to end. If it doesn't I plan on retiring. I'd really like to move to a cabin out in the sticks somewhere, and sit on the front porch with my trusty shotgun, telling trespassers to "git off my land!" :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I'd really like to move to a cabin out in the sticks somewhere, and sit on the front porch with my trusty shotgun, telling trespassers to "git off my land!"
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: What makes this so funny is... I'm pretty sure you're serious!
_If you continue to do the same things you always did,
don't be surprised if you get the same results you always got.
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With 2012 right around the corner, along with my age and my rapidly diminishing desire to "keep up", I ordered what I hope is my final major computer upgrade today: Biostar TA790GX motherboard AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition (2.5ghz, quad core) G.Skill PC2 6400 RAM - 8gb (can go to 16gb if I want to) Finally replacing my IDE hard drives with SATA2 units Windows XP 64 I guess I won't have many/any problems running virtual machines. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition (2.5ghz, quad core)
Not bad, not bad at all.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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Quad core? Aren't octa cores out now? WEAK! -10 man pts. 15k rpm drives I hope?
Todd Smith
Todd Smith wrote:
Quad core? Aren't octa cores out now?
No, they aren't. They are due by Christmas, but with the weak show of Skulltrail (dual quad core), there isn't a large push. I picked up a 9770 recently, the 9775 is still king of the hill at least for the moment.
Todd Smith wrote:
15k rpm drives I hope?
*sigh* SCSI 15k drives will set you back a pretty penny, and that is assuming you can keep the cache filled with data to achieve the throughput possible on a 15k drive. We do at work, but then that's my job, to beat a machine and bring it to its knees. I'll retire on the day I can't overload any computer they give me. :-D
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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It's the end of the Mayan calendar - 12/21/20012 - curiously, my credit card expires on the same day... Fortuitous, or just a little creepy? You decide...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
It's the end of the Mayan calendar - 12/21/20012
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! No it isn't, it's just the start of the next Baktun. Feh. The Mayan calendar operates on 395-year cycles called Baktuns (called the Long Count). The end of each cycle is associated with a prediction. It just happens that the Baktun that ends in 2012 has a prediction about "massive change". The next day, the next Baktun (the 14th) simply starts.
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. - Albert Einstein
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It's the end of the Mayan calendar - 12/21/20012 - curiously, my credit card expires on the same day... Fortuitous, or just a little creepy? You decide...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
It's the end of the Mayan calendar - 12/21/2012
The end of ONE Mayan calendar (some of the other calendars refer to event dates past this even though the official long-count calendar only is written to 2012). Personally I think they ran out of budget or stone, one or the other. other options: strike, laziness, discovered early equivalent of TV/internet and stopped writing, or got married and the wife told him to get a REAL job.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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However, there is no agreement whether in 2012 there will be the end of civilization, or humanity will be elevated to a higher level, or a new human species will evolve, or some other major catastrophe will occur.
Since when elevation of humanity to a higher level is considered major catastrophe? :laugh:
Imagine if humanity had, let's say 10% more intelligence, that would creep all politicians to death!!!
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With 2012 right around the corner, along with my age and my rapidly diminishing desire to "keep up", I ordered what I hope is my final major computer upgrade today: Biostar TA790GX motherboard AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition (2.5ghz, quad core) G.Skill PC2 6400 RAM - 8gb (can go to 16gb if I want to) Finally replacing my IDE hard drives with SATA2 units Windows XP 64 I guess I won't have many/any problems running virtual machines. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001But wait! Next month we're releasing our liquid-helium cooled 64-cpu PC!
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
It's the end of the Mayan calendar - 12/21/20012
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! No it isn't, it's just the start of the next Baktun. Feh. The Mayan calendar operates on 395-year cycles called Baktuns (called the Long Count). The end of each cycle is associated with a prediction. It just happens that the Baktun that ends in 2012 has a prediction about "massive change". The next day, the next Baktun (the 14th) simply starts.
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. - Albert Einstein
Anonymous Patrick wrote:
The next day, the next Baktun (the 14th) simply starts.
that is where the great debate comes in, although cosmic event references have been found for astronomical events dating into the 14th baktun, the "official" calendar (official in that historians classified it as the official calendar, it is unknown what the mayans thought of it) is numbered 0-13. Which means there is no 14th baktun. The debate comes up, why did they stop? broke a chisel? got fired? lost count? got married? went on strike? or they started on a new rock because they ran out of bloody room and we lost the 2nd rock. :) who knows? Who knows, maybe the guy was murdered in the midst of counting and never got to finish it. Maybe it was his brother's job to finish it, and his brother was too busy in the red-light district to do his job.... You can come up with a zillion excuses for why the "official" long-block calendar stops at 13. And then you are assuming we are using their "official" calendar. Hind-sight is NOT 20/20, we're assuming we have the most accurate one. perhaps the guy got started on the wrong day, figured it out after counting to 13 baktun's and didn't have a rock shredder handy to destroy it before he started over again, or committed suicide after seeing his error. We're assuming the Mayan's were perfect because they were better at star-gazing than we were until only a few hundred years ago. Perhaps we're assuming too much, after all. :) Me? I've seen many too many budget cuts, I think the calendar guy got canned.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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But wait! Next month we're releasing our liquid-helium cooled 64-cpu PC!
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
do you take government purchase orders? ;P ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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do you take government purchase orders? ;P ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
Not from your government... I don't trust them. ;P
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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Todd Smith wrote:
Quad core? Aren't octa cores out now?
No, they aren't. They are due by Christmas, but with the weak show of Skulltrail (dual quad core), there isn't a large push. I picked up a 9770 recently, the 9775 is still king of the hill at least for the moment.
Todd Smith wrote:
15k rpm drives I hope?
*sigh* SCSI 15k drives will set you back a pretty penny, and that is assuming you can keep the cache filled with data to achieve the throughput possible on a 15k drive. We do at work, but then that's my job, to beat a machine and bring it to its knees. I'll retire on the day I can't overload any computer they give me. :-D
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
El Corazon wrote:
*sigh* SCSI 15k drives will set you back a pretty penny, and that is assuming you can keep the cache filled with data to achieve the throughput possible on a 15k drive.
Back in the day when I did not have a life (no SO ...), I used to load my home computer up with things like this but it was really expensive and I know my 5+ year old 18G cheetah 15K will easily be outperformed by any 7200 RPM sata drive today but that is not why I retired it years ago. 18GB is way too small for anything important and it runs hot and makes a lot of noise and on top of that the SCSI raid card was taking up valuable slots.
John