[geeks] Anybody can borrow me $10k? hehe....

Joshua D Boyd jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu
Tue Nov 19 16:04:28 CST 2002


On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 04:59:47PM -0500, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 03:59 PM, Geek wrote:
> >I wouldn't say 99%. Maybe 60%, as I do use a lot of processor, and find
> >my current one is not good for much of it. Yeah, this is a list of
> >higher end power users, but I thought it possible someone here would
> >like to just use a computer to do what needs to be done without extra
> >uses. I know others who install brand name servers in their homes,
> >though I just cannot see the use.
> 
>   I rarely do more than "what needs to be done" with my computers.  
> Thing is, "what needs to be done" varies greatly from person to person. 
>  You might not find yourself, for example, running spice simulations on 
> your machines...but I do it frequently, and it eats CPUs alive.
> 
>   Believe it or not, computers really do have uses other than surfing 
> porn, exchanging email, and playing MP3s.

Are you sure that spice simulating isn't just another form of surfing
porn, ala, Virtual Val to the next level?  So, now we know what you've
been applying all that Cray yumminess to.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd



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