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30\" monitors?
Can I just go on record right now as saying how much my NVidia card rules?
Derek.. I'll be in touch.
30\" monitors?
Can I just go on record right now as saying how much my NVidia card rules?
Derek.. I'll be in touch.
Way to own the sleazy-ass marketers, Joel. You're my second biggest hero after Bill Hicks, who famously said:
\"By the way if anyone here is in advertising or marketing...kill yourself - seriously. You are the ruiner of all things good, seriously. No this is not a joke. You're going, 'there's going to be a joke coming,' there's no fucking joke coming. You are Satan's spawn filling the world with bile and garbage. You are fucked and you are fucking us. Kill yourself.\"
I'll have you guys know, that I find all of these remarks disparaging Nvidia to be in rather poor taste. Nvidia cards are quite simply, the best cards on the market. Infact, just the other day I was playing with my GeForce 7800 series and I realized that it was capable of transparency supersampling. You won't believe how good it looks until you see it for yourself! I have a friend who likes ATI and he's always coming over to my house just to look at the transparency supersampling. Often times he likes to remark on the high dynamic range lighting effects as well...
But wait, theres more, using subsurface scattering you can render skin textures off of your favorite 3d games to an unparalleled degree...
*typing this on his thirty inch monitor*
Nvidia makes it easy to Pwn those n00bs, wheres my monitor?
And
Gawker Media Rocks
*Disclosure: Sadly I recieve nothing more than a feeling of importance for posting on the Gawker media networks and the hope that I may one day rise a little higher in the blogosphere.
excellent work.
.....Maybe I could be a NVIDIA shill. My GEForce 2 still works great! I was leaning towards one of those all-in-one Radeon cards on the new machine I'm putting together, but I'm sure a NVIDIA model would do just as well, especially if it's free!
.....And those logins we commentors have work on every Gawker site. I've never registered with the Consumerist. I'm in this space because of Gridskipper!
I am very picky about what I read and trust on any forums. As Joel can tell you, I am here because I pointed out a flaw in a story (Health Care Plans to Kill You) which the original site did update after I pointed out the problem with it. Unless the person that is recomending something to me is either on the majority opinion or has a verifiable track record of solid opinions, I ignore it.
I don't know how many times I have seen a storefront on one of the online shopping groups which had a great rating overall, but also had a couple of different comments saying \"ordered item, never got it.\" If I were to order something and never get it, especially state to state, I would be reporting it to the FTC as that is a Federal fraud investigation, not a message board comment.
I actually saw one gentleman who was obviously frustrated as a vendor. Every single negative had a response clearly outlining what had happened, including product ordered, date shipped, tracking number (not sure I would post those myself though since they can track addresses through it) and results of shipment, including signature present/not present.
It is hard to build a good name and harder to keep it on the net, but good or bad, don't trust anyone about what they say is good or bad unless you can verify it with test results or specific citations.
And I include myself in that too. Read my comments if you like, but think for youself. The Consumerist is a good site, but I would prefer and \"Educated Consumerist\" site where people go to find out how to learn about the products they buy and use.
For example, NPR recently did a story on how bio-fuels like ethanol and biodesil are thought to be \"environment friendly\" but one scientist has calculations that say it actually uses more fossil fuel energy to make than the net gain from using it. Consumers of the bio-fuels like to think that they are 100% enviornmentally consious since the fuel is made from corn or soybeans. But don't think, \"I wonder what fuel the farmers and the plants use to make it?\" or \"How many starving people could eat off of what I just pumped into my Land Boat of an SUV which is statistically more likely to kill my child in a wreck due to rollovers than my old sedan?\"
I am not claiming that any of the statements above are true, but they are statements that most consumers don't think about at all, even if they are purchasing the products.
What's that chittery noise I hear? Is that a blogswarm a-brewin'?
Why, I do think it is!
And a week from now, Slashdot will finally notice and join in, too.