No -- he and Sterling wrote a steampunk which didn't have any AI -- I mean,
can you imagine writing one on punchcards?
-- Ben Doom
Programmer & General Lackey
Moonbow Software, Inc
: -----Original Message-----
: From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 3:46 PM
: To: CF-Community
: Subject: Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)
:
:
: dont all William Gibson books have artificial intelligent creatures? They
: don't call him a cyberpunk for nuthin.
:
: On Tue, 27 May 2003 18:14:10 +0000, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:
: > Patrick-
: >
: > Thanks.
: >
: > I like the "IBM blue" color <grin> - nostalgia...
: >
: > Also the handy front door for the optical drives and the Firewire, USB
: > and headphone ports.
: >
: > -Ben
: >
: >> Nice. I think dell does a good job with styling. Anybody else read that
: >> William Gibson book where they have computers made from all kinds of
: >> personalized materials? It was the one with the artificial intelligent
: >> "creature"...
: >>
: >> Patrick
: >>
: >> >-----Original Message-----
: >> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: >> >Sent: May 27, 2003 12:37 PM
: >> >To: CF-Community
: >> >Subject: Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)
: >> >
: >> >
: >> >Here's a link to 4 views of the case:
: >> >
: >> >http://www.dell.com/us/en/eep/products/model_dimen_2_dimen_XPS.
: >> >htm#tabtop
: >> >
: >> >-Ben
: >> >
: >> >> have a picture of the case and everything? hopefully they >have
: >> something
: >> >> nicer then their crappy dimensions case
: >> >> >> >> "When I came back from Korea, I had no money, no
: skills. >Sure,
: >> I was good
: >> >> with a bayonet, but you can't put that on a resume - it
: puts >people
: >> off!"
: >> >> Frank Barone, "Everybody Loves Raymond"
: >> >> ----- Original Message -----
: >> >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: >> >> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: >> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 12:14 PM
: >> >> Subject: RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered)
: >> >> >> >> > Larry-
: >> >> >
: >> >> > thanks.
: >> >> >
: >> >> > That's why they have the 460W (!) power supply in a >separate
: >> compartment
: >> >> with
: >> >> > two dedicated fans - plus the three fans for the main chassis !!
: >> >> >
: >> >> > Specs say heat dissipation of fully-loaded system w/o >monitor =
: >> 1,000
: >> >> BTU/hour.
: >> >> >
: >> >> > -Ben
: >> >> >
: >> >> > > Ouch. Ben with that system you wouldn't need a furnace >if you
: >> lived in
: >> >> > > Minnesota. That must put out a lot of heat.
: >> >> > >
: >> >> > > Nice one though.
: >> >> > >
: >> >> > > larry
: >> >> > >
: >> >> > > At 11:37 PM 5/26/2003 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: >> >> > > >Yummy indeed!
: >> >> > > >
: >> >> > > >Feel very lucky -
: >> >> > > >just ordered the beast:
: >> >> > > >P4 3.0GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1GB Dual-channel DDR400,
: >> >> > > >240GB SATA RAID0 HDs,
: >> >> > > >ATI Radeon 9800 Pro,
: >> >> > > >DVD-ROM and DVD+RW,
: >> >> > > >Audigy 2 & Logitech Z-680 speakers,
: >> >> > > >Win XP Pro.
: >> >> > > >No monitor (re-using my beloved 19" Trinitron).
: >> >> > > >4-year warranty :-)
: >> >> > > >
: >> >> > > >
: >> >> > > >Can hardly wait...
: >> >> > > ><vbg>
: >> >> > > >
: >> >> > > >-Ben
: >> >> > > >
: >> >> > > > > Thanks, BenD !!
: >> >> > > > > :-)
: >> >> > > > >
: >> >> > > > > > Yummy!
: >> >> > > > > >
: >> >> > > > > > AFA 128 vs 256 goes, nothing out right now (or >with
: >> declared
: >> >> specs) (that
: >> >> > > > > > I've seen) even suggests more than 128, so you >should be
: >> ridin'
: >> >> high
: >> >> > > > for the
: >> >> > > > > > next year or two. At that point, you'll need >something
: >> new to
: >> >> play the
: >> >> > > > > > latest stuff anyway, so who cares?
: >> >> > > > > >
: >> >> > > > > > -- Ben Doom
: >> >> > > > > > Programmer & General Lackey
: >> >> > > > > > Moonbow Software, Inc
: >> >> > > > > >
: >> >> > > > > > : -----Original Message-----
: >> >> > > > > > : From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: >> >> > > > > > : Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 2:24 PM
: >> >> > > > > > : To: CF-Community
: >> >> > > > > > : Subject: Zoom-Zoom
: >> >> > > > > > :
: >> >> > > > > > :
: >> >> > > > > > : Told the wife that Dell has rebates and upgrade
: discounts
: >> >> totalling
: >> >> > > > over
: >> >> > > > > > : $500 on the pc I want (after the 10% off from
: >the EPP),
: >> most of
: >> >> which
: >> >> > > > > > : expire tomorrow (5/27). Asked if it would be ok >if I
: >> ordered a
: >> >> > > > > > : new machine.
: >> >> > > > > > : Mentioned how much we were going to be saving on >the
: >> mortgage
: >> >> refi.
: >> >> > > > > > :
: >> >> > > > > > : She smiled, said "hmmm, if we can afford both
: to >get the
: >> pc for
: >> >> YOU
: >> >> > > > and do
: >> >> > > >
: >> >> > > > > > : at least one of the house projects on MY list, then ok".
: >> >> > > > > > :
: >> >> > > > > > : Woo Hoo !!
: >> >> > > > > > :
: >> >> > > > > > : Looks like I'm going to be ordering an XPS with
: >all the
: >> goodies.
: >> >> > > > > > :
: >> >> > > > > > : Question re: video cards -
: >> >> > > > > > : they only have the 128MB ATI Radeon Pro 9800, >not the
: >> 256MB.
: >> >> > > > > > : Will that make a big difference?
: >> >> > > > > > :
: >> >> > > > > > : -Ben
: >> >> > > > > > : :-) :-)
: >> >> > > > > > :
: >> >> > > > > > :
: >> >> > > > > > :
: >> >> > > > > > :
: >> >> > > > > >
: >> >> > > > >
: >> >> > > >
: >> >> > >
: >> >> > >> >
: >>
: >
:
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