On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 20:47, Wesley Parish wrote: > On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:58, Derek Smithies wrote: > > Ok, > > we can have a herd... > > > > === > > My work computer is called kauri. > > a 3 1/2 year old machine, that has an athlon1333/512mb ram > > which was big at the time... > > > > > > then, there is the machine called pain > > obvious reasons. > > > > > > ================================== > > Anyone with novel names they are willing to share??? > > There's the Dell at the St Albans Community Centre I donated, and named > after one of the up-and-coming characters in one of my stories - > "Shelaisha", a venya (ie, strongwoman in the matriarchal carnivorous human > subspecies I've created.) I may yet get around to calling a computer > "Vheratsho", that's their language for "demoness", if I ever have to > install WinXP on it. ;) Shelaisha in the stories, is notable for being > hopeful in the face of absurd difficulties, more than anything else. Poor > girl! ;)
And the other machines there are named after St Albans streets, Forfar Dover Cornwall Purchas etc. > > > Derek. > > > > On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote: > > > If you buy parts from Tastech or DragonPC they have the same warranty. > > > > > > The only exception is damage while assembling - I know of people who > > > have stuffed up brand new CPU's when fitting them. > > > > > > I also recently had the pleasure of accepting higher spec'd components > > > because some items I ordered from the DragonPC website were not in > > > stock so they "upsized" me for no extra cost. > > > > > > Ps - my new machine is called "beast" too. Does that mean we would have > > > a "herd" if we they were connected? > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Robert > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Derek Smithies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, 11 November 2004 8:47 a.m. > > > To: Isaac Devine > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: Opinions re choice of CPU; marginally on topic > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I considered building a box myself. Warranty is a "nice thing" to have. > > > Particularly, if you discover some component is not linux compliant. > > > Going through a firm like PC practice, means you can swap components > > > after buying the machine. > > > > > > > > > The computer's name is "beast" > > > > > > > > > Derek. > > > ======================================================================= > > >= -- Wesley Parish * * * Clinersterton beademung - in all of love. RIP James Blish * * * Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."
