That darn Intel jingle...

Gordon JC Pearce gordonjcp at gjcp.net
Sat Nov 5 04:20:59 CST 2005


John Boffemmyer IV wrote:
> 'Woot' Phil =)
> AMD is good. Intel (at least lately) sucks. Only crappy downside: 
> because instructions, cache, etc are not exactly the same, I cannot use 
> AMD stuff on my classic PS/2 computers, etc =/
> I remember some of those pre-pentium, flip-switch machines. Had 2 at my 
> college that they got rid of before I left in '97-'98.
> ...Wanting to smash the TV comes from wanting to find the f***ing V-Chip 
> (AKA V-SHIT) and yank it out. Damned thing sometimes censors shows that 
> I never put settings on (never set it to block out anything with any 
> ratings and yet it sometimes blocks shows NC-17, R, etc). Goddamned 
> quality for you. Now, to fix the tv since it only displays a horizontal 
> line now (started doing it a few weeks ago). Sigh, if it wasn't for the 
> sharper picture, I would have stayed with my older tv. At least that 
> bastard worked for 15 years before I got any issues with it.

/me googles v-chip...

wtf?  I don't think you could sell a TV with that over here...

Gordon.


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