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Miscellaneous => The Lounge => Topic started by: Annorax on 26 July 2003, 15:56

Title: Assimilate? FUCK NO!
Post by: Annorax on 26 July 2003, 15:56
Just got an Antec Celeron 1.7ghz pc, came with XP on it... first thing I did was reformat, partition, and setup dual boot Red Hat and 98se (for games)... Opened the case, found a CD buried in the bottom of the case, latched under some spare mounting brackets....  the label said it was the driver and restore disc... put it in to see what it was.... guess what, XP full version installer...

WHAT THE FUCK HAS THIS WORLD COME TO, other than becoming Micro$hit McEarth?

anyhoo, that CD is now the most well used coaster in the house....  (http://smile.gif)
Title: Assimilate? FUCK NO!
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 26 July 2003, 22:01
That CD was lucky it didn't fall into my hands, I would have done much worse than make it a coaster. Many-an-unwanted CD has met its end at my hands.
Title: Assimilate? FUCK NO!
Post by: M51DPS on 26 July 2003, 23:52
Just think of the possibilities (http://members.tripod.com/~hochwald/microwave/micro.html).
Title: Assimilate? FUCK NO!
Post by: Fett101 on 27 July 2003, 21:24
quote:
Originally posted by Annorax: Temporal Enigma:
found a CD buried in the bottom of the case, latched under some spare mounting brackets....


What? You want them to do the same thing dell does?   Store it on a hidden partition and eat up the HD space you paid for or something... You guys are just making less and less sense...
Title: Assimilate? FUCK NO!
Post by: Faust on 27 July 2003, 12:50
Fuck microwaves.  The LUG that meets at my local University has a few postgrad Engineering / Chemistry students.  As such Tesla coils and thermite can come into play.   :D
Title: Assimilate? FUCK NO!
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 27 July 2003, 16:50
Why yes Mr. Fork, you may come over for tea. Then we will have a lovely stroll on Mars. WAHAHAHAHHAAH!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Assimilate? FUCK NO!
Post by: Laukev7 on 27 July 2003, 20:26
quote:
What? You want them to do the same thing dell does? Store it on a hidden partition and eat up the HD space you paid for or something... You guys are just making less and less sense...


Or maybe they could just include it in the box or the user manual. What's the point of burying it in the CPU?
Title: Assimilate? FUCK NO!
Post by: 3eyes on 27 July 2003, 21:05
quote:
Originally posted by Fett101:


What? You want them to do the same thing dell does?   Store it on a hidden partition and eat up the HD space you paid for or something... You guys are just making less and less sense...



Note to self: never buy a Dell.
Title: Assimilate? FUCK NO!
Post by: preacher on 27 July 2003, 22:47
quote:
Originally posted by Annorax: Temporal Enigma:
Just got an Antec Celeron 1.7ghz pc, came with XP on it... first thing I did was reformat, partition, and setup dual boot Red Hat and 98se (for games)... Opened the case, found a CD buried in the bottom of the case, latched under some spare mounting brackets....  the label said it was the driver and restore disc... put it in to see what it was.... guess what, XP full version installer...

WHAT THE FUCK HAS THIS WORLD COME TO, other than becoming Micro$hit McEarth?

anyhoo, that CD is now the most well used coaster in the house....    (http://smile.gif)  


I bet you didnt know this, but windows 98se is a microsoft product too. Looks like ol Bill and microsoft have still gotten you. For windows games I use WineX 3.1 to play Sim City 4, Max Payne, and Warcraft3, and I also play native linux games like Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Quake 3, Unreal Tournament 2003, Enemy Territory, and Railroad Tycoon 2. I never kept windows around to play games, nothing is worse than the OS crashing in the middle of a map on rtcw.

[ July 27, 2003: Message edited by: ThePreacher ]

Title: Assimilate? FUCK NO!
Post by: xyle_one on 28 July 2003, 03:47
at least you got the install cd. a few freinds got some pre-built machines, but never recieved the cd. i guess it used to be common practice to not give you the cd for your computer. dumb.


oh yeah. i almost forgot-
(http://www.ecsyle.com/pictures/xpCDs/xpCD1.jpg)
Title: Assimilate? FUCK NO!
Post by: Annorax on 30 July 2003, 12:35
Yes, I know McWindows Mc98 is a Microshit product... I spent most of my life being a WinBorg drone... still learning how to use better things like RedHat... but 98 is there to run Descent: Freespace, and stuff like that... it's not anything newer because anything newer is more fucking bloatware, and can't be stopped from calling Billy at home... and IE5 kinda died ten minutes after installation from an acute case of IEradicator... turns out MozillaFirebird makes a good shell too... so  (http://tongue.gif)
Title: Assimilate? FUCK NO!
Post by: cahult on 30 July 2003, 14:15
quote:
Originally posted by 3eyes:



Note to self: never buy a Dell.


You
Title: Assimilate? FUCK NO!
Post by: Stilly on 30 July 2003, 14:33
one of my friends(he's a windolt) really likes dells  comps

can you show we where you found about dell being a bigot?
Title: Assimilate? FUCK NO!
Post by: cahult on 30 July 2003, 15:03
quote:
Originally posted by The Stiller:
one of my friends(he's a windolt) really likes dells  comps

can you show we where you found about dell being a bigot?


I don