Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dan3 who wrote (38838)	5/10/2001 9:01:57 AM
From: niceguy767	Respond to of 275872

Dan3: "Drive Failures reported with Intel Server Chasis (Article Number010326-0000)" Now that's downright cruel, Dan3, to talk to Paul that way...With INTC's current slide into the red in Q2 virtually inevitable and the P4 with 2 broken wings, Paul's state of mind is perilously fragile...Perhaps you could be a little more sensitive in future posts as it is not going to be easy for Paul to deal with upcoming events as Y2001 unfolds!!!

To: Dan3 who wrote (38838)	5/11/2001 2:43:08 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Fried AthWipers ? techtv.com The Dish: The UGM Incident Russ explains the demise of UGM 3.0. By Russ Pitts Return to Regular View It will be referred to from now on as "The UGM Incident," and it will be a long time before I will be able to forget the smell of a cooked CPU. I'm of course referring to Patrick's now infamous execution of UGM 3.0. It was supposed to be the greatest thing since All Your Base Are Belong to Us. The Ultimate Gaming Machine 3.0 is our first AMD-based UGM and the pinnacle of modern technology. Cancel the coming-out party We spent two weeks picking out the hardware, four days putting it together, and many, many hours writing snappy promos. Then, the hour was upon us. World-renowned "Quake" champion Thresh was in the studio with us to run the UGM through its paces on the air. We had a stack of games lying in wait and more than $10,000 worth of hardware stuffed into a shining steel tower. All someone needed to do was push the switch and bring the Ultimate Gaming Machine 3.0 to life. Unfortunately, Patrick chipped the CPU while he was putting on the heatsink, and the 1.2-GHz Athlon chip evaporated. The smell was terrifying. Plan B One might think that this spelled disaster for the UGM project. If so, then one has never worked on live TV. We had a plan B. Plan B involved a 1.1-GHz Athlon that just happened to be lying around the office. It took us a few hours to find it, and I believe it finally crawled out from under the mess in Patrick's cube at the last minute. Now this is where things get interesting. The 1.1-GHz Athlon was also fried. UGM still wasn't coming to life, and we were five minutes from going on the air. We discussed our options. We could pretend that we forgot about UGM. We could lie, and point to another machine and pretend that it was UGM 3.0. We even considered saying that Prager took the UGM and ran off to Mexico. In the end, we decided that full disclosure was the way to go. After all, we're here to help, and since we always learn from our mistakes, we supposed that you would too. Let this be a lesson to you. Be excruciatingly careful with your $300 Athlons. We're still not exactly sure what happened to the 1.1-GHz Athlon. It's been rumored that someone tried to boot it without a heatsink, but I for one, have a hard time believing that tale. Don't you? --I'm Russ Got a question for the Dish? Send email to dish@techtv.com. Return every day for another serving and you might see your question.