How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
06-04-2016, 12:56 PM
It's struck me as extremely odd for the past decade or so that the companies which are best known for producing GPUs do not produce graphics cards.
This wasn't always the case.
During the early-modern polygon era, if you said to someone that you have a 3DFX video card, that meant that you possessed a PCB made by 3DFX, containing a chipset made by 3DFX. Ditto for Diamond.
Today, if you say that you have an Nvidia graphics card, that means that you have a card made by any one of a large number of companies which does not include Nvidia. Ditto AMD.
This is a peculiar business model.
It would be like saying that you drive a Ford, and that being automatically understood to mean that your car was manufactured by pretty much any company other than Ford itself.
This wasn't always the case.
During the early-modern polygon era, if you said to someone that you have a 3DFX video card, that meant that you possessed a PCB made by 3DFX, containing a chipset made by 3DFX. Ditto for Diamond.
Today, if you say that you have an Nvidia graphics card, that means that you have a card made by any one of a large number of companies which does not include Nvidia. Ditto AMD.
This is a peculiar business model.
It would be like saying that you drive a Ford, and that being automatically understood to mean that your car was manufactured by pretty much any company other than Ford itself.
This arrangement allows the chip manufacturer to do what they do well, and allows these board assemblers to kick *** at GPUs, motherboards, and everything else.
You'll notice 3dfx isn't around any longer, they did a pretty shitty job managing all things other than making badass graphics cards...
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06-04-2016, 01:39 PM
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The video card manufacturers DO put their own branding on their products, it's just that the people buying the products know that the only thing that's really significant in distinguishing cards is the chipset on them, so they don't pay any attention to that branding.
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06-04-2016, 11:37 PM
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It would be more like saying you drive a Ford and it being understood that Ford had manufactured the engine and drivetrain, but someone else had made the body, assembled it, emissions and crash-tested it, shipped it to a dealer, and was now handling the sales and warranty side of things.
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06-06-2016, 01:53 PM
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https://flashfire.chainfire.eu/
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06-06-2016, 02:34 PM
America.
Man sued for $30K over $40 printer he sold on Craigslist
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/...list/85478168/
Man sued for $30K over $40 printer he sold on Craigslist
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/...list/85478168/
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06-06-2016, 02:51 PM
America.
Man sued for $30K over $40 printer he sold on Craigslist
Man sued for $30K over $40 printer he sold on Craigslist
Man sued for $30K over $40 printer he sold on Craigslist
Man sued for $30K over $40 printer he sold on Craigslist
It's likely the only thing that can get through to a worthless parasite.
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06-06-2016, 03:01 PM
I soft bricked it the first time I attempted to flash 4.4.2
Chainfire's new flashfire is supposed to be very useful. then head over to rootjunky's download site for roms. like unmodded original ones.
https://flashfire.chainfire.eu/
rootjunkysdl.com
https://flashfire.chainfire.eu/
rootjunkysdl.com
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06-06-2016, 05:05 PM
Had my interview with the second company today. Went well, but probably not my first choice. It's a small company so I'd have to really bet on their growth if I want to advance in the next 5-10 years.
Also had a response back from the first company -- everyone I interviewed with is ready to move forward so they want expanded references and will be doing a criminal background check. The expanded references are tricky...they want 5 references including 2 managers/supervisors, but I've only had 2 jobs in the last 10 years. Only had 2 supervisors in that same timeframe. The supervisor from my last job is already listed as a reference. I can't list my current supervisor as a reference. And they want these references submitted within 24 hours.
Hmm.
Also had a response back from the first company -- everyone I interviewed with is ready to move forward so they want expanded references and will be doing a criminal background check. The expanded references are tricky...they want 5 references including 2 managers/supervisors, but I've only had 2 jobs in the last 10 years. Only had 2 supervisors in that same timeframe. The supervisor from my last job is already listed as a reference. I can't list my current supervisor as a reference. And they want these references submitted within 24 hours.
Hmm.
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06-06-2016, 06:07 PM
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Had my interview with the second company today. Went well, but probably not my first choice. It's a small company so I'd have to really bet on their growth if I want to advance in the next 5-10 years.
Also had a response back from the first company -- everyone I interviewed with is ready to move forward so they want expanded references and will be doing a criminal background check. The expanded references are tricky...they want 5 references including 2 managers/supervisors, but I've only had 2 jobs in the last 10 years. Only had 2 supervisors in that same timeframe. The supervisor from my last job is already listed as a reference. I can't list my current supervisor as a reference. And they want these references submitted within 24 hours.
Hmm.
Also had a response back from the first company -- everyone I interviewed with is ready to move forward so they want expanded references and will be doing a criminal background check. The expanded references are tricky...they want 5 references including 2 managers/supervisors, but I've only had 2 jobs in the last 10 years. Only had 2 supervisors in that same timeframe. The supervisor from my last job is already listed as a reference. I can't list my current supervisor as a reference. And they want these references submitted within 24 hours.
Hmm.
Best you can do is explain that to them. If they are unreasonable about it, it just shows it's not a place you want to work anyway.
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06-07-2016, 09:09 AM
That's tough. I've never ran into that before. Every place I've dealt with has understood calling your current boss isn't really an option.
Best you can do is explain that to them. If they are unreasonable about it, it just shows it's not a place you want to work anyway.
Best you can do is explain that to them. If they are unreasonable about it, it just shows it's not a place you want to work anyway.
Not a chance. That guy was a crazy dude that I and my supervisor were both desperate to get away from.
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06-07-2016, 09:16 AM
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Put me down as a reference, I can pretend to be a supervisor on the phone. I will say you have great newb bashing skills for those who deserve it, and the ones who ask intelligent questions get meaningful thought out responses. I can also throw in some IT buzzwords like Agile, Synergy, Github, ruby on rails, CCNA, IBM think pads, you know the works.
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