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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
(Post 1336407)
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 arrangement allows the chip manufacturer to do what they do well, and allows these board assemblers to kick ass 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... |
Originally Posted by Joe Perez
(Post 1336407)
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.
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. --Ian |
Originally Posted by codrus
(Post 1336454)
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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My body was not ready for this series.
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Originally Posted by EO2K
(Post 1336533)
My body was not ready for this series.
--Ian |
I have 57 unread PMs.
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Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 1336688)
I have 57 unread PMs.
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Still trying to get my phone back to normal.
Anyone have any experience using Odin to reflash? |
Yeah, finding the right rom is a bitch.
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Originally Posted by Girz0r
(Post 1336723)
Still trying to get my phone back to normal.
Anyone have any experience using Odin to reflash? https://flashfire.chainfire.eu/ rootjunkysdl.com |
America.
Man sued for $30K over $40 printer he sold on Craigslist http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/...list/85478168/ |
I feel angry.
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Originally Posted by triple88a
(Post 1336766)
America.
Man sued for $30K over $40 printer he sold on Craigslist Man sued for $30K over $40 printer he sold on Craigslist http://nebula.wsimg.com/obj/QTQ0OTQ3...M4Yzc6Ojo6OjA= http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/...20131103010122 It's likely the only thing that can get through to a worthless parasite. . |
Originally Posted by Girz0r
(Post 1336723)
Still trying to get my phone back to normal.
Anyone have any experience using Odin to reflash?
Originally Posted by triple88a
(Post 1336732)
Yeah, finding the right rom is a bitch.
Originally Posted by y8s
(Post 1336758)
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 |
Originally Posted by mgeoffriau
(Post 1335904)
MG's ongoing career change:
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. |
Originally Posted by mgeoffriau
(Post 1336791)
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. 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. |
Your supervisor from your previous job + his supervisor at that job = 2 supervisors/managers.
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Originally Posted by z31maniac
(Post 1336799)
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.
Originally Posted by fooger03
(Post 1336902)
Your supervisor from your previous job + his supervisor at that job = 2 supervisors/managers.
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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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Originally Posted by mgeoffriau
(Post 1336910)
I think I need to let my supervisor know anyway.
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