Computer oxymorons I'm tired of dealing with

[GodlessAstronomer]

wow you're a moron....

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=335140

 

[fleabag]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=335140

You're either a troll or an asshat (same thing?) because you're commenting on things you know absolutely nothing about...

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

You're either a troll or an asshat (same thing?) because you're commenting on things you know absolutely nothing about...

Are we talking computer memory? Because I'm entering my final year in my computer science degree. Or are we talking car tires? Because I used to be an auto mechanic. So either way you're wrong. As usual.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

edit: dp

 

[fleabag]

Are we talking computer memory? Because I'm entering my final year in my computer science degree. Or are we talking car tires? Because I used to be an auto mechanic. So either way you're wrong. As usual.

nice try but being a "computer science major" isn't going to cut it here... I know and so do many people on this forum know computer science majors that know nothing about computers as their knowledge is extremely narrow and specific to a task they do... As for what we're talking about, we're talking about both. You know nothing about cars or computers but you do seem to know about being a troll.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

nice try but being a "computer science major" isn't going to cut it here... I know and so do many people on this forum know computer science majors that know nothing about computers as their knowledge is extremely narrow and specific to a task they do... As for what we're talking about, we're talking about both. You know nothing about cars or computers but you do seem to know about being a troll.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

You're either a troll or an asshat (same thing?) because you're commenting on things you know absolutely nothing about...

I think the entire forum knows you've got that special talent covered.

 

[fleabag]

I think the entire forum knows you've got that special talent covered.

Wrong

 

[Ksyder]

What is so "moronic" about GA's comment, anyways?

 

[ahenkel]

What is so "moronic" about GA's comment, anyways?

Nothing certain people are having a "sidewall" moment

 

[Sea Moose]

nice try but being a "computer science major" isn't going to cut it here... I know and so do many people on this forum know computer science majors that know nothing about computers as their knowledge is extremely narrow and specific to a task they do... As for what we're talking about, we're talking about both. You know nothing about cars or computers but you do seem to know about being a troll.

I think we found our moron

 

[gsellis]

You're either a troll or an asshat (same thing?) because you're commenting on things you know absolutely nothing about...

Sorry, GA posted correctly and you are incorrect.

 

[Arcadio]

Microsoft Works is a computer-related oxymoron.

lol.. I can't believe I've never noticed that oxymoron before...

 

[fleabag]

Sorry, GA posted correctly and you are incorrect.

Two morons doesn't make a right..

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Wrong

You're right. There's probably a handful who haven't run across your posts yet.

 

[olds]

Definitions of oxymoron on the Web:

• conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
  wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
• An oxymoron (plural oxymora (greek plural) or, more often, oxymorons) is a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms. ...
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxymoron
• The Oxymoron is a satirical student magazine published anonymously by and for students of Oxford University. It takes the form of a spoof newspaper, similar to The Onion, though with a focus on events and practices relevant to the life of an Oxford student. ...
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oxymoron
• Oxymoron is a German Oi!/streetpunk band formed in 1992. The band was founded by Sucker (vocals) and his cousin Bjoern (drums), who recruited two ...
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxymoron_(band)
• A figure of speech in which two words with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect; A contradiction in terms; A paradoxical ...
  en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oxymoron
• oxymoronic - Of or pertaining to an oxymoron, in which contradictory terms are combined
  en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oxymoronic
• A phrase combining two contradictory terms. Oxymorons may be intentional or unintentional. The following speech from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet uses several oxymorons: Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate! O anything, of nothing first create! O heavy lightness! serious vanity! ...
  www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/glossary/glossary_no.htm
• A combination of contradictory terms, such as used by Romeo in Act 1, scene 1 of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet:" Why then, O brawling love! O loving hate! O heavy lightness, serious vanity; Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health! Return to Menu
  www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/terms/Literary.Terms.2.html
• A paradox reduced to two words, usually in an adjective-noun ("eloquent silence") or adverb-adjective ("inertly strong") relationship, and is used for effect, to emphasize contrasts, incongruities, hypocrisy, or simply the complex nature of reality. ...
  www3.telus.net/eddyelmer/Tools/litterms.htm
• a figure of speech that fuses two contradictory or opposing ideas
  www.eca.com.ve/hsclassweb/travistemple/IBA1files/IBA1resources/LITERARY%20TERMS.doc
• A condensed form of paradox in which two contradictory words are used together, as in "sweet sorrow" or "original copy."
  rush723.googlepages.com/literaryterms-poetry
• a combination of opposites; the union of contradictory terms
  www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~anne_conghuyen/literaryterms.doc
• The conjunction of words which, at first view, seem to be contradictory or incongruous, but whose surprising juxtaposition expresses a truth or dramatic effect, such as, cool fire, deafening silence, wise folly, etc. ...
  www.poeticbyway.com/gl-o.html
• a statement with two parts which seem contradictory; examples: sad joy, a wise fool, the sound of silence, or Hamlet's saying, "I must be cruel only to be kind"
  academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/lit_term.html
• Two concepts {usually two words} that do not go together, but are used together like old news, extensive briefing, criminal justice, military ...
  www.publicspeakingcourse.com/glossaryk-o.htm

 

[shortylickens]

OH FUCKING SWEET!
Fleabag and Godless Astronomer posting together at the same time.

Posting in a soon-to-be-epic thread.

This space for rent or sale upon demand.

 

[foghorn67]

My money's on GA this time.

 

[Cogman]

wow you're a moron....

If he was the one actually saying the quote, then I would agree with you. However, I think, as the OP was doing, he was posting a stupid saying that he has heard. Which I agree with him, memory is meant to be used, not sit around empty.

BTW, here's one that I absolutely hate. "MS is such a HORRIBLE company. Vista blows so bad, it is UNUSABLE! But Win7 is AMAZING!"

 

[fleabag]

If he was the one actually saying the quote, then I would agree with you. However, I think, as the OP was doing, he was posting a stupid saying that he has heard. Which I agree with him, memory is meant to be used, not sit around empty.

BTW, here's one that I absolutely hate. "MS is such a HORRIBLE company. Vista blows so bad, it is UNUSABLE! But Win7 is AMAZING!"

It's not that memory isn't meant to be used, it's just that it could be put to better use elsewhere.. Why do I need 800mb of memory just to listen to an MP3? I don't know about you but I like to multitask, something you can't do when you're using memory hogging applications. A lot of responses are "get more memory" but then it becomes this "one up" thing where computers get more memory and then programmers get lazier and make their applications less conservative in their memory usage. Also keep in mind that not everybody wants to upgrade their machines every few years "just because". You give someone a pay raise who is living paycheck to paycheck and then instead of them being better off, they just spend it all and are no better than when they started off..

Lazy programming is the reason why computers have technically gotten orders of a magnitude faster but when you actually use them with the latest software, it's like nothing has changed. A lot of people including myself hate flash because it runs like dog shit, well I don't like Vista because it runs like dog shit as well. Want another example of crappy programming? Why is it that GTA III, Vice City and San Andreas for the PC have ever increasing hardware requirements despite the fact that they look no better than their PS2 counterparts? Those games run and look like ass on the PC yet run and look fine (for what they are) on the consoles..

Programmers have gotten increasingly lazy with their programming and since they test their products on systems that are no less than 5 years old, they fail to see all the waste their programs have because the systems are able to cope with said programming.

I just don't like this trend and neither should you. Just because it's there, it doesn't mean you have to use it especially when you don't need it.

 

[shortylickens]

It's not that memory isn't meant to be used, it's just that it could be put to better use elsewhere.. Why do I need 800mb of memory just to listen to an MP3? I don't know about you but I like to multitask, something you can't do when you're using memory hogging applications. A lot of responses are "get more memory" but then it becomes this "one up" thing where computers get more memory and then programmers get lazier and make their applications less conservative in their memory usage. Also keep in mind that not everybody wants to upgrade their machines every few years "just because". You give someone a pay raise who is living paycheck to paycheck and then instead of them being better off, they just spend it all and are no better than when they started off..

Lazy programming is the reason why computers have technically gotten orders of a magnitude faster but when you actually use them with the latest software, it's like nothing has changed. A lot of people including myself hate flash because it runs like dog shit, well I don't like Vista because it runs like dog shit as well. Want another example of crappy programming? Why is it that GTA III, Vice City and San Andreas for the PC have ever increasing hardware requirements despite the fact that they look no better than their PS2 counterparts? Those games run and look like ass on the PC yet run and look fine (for what they are) on the consoles..

Programmers have gotten increasingly lazy with their programming and since they test their products on systems that are no less than 5 years old, they fail to see all the waste their programs have because the systems are able to cope with said programming.

I just don't like this trend and neither should you. Just because it's there, it doesn't mean you have to use it especially when you don't need it.

Programmers arent lazy. They're rushed and overworked.
And do you know why?
Because the publishers demand products out the door in half the time they actually need.
And do you know why that is?

When you find out, come back and post the answer.

 

[TheRickRoller]

Programmers arent lazy. They're rushed and overworked.
And do you know why?

Their schedules were not inflated to sidewall. NEXT QUESTION!

Because the publishers demand products out the door in half the time they actually need.
And do you know why that is?

Their egos were inflated to sidewall. NEXT QUESTION!

 

[Narse]

It's not that memory isn't meant to be used, it's just that it could be put to better use elsewhere.. Why do I need 800mb of memory just to listen to an MP3? I don't know about you but I like to multitask, something you can't do when you're using memory hogging applications. A lot of responses are "get more memory" but then it becomes this "one up" thing where computers get more memory and then programmers get lazier and make their applications less conservative in their memory usage. Also keep in mind that not everybody wants to upgrade their machines every few years "just because". You give someone a pay raise who is living paycheck to paycheck and then instead of them being better off, they just spend it all and are no better than when they started off..

Lazy programming is the reason why computers have technically gotten orders of a magnitude faster but when you actually use them with the latest software, it's like nothing has changed. A lot of people including myself hate flash because it runs like dog shit, well I don't like Vista because it runs like dog shit as well. Want another example of crappy programming? Why is it that GTA III, Vice City and San Andreas for the PC have ever increasing hardware requirements despite the fact that they look no better than their PS2 counterparts? Those games run and look like ass on the PC yet run and look fine (for what they are) on the consoles..

Programmers have gotten increasingly lazy with their programming and since they test their products on systems that are no less than 5 years old, they fail to see all the waste their programs have because the systems are able to cope with said programming.

I just don't like this trend and neither should you. Just because it's there, it doesn't mean you have to use it especially when you don't need it.

LOL!!! You have no idea what you are talking about. I cannot start to tell you how many times you are off base on this post.

 

[kitchiku]

It's not that memory isn't meant to be used, it's just that it could be put to better use elsewhere.. Why do I need 800mb of memory just to listen to an MP3? I don't know about you but I like to multitask, something you can't do when you're using memory hogging applications. A lot of responses are "get more memory" but then it becomes this "one up" thing where computers get more memory and then programmers get lazier and make their applications less conservative in their memory usage. Also keep in mind that not everybody wants to upgrade their machines every few years "just because". You give someone a pay raise who is living paycheck to paycheck and then instead of them being better off, they just spend it all and are no better than when they started off..

Lazy programming is the reason why computers have technically gotten orders of a magnitude faster but when you actually use them with the latest software, it's like nothing has changed. A lot of people including myself hate flash because it runs like dog shit, well I don't like Vista because it runs like dog shit as well. Want another example of crappy programming? Why is it that GTA III, Vice City and San Andreas for the PC have ever increasing hardware requirements despite the fact that they look no better than their PS2 counterparts? Those games run and look like ass on the PC yet run and look fine (for what they are) on the consoles..

Programmers have gotten increasingly lazy with their programming and since they test their products on systems that are no less than 5 years old, they fail to see all the waste their programs have because the systems are able to cope with said programming.

I just don't like this trend and neither should you. Just because it's there, it doesn't mean you have to use it especially when you don't need it.

You don't know what your talking about.

 

[PhoKingGuy]

WOOOOOOOWEEEEEEEEE its a hoedown