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Re: Voodoo II found to have overheating problems!

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From: Ken
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 00:00
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Dave Glue wrote:

>
>
> I found nothing in Ken's response to warant being called an "asshole" several
> times.  He should have worded his initial message more carefully instead of taking
> Diamond's announcement as fact, but skewer him for that.  The way some went off on
> his perfectly calm and logical response just makes themselves look bad.
>
> And yes, I find Diamond's tactics absoutely abhorrent.

  Agreed. Wording it Diamond "claims" to have found.... would have been more accurate.
Definitely my oversight on that!  Live and learn.... Basically, I just wanted to present
both sides of the story so that people could make a somewhat educated decision as to
their purchase. I'm still waiting for the Creative card and hope I won't be
disappointed!
                                                   Ken
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From: Ken <gamers@gamepad.org>
Subject: Re: Voodoo II found to have overheating problems!
Date: 1998/02/22
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