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In article <t6kX0aBNFwD3Ewb6@jasper.demon.co.uk>, Mike Tomlinson
<mike@jasper.demon.co.uk> writes
>More willy waving.  Petier was right - an overclocked PC is the modern-
>day equivalent of the boy-racer in his modified XR3i with a standard
>engine, a 8 inch exhaust tailpipe and go-faster stripes.  

Nice analogy!
I don't have a problem with overclocking - if you can screw a little bit
out of the chip manufacturers that's all well and good, they screw
enough out of you.
What gets me is how people take it _so_ personally when someone claims
their system is better/faster. What you get is the equivalent of road
rage with testosterone levels hitting the red line. I'm sure that if
these arguments were carried out face to face we would have heard of a
few 'net rage' murders by now. The ide vs scsi thread in this group is
quite a good example but the best ones for me were the tnt vs voodoo2 vs
g200 wars in the videocard groups. I think people feel they must defend
the money they have shelled out on a product even if they know that
something else is better and the best way to do that is to go on the
offensive with insults. The ironic thing is that nobody really gives a
toss how fast their system is and in 6 months it will be mediocre
anyway.
I do like the way some people like {R} in this group post aggressive and
abrupt remarks, it keeps some bullshitters in check and scares some away
completely, which is no bad thing. 
Now then, I put down my shitty stick for a couple of minutes while I
typed this and I'm surrounded by chicks that need beating off again :-)

PS. I like your term 'willy waving' and will add it in my profanosaurus
under 'pork sabre rattling'.


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