Just noticed something....(RANT time)

[audiyoda]

Ya know, this might be a stupid observation, or maybe a revelation. But as I've been traversing the forum tonight (I just can't get to sleep tonight for whatever reason), I've begun to notice something that I am finding more and more irritaitng. There are people on this forum that have signatures longer than most posts. More specs than I really could care about in a lifetime.

More interesting, I have noticed the people that are the most respected and most knowledgeable have simple, sometime cute or humorous signatures, but that's it. They don't have to pat themselves on the back or show the rest of us how cool they are or how deep their wallets are (or their parents wallets in some cases) -- they don't have to make sure we all know they have the biggest or the best.

I guess I want to join the club, so I'm going to spec out my DAW:

Athlon 1.4 T'Bird
ASUS A7V266A
1 Gig 2600 DDRam
1 30 Gig Maxtor 7200rpm ATA100 HDD
4 Quantuum Atlas 36Gig 10000rpm Ultra160 LVD SCSI in RAID 0
Pioneer DVD-R/RW
Yamaha 16x10x40 CD-RW
Pioneer 16X DVD-Rom
ADAT-Edit card running 4 ADAT XT-20s
Tannoy reference monitors (stereo near field)
K*ROK reference monitors (stereo wide field, surround and center)
K*ROK 12" sub
6 QSC 250watt amps
Yamaha O2R recording console, fully automated Via MIDIMan 4 port
Appian Jeronimo Pro video card (quad display)
1 Apple 22" Cinema widescreen Display
2 Sony G520 21" displays
1 Viewsonic 17" display
Linksys 10/100 NIC into Linksys BEFSR81 8 port router, Ameritech 1500DSL
Logitech optical mouse
107 Internet keyboard (generic)
Sony MDS-JE-330 MiniDisk
Sony 59ES DAT
Tascam DA30 MkII DAT Master
Pinnicle DV500 Video capture
Canon XL-1 DV camera
JVC S-VHS VTR
AMPEX pro betamax stereo VTR

There, I feel much better about myself.

Ahhhh....bathing is sarcasam at 3am -- nothing quite like it.

-Craig

[morriswindgate]

Kool System > Might I ask how much you got into it?
As for the systems in the posts, I feel that it helps give new builders a feel for what type of hardware people use by brand and model. I know when I first started building the big problem was what was the best in the price range I was looking to build. The fact that I could read down the lists, helped a lot.

[Nuclear Krusader]

Phew! Audiyoda, thank god your system specs are not your signature.

To me, a signature is a brief phrase which informs others the way I think, or the way I am.

[DrZaius]

audiyoda, you read my mind. I was going to make a post yesterday requesting that sigs be limited to a certain length because these huge system spec sigs make reading a thread very hard by having to scroll through pages before reading any content.

No offense meant to any with such a huge sig, but it is somewhat annoying.

[archie]

Athlon 1.4 T'Bird | ASUS A7V266A | 1 Gig 2600 DDRam | 1 30 Gig Maxtor 7200rpm | ATA100 HDD | 4 Quantuum Atlas 36Gig 10000rpm Ultra160 LVD SCSI in RAID 0 | Pioneer DVD-R/RW | Yamaha 16x10x40 CD-RW | Pioneer 16X DVD-Rom | DAT-Edit card running 4 ADAT XT-20s | Tannoy reference monitors (stereo near field) | K*ROK reference monitors (stereo wide field, surround and center) | K*ROK 12" sub | 6 QSC 250watt amps | Yamaha O2R recording console, fully automated Via MIDIMan 4 port | Appian Jeronimo Pro video card (quad display) | 1 Apple 22" Cinema widescreen Display | 2 Sony G520 21" displays | 1 Viewsonic 17" display | Linksys 10/100 NIC into Linksys BEFSR81 8 port router, Ameritech 1500DSL | Logitech optical mouse | 107 Internet keyboard (generic) | Sony MDS-JE-330 MiniDisk | Sony 59ES DAT | Tascam DA30 MkII DAT Master | Pinnicle DV500 Video capture | Canon XL-1 DV camera | JVC S-VHS VTR | AMPEX pro betamax stereo VTR

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Pentium 100 | 40MB SIMM | ECS mobo | .89 and 3 GB HDD | 12x CDROM | Logitech optical mouse | C Labs CT-4810 sound | Altec Lansing sub and sattelites | Panasonic Floppy Drive | blah blah blah |

[archie]

I've got to admit after look more at them that's the specs in the sig do not seem so bad.

[Xayd]

Thanks for the idea Craig, check out my leet new sig...

[highrisemech]

I'm constantly building different systems. So for me it is not even woth it.
I only have five different systems lying at home plus one in work and I'll be darned if I'll sit here and type all that lol.

[HAL9000]

I've felt that way for a LONG time Craig


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Celeron 1000Mhz
512Mb PC133 RAM
QDI Brilliant 9 BX motherboard
ATI All-in-Wonder Radeon 32Mb DDR
SoundBlaster Live 5.1
Promise Ultra66
Startech 10/100 Ethernet
Panasonic 40x CD-Rom
Ricoh 6x4x24 CD-RW
Pioneer 16x DVD
TR1 800Mb Tape backup
20Gb IBM 7200 RPM hard drive
20Gb Maxtor 7200 RPM hard drive
17' .25 CyberVision (Viewsonic) monitor
MS Internet keyboard
Logitech Optical Rat
Yeong Yang full tower case (25")
Panasonic floppy drive
Generic 2 piece speakers, sound pretty good though
Windows ME
Brother HL-6 Laser Printer


System #2 (The one that the wife refers to as the piece of junk put together with my left over parts that I don't want anymore)

Celeron 850Mhz
256Mb PC133 RAM
QDI Brilliant 9 BX motherboard
ATI All-in-Wonder 8Mb
Dual 12Mb Voodoo 2's
SoundBlaster Live Value
Promise Ultra66
Startech 10/100 Ethernet
Panasonic 48x CD-Rom
13Gb Quantum 7200 RPM hard drive
$5 Dell keyboard
Logitech Optical Rat
17' .25 CyberVision (Viewsonic) monitor
Zoom 33.6 ISA modem.
Chenbro standard tower case
Panasonic floppy drive
Generic 2 piece speakers (Mli 699), sound like crap, well, not that bad, but I got them for nothing.
Windows ME
Lexmark 1020 Inkjet printer

System #3

PIII 800E
160Mb PC133 (actually, there is a PC100 32Mb in there with 128Mb PC133, but it's holding it's own)
ASUS CUBX motherboard
Adaptec 2940U2W SCSI card
Fujitsu 9.1Gb 10,000 RPM SCSI hard drive mounted in a bay cooler
Matrox Millenium II 4Mb...WOW!!!
Enlight 7237 case
Startech 10/100 ethernet card
Panasonic floppy drive
Pioneer 24x SCSI CD-Rom
Keyboard, mouse and monitor shared with system #1 with a Startech KVM switch.
Linux Mandrake 8

-Everything sits on top of 2 small Mylex desks with roll out keyboard and mouse trays. There is a shelf for junk on the sides. The cheap fake wookgrain finish has peeled in a few places where my daughter has stuck tape to it. There is usually my favorite mug sitting beside the monitor

Whole mess networked with a Linksys 4 port router and a cable modem.
Cable internet through Access Communications at $39.95/month for 1 megabit unlimited upload/download.

-The carpet in the room is a bluish grey
-The walls and ceiling were painted recently, both grey.
-There is a closet in the room that I keep some of my clothes in, but mostly spare computer parts such as;

1 Cheap logitech game pad
2 AT Keyboards
1 ATX Power supply
3 Cybervision C50 monitors
1 Belkin 4 port USB hub
Spare parts for computer cases
1 Microsoft Serial mouse
1 (whatever brand) SCSI to USB adapter
1 Linksys USB network adapter
1 Joystick
3 mouse pads
Numerous power cords
Numerous IDE and Floppy cables
Numerous telephone cords
1 small storage center for screws, cable ties, etc
3 screwdrivers
1 lamp
2 spindles of 80 minute CDR's
3 9 pin to 25 pin serial cables
4 6' Printer cables
1 PS2 keyboard
1 PS2 to AT keyboard adapter
1 AT to PS2 keyboard adapter

I would list more, but that would just be silly

[LawyerRon]

Quote:
"...or show the rest of us how cool they are or how deep their wallets are..."


OK Craig, you asked for it:

System 1 (mine)= Cely 500
System 2(daughter #1)= Dell P133 (given to me)
System 3(daughter #2)= P233mmx (my old system handed down to said daughter)


BassMaster4000 (son) has got the best system (Cely 850), but he paid for it with his own $$ from working weekends so I can't take credit for that one.

Oh yeah, we're all on a LAN with a 5 port Kingston Hub and 3 NICs I bought from Hackercarlos for $40. (I got the 4th NIC free with System #2)

[mc2phat]

I have my file server (BX6 R2, 500 mhz) turned away from our monitors, because I don't want it to see some of the sigs and feel inferior. Therapy is quite expensive.

[shecky981]

Ahem:

-Apple PowerMac G4 533 (40GB HDD, 8x4x32 CDRW, ATI 16MB AGP card, Gigabit ethernet)
-Viewsonic G810 21" monitor
-Phillips Speakers w/ sub
-Handspring Edge (in silver)
-Agfa Arcus II SCSI scanner (cost more than the PowerMac)
-more software than you would belive

Apple Powerbook G3 Lombard

and currently building (specs are approximate till i actually order the parts):

Athlon Tbird 1.4Ghz
EPox EP-8KHA+
512MB DDR PC2100
El cheapo 52X CDROM
QPS Que! 20x10x40 CDRW
El cheapo floppy drive
Maxtor 40GB 7200 HDD
Linksys 10/100 card
(unsure on video card...some kinda GeForce2 AGP card)
Dual Boot Win989SE & Win 2000
Antec SX830 Mid-tower case
El cheapo keyboard
Logitech Optical Mouse


so. there ya go. gonna go order the Mobo & CPU today i think... If you wanna change my mind..hurry!

[audiyoda]

Ya know, when I finally got to bed last night (5am), I though, "damn, I just shot myself in the foot with that post". Never thought others felt the same way.

And morris -- my studio system's worth roughly $60,000 at today's prices. But then again, it's in a audio/video production studio and making money for me. It's not my 'toy' -- my office system is. That one's a bit more conservative

-Craig

[justbarron]

Well I can't speak for everyone, but for alot of us, people on the forums are always asking you for your specs, so instead of typing them over and over and over, it just made sense to include it in the sig. I agree, some of them are a little long, but I also don't feel that most are trying to show who has the biggest and baddest. Maybe I am wrong.

justbarron

[pam123]

But I'd have to agree with morriswindgate. As a newbie those system posts are my field tests. It's how I find out what's current in reality and not just in the reviews.

[DrZaius]

After reading the points made I see that it can be helpful to have the specs in the sig. If you do have it though, please put it horizonally and include just the important parts. For example:

Athlon 1.2 GHz | EPoX 8K7A | 256MB DDR | Maxtor 30GB | GeForce 2 MX

[reboot]

DrZaius has the best solution.
These LOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNGGGGGGGG lists of system components are totally unnecessary in most cases. I don't care if your RAM is Micron or Kingston, what matters more is how much of it. I don't care if your video is 4 meg or 64 meg, but what card/chipset? I don't care if you have 300 systems or just one, the specs of the system you're having trouble with, or the one you are posting with is enough, thanks.

That said:
Intel PIII 600@900mhz | Asus P3B-F | 1 gig PC150SDRAM | Dual 60gig Deskstars | ATI RageXL | Windows XP/98, Mandrake 7.1

[HAL9000]

Come on Jim, you're too modest, like this:

Originally posted by reboot That said: Intel PIII 600@900mhz | Asus P3B-F | 1 gig PC150SDRAM | Dual 60gig Deskstars | ATI RageXL | Windows XP/98, Mandrake 7.1

[Computer Hobbyist]

Pam123 makes a great point, but I do get the feeling that a lot of the time people list their system specs just to show off. Of course, there is nothing inherently wrong with showing off. That's what members of the local Corvette Club do every month. It just that listing specs at the end of every post, takes up a lot of space.

I don't list my system specs, 'cause I don't want anybody to laugh. Maybe I should just list the system I'd like to own.

CH

[Orcmonkey]

I think it's rather handy when asking a question, it avoids the "well tell us what you have so we can help" posts...

[aym]

[reboot]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[audiyoda]

So what you're all saying is that this would be better:

Athlon 1.4 T'Bird
ASUS A7V266A
1 Gig 2600 DDRam
1 30 Gig Maxtor 7200rpm ATA100 HDD
4 Quantuum Atlas 36Gig 10000rpm Ultra160 LVD SCSI in RAID 0
Pioneer DVD-R/RW
Yamaha 16x10x40 CD-RW
Pioneer 16X DVD-Rom
ADAT-Edit card running 4 ADAT XT-20s
Tannoy reference monitors (stereo near field)
K*ROK reference monitors (stereo wide field, surround and center)
K*ROK 12" sub
6 QSC 250watt amps
Yamaha O2R recording console, fully automated Via MIDIMan 4 port
Appian Jeronimo Pro video card (quad display)
1 Apple 22" Cinema widescreen Display
2 Sony G520 21" displays
1 Viewsonic 17" display
Linksys 10/100 NIC into Linksys BEFSR81 8 port router, Ameritech 1500DSL
Logitech optical mouse
107 Internet keyboard (generic)
Sony MDS-JE-330 MiniDisk
Sony 59ES DAT
Tascam DA30 MkII DAT Master
Pinnicle DV500 Video capture
Canon XL-1 DV camera
JVC S-VHS VTR
AMPEX pro betamax stereo VTR


I think I like the good Dr.'s and 'boot's idea. Simple, to the point:
Mobo/chipset | CPU | amount/type (DDR, Rambus, SD) Ram | vidcard | sound card

The rest really makes no difference. The fact that you have X# of HDD's, six CD-RW's, 5 optical mice, 4 NIC's, 3 calling speakers, 2 keyboards and a 500" monitor doesn't help in any way.

-Craig

[audiyoda]

Just checking my new signature

-Craig

[audiyoda]

Yes, that looks much better -- compact and informative.

Hey just noticed, that updated everything I've posted today. Pretty snazzy.

-Craig

[archie]

Including the floppy drive may not be necessary but the choice of monitor, mouse, CDRW, etc may be useful to some.
Possible solution: keeping the sig down to 5 lines including spaces would provide more than enough info and not cause people to scroll so much.

[pcoopers]

I think Reboot hit it right.

System specs are indeed cool, sometimes I WANT to look at them. But scrolling 72 inches to get past them is a bit much. Reboot, you might use the next larger font, some of us old goats don't see so well, but the format is perfect.

Think I'll try it.

[pcoopers]

Am I cool?

[pcoopers]

how's this

[mairving]

I guess that it could get worse:

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AMD Duron 750




Kyro II




Aopen CD-RW



SB Live



Monsoon Speakers

...etc.