Re: Intel MB SE7501CW2

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To: Kent West <westk@acu.edu>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:29:25 -0800

Kent West <westk@acu.edu> writes:

> Paul's a smart guy, and we really appreciate having him on this list,
> but he tends to be rougher than sandpaper socially (at least on this
> list); you gotta take him with a grain of salt.

I try to be funny, not insulting the vast majority of the time.

> What he meant is that the people on this list don't always have
> information on specific pieces of hardware, such as the Intel Mobo
> SE75010W2, only he generalizes the hardware here as the fictional
> "CompuTron SpeedWidget 5000" (which is actually kind of humorous, if
> not insulting), and that you should do your own research via Google,
> etc first. Of course, you mentioned that you found this list via
> Google, which indicates that maybe you had already been researching
> for this info, and he apparently just missed that indication. (Or
> perhaps his coffee was a bit weaker this morning than usual.)

Damn call center coffee freezing my brain faster than WD-40 freezes a
bicycle chain into a solid bar...

> At any rate, if you haven't found any info to answer your question
> after some searching on your part, then your post was quite
> appropriate, and you just gotta learn to ignore Paul's
> abrasiveness. He really is a smart guy and provides a lot to this list.

I don't dish out more than I can take.

> And (whew!), it's generally considered bad form on this list to
> "top-post". Rather, you should reply after any relevant material.

http://learn.to/quote/

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