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JackWolf   08-25-2002 at 11:04:25 PM

Hey Tom, I just wanted to say I love your website. I check it daily and use it's information to make my hardware purchasing decisions. I'm currently waiting on the second article in your P4 motherboard roundup to purchase my newest motherboard. Don't change a damn thing. I was pleased to note that you've managed to maintain your integrity.

It's very important to enjoy what you do, if you don't enjoy it, don't do it.

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bighuffer   08-25-2002 at 11:46:48 PM
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Tom, I've been a frequent visitor to your site for over five years. I remember the comparisons of the Riva 128 with the Voodoo. I remember when you did not update for months. I remember when you announced a new web page called sharkyextreme. You and your crew have really come a long way, from a spare time operation to a group that can dramatically affect the pc market. I just read your editorial, and found it interesting, but was saddened by your bitterness toward the pc enthusiast community and the unkind remarks that have led to it. When you are the best people are bound to get jealous. It is not surprising that other guys brag about scooping information that you have had for months. Inside they all just wish they could in your position. You are out of their league.
Thank you for years of valuable information. I have come to respect your opinion and to appreciate your journalistic ethics. I hope your site will be with us for years to come.
-Huffman

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eden   08-26-2002 at 12:53:09 AM
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Neither of you will be heard, you're posting in the least possible viewed forum by any 'sane' editor at THG!
Go write to him.

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And now, an advice from your friendly Nike shoes slogan: JUST DO HER!

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dstell   08-26-2002 at 01:45:56 AM
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Really... that is strange for you to say... I read our Forums all of the time and answer my Email.

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Dark_Warriors   08-26-2002 at 02:06:13 AM
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I always come here and i have made this my hompage. So pretty much I come here everyday. People from all over the world and who knows maybe even eliens come to see your wedside. To inform ourselfs, to make decisions on the best computer hardware. This best most reliable hardwareside I know of. You guys have made a name for yourselfs.
I know people just want to harm you out of jelousy. But I'm glad you guys not one of them. You and your staff seem like the hard honest woking honest woking people dedicating your work for the Commuty.
This wolrd is full of bumps ones are bigger then others. And after all this years you guys have done a grate job of overcome them So next time you guys come into a bump remember you have an audience backing you up.I think you guys are doing a grate job. Thank you for keeping us inform all over this years. Your staff is the best. Keep it honnest Tom like always have.

Manny

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eden   08-26-2002 at 02:26:21 AM
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Heheh, hi David.
Well I didn't know you were here, although I personally don't see many editors hanging out in the OTHERS forum, seeing as it's mostly off-topic from anything hardware related.
Oh well.

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svol   08-26-2002 at 03:12:23 PM
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I did know this site for years and still like it, I even joined the English THGC forum instead of a Dutch hardware forum... just because I liked THG more.
It is good to finally see Tom writing again... although the end of the blurb surprised me with his bitterness.

And Tom... why not start to post a little in THGC again? I'm sure a lot of members will appreciate it and would like to hear more from you.

My watercooler contains so much water that the moon has influence upon it :eek: .

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WingDing   08-26-2002 at 03:15:50 PM
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....I think Tom's afraid that I might get my hands on him, so he's avoiding the forums.......

:eek: I fart in the face of normality :eek:

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svol   08-26-2002 at 03:34:38 PM
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You want me to make you banned?... start acting normal in serious threads!

My watercooler contains so much water that the moon has influence upon it :eek: .

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WingDing   08-26-2002 at 03:37:31 PM
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OK then ban me.

:eek: I fart in the face of normality :eek:

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svol   08-26-2002 at 03:58:10 PM
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Lets see what Fredi does... think it will be just a warning, unless he doesn't like your posts. I just asked him to warn you to stop posting bs in serious threads.

My watercooler contains so much water that the moon has influence upon it :eek: .

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Jake75   08-26-2002 at 05:35:28 PM
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Rotflmao

<font color=blue>I don´t have a sig</font color=blue>

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WingDing   08-26-2002 at 05:42:17 PM
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If that's the criterion then he'll probably ban you too.....

:eek: I fart in the face of normality :eek:

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svol   08-26-2002 at 06:18:36 PM
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Maybe I should have said that you should stop turning serious threads into gross ones... wait I just did, while answering Fredi's reply.

My watercooler contains so much water that the moon has influence upon it :eek: .

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rvheddeg   08-26-2002 at 08:31:30 PM
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Hey Tom,

Just to say that I want MORE editorials from your website. Because when YOU speak the rest will shut up.
Don't forget that YOU have the audience, and maybe they say nothing, but they come back.

So there's no reason to be bitter about all the flames. In Dutch we say: "High trees catch many winds". Even you can't change the way some people behave. Just let them be. If we ignore them, they will not feel important.

Thanks for many years of great articles!

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dstell   08-26-2002 at 11:13:20 PM
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Personally... as a long time reader and not to mention an editor as well. I liked what he had to say, I thought in many aspects it was long over due.

I find that the business works in strange ways and when Van finally throws in the towel, you know that something got to him. (Perhaps his lack of credibility...?)

At any rate, many of the other authors are always busy, but I pride myself in reading the forums and I lurk on a regular basis, so I do know what goes on here. I don't read every message, but I try to listen to the readers.

I am happy with the reaction to Tom's article for the most part because, I think it needed to be said, regualrdless of the end result.

At least the people who read it know the truth and to be honest the truth is in this situation is what is really important.

Perhaps folks will give Tom a break, he has been staying out if it for a long time now and to be honest it had to happen.

That is my two cents worth... - Thanks for your attention!

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by dstell on 08/26/02 06:08 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

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eden   08-27-2002 at 06:07:16 AM
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I could not agree more, I think Tom did a good job posting that article. Do you personally know why won't he try to write again?

Oh and check the Tom's Blurb thread, and read the first reply by FatBurger, you got a fan who thinks a lot of you and your articles! :smile:
I think you're still one of those who deserve praise as worthy writers. And it's fun that you do read the forums, at least it's not left out by the editors. But, again, if those people think they can reach Tom by posting here, they are not really trying the smartest way.

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eden   08-27-2002 at 06:09:49 AM
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Dude, please, WRITE to Tom himself, don't post here. I don't want to act harsh, but I guarantee you won't get any benefit from writing here expecting Tom will read it.

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When buying an AthlonXP, please make sure the bus is at 133MHZ, or you will get a lower speed!

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svol   08-27-2002 at 02:39:25 PM
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Can you ask Tom to read these threads too... or did he already heard about it?

My watercooler contains so much water that the moon has influence upon it :eek: .

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eden   08-27-2002 at 10:42:10 PM
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Yeah that is what I was thinking, unless David tells Tom to read these forums, I can guarantee he will never do.

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When buying an AthlonXP, please make sure the bus is at 133MHZ, or you will get a lower speed!

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dstell   08-27-2002 at 11:06:15 PM
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These threads have been passed on to Tom's for review.

I agree with Eden, I doubt that he will respond in the Forums, but one never knows.

I try to bring important threads to his attention.

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FatBurger   08-28-2002 at 05:22:35 AM
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Tom made a total of 4 posts over 2 days when this forum first opened, so I doubt he's going to reply to this. But thanks for the thought :smile:

<font color=blue>Hi mom!</font color=blue>

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svol   08-28-2002 at 03:13:55 PM
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</font color=red><b>TOM! If you read this... please start posting in this forum, it would be really cool</b>

<pre>Oops... I let myself go
</pre><p> :redface:

My peltier is so powerful I get Bose-Einstein Condensate beneath it :eek: .

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WingDing   08-28-2002 at 05:07:06 PM
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That sound like you just admitted to a fart.

:eek: I fart in the face of normality :eek:

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svol   08-28-2002 at 05:13:43 PM
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Did I?

My peltier is so powerful I get Bose-Einstein Condensate beneath it :eek: .

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WingDing   08-28-2002 at 05:21:28 PM
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.....yes, you "let yourself go".......

...sounds like you lost control of your bodily functions.....

:eek: I fart in the face of normality :eek:

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svol   08-28-2002 at 05:37:57 PM
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I though I only typed a little big... but you could be right :redface: .

My peltier is so powerful I get Bose-Einstein Condensate beneath it :eek: .

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WingDing   08-28-2002 at 05:43:13 PM
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....maybe you should check your pants to see if there's any poo or wee-wee in them....

:eek: I fart in the face of normality :eek:

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svol   08-28-2002 at 06:07:29 PM
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Nope... nothing... they are clean.

My peltier is so powerful I get Bose-Einstein Condensate beneath it :eek: .

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WingDing   08-28-2002 at 06:25:31 PM
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I wish I could say the same about my pants. And I wish these dogs and flies would stop following me everywhere.

:eek: I fart in the face of normality :eek:

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svol   08-28-2002 at 07:18:01 PM
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You must have something that they like...

My peltier is so powerful I get Bose-Einstein Condensate beneath it :eek: .

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zpyrd   08-28-2002 at 07:33:54 PM
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Women must think you are special. Like Ghomer Pile and Forest Gump.

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WingDing   08-29-2002 at 10:19:10 AM
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Yes, women faint when they see my purplish dripping pork bayonet. They all lust after me. I am a sexual dinosaur.

:eek: I fart in the face of normality :eek:

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svol   08-29-2002 at 05:16:24 PM
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I think it is the horrible smell that makes them faint.

My peltier is so powerful I get Bose-Einstein Condensate beneath it :eek: .

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WingDing   08-29-2002 at 05:22:48 PM
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Actually yes......that would make more sense.....well at least it saves me the trouble of strangling them.....after they faint I just stick my love-member down their throat until they turn blue.....that adds the 'smurf' effect.....

:eek: I fart in the face of normality :eek:

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svol   08-29-2002 at 06:09:03 PM
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You heard that gentleman? Now go ahead and arrest him.

My peltier is so powerful I get Bose-Einstein Condensate beneath it :eek: .

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ejsmith2   08-29-2002 at 06:14:30 PM
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"I am a sexual dinosaur."

The line was "Godamn Sexual Tyrannosaurus".

C@lling it like I c it...

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WingDing   08-30-2002 at 10:35:35 AM
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No......a Tyrannosaurus has a much bigger brain than me.....and a Tyrannosaurus gives an image of a robust, dominant and aggressive beast......

....I'm more like an inadequate Triceratops.......

:eek: I fart in the face of normality :eek:

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