I think he's referring to Neuromancer, Count Zero and The Mona Lisa Overdrive.
larry At 01:45 PM 5/27/2003 -0600, Dana Tierney wrote: >dont all William Gibson books have artificial intelligent creatures? They >don't call him a cyberpunk for nuthin. > >On Tue, 27 May 2003 18:14:10 +0000, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Patrick- > > > > Thanks. > > > > I like the "IBM blue" color <grin> - nostalgia... > > > > Also the handy front door for the optical drives and the Firewire, USB > > and headphone ports. > > > > -Ben > > > >> Nice. I think dell does a good job with styling. Anybody else read that > >> William Gibson book where they have computers made from all kinds of > >> personalized materials? It was the one with the artificial intelligent > >> "creature"... > >> > >> Patrick > >> > >> >-----Original Message----- > >> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >Sent: May 27, 2003 12:37 PM > >> >To: CF-Community > >> >Subject: Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) > >> > > >> > > >> >Here's a link to 4 views of the case: > >> > > >> >http://www.dell.com/us/en/eep/products/model_dimen_2_dimen_XPS. > >> >htm#tabtop > >> > > >> >-Ben > >> > > >> >> have a picture of the case and everything? hopefully they >have > >> something > >> >> nicer then their crappy dimensions case > >> >> >> >> "When I came back from Korea, I had no money, no skills. >Sure, > >> I was good > >> >> with a bayonet, but you can't put that on a resume - it puts >people > >> off!" > >> >> Frank Barone, "Everybody Loves Raymond" > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 12:14 PM > >> >> Subject: RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) > >> >> >> >> > Larry- > >> >> > > >> >> > thanks. > >> >> > > >> >> > That's why they have the 460W (!) power supply in a >separate > >> compartment > >> >> with > >> >> > two dedicated fans - plus the three fans for the main chassis !! > >> >> > > >> >> > Specs say heat dissipation of fully-loaded system w/o >monitor = > >> 1,000 > >> >> BTU/hour. > >> >> > > >> >> > -Ben > >> >> > > >> >> > > Ouch. Ben with that system you wouldn't need a furnace >if you > >> lived in > >> >> > > Minnesota. That must put out a lot of heat. > >> >> > > > >> >> > > Nice one though. > >> >> > > > >> >> > > larry > >> >> > > > >> >> > > At 11:37 PM 5/26/2003 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> >> > > >Yummy indeed! > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > >Feel very lucky - > >> >> > > >just ordered the beast: > >> >> > > >P4 3.0GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1GB Dual-channel DDR400, > >> >> > > >240GB SATA RAID0 HDs, > >> >> > > >ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, > >> >> > > >DVD-ROM and DVD+RW, > >> >> > > >Audigy 2 & Logitech Z-680 speakers, > >> >> > > >Win XP Pro. > >> >> > > >No monitor (re-using my beloved 19" Trinitron). > >> >> > > >4-year warranty :-) > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > >Can hardly wait... > >> >> > > ><vbg> > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > >-Ben > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > Thanks, BenD !! > >> >> > > > > :-) > >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > > Yummy! > >> >> > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > AFA 128 vs 256 goes, nothing out right now (or >with > >> declared > >> >> specs) (that > >> >> > > > > > I've seen) even suggests more than 128, so you >should be > >> ridin' > >> >> high > >> >> > > > for the > >> >> > > > > > next year or two. At that point, you'll need >something > >> new to > >> >> play the > >> >> > > > > > latest stuff anyway, so who cares? > >> >> > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > -- Ben Doom > >> >> > > > > > Programmer & General Lackey > >> >> > > > > > Moonbow Software, Inc > >> >> > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > : -----Original Message----- > >> >> > > > > > : From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >> > > > > > : Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 2:24 PM > >> >> > > > > > : To: CF-Community > >> >> > > > > > : Subject: Zoom-Zoom > >> >> > > > > > : > >> >> > > > > > : > >> >> > > > > > : Told the wife that Dell has rebates and upgrade discounts > >> >> totalling > >> >> > > > over > >> >> > > > > > : $500 on the pc I want (after the 10% off from >the EPP), > >> most of > >> >> which > >> >> > > > > > : expire tomorrow (5/27). Asked if it would be ok >if I > >> ordered a > >> >> > > > > > : new machine. > >> >> > > > > > : Mentioned how much we were going to be saving on >the > >> mortgage > >> >> refi. > >> >> > > > > > : > >> >> > > > > > : She smiled, said "hmmm, if we can afford both to >get the > >> pc for > >> >> YOU > >> >> > > > and do > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > > : at least one of the house projects on MY list, then ok". > >> >> > > > > > : > >> >> > > > > > : Woo Hoo !! > >> >> > > > > > : > >> >> > > > > > : Looks like I'm going to be ordering an XPS with >all the > >> goodies. > >> >> > > > > > : > >> >> > > > > > : Question re: video cards - > >> >> > > > > > : they only have the 128MB ATI Radeon Pro 9800, >not the > >> 256MB. > >> >> > > > > > : Will that make a big difference? > >> >> > > > > > : > >> >> > > > > > : -Ben > >> >> > > > > > : :-) :-) > >> >> > > > > > : > >> >> > > > > > : > >> >> > > > > > : > >> >> > > > > > : > >> >> > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > >> > > >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. 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