It's coming to ten years on this forum...

Werewolf said:
*waves stick at thread*

Youngsters, I remember when this was all Black and Red, with guns a plenty and you weren't a real man unless you'd overclocked a Celeron to twice it's rated speed or an Athlon to 50%+ of it's speed.
When men were men, cases were real cases, and Delta Screamer case fans would take an unwary system builders finger off.
Many are the veterans who are still missing the tip of a finger and regale their grand kids with tales of the vampire cases around a (very briefly) glowing Thunderbird core!


*waves stick again*

Oh yeah and get orf my lawn!

Slightly more seriously, it's scary when you realise how much time you've been on something like these forums (I'm at about 16 years now I think!).
But the vampire cases was true - you rarely see them know, but right up till the 00's it was common to get cases where they had ragged edges on the pressed metal. Elastoplast was a must in your PC tool kit.
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Too true !

I had a Juno full tower case, and it came with elastoplast in the box! I also remember when watercooling was buying a motorbike radiator, aquarium pumps, making relays then using surgical tubing, secured by hoseclips :D Actually, some guys (Bledd for one) grinding out their own design copper blocks, and having to guess at what fans might be needed for each CPU.

Those of Tbird cores were scary when applying blocks too also, I remember cracking a duron at one point and being very upset :(

I was looking at water-cooling the other day, and now you just buy a kit off the shelf, and plug it in?!

Oh, and I am still running a CM210 azure for my main PC case :D - (edit) Found a pic from 2002
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Sin_Chase said:
A year used to feel like an eternity as a child in school. Now the years just slip away.
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DirtyJester said:
Hence why youth is wasted upon the young. Seize every moment, live every day as it's your last..... regrets, have next to none.
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I used to think that by age 9. 11 - 13 years of school felt like eternity. It wasn't until age 13/14 I never really thought long and hard about it. Primary always felt more fun.

At least there were no smartphones or internet chasing you after school or from school to new schools. Or people recording you having a bad day or fights. I can't even imagine what todays school environment/after school must be like.
 
Lightnix said:
I've always speculated that it's because you perceive a given amount of time as relative to the rest of the time you've spent alive. Kinda makes sense right?
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I remember when I was young I couldn't wait to get older :eek:

Example
wanted to be 14 so I could have a motorbike
wanted to be 16 so I could have a bigger motorbike
Wanted to be 17 so I could have a car
Wanted to be 18 so I could buy alcohol,go to the pub and get a higher adult wage
Wanted to be 21 So my car & motor bike insurance would be cheaper
ETC


And now am 45 I just wish I could go back to being younger again...:(
 
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Crikey, came up on eleven years for me last month :o

I was sent over to this forum from another by an OcUK staffmember on the other forum because he wanted me to stop badgering him for tech support :D
 
DirtyJester said:
Hence why youth is wasted upon the young. Seize every moment, live every day as it's your last..... regrets, have next to none.
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Thats very easy to say from the comfort of your armchair or desk...

Unfortunately with life...The daily grind of work etc...paying bills...surviving gets in the way.

Lets face it...for most of us Life is a bit Dull...I'm at work tomorrow..And it will be the same stuff just different day.

Of course we can distract ourselves with Tech and gadgets and holidays and drink :p

But Life aint that easy to work out....
 
Yeah, agreed with that. I'd love to spend as much of my time doing 'stuff' as I did in my uni days, but the reality of it is a 40 minute commute to a job that doesn't challenge me in any way at all (going to fix this in the Spring), a day spent dealing with braindead colleagues and the consequences of their decisions, and then coming home because I'm foolishly saving for the never-quite-arriving dream of property in the south east instead of just blowing it all in a bar.

Stanhope said that this is the first generation where the one that preceded it and think "wow they're boring", and he's probably right.
 
easyrider said:
Thats very easy to say from the comfort of your armchair or desk...

Unfortunately with life...The daily grind of work etc...paying bills...surviving gets in the way.

Lets face it...for most of us Life is a bit Dull...I'm at work tomorrow..And it will be the same stuff just different day.

Of course we can distract ourselves with Tech and gadgets and holidays and drink :p

But Life aint that easy to work out....
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I typed it (said it) from the comfort of my office chair, while sat half drunk in a large pretty much empty house. Yes, while off work (rest days) but soon to return to the tiresome fight with managers and the usual clock watching slog..

Life is for living, it's simple enough... turn every smile into a laugh (your own or someone else's)... happiness is everything! If you can accept being told NO, then never... ever.... be afraid to ask. Set your goals high and forget about hitting the woodwork or doing a Waddle. The fact you seized the moment counts for everything.
 
Caged said:
Yeah, agreed with that. I'd love to spend as much of my time doing 'stuff' as I did in my uni days, but the reality of it is a 40 minute commute to a job that doesn't challenge me in any way at all (going to fix this in the Spring), a day spent dealing with braindead colleagues and the consequences of their decisions, and then coming home because I'm foolishly saving for the never-quite-arriving dream of property in the south east instead of just blowing it all in a bar.

Stanhope said that this is the first generation where the one that preceded it and think "wow they're boring", and he's probably right.
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Pretty much this...The internal struggle for me is listening to people I literally have no respect for or value in their opinion.If I was just left to do my job I would have the best job in the world...

I beat myself up on a daily basis that I don't do something else .... as the money and time off I get and what I do 70% of the time is great.

I just don't suffer fools gladly...
 
DirtyJester said:
I typed it (said it) from the comfort of my office chair, while sat half drunk in a large pretty much empty house. Yes, while off work (rest days) but soon to return to the tiresome fight with managers and the usual clock watching slog..

Life is for living, it's simple enough... turn every smile into a laugh (your own or someone else's)... happiness is everything! If you can accept being told NO, then never... ever.... be afraid to ask. Set your goals high and forget about hitting the woodwork or doing a Waddle. The fact you seized the moment counts for everything.
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Yeah sometimes it's hard tho...I have no issue with NO...But is quite frustrating jumping through hoops because someone thinks it's a good idea...even when you have proved it isn't...management ego sucks...
 
easyrider said:
Yeah sometimes it's hard tho...I have no issue with NO...But is quite frustrating jumping through hoops because someone thinks it's a good idea...even when you have proved it isn't...management ego sucks...
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Just because someone decides it's fun doesn't always mean it is. In this instance a different approach is required, grab the 'hoop', trip up, fall and give them a lost time accident...

Job done ;)
 
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