KodiaX987
Jul 14, 2007, 09:01 AM
Looking back at my recent "upgrade" experience, I realized what I thought were trends are becoming standards. I realized that the world of technology operates on a set of completely arbitrary laws and rules, created by rumors and superstitions, and whether the laws are true or not, they can and they will be applied anyway regardless of the logic (or lack of) behind it.
I touched my first computer when I was about eight years old. Since then, I gradually learned more: working with Windows, installing parts, programming, databases, servers - I can assemble and setup my own box the way I want it rather easily, and I believe myself to be knowledgeable enough to at least know what I want when I perform a task or go shopping or whatever.
Still, despite everything I learned, the same problems keep plaguing me, year after year.
LEET'S LAW: No matter your level of experience with hardware and the deal you got, someone in the world has built a machine that's better, faster and more balanced than yours for much less money.
MOORE'S HIDDEN RULE: The parts you have just bought are already rendered obsolete by newer parts announced the day you bought yours and slated to come out in six months.
MIMIC'S FIRST LAW: No matter the amount of research you have done, you will find out only after you've installed all your parts that your system has an inherent critical flaw that makes it much suckier than what all the reviews you read beforehand claim.
MIMIC'S SECOND LAW: Your setup, in theory, is claimed as the best you can buy and everyone supports you plan. However, as soon as you buy and install your parts, your setup becomes the example of what not to buy, according to the same people who gave praises the day before.
BULLET TIME LAW: Although technology moves forward every day, everyone must still rely on a critical part that wants to work with nothing but legacy hardware and drivers, even though that part came onto the market yesterday.
FIGHT CLUB RULE: You do not talk about your computer setup. You do not talk about your computer setup.
And finally:
TECHNOLOGY'S UNIVERSAL RULE: Any and all advice and suggestions you get from your entourage will fully contradict a piece of advice you got previously from another person. The more you ask for advice, the more the contradictions pile up on each other. Assuming all the advice you get is true and sincere, then everyone you talked to is a complete idiot, your computer will be overpriced, underpriced, overpowered and underpowered all at once. No matter how much time you let pass to get the dust to settle, even after an infinite amount of years, no one will be able to come to a consensus as to the quality of the computer you set up, and you will be left in the dark more completely than ever before.
I touched my first computer when I was about eight years old. Since then, I gradually learned more: working with Windows, installing parts, programming, databases, servers - I can assemble and setup my own box the way I want it rather easily, and I believe myself to be knowledgeable enough to at least know what I want when I perform a task or go shopping or whatever.
Still, despite everything I learned, the same problems keep plaguing me, year after year.
LEET'S LAW: No matter your level of experience with hardware and the deal you got, someone in the world has built a machine that's better, faster and more balanced than yours for much less money.
MOORE'S HIDDEN RULE: The parts you have just bought are already rendered obsolete by newer parts announced the day you bought yours and slated to come out in six months.
MIMIC'S FIRST LAW: No matter the amount of research you have done, you will find out only after you've installed all your parts that your system has an inherent critical flaw that makes it much suckier than what all the reviews you read beforehand claim.
MIMIC'S SECOND LAW: Your setup, in theory, is claimed as the best you can buy and everyone supports you plan. However, as soon as you buy and install your parts, your setup becomes the example of what not to buy, according to the same people who gave praises the day before.
BULLET TIME LAW: Although technology moves forward every day, everyone must still rely on a critical part that wants to work with nothing but legacy hardware and drivers, even though that part came onto the market yesterday.
FIGHT CLUB RULE: You do not talk about your computer setup. You do not talk about your computer setup.
And finally:
TECHNOLOGY'S UNIVERSAL RULE: Any and all advice and suggestions you get from your entourage will fully contradict a piece of advice you got previously from another person. The more you ask for advice, the more the contradictions pile up on each other. Assuming all the advice you get is true and sincere, then everyone you talked to is a complete idiot, your computer will be overpriced, underpriced, overpowered and underpowered all at once. No matter how much time you let pass to get the dust to settle, even after an infinite amount of years, no one will be able to come to a consensus as to the quality of the computer you set up, and you will be left in the dark more completely than ever before.