Here's a little fun for the 'puter geeks that hang out on here! It's my official GEEK POLL. Reply with your answers and we can compare notes! Feel free to add new questions too, if you think of something good to add!
HOW MANY PCs DO YOU HAVE? 3 - main desktop, firewall box, and laptop
DESCRIBE YOUR PRIMARY COMPUTER -
BRAND: Home-built w/Asus A8V Deluxe MB
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+
CACHE: 512 KB
RAM: 1 GB, DDR PC3200
VIDEO: ATI Radeon X800 Pro 256MB DDR3
AUDIO: Integrated on MB
MONITOR: old, unlabeled Sony 17" Trinitron CRT
SPEAKERS: Altec-Lansing cubes w/bass module
HARD DRIVE(S): dual Samsung 160 GB SATAs
OTHER DRIVES: 52X LiteOn DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo, Pioneer 16X DVD+/-RW DL, 3.5" floppy
PRINTER: HP Deskjet 810C
OTHER CARDS: None, everything except video is on MB
OTHER DEVICES: Sony USB Memory Stick drive, 256MB USB thumb drive
KEYBOARD: Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard (I think that's what it's called)
MOUSE: Microsoft Intellimouse Optical w/tilt wheel
OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows XP Professional w/SP2
BRIEFLY DESCRIBE YOUR OTHER COMPUTERS:
Dell Inspiron 4100 laptop: PIII/1.0G, 256 MB RAM, 30 GB HDD, 15.1" screen (I think), Linksys 802.11b wireless, Windows 2000 Professional
Home-built 486DX4/120: 32 MB RAM, 4.3 GB SCSI HDD, running Mandrake Linux. Serves as firewall, internet gateway, email and internal services such as DNS and DHCP.
FAVORITE GAME: Solitaire (yes, I'm boring)
FAVORITE BRAND OF CD-Rs: any decent name brand that isn't too expensive, last ones I bought were Fujis
FAVORITE BRAND OF DVD-/+Rs: Whatever's on sale, got Memorex last time around
WHAT WEB BROWSER DO YOU USE: Mozilla Firefox
WHAT DO YOU USE FOR EMAIL: Outlook Express
INTERNET ACCESS: Comcast Cable Modem
NETWORKED: yes, cheap 10/100 switch, plus a 802.11b wireless access point, and a Linux box that acts as a NAT router and firewall.
YOUR NEXT UPGRADE WILL BE: Flat panel monitor. Then replace the Linux box with something from the 20th century.
Ok, now for some really geeky questions:
WHAT DO YOU USE YOUR USB PORTS FOR: 256MB thumb drive, Sony Memory Stick reader, downloading pictures from digital camera. If counting Firewire too, downloading video from digital camcorder.
HOW MANY EMAIL ADDRESSES DO YOU HAVE: Let's see, two Patzcatz addresses (one is my wife's), one at work, two on Comcast, one Yahoo, one Hotmail. I guess that's 7.
LAST EMAIL YOU RECEIVED (BESIDES THIS ONE): Probably some stupid Christmas one that's been forwarded 100 times over
LAST SPAM YOU RECEIVED: I delete 'em without opening 'em
LAST VIRUS OR WORM YOU RECEIVED: Netsky, Netsky, and more Netsky
HAS YOUR SYSTEM EVER BEEN INFECTED WITH A VIRUS OR WORM? No, I'm pretty diligent about this sort of thing.
HAS YOUR SYSTEM EVER BEEN INFESTED WITH SPYWARE/ADWARE? My old box got hit with something that plastered pr0n links all over the place once when a friend stumbled into a seedier part of the web.
DO YOU DO PROGRAMMING OR WEB DEVELOPMENT? Yes, Visual Basic, C/C++, Java, HTML, JavaScript, blah, blah...
YOUR FAVORITE WEBSITE: www.htguide.com
WHAT OPERATING SYSTEM WOULD YOU USE IF GIVEN THE CHOICE: Linux
DO YOU HAVE YOUR OWN WEBSITE? Yes, www.patzcatz.com. No, I haven't updated it in ages.
HOW MANY PCs DO YOU HAVE? 3 - main desktop, firewall box, and laptop
DESCRIBE YOUR PRIMARY COMPUTER -
BRAND: Home-built w/Asus A8V Deluxe MB
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+
CACHE: 512 KB
RAM: 1 GB, DDR PC3200
VIDEO: ATI Radeon X800 Pro 256MB DDR3
AUDIO: Integrated on MB
MONITOR: old, unlabeled Sony 17" Trinitron CRT
SPEAKERS: Altec-Lansing cubes w/bass module
HARD DRIVE(S): dual Samsung 160 GB SATAs
OTHER DRIVES: 52X LiteOn DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo, Pioneer 16X DVD+/-RW DL, 3.5" floppy
PRINTER: HP Deskjet 810C
OTHER CARDS: None, everything except video is on MB
OTHER DEVICES: Sony USB Memory Stick drive, 256MB USB thumb drive
KEYBOARD: Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard (I think that's what it's called)
MOUSE: Microsoft Intellimouse Optical w/tilt wheel
OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows XP Professional w/SP2
BRIEFLY DESCRIBE YOUR OTHER COMPUTERS:
Dell Inspiron 4100 laptop: PIII/1.0G, 256 MB RAM, 30 GB HDD, 15.1" screen (I think), Linksys 802.11b wireless, Windows 2000 Professional
Home-built 486DX4/120: 32 MB RAM, 4.3 GB SCSI HDD, running Mandrake Linux. Serves as firewall, internet gateway, email and internal services such as DNS and DHCP.
FAVORITE GAME: Solitaire (yes, I'm boring)
FAVORITE BRAND OF CD-Rs: any decent name brand that isn't too expensive, last ones I bought were Fujis
FAVORITE BRAND OF DVD-/+Rs: Whatever's on sale, got Memorex last time around
WHAT WEB BROWSER DO YOU USE: Mozilla Firefox
WHAT DO YOU USE FOR EMAIL: Outlook Express
INTERNET ACCESS: Comcast Cable Modem
NETWORKED: yes, cheap 10/100 switch, plus a 802.11b wireless access point, and a Linux box that acts as a NAT router and firewall.
YOUR NEXT UPGRADE WILL BE: Flat panel monitor. Then replace the Linux box with something from the 20th century.
Ok, now for some really geeky questions:
WHAT DO YOU USE YOUR USB PORTS FOR: 256MB thumb drive, Sony Memory Stick reader, downloading pictures from digital camera. If counting Firewire too, downloading video from digital camcorder.
HOW MANY EMAIL ADDRESSES DO YOU HAVE: Let's see, two Patzcatz addresses (one is my wife's), one at work, two on Comcast, one Yahoo, one Hotmail. I guess that's 7.
LAST EMAIL YOU RECEIVED (BESIDES THIS ONE): Probably some stupid Christmas one that's been forwarded 100 times over
LAST SPAM YOU RECEIVED: I delete 'em without opening 'em
LAST VIRUS OR WORM YOU RECEIVED: Netsky, Netsky, and more Netsky
HAS YOUR SYSTEM EVER BEEN INFECTED WITH A VIRUS OR WORM? No, I'm pretty diligent about this sort of thing.
HAS YOUR SYSTEM EVER BEEN INFESTED WITH SPYWARE/ADWARE? My old box got hit with something that plastered pr0n links all over the place once when a friend stumbled into a seedier part of the web.
DO YOU DO PROGRAMMING OR WEB DEVELOPMENT? Yes, Visual Basic, C/C++, Java, HTML, JavaScript, blah, blah...
YOUR FAVORITE WEBSITE: www.htguide.com
WHAT OPERATING SYSTEM WOULD YOU USE IF GIVEN THE CHOICE: Linux
DO YOU HAVE YOUR OWN WEBSITE? Yes, www.patzcatz.com. No, I haven't updated it in ages.
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