[H]ardNews 8th Edition

Spammer Gets Time:

I get wood every time I hear about a spammer going to jail. Not that I am against spammers or anything...I just want them all to go to jail. Now, if we can just find a way to send the people who forward urban legends to jail too, I’d really be happy. Thanks Blair.

"Secret Squirrel" and is now a 30-year-old resident of Fiddletown, California, was sentenced for his conviction on a federal charge of maliciously sending thousands of email messages in September 2000 to a computer server operated by Tornado Development, Inc., formerly located in El Segundo. McDanel was sentenced by United States District Judge Lourdes G. Baird, who presided over McDanel's trial last year and found that he acted with the intent to cause damage to Tornado's email server.

Heh…“Secret Squirrel” will be gathering mucho nuts in Federal Prison…how ironic.

Game Help ATi:

This is actually pretty damn funny listen to this guy talk about PC components. The article is supposed to be about how games and gamers run out and buy the latest PC’s with the latest components, and the latest peripherals..etc. etc. etc., but this quote just killed me, I was laughing so hard. You guys must be the aficionados he is speaking of. Then again, how many people that read a computer magazine or website do not know who ATi or NVIDIA are.

Unless you are an aficionado of the inner guts of computers, you probably wouldn't recognize any of ATI's products by name. The product line is a jumble of monikers, such as `Radeon 9800 Pro,' `Rage Fury Maxx' and `All in Wonder' — names that, to the average consumer, equate to the parts installed in your refrigerator. They do something but you don't know much about them.

TwinX PC3200:

Corsair TwinX PC3200 memory is on the review bench today at Legion Hardware. With the nForce2 / Granite Bay boards being so popular right now, getting matched memory is the way to go.

Overall, I am extremely pleased with the TWINX512-3200LL modules and they are just as impressive as previous Corsair modules I have used in all my test systems. It’s hard to find a weakness to this product however, the biggest deterrent most users have when purchasing Corsair memory is the price.

April Fools Day:

O.K., tomorrow is April Fools day, meaning the news is going to be very interesting to say the least. I have already been spammed with tons of goofy-ass e-mail claiming “such and such website is for sale / closing / going out of business / blew up / is on fire”. While I won’t be posting any of that stuff….you should be on your toes, I might post some of the really good April Fools Jokes tomorrow to keep with the whole theme of the day.