A computer components & hardware forum. HardwareBanter

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » HardwareBanter forum » Video Cards » Nvidia Videocards
Site Map Home Register Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Web Partners

nVidia doing something nice for a change



 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old December 11th 03, 03:10 AM
Darkfalz
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default nVidia doing something nice for a change

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2766882563

Donating a monster PC to be auctioned for charity.

a.. Special NVIDIA® GeForceT FX 5950 graphics processing unit running at
510MHz/1GHz core clock frequencies
a.. Special, highly-overclockable AMD Athlon® 64 FX 51 processor
a.. Four Hitachi 7K2 250GB hard drives for a total of one terabyte of
storage capacity
a.. Two Samsung SyncMasterT 211MP 21-inch, high-resolution LCD/TV monitors
a.. Logitech® Z-680 Dolby® Digital 5.1 speaker system, Cordless MXT Duo
keyboard and mouse and gaming controllers, including a 2.4 GHz cordless
joystick, Cordless RumblePadT gamepad, and Momo® Racing Force Feedback Wheel

Not a bad system, eh?

--
There's nothing men won't do for love.
There's nothing women won't do for money.


  #2  
Old December 11th 03, 07:33 PM
Robert Pendell
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Damn. Can I have it mommy? lol. Valued at $16,000. Current bid --
$14,000.


--
Robert Pendell


"Darkfalz" wrote in message
...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2766882563

Donating a monster PC to be auctioned for charity.

a.. Special NVIDIA® GeForceT FX 5950 graphics processing unit running at
510MHz/1GHz core clock frequencies
a.. Special, highly-overclockable AMD Athlon® 64 FX 51 processor
a.. Four Hitachi 7K2 250GB hard drives for a total of one terabyte of
storage capacity
a.. Two Samsung SyncMasterT 211MP 21-inch, high-resolution LCD/TV monitors
a.. Logitech® Z-680 Dolby® Digital 5.1 speaker system, Cordless MXT Duo
keyboard and mouse and gaming controllers, including a 2.4 GHz cordless
joystick, Cordless RumblePadT gamepad, and Momo® Racing Force Feedback

Wheel

Not a bad system, eh?

--
There's nothing men won't do for love.
There's nothing women won't do for money.




  #3  
Old December 12th 03, 12:36 AM
The Chronic
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Nvidia donating 0.00001% of their profits is hardly doing something nice;
the auction is an ad for Nvidia.
For them, it's dirt cheap publicity, and it gives customers the
misconception that they care about the 800 million people who don't have
enough food.


  #4  
Old December 12th 03, 03:45 AM
The Chronic
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

"Darkfalz" wrote in message
...
Ah don't be such a cynic. nVidia, rich as they are, could hardly be called

a
company which makes other people poor (except maybe ex-3dfx employees).


In terms of environmental damage, nVidia makes us all very poor.

That will feed a lot of hungry people this Christmas, that's what matters.


What matters is the end result, which is more harm than good.
And as a result of this auction's intended publicity, nVidia will convince
consumers to buy more stuff they don't need, adding to pollution levels,
which we export to 3rd world countries. A single batch of chips requires
about 27 pounds of chemicals, 9 pounds of hazardous waste, and 3787 gallons
of water requiring extensive chemical treatment. Meanwhile, 1 billion people
don't have access to clean drinking water, 12.2 million children under 5
years old die each year, most of them from causes which could be prevented
for just a few cents per child, according to the World Health Organization.




  #5  
Old December 12th 03, 05:16 AM
J.Clarke
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 21:45:16 -0500
"The Chronic" wrote:

"Darkfalz" wrote in message
...
Ah don't be such a cynic. nVidia, rich as they are, could hardly be
called

a
company which makes other people poor (except maybe ex-3dfx
employees).


In terms of environmental damage, nVidia makes us all very poor.

That will feed a lot of hungry people this Christmas, that's what
matters.


What matters is the end result, which is more harm than good.
And as a result of this auction's intended publicity, nVidia will
convince consumers to buy more stuff they don't need, adding to
pollution levels, which we export to 3rd world countries. A single
batch of chips requires about 27 pounds of chemicals, 9 pounds of
hazardous waste, and 3787 gallons of water requiring extensive
chemical treatment. Meanwhile, 1 billion people don't have access to
clean drinking water, 12.2 million children under 5 years old die each
year, most of them from causes which could be prevented for just a few
cents per child, according to the World Health Organization.


And if nvidia shut their doors how would that help those people?

Hint--charity only happens when there is disposable income, aka
"profits".

--
--
--John
Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
  #6  
Old December 12th 03, 01:44 PM
Dark Avenger
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

"The Chronic" wrote in message m...
"Darkfalz" wrote in message
...
Ah don't be such a cynic. nVidia, rich as they are, could hardly be called

a
company which makes other people poor (except maybe ex-3dfx employees).


In terms of environmental damage, nVidia makes us all very poor.

That will feed a lot of hungry people this Christmas, that's what matters.


What matters is the end result, which is more harm than good.
And as a result of this auction's intended publicity, nVidia will convince
consumers to buy more stuff they don't need, adding to pollution levels,
which we export to 3rd world countries. A single batch of chips requires
about 27 pounds of chemicals, 9 pounds of hazardous waste, and 3787 gallons
of water requiring extensive chemical treatment. Meanwhile, 1 billion people
don't have access to clean drinking water, 12.2 million children under 5
years old die each year, most of them from causes which could be prevented
for just a few cents per child, according to the World Health Organization.


Would they send you the computer giftwrapped in a wrap saying "More
then 600 children die every day of Starvation in ethiopia! Enjoy your
Gift!"
  #7  
Old December 12th 03, 03:22 PM
The Chronic
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default


"J.Clarke" wrote in message
d...

And if nvidia shut their doors how would that help those people?


It would help them immensely. 20 million tons of hazardous wastes are
shipped to 3rd world countries annually, under the belief that the lives of
people in third world countries are worth less, judged by "foregone
earnings" from illness and death caused by pollution, according to the
former chief economist of the World Bank. They make less money, so it's
cheaper if they die from our pollution.

Hint--charity only happens when there is disposable income, aka
"profits".


When only 0.00000001% of that income is going to charity, it does not
justify buying more video cards under the false assumption that it will help
3rd world countries. The failure of entitlement to food and water is in many
ways a consequence of the excessive consumption of 1st world countries. The
land required for the consumption of the average American is 4 to 6
hectares, whereas if you divide the Earth's usable land by total population,
you get 1.7 hectares per person. If it weren't for our excessive
consumption, then there would be no need to expropriate millions of acres of
land in 3rd world countries, so that indigenous people can no longer live
off the land, and are instead forced to sell their labor at wages that are
1.5 times less than basic requirements of subsidence.



  #8  
Old December 12th 03, 03:22 PM
The Chronic
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default


"Dark Avenger" wrote in message
om...

Would they send you the computer giftwrapped in a wrap saying "More
then 600 children die every day of Starvation in ethiopia! Enjoy your
Gift!"


It would certainly help to bring about awareness of the problem, but we have
a tendency to want to distance ourselves from the horrible injustice and the
harsh consequences of our excessive consumption. That's what Disney Land is
all about.


  #9  
Old December 12th 03, 06:21 PM
John Fraser
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Good afternoon Chronic;

"The Chronic" wrote in message
...

"Dark Avenger" wrote in message
om...

Would they send you the computer giftwrapped in a wrap saying "More
then 600 children die every day of Starvation in ethiopia! Enjoy your
Gift!"


I do applaud those who take heart to look after those who are badly off.
Simultaneously, I see a lot of abuses, too.
Ethiopia has some of the best agricultural land in Africa. Ten years ago,
that land was used for battlefields. What's the problem that they can't
grow enough food today? Drought? Manpower? Morals? All of the above?


It would certainly help to bring about awareness of the problem, but we

have
a tendency to want to distance ourselves from the horrible injustice and

the
harsh consequences of our excessive consumption. That's what Disney Land

is
all about.


Five hours away from me is Canada's largest toxic waste site. Every
day, poisons from a tar pond seep into an estuary and are carried out to
sea. It's existence had nothing to do with consumption, just sleazy
management. That is the same issue which affects many other countries who
cannot or will not take responsibility for their lack of national foresight,
but still want all the glory.

Cheers,
John


  #10  
Old December 12th 03, 07:10 PM
J.Clarke
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 17:21:33 GMT
"John Fraser" wrote:

Good afternoon Chronic;

"The Chronic" wrote in message
...

"Dark Avenger" wrote in message
om...

Would they send you the computer giftwrapped in a wrap saying
"More then 600 children die every day of Starvation in ethiopia!
Enjoy your Gift!"


I do applaud those who take heart to look after those who are
badly off.
Simultaneously, I see a lot of abuses, too.
Ethiopia has some of the best agricultural land in Africa. Ten years
ago, that land was used for battlefields. What's the problem that
they can't grow enough food today? Drought? Manpower? Morals? All
of the above?


If you google "ethiopia starvation" you'll find that at the moment it's
mostly drought.

It would certainly help to bring about awareness of the problem, but
we

have
a tendency to want to distance ourselves from the horrible injustice
and

the
harsh consequences of our excessive consumption. That's what Disney
Land

is
all about.


Five hours away from me is Canada's largest toxic waste site.
Every
day, poisons from a tar pond seep into an estuary and are carried out
to sea. It's existence had nothing to do with consumption, just
sleazy management. That is the same issue which affects many other
countries who cannot or will not take responsibility for their lack of
national foresight, but still want all the glory.

Cheers,
John




--
--
--John
Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
 




Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Nvidia SLI, SLI's back with a vengeance SLIisBACK Ati Videocards 31 July 5th 04 10:45 PM
my new mobo o/c's great rockerrock Overclocking AMD Processors 9 June 30th 04 08:17 PM
Merrill cuts Nvidia to 'sell'; stock falls Dave Nvidia Videocards 0 September 30th 03 01:10 PM
Nvidia is in a really bad spot Folk Nvidia Videocards 16 September 19th 03 06:50 PM
Response by Nvidia concerning HL2 *warning, lengthy post, strong opinion content, some bad langwidge* NC-17 rating administered... Dave Nvidia Videocards 28 September 14th 03 05:51 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 03:54 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 HardwareBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.