November 2006 PCF - The Tales of Agony

Richard_ · Post by **Richard_** » 28 Oct 2006, 18:18

No I will not post in the existing November PCF thread. Yes, I have good reason to start a new thread, because this one is dedicated to complaints. Of all the editors that have been at PCF, I have enjoyed the contributions of each of them. Nay, all but the newest one.

I'll probably get the usual flak for this post such as "could you do a better job?" or "but they're on a tight schedule", but the fact of the matter is that the following are not things that I expect to see in a magazine done by professionals.

The DVD

I was under the impression that the DVD gets checked at least once before the master copy is sent off for duplication. Obviously this isn't the case. If it were, then maybe the auturun file on the DVD would point to the correct executable to autorun. As is, my computer has no clue what to do with the DVD. Sure, I can browse it, but that defies the point of an autorun script.

Cameron's Spot

Cameron speaks of the site update, but nothing new on this site that I see. Given, he did explain that it would be up in a few days, so that's fine

Editor's Letter

I can't even begin to express my disappointment at this person who calls herself an editor:

Stacey wrote:Point your browser on over to our new-look website at www.pcformat.co.za - She's a beauty, if we do say so ourselves!

Oh really? Strange that I don't see anything here. I'd call this a very big let-down for people that have visited the site once or twice, didn't like it, and never came back. Now, apparently the site's been revamped, but alas, nothing new here... Move along.
Have you even seen the new look, so as to so proudly claim that it's a beauty?

Stacey wrote:And last but not least, (cliché alert!) the notorious Supertest has Intel and AMD's new CPU going chip-to-chip through a battery of rigorous tests. Who's the winner? We leave that up to you.

I'm sorry? So now it's for us to decide which CPU is best? What exactly is the point of buying PCF if not for you to tell us? If, on the other hand, "deciding for ourselves" means being able to read the 90% score that you put in bold, orange text next to the obvious winner: why thank you for giving us enough credibility to think that we're able to pick up a magazine and decipher those strange squiggles inside it.

Letters Page

Stacey - in reply to the winning letter: 'Lucky Fish' wrote:Out of sheer guilt for my good fortune I'm giving you our Star Letter prize for this month! Enjoy!

This one truly takes the cake. Dear Ms Stacey Maree: has it ever occurred to you that the star letter be awarded to the person who displays the most creativity, or one who actually provides a useful contribution worth reading? Oh, no - instead, the star letter is awarded to some fool who thinks he might get lucky by spilling his supposed unfortunate fiscal situation to his favourite magazine... And as unbelievable as it may be, lucky he did get: you awarded him the star letter.
Of the increasingly dimishing letters page, there was one fellow who in fact did manage to bring across a few good points - it is the letter entitled "Criticism Corner". Constructive criticism never did any magazine any harm, and the writer of that letter undoubtedly deserved the star letter above any other letter that was printed.

Stacey - in reply to the letter: 'Orange Light' wrote:I have been wondering why red always seems to work on our cover so well. It's because you 'stop' and buy it. Ha ha!

Your humour is vastly abundant in negative quantities. If you try to be funny, please do so in a fashion that will pass at least a grin across someone's face, rather than a roll of the eyes at yet another unhumorous remark.

[edit by neon - moved to PC Format section by request]

Post by **KillerByte** » 28 Oct 2006, 19:07

Oh, to have a life as pathetic as Creator's. I can't imagine being that delightfully dull.

I suppose you complain to your mother if all your green beans aren't in a straight line.

Firstly with the DVD: I did notice this problem and it comes across as a slight annoance, not a total balls up.

Second: Cameron has probably updated the site. Its still sitting on his desktop. Are you a complete moron?! No person actively updates their site while its still up. You make your changes then take the site down for a few minutes while you upload the new files.

Thirdly: The reason the Ed says that we should decide is due to this wonderful thing known as personal preferance. The great ideaology that kept you still sucking on your thumb when you were 14.
The PCF review team might decide that the Core 2 Duo E6600 is the best, but a very clued up AMD fan might know how to get the best performance from a 4600+

Lastly: The letters page. Did you stop to think that maybe, just maybe there was a shortage of decent letters this month and maybe the ed is sick and tired of including letters written by your little Irish clan of Know-It-Alls!

I can't believe I just wasted some of my time answering, nay, lambasing your argument.

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 28 Oct 2006, 19:21

KillerByte wrote:Oh, to have a life as pathetic as Creator's. I can't imagine being that delightfully dull.

I suppose you complain to your mother if all your green beans aren't in a straight line.

Actually...I agree with Creator. I always find something (usually a lot of things) wrong with the Edition.

KillerByte wrote:Firstly with the DVD: I did notice this problem and it comes across as a slight annoance, not a total balls up.

It doesn't really bother me. But yes, why didn't they check it and fixed it? I mean seriously... pcf192.exe...what the heck...the file on the disk is 116.

KillerByte wrote:Second: Cameron has probably updated the site. Its still sitting on his desktop. Are you a complete moron?! No person actively updates their site while its still up. You make your changes then take the site down for a few minutes while you upload the new files.

Uhm. Well why is it trumpeted out that there is a new site when there isn't. Rather say: "PCF Forums will be revamped soon. Keep your eyes peeled"

KillerByte wrote:Thirdly: The reason the Ed says that we should decide is due to this wonderful thing known as personal preferance. The great ideaology that kept you still sucking on your thumb when you were 14.
The PCF review team might decide that the Core 2 Duo E6600 is the best, but a very clued up AMD fan might know how to get the best performance from a 4600+

Errrrr...Wrong answer. You do a review, see Core 2 Duo kicks rear end. Voila... Core 2 Duo is better. Finish, period, done! Who gives a crap. Core 2 Duo is better. "some guy who has a trick to bla bla bla..." You take the CPU out of the box. Slap it into a reference rig and bench it. Then you come to the conclusion. Core 2 Duo is better. Then you say so. You don't say. Oh ok...Core 2 Duo is the bestest. Go buy what ever you feel like.

KillerByte wrote:Lastly: The letters page. Did you stop to think that maybe, just maybe there was a shortage of decent letters this month and maybe the ed is sick and tired of including letters written by your little Irish clan of Know-It-Alls!

I can't believe I just wasted some of my time answering, nay, lambasing your argument.

Well well well. Now this is interesting. Back in the days. They stopped mod of the month. How sad

why? Because there wasn't any good cases and they couldn't give out prizes to cases that didn't deserve it. Well do the same with the frikken letters then. If there isn't letters to give a prize to..DONT!

And I haven't even read my PCF.

Judas · Post by **Judas** » 28 Oct 2006, 19:26

Frankly, I'm inclined to agree with Creator. The DVD problem isn't the end of the world, sure, but you would certainly expect a professional publication to test the disc first. At least just sticking the DVD in and seeing if it launches autorun.

Furthermore, it seems that the overall quality of the articles has diminished greatly over the past few months. I've been buying PC Format for at least the last six years, and in the past I could always find at least one interesting article, but flicking through the pages of the last two month's magazines there's little that even catches my eye.

The few articles that do threaten to entertain me turn out to be lacking anything interesting - for example, "Disater Recovery" and "The Secret Life of Motherboards". Reading through the articles reminds me of my old English essays - you've got four pages to fill, but only one page of information, so you fill the other three with worthless crud.

Maybe it's just me, but I can find better uses for R40.

How I miss the days of Mars and Tasmini

I34z1k · Post by **I34z1k** » 28 Oct 2006, 19:32

Ai, Judas. I agree. No offence to the magazine but it was WAY better in the previous years. I remember seeing my OOOOOLD quake 2 pcf in my cupboard a while ago.

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 28 Oct 2006, 19:38

KillerByte wrote:Oh, to have a life as pathetic as Creator's. I can't imagine being that delightfully dull.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!!!

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!

That's Pretty damn rich coming from YOU. YOU are the one who compiled an archive of EIGHTY images of Kate beckinsale and started threads asking about online dating websites and sites where to get pics of girls!!

HAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHHA!!! What a crayon!!!

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 28 Oct 2006, 19:42

DAE_JA_VOO wrote:What a crayon!!!

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Judas · Post by **Judas** » 28 Oct 2006, 19:44

Ha ha, DAE has a point there KillerByte

Richard_ · Post by **Richard_** » 28 Oct 2006, 19:47

KillerByte wrote:Oh, to have a life as pathetic as Creator's. I can't imagine being that delightfully dull.

This coming from the one and only, who not only gets placed in PCF as ridicule of the month, but also who without a doubt each and every one of these forum members would claim to be the single person with the smallest magnitude of a life actually worth living.

KillerByte wrote:Firstly with the DVD: I did notice this problem and it comes across as a slight annoance, not a total balls up.

Is linearity a hobby of yours, or do you specialise your career in it? Were you to look on the broader scope of life, you would see that there are people that buy PC Format that do not know how to browse a CD, and expect a predefined autorun application to run, or the default windows autorun to gather up a file list type, and display this to the user.
As for a mere annoyance, I would say hardly. But plebs such as yourself evidently have the time to take the long route for everything in life.

KillerByte wrote:Second: Cameron has probably updated the site. Its still sitting on his desktop. Are you a complete moron?! No person actively updates their site while its still up. You make your changes then take the site down for a few minutes while you upload the new files.

Actually, the moron is you. Spare one moment to contemplate the random spark that may occasionally jump across the giant void between your ears, and realise then that there are other ways than to update a site than to manually sit and upload new files when you want to update a site. There are such things called Cronjobs, but rather than having me explain this concept to you, I'll rather let you roll around in the mudbath of ignorance you've just made yourself.

KillerByte wrote:Thirdly: The reason the Ed says that we should decide is due to this wonderful thing known as personal preferance. The great ideaology that kept you still sucking on your thumb when you were 14.

I find this slightly ironic, considering that neither did you spell ideology correctly, nor is the sentence in which you placed it actually a complete sentence. The typical traits of a 14-year old: the lack of intellectuality as well as grammatical ability.

KillerByte wrote:The PCF review team might decide that the Core 2 Duo E6600 is the best, but a very clued up AMD fan might know how to get the best performance from a 4600+

Yes. I understand this perfectly now: a 4600+ is far better than a similarly priced Intel processor, even though it scored around 10% less overall. I love your logic. It's so.....illogical.

KillerByte wrote:Lastly: The letters page. Did you stop to think that maybe, just maybe there was a shortage of decent letters this month and maybe the ed is sick and tired of including letters written by your little Irish clan of Know-It-Alls!

Are you illiterate as well as completely stupid? I specifically stated which letter was worthwhile of a star letter nomination.

KillerByte wrote:I can't believe I just wasted some of my time answering, nay, lambasing your argument.[/b]

Well, you spent your time compiling a picture pack of photos of Kate Bekinsale, so I'm sure you don't have much better to do with your life than perv over photos of hot girls and troll the internet anyway.

I34z1k · Post by **I34z1k** » 28 Oct 2006, 19:55

Judas wrote:Ha ha, DAE has a point there KillerByte

ROFLMAO!!!!! But ya, killerbyte is one of the typical knowledgeless "know-it-all" people that love flaming on this forum. Ai... Its sad. Anyone know of a dating site for him? He also needs a girlfriend.

Judas · Post by **Judas** » 28 Oct 2006, 20:00

I34z1k wrote:ROFLMAO!!!!! But ya, killerbyte is one of the typical knowledgeless "know-it-all" people that love flaming on this forum. Ai... Its sad. Anyone know of a dating site for him? He also needs a girlfriend.

I think his best bet would be http://www.russianladies.com - maybe he can get a mail order girlfriend

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 28 Oct 2006, 20:06

Oooooh...A russian bride...

Post by **KillerByte** » 28 Oct 2006, 20:16

to say that I have no life is a bit of a joke considering that the only time I surf the internet is at varsity or during my very rare free time.

If you notice I have almost half the posts that other people who joined withing the same period as I did.

I might have been publicly humiliated in publication but I don't sit here typing long winded posts about how the mag and site suck.

Got to go because I have a life to live. Enjoy your sad lonely Saturday night.

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 28 Oct 2006, 20:17

That hot coming from you

Richard_ · Post by **Richard_** » 28 Oct 2006, 20:23

//edited verbose crudeness...

Judas · Post by **Judas** » 28 Oct 2006, 20:28

KillerByte wrote:Got to go because I have a life to live.

Nah, I don't buy it. You're gonna go and compile a archive of 80 pictures of Angelina Jolie now aren't you?

Richard_ · Post by **Richard_** » 28 Oct 2006, 20:28

KillerByte wrote:to say that I have no life is a bit of a joke considering that the only time I surf the internet is at varsity or during my very rare free time.

Of course. All your time is dedicated to intimate bathroom sessions with your girly posters.

KillerByte wrote:If you notice I have almost half the posts that other people who joined withing the same period as I did.

Well, you can't post much if you don't know much. 'Nuff said.

KillerByte wrote:I might have been publicly humiliated in publication but I don't sit here typing long winded posts about how the mag and site suck.

Because if you did, everyone would laugh at you anyway.

KillerByte wrote:Got to go because I have a life to live. Enjoy your sad lonely Saturday night.

Roger that. Enjoy your company with the dog.

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 28 Oct 2006, 20:31

Judas wrote:
KillerByte wrote:Got to go because I have a life to live.
Nah, I don't buy it. You're gonna go and compile a archive of 80 pictures of Angelina Jolie now aren't you?

Ok seriously. You are in the club of sarcastic idiots. Me included.

Creator wrote:
KillerByte wrote:to say that I have no life is a bit of a joke considering that the only time I surf the internet is at varsity or during my very rare free time.
Of course. All your time is dedicated to intimate bathroom sessions with your girly posters.

KillerByte wrote:If you notice I have almost half the posts that other people who joined withing the same period as I did.
Well, you can't post much if you don't know much. 'Nuff said.

KillerByte wrote:I might have been publicly humiliated in publication but I don't sit here typing long winded posts about how the mag and site suck.
Because if you did, everyone would laugh at you anyway.

KillerByte wrote:Got to go because I have a life to live. Enjoy your sad lonely Saturday night.
Roger that. Enjoy your company with the dog.

LOVELY!!

iREADyourEMAIL · Post by **iREADyourEMAIL** » 28 Oct 2006, 20:45

LLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWLLLLLL

ok i was pretty unimpressed with the mag,
i think this new ed should realy stop with the most corneyest, lamest phrases, i was actually shocked by the vocabulary, second of all the dvd, ok its not that bad havin an auto run pointing the wrong way--
--revamping the site.....er, no still looks the same.

personally i dont think the ed is doing a good job.

and killerbyte, if u paid 40 bucks for this mag u would expect it to have a working auto run, i mean wat the hell its faster so u can go compile more pervious pictures!

I34z1k · Post by **I34z1k** » 28 Oct 2006, 20:50

Creator wrote:
KillerByte wrote:to say that I have no life is a bit of a joke considering that the only time I surf the internet is at varsity or during my very rare free time.
Of course. All your time is dedicated to intimate bathroom sessions with your girly posters.

KillerByte wrote:If you notice I have almost half the posts that other people who joined withing the same period as I did.
Well, you can't post much if you don't know much. 'Nuff said.

KillerByte wrote:I might have been publicly humiliated in publication but I don't sit here typing long winded posts about how the mag and site suck.
Because if you did, everyone would laugh at you anyway.

KillerByte wrote:Got to go because I have a life to live. Enjoy your sad lonely Saturday night.
Roger that. Enjoy your company with the dog.

**** DUDE!!!!!!! You made me like lose my balance on the chair. I am laughing myself silly. ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 28 Oct 2006, 21:00

I34z1k wrote:
Creator wrote:
KillerByte wrote:to say that I have no life is a bit of a joke considering that the only time I surf the internet is at varsity or during my very rare free time.
Of course. All your time is dedicated to intimate bathroom sessions with your girly posters.

KillerByte wrote:If you notice I have almost half the posts that other people who joined withing the same period as I did.
Well, you can't post much if you don't know much. 'Nuff said.

KillerByte wrote:I might have been publicly humiliated in publication but I don't sit here typing long winded posts about how the mag and site suck.
Because if you did, everyone would laugh at you anyway.

KillerByte wrote:Got to go because I have a life to live. Enjoy your sad lonely Saturday night.
Roger that. Enjoy your company with the dog.
**** DUDE!!!!!!! You made me like lose my balance on the chair. I am laughing myself silly. ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

LOL!!! Dude! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!! We need to make a thread or something with all the ownages...cause I wanna lmao again and again and again!!!

iREADyourEMAIL · Post by **iREADyourEMAIL** » 28 Oct 2006, 21:04

ya we should have a threat for ownage-the "come here if u wanna be owned" thread, so we can keep all the polution out of the other threads

I34z1k · Post by **I34z1k** » 28 Oct 2006, 21:25

Ai, who owned themselves so badly? Road kill or wateva?

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 28 Oct 2006, 21:58

Yeah I think so

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 28 Oct 2006, 23:01

KillerByte wrote:to say that I have no life is a bit of a joke considering that the only time I surf the internet is at varsity or during my very rare free time.

Who says that surfing the net is the only way to NOT have a life? There are actually people out there that make it their goal to find pictures of girls and compile archives of girls...

Oh wait... You do that....

Hmmm....

Judas wrote:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

Dude i laughed SOOOO hard!!!!

I34z1k wrote:Ai, who owned themselves so badly? Road kill or wateva?

Yeah it was him. That was the best "self-ownage" i've ever seen...