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May 01, 2001 Another fun one

Quote of the day - In the opening news segment, Leo rants about how bad tech support is, keeping you on hold for hours.
Patrick: "Why do you think I became a geek?"
And as Leo said, "Exactly!"
That's how I got into computers. Years ago when I upgraded my computer to Windows 95 from 3.1, I wasted so much time with tech support for my SCSI CD-ROM drive that I embarked on learning how to take care of it myself. I think the computer hardware and software companies owe TSS some money for all the
tech support that the show has saved them.

Second quote of the day: Patrick has served up some very strong coffee to Leo. Leo sips it just off-camera, utters a cartoonish "Whoa!" and then later states "I like my coffee like I like my women: strong and bitter."

Installing a fan on an Athlon processor segment: It's great that they finally decided to do this segment. I'm looking to build my own new Athlon-based system later this year, but became very unsure about doing it myself when the hardware master himself, Patrick, managed to damage two processor while
building UGM 3.0 last February. They explained that one was damaged when the power was turned on without a heatsink installed. The other was damaged by attempting to install the fan in the wrong orientation. Tonight they showed exactly how that happened, and how to prevent the same thing from happening gain.

In summary, line up the wide gap on the fan with the wide part of the socket.

I nearly fell off my chair laughing during the Silicon Spin promo segment where the <SARCASM> vivacious </SARCASM> John C. Dvorak comes on to promote his show which immediately follows TSS. In the shot of Dvorak, they put a live shot of Leo on the monitor behind, but with a kaleidoscope/funhouse mirror distortion effect. Never missing an opportunity, Leo begins to contort behind the serious Dvorak, making hilarious twisting movements. It gets even funnier when the camera feed cuts back to Leo in the studio and you see just how contorted he's getting. Leo was definitely wearing the right shirt for this stunt.

Leo: "I didn't hear a word he (Dvorak) said."

The shownotes for this episode seem to have been misplaced. You can't find them in the shownotes archive section. I belive I manged to find them here:
5.1.2001 shownotes.

Note to TSS sound engineer: I love the effects you put in the show, but I think we could really do without the barfing sound.

Posted by Christy on May 01, 2001 10:10 PM

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