Originally posted by: SlowSpyder
I imagine most system admins aren't sitting in their data centers overclocking their servers though.
Not if they know what they are getting paid for.
I'm sure many a IT career has been obliterated by the eager to please OC'ing renegade out to save his company money or given them better performance for the same money...only to wonder in amazement why they got fired for making an executive decision to bring liability onto the company by voiding warranties or worse (corrupted math calcs at an engineering firm is not FTW).
But the smart ones are the folks who do what they are supposed to with their budget and responsibility to be prudent with their employer's equipment and there won't be any overclocking there.
Originally posted by: Nemesis 1
I am pulling hard for AMD. I want comp. I also want to make a shitload of $$$. I am buying more stock . I will chase all the way to the bottom. This is really a risky move buy me . How risky. Well when Apple was setting in nomans land. $5+ I bought 2000 shares. Than Apple entered the music industry the rest is history. My wife was shocked by this . She said when did move to high risk investments. I told her IT was just gut feeling .
I am not comfortable with chasing AMD down but what the hay . Shorting NV like I did and its sudden drop has me feeling cocky.
Isn't that the sure sign of an impending bad deal? Lucky success followed by a dash of arrogance and the day trader is born...quick to part with his $$$? I'm sure you are being a bit less cavalier in reality versus the impression you give here, but I get nervous anytime folks go against their own trading strategy one a whimsy.
Originally posted by: Nemesis 1
1. Number one is AMD is breaking its agreement with Intel . NOT GOOD.
It appears that this could be true, although the fact a lawsuit/injunction/etc has not been filed yet makes me think otherwise.
Intel has a problem if AMD goes out of business, so they may very well be the wiser to accommodate this move by AMD and continue to deal with the enemy they know versus the alternative of AMD going out of business and then dealing with the unknown (i.e. DOJ says bust-it-up boyz)
Originally posted by: Nemesis 1
2. This deal has to be approved. I am not so sure the US will approve of ARABS getting this tech .
Isn't that getting a tad xenophobic? State secrets and nuke plants have been stolen/purchased for far less than $6B.
Besides anyone can buy the chips on the open market already, and if they really wanted the secrets then surely they could dangle a few million (not billion) in front of the right people with the knowledge and greed to sell out.
Originally posted by: Nemesis 1
3. This is the one thats got me upset. If New York state Gives the Arabs the same deal for the newyork fab as they offerred AMD . All hell will brake lose. AMD is broke. The arabs have all the money they need. It won't set well. IN the USA I don't know how the people of NEW york will take it. But 9/11 will way in on this one.
I haven't seen a 9/11 report yet that condemns or implicates
every Arabian with those terrorist acts.
The NY deal wasn't offered to AMD because AMD was USA based. It was offered to AMD because NY wanted the jobs that the fab represents. Those jobs are still on the table. If NY wants the jobs then one would hope they can muster the intestinal fortitude to hide their xenophobic prejudice better than anonymous posters do on the interwebz and proceed getting that fab built.
Ireland certainly had no xenophobia issues giving Intel
sweetheart tax breaks to get the fab built there, and they got 5,000 jobs in exchange.