Who invented USB?

[beer]

omg I can't believe anyone on this forum 1) is taking Russ seriously and 2) telling Russ what computer acronyms stand for, or telling him anything about computers for that matter, being that he knows probably more than everyone else here combined.

 

[Pretender]

<< or telling him anything about computers for that matter, being that he knows probably more than everyone else here combined. >>

Man, you've got a lot to learn, first of which being you need to learn how to disguise your ass-kissing better. Subtlety is the most effective way to kiss ass, anything too obvious will just make you look like an ass. Go study, you'll be tested on this one day

 

[beer]

Eh, Pretender.

I have a policy of buying motherboards from Russ now, because in my early days I bought Abits from other online stores and they took a dump and I have never been so frustrated as to when I had to wait weeks for my motherboard back from abit (BM6), in which time I just bought a ZM6 so I could use my computer.

Very few stores offer one year replacements on motherboards, and compucheap is one of them. Furthermore MSI motherboards are now in every system I design and build, becuase they are very, very reliable and stable.

Russ has taught me several things in my emails with him, and that is buying less than the best motherboards (MSI) and power supplies (Enermax) is dangerous. And this &quot;revelation&quot; that I have had is due mostly to him and has saved me countless hours; I have never had an MSI/Enermax setup die on me. Ever. I have only built 3 though, but that's statistically better than the 1-for-2 Abit RMA rate that I have seen.

 

[Pretender]

I'm not trying to insult either of you, I was just making a suggestion, but hey, I could be wrong, it wouldn't be uncommon.

 

[beer]

Well I just can say that a lot of my high-end knowledge comes from him. Every time I build a computer for a friend or cousin, the mobo/power supply (and lately the case since he started bundling the Enlight 7237s with the Enermaxes) I get it from him, because I know that if what I build fails that I won't be in hot water for too long, and I can basically be assured a quick replacement.

There is not another store in existance that could answer the volume of questions that I ask Russ. lol

 

[Pretender]

alright, so I made an ass out of myself just now.

Seeing as how it was only the 4th time this week, I'd say all in all this week ain't half bad.

 

[beer]

Yeah

Seriously, motherbaord and power supply (or combination thereof) problems are a bitch to diagnose. I know from experience. I have no such worries about diagnosing the said problems now...

lol
anyways
im out for the night
later

 

[DABANSHEE]

From what I've heard Intel's the big player behind USB, while Apple was definitly the company behind Firewire. At one stage they were even demanding a $1 license fee for every device with a firewire connector, but in the end they gave up on that, &amp; it became an open standard, hence the IEEE.1394 tag (well something like that).

 

[Czar]

I´m pretty sure it was Rambus