# AMD Forum Moderator Fail **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 18, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amd-forum-moderator-fail/641419 "2012-11-18T16:41:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![taskmgr.exe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@taskmgr.exe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taskmgr.exe)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amd-forum-moderator-fail/641419/1 "2012-11-18T16:41:28Z")
That made me laugh so hard šŸ˜ƒ [![](http://tinypic.com/images/goodbye.jpg) ](http://tinypic.com/images/goodbye.jpg) It seems like he totally trollā€™d the OP. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amd-forum-moderator-fail/641419/2 "2012-11-18T16:56:05Z")
Because he misspelled GeForce? I donā€™t get it. Maybe I need some context or I just donā€™t know enough about nVidia drivers for it to be funny. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amd-forum-moderator-fail/641419/3 "2012-11-18T17:01:38Z")
I googled Geforce 8900. Seems like lots of people where talking about it back in 2007 but itā€™s not listed on nVidiaā€™s site. So it never showed up or it was vaporware or something along those lines. Is that the joke. That the mod of a tech site was wrong about the number or didnā€™t know it didnā€™t exist or was making a joke about it. ---
**Author:** ![taskmgr.exe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@taskmgr.exe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taskmgr.exe)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amd-forum-moderator-fail/641419/4 "2012-11-18T17:51:57Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I googled Geforce 8900. Seems like lots of people where talking about it back in 2007 but itā€™s not listed on nVidiaā€™s site. So it never showed up or it was vaporware or something along those lines. > Is that the joke. That the mod of a tech site was wrong about the number or didnā€™t know it didnā€™t exist or was making a joke about it. The modā€™s lack of knowledge. Almost all of the people interested in hardware and gaming knows 8900 GTX never existed. GeForce 8800 series was legend. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amd-forum-moderator-fail/641419/5 "2012-11-19T15:15:04Z")
Nerd humor ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amd-forum-moderator-fail/641419/6 "2012-11-19T16:20:43Z")
D.A. Jim Trotter: Now, uh, Ms. Vito, being an expert on general computer knowledge, can you tell meā€¦ what would the correct processor timing be on a 2006 model Dell with 8900 GTX and 2x512MB of 256-bit GDDR4 memory ? Mona Lisa Vito: Itā€™s a bullshit question. D.A. Jim Trotter: Does that mean that you canā€™t answer it? Mona Lisa Vito: Itā€™s a bullshit question, itā€™s impossible to answer. D.A. Jim Trotter: Impossible because you donā€™t know the answer! Mona Lisa Vito: Nobody could answer that question! D.A. Jim Trotter: Your Honor, I move to disqualify Ms. Vito as a ā€œexpert witnessā€! Judge Chamberlain Haller: Can you answer the question? Mona Lisa Vito: No, it is a trick question! Judge Chamberlain Haller: Why is it a trick question? Vinny Gambini: [to Bill] Watch this. Mona Lisa Vito: 'Cause Nvidia didnā€™t make a 8900 GTX in 2006, the 8900 GTX didnā€™t come out till '07. And it wasnā€™t offered in the Dellā€™s package with a 2x512MB of 256-bit GDDR4 memory. However, in 2008, the correct processor timing would be 2200MHz before top-dead-center. D.A. Jim Trotter: Wellā€¦ umā€¦ sheā€™s acceptable, Your Honor. ---
**Author:** ![taskmgr.exe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@taskmgr.exe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taskmgr.exe)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amd-forum-moderator-fail/641419/7 "2012-11-19T18:33:34Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Nerd humor I am offended. ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amd-forum-moderator-fail/641419/8 "2012-11-20T20:57:33Z")
What else would you call it? Only a miniscule percentage of people in the world would get the ā€˜jokeā€™ and pretty much all of those would have to be computer geeks/nerds. ---
**Author:** ![taskmgr.exe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@taskmgr.exe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taskmgr.exe)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amd-forum-moderator-fail/641419/9 "2012-11-20T21:44:45Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > What else would you call it? Only a miniscule percentage of people in the world would get the ā€˜jokeā€™ and pretty much all of those would have to be computer geeks/nerds. I agree. But we nerds have right to live equally ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amd-forum-moderator-fail/641419/10 "2012-11-20T22:02:59Z")
> [@taskmgr.exe](#): > > I agree. But we nerds have right to live equally ā˜¹ I fail to see your mistreatment. I acknowledged that it was a vary unique humor set. You acknowledged your affiliation with nerds. Where is the inequality? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amd-forum-moderator-fail/641419/11 "2012-11-20T22:24:22Z")
> [@taskmgr.exe](#): > > I agree. But we nerds have right to live equally ā˜¹ Only if someone can prove thereā€™s a total ordering on human beings, and I donā€™t think anyone can. ---
**Author:** ![taskmgr.exe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@taskmgr.exe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taskmgr.exe)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amd-forum-moderator-fail/641419/12 "2012-11-21T01:59:52Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > I fail to see your mistreatment. I acknowledged that it was a vary unique humor set. You acknowledged your affiliation with nerds. > > Where is the inequality? Calling people \*who has an intense, obsessive interest in computers \*as nerds is to disgrace, IMO ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amd-forum-moderator-fail/641419/13 "2012-11-21T03:22:38Z")
> [@taskmgr.exe](#): > > Calling people \*who has an intense, obsessive interest in computers \*as nerds is to disgrace, IMO ā˜¹ OK, serious response: Iā€™m pretty sure English isnā€™t your first language, and one of the biggest problems people learning a foreign language have is getting all of the nuances attached to words with multiple possible meanings dependent on context, especially if those words are informal and therefore more subject to change. This isnā€™t helped by learning a language out of a textbook that was out-of-date when it was written and has been unchanged for a few years. ā€˜Nerdā€™ isnā€™t really a term of abuse anymore and hasnā€™t been for a long time; itā€™s entirely possible to describe yourself as a ā€˜nerdā€™ and not come off as weird or self-deprecating. ā€˜Geekā€™ is much the same way. Therefore, people call each other nerds and geeks and they usually donā€™t intend to insult. (These days, the terms of abuse are ā€˜neckbeardā€™ for males and ā€˜legbeardā€™ for females. The rather older term ā€˜creepā€™ works, too.) ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amd-forum-moderator-fail/641419/14 "2012-11-21T03:27:07Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > D.A. Jim Trotter: Now, uh, Ms. Vito, being an expert on general computer knowledge, can you tell meā€¦ what would the correct processor timing be on a 2006 model Dell with 8900 GTX and 2x512MB of 256-bit GDDR4 memory ? > Mona Lisa Vito: Itā€™s a bullshit question. > D.A. Jim Trotter: Does that mean that you canā€™t answer it? > Mona Lisa Vito: Itā€™s a bullshit question, itā€™s impossible to answer. > D.A. Jim Trotter: Impossible because you donā€™t know the answer! > Mona Lisa Vito: Nobody could answer that question! > D.A. Jim Trotter: Your Honor, I move to disqualify Ms. Vito as a ā€œexpert witnessā€! > Judge Chamberlain Haller: Can you answer the question? > Mona Lisa Vito: No, it is a trick question! > Judge Chamberlain Haller: Why is it a trick question? > Vinny Gambini: [to Bill] Watch this. > Mona Lisa Vito: 'Cause Nvidia didnā€™t make a 8900 GTX in 2006, the 8900 GTX didnā€™t come out till '07. And it wasnā€™t offered in the Dellā€™s package with a 2x512MB of 256-bit GDDR4 memory. However, in 2008, the correct processor timing would be 2200MHz before top-dead-center. > D.A. Jim Trotter: Wellā€¦ umā€¦ sheā€™s acceptable, Your Honor. This was worth reading the thread for. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amd-forum-moderator-fail/641419/15 "2012-11-21T04:12:12Z")
> [@taskmgr.exe](#): > > I agree. But we nerds have right to live equally ā˜¹ Next youā€™re gonna say itā€™s in the Constitution. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amd-forum-moderator-fail/641419/16 "2012-11-21T04:35:16Z")
Clearly, there are no true nerds OR geeks on this board. 15 posts in without [this?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZEdDMQZaCU) Or [this?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9fRe5bHTR4)[Or this?](http://xkcd.com/747/) Or even [this?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw) Youā€™re a bunch of puffalopes. Puffalopes, I say! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amd-forum-moderator-fail/641419/17 "2012-11-21T10:17:56Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > What else would you call it? Only a miniscule percentage of people in the world would get the ā€˜jokeā€™ and pretty much all of those would have to be computer geeks/nerds. We call that the Dennis Miller ratio. ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amd-forum-moderator-fail/641419/18 "2012-11-21T10:41:30Z")
It says the modā€™'s join date is 7/30/2012 and he has a total of 128 posts - they must be desperate for mods at AMD. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amd-forum-moderator-fail/641419/19 "2012-11-21T15:45:08Z")
8900! LOL! You know what made me laugh? When a guy posted once that he thought that the phenols in hefeweizens, especially 4-vinyl-guiacol, were a result of the precursors found in wheat malt, even though everyone knows that they are mostly from the enzymatic breakdown of ferulic acid found in barley husks and are also dependent upon the yeast strains used! Can you imagine?!? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amd-forum-moderator-fail/641419/20 "2012-11-21T16:02:42Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > We call that the Dennis Miller ratio. Precisely!! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amd-forum-moderator-fail/641419.md?page=2)