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The Ready Room => Off Topic => Topic started by: SwiftSpear on October 26, 2004, 09:27:22 PM

Title: Is It Just Me,
Post by: SwiftSpear on October 26, 2004, 09:27:22 PM

I was browsing the thermaltake (http://www.thermaltake.com/cpucooler.htm) website, like I always to because I am a huge nerd with nothing else to do, when I knowticed a feature they have implimented that I never remembered being so stupid before.  As some of you have probably knowticed, thermal take uses a logo system so the features of thier products are easy to recognize, but on further inspection you will realize that these logos are a FRIGGIN BUNCH OF CRAP.  Not that they are ugly or anything, its just that there is like a million logos, with each new product getting at least 4 new logos being made for it, so you might as well just read a spec list since the logos are compleatly and utterly unessicary anyways.  

For instance here is one of the logos for thier new case:
(http://www.thermaltake.com/images/shared/marks/new/sharkstyle.gif)
Clearly you can tell what that is, can't you? well let me tell you, it is a 'shark logo' which is obviously compleatly nessicary, because when you first catch a glimpse of the logo you haven't read the name of the case or looked at a picture of the case yet have you?

For another example:
(http://www.thermaltake.com/images/shared/marks/new/12025fan.gif)
This is the '12025 Fan' logo, and this
(http://www.thermaltake.com/images/shared/marks/new/LEDfan.gif)
is the 'LED fan' logo, it is obviously crystal clear what the difference is just by looking at the logo is it not?

Here is some more logos:
(http://www.thermaltake.com/images/shared/marks/new/usb.gif) The 'USB 2.0' Logo

(http://www.thermaltake.com/images/shared/marks/new/Performance.gif) the 'preformance' logo

(http://www.thermaltake.com/images/shared/marks/new/universal.gif)the 'Universal' logo

(http://www.thermaltake.com/images/shared/marks/new/4-in-1.gif)the 'four in one cooler' logo.

The stupidest thing about all these logos? you would be hard pressed to find some of them used more then once, on the entire site, ever, SO WHAT IS THE FRIGGIN POINT?  Personally I just think they like thier costomers to feel patronized.

Title: Is It Just Me,
Post by: lolfighter on October 27, 2004, 06:32:23 AM

There there, it's all right, nobody got hurt and everything will be back to normal again. Do you want a cookie to relax with? Of course you would. Here you go. Niiiiice cookie, right? Mmmmm. Niiiiice cookie.

Title: Is It Just Me,
Post by: Nuketheplace on October 27, 2004, 06:12:27 PM

However they do sponsor lanparties like theres no tommorrow.  So everything evens out and its all good.

Title: Is It Just Me,
Post by: Niteowl on November 02, 2004, 12:44:56 PM

somewhat OT here. i have a noisy computar! and my crappy video card has no fan. so it  HAS to be the CPU fan right? (correct me if it could be something else). what is a good, solid, quiet fan for my ancient Athlon 1600XP?

Title: Is It Just Me,
Post by: lolfighter on November 03, 2004, 09:03:41 AM

It could be the psu fan. I'd advise simply putting your ear close to the fans while the computer is running and listening.
Oh, and watch your hair.