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Brians256 · 08-15-2003, 10:33 AM

First, my beef with the ebay dude is that he attempted to pass his work off as equivalent to Cathar's. Not true, and not even fair. Making money off of someone else's idea is slimy, but not always illegal. So, if he had just linked to the review and said that his block was based upon Cathar's.... no big deal. At most, I'd say the fellow is lazy. If he made a business doing it... not good.

Second, the idea of having a standards body for watercooling is .... really quite a stretch for me. We (as a group) have very little success in agreeing on nearly anything. So, any committee based organization would be doomed from the start, imo. I mean, the U.N. can't even agree on stopping people who kill innocents for political gain (my definition of terrorism, which must be said to differentiate from the debased definition currently floating around) even when 99% or more of humans agree that it is bad.

Does anyone really think that we can form a cohesive standards body when we can't even agree on the best method to measure CPU temperature?

P.S. If you want to hijack this thread for commenting upon US politics pro OR con, please think again. That belongs in another forum. Thank you.

08-15-2003, 10:33 AM	#4
Brians256 Pro/Staff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Klamath Falls, OR Posts: 1,439	First, my beef with the ebay dude is that he attempted to pass his work off as equivalent to Cathar's. Not true, and not even fair. Making money off of someone else's idea is slimy, but not always illegal. So, if he had just linked to the review and said that his block was based upon Cathar's.... no big deal. At most, I'd say the fellow is lazy. If he made a business doing it... not good. Second, the idea of having a standards body for watercooling is .... really quite a stretch for me. We (as a group) have very little success in agreeing on nearly anything. So, any committee based organization would be doomed from the start, imo. I mean, the U.N. can't even agree on stopping people who kill innocents for political gain (my definition of terrorism, which must be said to differentiate from the debased definition currently floating around) even when 99% or more of humans agree that it is bad. Does anyone really think that we can form a cohesive standards body when we can't even agree on the best method to measure CPU temperature? P.S. If you want to hijack this thread for commenting upon US politics pro OR con, please think again. That belongs in another forum. Thank you.