I have actual opinions about all sorts of things.

Snob.

Everyone knows blue is best!

But, of course!

beer snob
working on learning to be a whisky snob
definitely a music snob
shoe snob
clothing material snob
if I had more money I'd be a food snob. And by "money" I actually mean "Time, inclination and ability" to discern which food I should hate on. Judging by my belly, it's a pretty small list right now.
TV snob

I suspect my snobbery extends to other areas as well. Like computer graphics cards. Screw you, Intel GMA!

I may build my own PC this year, once I finish that that Dummies, uh, I mean, "PC-Building for Snobs" book

Ohh, let's add "Spice Snob" to the list, because I learned a cool three-spice mix from some Palestianian-American friends you might like in your Food Snob endeavors (it uses Sumac, Paprika, Cinnamon)

Now, where'd I park my Saab this time...

when it's graphics card buying time, I simply get the newest, fastest Nvidia GeForce card (that has it's own on-board ram) I can find. If at all possible, I get one manufactured by Asus. I've been using them so long for so many things I quit even looking at other cards and only notice how much I hate Intel graphics whenever I have to work on a computer that haws them.

That said, ATI has good cards too - I'm just less familiar with them as I got on the Nvidia bandwagon a long time ago and never jumped off. One thing I love about nvidia (besides their performance) is they have one driver. For nearly all (if not all) their cards. WHen it's time to upgrade drivers I don't have to look what model card I have. The nvidia driver just works. Get the latest certified one and you're good to go. For excitement you can get the even newer non-certified ones.

Brand new bleeding edge cards are in the $500.00 range...since I'm usually replacing something that's several years old, I can get leaps and bounds ahead of what I had by getting last year's model of geForce in the $150~200 dollar range. These prices may need to be adjusted for inflation - it's been a couple years since I had to buy anything and I imagine will be another year or 2 before I need another.

Just stay away from Intel GMA graphics. Yuck and half. or ANYthing that uses "shared memory".


that spice sounds terrific! I love food from that neighborhood.

I know I've seen that designation whenever I right-click to change the background or remind me of what my resolution is. I replaced the other card a couple of years ago, incorrectly thinking it had gone out. IN fact, I replace not only the graphics card, but also the power supply and the cable from the card to my monitor. Turns out I just had not seated my new ram correctly! So I got a semi-rebuilt computer for a ram upgrade!

I need a newer computer though because one thing the ram-upgrade taught me is that Windows won't support more than 3.2 gb of ram in 32 bit. And I'd like a system that can handle using AutoCAD Civil 3D, Photoshop, and Corel Painter. I'm not a gamer but I still need good graphics support. I doubt I'll need liquid cooling though

I was shocked when I bought that new powersupply, though. It was too light! What happened to all the heft? Did they go to capacitors instead of transformers, or what?

That spice-blend I've found is good for vegetarian stews I make, though I do add some nutritional yeast as a thickener. The advantage of that blend is you don't need salt, and the cinnamon adds a slight sweetness to the overall taste. I'm still not sure what the paprika adds other than a dark color. Sumac has a tart flavor. I've seen a cooking show where the host did wild plant gathering and used the wild sumac berries to make a kind of lemonade-like drink

cars?

Different story altogether.






Oh, and I am a reverse language snob.

As in, I expect people with more/better education than I have to have better spelling and grammar than I do.

I failed DU Lounge 101.

then you'll know which related movie features Max von Sydow.

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(Being a loquat snob is kinda like being a rhubarb snob)

with strawberries. or not. yum.

I'm SUCH a snob that I brew and roast my own...

True story.

And anti-wine-snob. My Dad is a wine snob in the worst way, so although I love wine, I go for the cheaper swilling stuff, and encourage oenological ignorance.

but we would be too high-and-mighty to participate in it.

"My latte's cooler than yours!"

Mine is artisinal.

urinal

Snob.

snob (n.)
1781, "a shoemaker, a shoemaker's apprentice," of unknown origin. It came to be used in Cambridge University slang c.1796 for "townsman, local merchant," and by 1831 it was being used for "person of the ordinary or lower classes." Meaning "person who vulgarly apes his social superiors" arose 1843, popularized 1848 by William Thackeray's "Book of Snobs." The meaning later broadened to include those who insist on their gentility, in addition to those who merely aspire to it, and by 1911 the word had its main modern sense of "one who despises those considered inferior in rank, attainment, or taste."


and related:

cad (n.)
1730, shortening of cadet (q.v.); originally used of servants, then (1831) of town boys by students at British universities and public schools (though at Cambridge it meant "snob&quot . Meaning "person lacking in finer feelings" is from 1838.
A cad used to be a jumped-up member of the lower classes who was guilty of behaving as if he didn't know that his lowly origin made him unfit for having sexual relationships with well-bred women. {Anthony West, "H.G. Wells: Aspects of a Life," 1984}

....to read what you posted! Interesting......I did not know that. I love history like that, especially how words and meanings have evolved over the centuries.

Good job, my dear....well played! We ARE amused!

Localvores unite!

then you're an organic snob!

You're right!

...the know-it-alls about caring for their vinyl. Digital's made it all moot. (mostly)

I have a Cowon S9. It plays flac files and pretty much every other audio format out there, while sounding better than your standard ipod. Sure, it doesn't hold as much, but I want sound quality, not quantity