TSS Thoughts

You have definitely redeemed yourself. I didn't know all those cool apps were right here under my nose!

I thought you rocked as usual :) Sheesh you pulled a double anyone would have a little hard time switching gears even my supergnome :) Not to mention the question asked was a little hard to find out what exactly he was looking for :)

Ah well…I didn't see you on TSS but I'm sure you did a good job young Jedi. Don't worry…the force is strong with you.

Todd was happy that he finally got to watch you live for a change!

It's been a while since i've been able to see you live. I think your segments were great, and I'm going to go get those secret apps right now – especially the one to kill all the annoying unneccessary services! That will be a godsend!

Cool tips Chris! I didn't know most of those! ;-) Don't stress over the show. Just do your best, and enjoy yourself, the rest will fall into place!

Dear Chris,
YouÂ’ll never stop; you continue to honor us with your usual nonsense, pure hype and unqualified recommendations/comments on just anything that has to do with information technology. Please, give them a break and at least once, try doing your home work before you try to (dis)inform/influence your audience. Hey! I know you are very aware that most of them donÂ’t have any critical views and thrive on your marketing hype. Whoa, you have been living from that unjustified hype for a long time now, havenÂ’t you? Remember, I wonÂ’t let you take us for one of you usual spins; you have become so used to the fact that this is a no spin zone, and we only deal with facts.
Do yourself a favor; check your “facts�? once in a while, that way you wouldn’t be caught every other day with your pants on your knees and your rear end sticking out.
Let me give you a little example, so to be illustrative, you wrote in your Windows Daily 05/09/2002:
“GnomeTIP�?
Â….“Cat 5e – enhanced Category 5 performance, normally only available in 4-pair workstation cable [the one I use on my home network, for less data collisions]. Cat 6 – gigahertz level data transmission (1000baseT), available in 4-pair workstation cable (overkill for most users today). Well, that's quite helpful. Twisted, but helpfulÂ�?Â….
Well, let me untwist your twisted asseverations, and maybe you will learn some facts, IÂ’m sure this will be a big change from your spins:
a. – Cat 5e – enhanced Category 5 doesnÂ’t gives any advantage over regular Cat 5, much less “allows for less data collisionsÂ�?, while using 10Base-T, 100Base-T4, 100Base-T2, and 100Base-TX. The only advantages of its improved specifications for NEXT (Near End Cross Talk), PSELFEXT (Power Sum Equal Level Far End Cross Talk), and Attenuation is that makes it adequate for high-speed gigabit Ethernet. On the other hand regular CAT5 components may also function to some degree in a gigabit Ethernet; they may perform below standard during high-data transfer scenarios
b. – Cat 6 – Gigabit level (1000baseT), read my lips “DOES NOT EXIST YETÂ�?. The TIA/EIA-568.B2 standard has not been approved yet; the document is currently out for a second default ballot in the TIA/EIA. So as you can see the only really EXISTING cable for 1000baseT is Cat5e. And by the way the Gigabit/1000baseT standard doesnÂ’t correlate gigahertz rating for the cable as you implied in your text; the current TIA proposal for Cat 6 will rate the cable at around 550 Megahertz and Cat 5e is rated for 350 Megahertz,
Allow me to borrow your own words and let you know what you can do: stick your recommendations up yourÂ…I mean your wall, of course.
Please stop spinning, do your home work and show some respect for your readers, not all of them are boneheads as you seem to believe, so donÂ’t take us for one of your spins and cease to sell us canned air.
See ya

You did a fine job, Chris. Leo better watch out. Interview with Clint Black was even (horrors) better than Martin or Leo's work. Wow. Impressive.

You did a fine job, Chris. Leo better watch out. Interview with Clint Black was even (horrors) better than Martin or Leo's work. Wow. Impressive.

Seems if Advocacy wants to receive respect, he better start showing it.
There is a difference between arguing versus debate.
Whether Chris is right or wrong pales in relation to Advocacy's lack of upbringing.
The rest is up to you Chris.

Holy Cow Advocacy don't hold back. Why do people like you insist on dragging Chris through the mud every chance you get but still come around? That never made any sense to me. Are you perfect? Do YOU always have the right answer. Do YOU know everything there is to know about computers??? I think not!!! Nor does Chris think he knows everything either. He has said it a gazillon times he is learning like the rest of us he just happens to get paid doing it :) I don't particularly care for a certain someone on Techtv but does that mean I constantly go their site? Do I follow them around waiting for them to trip up? Heck no I have way to much stuff to do to worry about what someone is or is not doing. Those of us who love Chris and support him do so not because we are “blind sheep” but maybe just maybe it's all about personality and the fact that Chris never puts himself above anyone. He tries to help because it's his nature too. It's taking him many years to get to where he is he didn't just wake up one day and decide to be on a tv show for peet's sake and he certainly isn't racking up millionaire status so if you don't like the information or feel you can do better than go for it but don't trash Chris in the process and for all that is decent in the world try to at least air your garbage on a one to one level instead of grandstanding.

Just to chirp in…
As an IT professional, I know firsthand how hard it is to take very complex ideas and make them understandable to the average (read non-geek) Joe/Jane. This is where I believe Chris' strength lies. I have worked with many people who thought and spoke like advocacy did – it is a form of “one-up-manship.” “I know this technical drivel and I can recite it backwards in my sleep, and you can't.” Now, what good does that do for most people.
I have found Chris' reccomendations to be dead-nuts on the button about 85-90% of the time – that is awesome. I've also been caught in some of the “learnings” (Chris – remember Webgear…).
Advocacy, get off your soap-box and go get your own show and show us how it's done.
Carry on….

I agree with Gnome-Girl, nobody likes those who believe themselves to be better than anyone else. That's why people love Chris, he is never pretentious. His modesty takes precedence over Advocacy's maladjusted and sociopathic pompousness, and for anyone to so desperately be in need of other people's recognition by metaphorically jumping up and down yelling, “Look at me, look at me!” is a small, small man indeed. Advocacy believes himself to be more technologically competent than Chris, so he thinks that it is unfair for Chris to host a show instead of him. Grow up! Your contemptuous little attitude will keeps you down in the foxhole where you wrestle with your own pity and lack of self dignity by your lonesome small self, letting them imprision you. Face it, you will be passed up for promotions, even though you worked harder than the guys who will receive them, you won't get that raise your supervisor promised you, because he changed his mind at the last minute, and decided to give it to the guy whom you believe to be 'less qualified' than you. Will this make you angry, yes! But, that's life. Maturity to deal with the hurts and pains in life, and not let them get you down into life's little foxhole is the true definition of a 'man.'

Damn..I just came to say thanks. I didn't know about any of that stuff that he showed in the article. My buddy and I were like..”Cool!”
Thanks Chris!

You did great, Chris.
Keep rockin.
~ B

For all:
This post is not intended to defend advocacy or support Chris, but rather to present a moderate point of view. Most folks visiting Lockergnome are fans of Chris, those viewing this blog are even more devoted, and the persons that further take the time to read the comments for the blog posts and respond are, well, “into it”, whatever “it” might be.
With this perceived bias in mind, consider for a moment that advocacy is not on an “ego trip”, but rather distressed at the quality of information disseminated to so many people. As Chris becomes more visible to the public (starkly different from the days in an Iowa basement) and further represents himself as a knowledgeable tech icon, he must be prepared to accept criticism with a bit more aplomb than “kiss my ass” communicates.
Quotes from the past often speak to the heart of the matter so effectively:
“In a country in love with amateurs, in a country where the incompetent have such beautiful manners and personalities so fragile and charming that one cannot bear to injure their feelings by the introduction of competent criticism.”
- Pound 1914