Random Chit Chat

[Teny]

Wow, hdd cost so much now. I wonder when will they be back to normal. Right now, it seems the price of SSD isnt that bad.

 

[iPwn]

Random challenge for the day: Install lynx

Fixt

 

[J03]

Random challenge for the day: Use only lynx for web browsing.

n00b. Try telnet only

 

[Cabbs]

I'll just stay in ultra-noob mode and use Chrome.

 

[Indigo]

I used to be a huge proponent of WD but they've failed me twice now. I would be interested to see some responses to this as well.

Oh the world's gonna end!

It's easy to get caught up in the whole mess of losing data, given how much value we place into it. Even good batches of drives go bad. But, and I say this as an IT admin, the spread for failed drives to working drives at work is pretty evenly matched, as long as I pay attention to user reviews online and don't purchase drives which have a lot of recent bad reviews.

I'm running a mixture of Seagate, WD and Samsung HDDs here at home, they're all doing a fine job.

 

[iPwn]

Oh the world's gonna end!

Uuuhhhmmmm I don't remember inserting dramatic text into my comment... but anyway. I never lost any data as I always keep my data in two places, three for important data. I've always used WD and Samsung, then got a Seagate for shear cost, but I had a younger WD drive fail before the 'cheap' seagate brand that is still going strong and that was literally years ago. Then, I got a WD elements drive that's not even a year old and already showing signs of being absolute garbage. I just expected more out of them I guess?

 

[Teny]

I still need to sell my old computer. Think I can sell it for $200?
specs -
Intel C2D E7200
XFX 680i LT SLI mobo
2x1GB DDR2 Corsair XMS2 DHX
8800GT 512MB
120GB Seagate 7200.9 (I think)
DVD-Rom IDE optical drive
Antec Basiq 450W
Random case
Its fully functional and can run Windows 7 fine, no OS will be included though.

 

[foothead]

I don't think so. For $200, I could easily put together a better new computer. You'll probably do better to part it out.

Also, did anyone else find CNN's handling of the debate last night absolutely hilarious? The ridiculous ~10 minute intro felt more like something that should go before a baseball/football game than a debate.

 

[superman22x]

I only saw parts. I don't want to live on this planet anymore. Ron Paul seems like the only decent candidate at this point still. The rest of the GOP is a joke.

We Americans got so tired of being thought of as dumb asses by the rest of the world that we went to the polls in November 2008 and removed all doubt

 

[Teny]

I don't think so. For $200, I could easily put together a better new computer. You'll probably do better to part it out.

Really? I would've assumed people will need about $300-$400 if they were to buy the parts brand new. I can't really part it out as I will only sell about one or two of them, then the rest will just sit there and collect dust.
What do you think will be a good price to sell it for then?