LOL Buck - too funny! Strike while the iron is hot, eh? :-)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote:
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> > > > > how long do you think the post-counting script for FFL is going to be
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> > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" <wgm4u@> wrote:
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> > > > > > > Thanks for the heads up, I may get a solid state drive, they
> > > > > > > sound awesome!
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> > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley"
> > > > > > > <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote:
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> > > > > > > > About a month ago, a few sectors went splodey on my hard drive,
> > > > > > > > so I backed up all my data, figuring it was on its way out.
> > > > > > > > Sure enough, when I got back from a recent trip, my PC was
> > > > > > > > dead. The system had been running XP, and the 750GB HD had been
> > > > > > > > divided into a small C: drive for the OS and programs, with the
> > > > > > > > rest in a large data partition. What I've done so far is
> > > > > > > > replace the hard drive with a 90GB OCZ Vertex 2 solid state
> > > > > > > > drive and load it up with Win 7 Pro. OMG, what a difference!
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> > > > > > > > For one thing, solid state drives are screaming fast. And, the
> > > > > > > > Win 7 installer automatically detected and ran all my hardware.
> > > > > > > > I haven't had to manually load a single driver. Oddly enough, a
> > > > > > > > couple years ago, the NICs on the motherboard had stopped
> > > > > > > > working reliably, and I switched to using a USB NIC to connect
> > > > > > > > to the Internet. I had assumed that it was a hardware failure,
> > > > > > > > because a fresh install of XP did not fix it. Well, Win 7 is
> > > > > > > > running the NICs, and they're working perfectly. Go figure.
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> > > > > > > > I buy my computer stuff at NewEgg.com, and they sell OEM
> > > > > > > > versions of Windows. As far as I can tell, the only difference
> > > > > > > > between the OEM and retail versions, besides the price, is that
> > > > > > > > with the OEM versions, any OS tech support is the
> > > > > > > > responsibility of the PC's "builder" (i.e., me). So, for simply
> > > > > > > > being my own tech support, my copy of Windows cost only $140
> > > > > > > > instead of $300.
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> > > > > > > > Next up is installing an external SATA drive for data and
> > > > > > > > figuring out how to map the "My Documents" to it. I'm also
> > > > > > > > intrigued by the concept of network storage and subnet file
> > > > > > > > sharing. I have a bunch of IP addresses at my disposal, so I
> > > > > > > > just give my handful of Internet connected devices their own IP
> > > > > > > > addresses; I've never messed around with subnet interaction
> > > > > > > > between machines. It looks like Win 7 machines play nice with
> > > > > > > > other Win 7 machines with respect to sharing, so I've ordered
> > > > > > > > another copy of Win 7 that I'll put on an old Dell Latitude
> > > > > > > > D610 and park it down in the basement.
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> > > > > > > > I'll also see if I can migrate the post count script to the
> > > > > > > > laptop, because it's currently running on my old web server, a
> > > > > > > > noisy desktop PC running Win2000 that I bought back in 1999. I
> > > > > > > > tried to get the script to run on the new iMac web server, but
> > > > > > > > dealing with OSX's unixy innards is bloody fucking hell, and
> > > > > > > > I'm just grateful that I was at least able to get Apache
> > > > > > > > running.
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> > > > > > > > And finally, last night I successfully upgraded my HTC Desire
> > > > > > > > to Android 2.2 using the installer HTC released specifically
> > > > > > > > for US Cellular's version of the phone. It has a WiFi tethering
> > > > > > > > feature that had previously only been available to rooted
> > > > > > > > phones, and I'm pretty sure I could have easily bricked my
> > > > > > > > phone if I'd tried to root it. That'll come in handy in
> > > > > > > > airports, where there's usually only pay-for-play Boingo
> > > > > > > > hotspots. WiFi tethering will turn my phone into my own
> > > > > > > > personal hotspot tapped into Verizon's 3G.
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