Silliness So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? - Page 1092

GeoffC · 05-30-2010, 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

what are you doing up at odarkthirty on a holiday sunday?

what one always does ....

Greg Anos · 05-30-2010, 10:39 AM

Just finished rebuilding my computer setup. 5 computers, 9 Tera hooked up, two monitors, keyboards, and mice, plus a Optiscan 3600, and a small stereo.

The Hole is loaded and ready for action...

Crank up the Billy Idol...

yvanleterrible · 05-30-2010, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clytie

Hoping it's not against the thread rules, I have a multi-rant.

Thank you for that rant. It's probably one of the best I've read here.

Somehow at mid-post I couldn't help thinking: Why do you insist on reading? You're a gifted writer... And your use of emoticons is remarquable.

I've often pondered on how a novel would be received by the press if it was written parsed with emoticons...

GeoffC · 05-30-2010, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Just finished rebuilding my computer setup. 5 computers, 9 Tera hooked up, two monitors, keyboards, and mice, plus a Optiscan 3600, and a small stereo.

The Hole is loaded and ready for action...

Crank up the Billy Idol...

and only one pair of hands .....

zelda_pinwheel · 05-30-2010, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Just finished rebuilding my computer setup. 5 computers, 9 Tera hooked up, two monitors, keyboards, and mice, plus a Optiscan 3600, and a small stereo.

The Hole is loaded and ready for action...

Crank up the Billy Idol...

9 terra ??? NINE terra ???? of hard drive ?????? i am in awe. and maybe a bit jealous. if i had 9 terra available to me i could probably rip and get rid of all my dvds and all my cds (of course, the question of whether i could actually bring myself to part with certain of them, like my boxed set of the thin man movies, is another pair of sleeves), and still have plenty of room for my gigantic work files. wow.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-30-2010, 10:46 AM

now i'm thinking seriously about buying some more hard drives.

yvanleterrible · 05-30-2010, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

now i'm thinking seriously about buying some more hard drives.

I've been thinking on those lines too. The price of storage is decreasing quickly.

How many books could we fit on a one terra drive?

Greg Anos · 05-30-2010, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

9 terra ??? NINE terra ???? of hard drive ?????? i am in awe. and maybe a bit jealous. if i had 9 terra available to me i could probably rip and get rid of all my dvds and all my cds (of course, the question of whether i could actually bring myself to part with certain of them, like my boxed set of the thin man movies, is another pair of sleeves), and still have plenty of room for my gigantic work files. wow.

That's just in The Hole (2x3 meters, with one wall full of leather bound books around 400). I have another 20 Tera in other parts of the house. (and offsite).

2 Terabyte drive are running $130 US around here in Texas, out the door with all tax paid.

As Mae West might of said - "Come by and see my rig sometime..."

Greg Anos · 05-30-2010, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffC

and only one pair of hands .....

It's Rick Wakeman time!!!

zelda_pinwheel · 05-30-2010, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

I've been thinking on those lines too. The price of storage is decreasing quickly.

yes, i think every single hard drive i've bought has been exponentially larger and cheaper than the previous one. the first one i got was a gigantic 50 giga if i recall correctly, i partitioned it with 15go for the system and i thought i'd *never* fill it up.

how naïve. the last one i bought was 1 terra, and i paid less for it than the original 50go one. and i don't mean "proportionally less adjusting for size and inflation" ; i mean the actual ticket price was less.

Quote:

How many books could we fit on a one terra drive?

approximately eleventy terra bazillion, i would say.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

That's just in The Hole (2x3 meters, with one wall full of leather bound books around 400). I have another 20 Tera in other parts of the house. (and offsite).

2 Terabyte drive are running $130 US around here in Texas, out the door with all tax paid.

As Mae West might of said - "Come by and see my rig sometime..."

crikey.

time to check hard drive prices over here. i haven't looked in a few months. 130$ for 2to is insane.

Greg Anos · 05-30-2010, 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

I've been thinking on those lines too. The price of storage is decreasing quickly.

How many books could we fit on a one terra drive?

Hmm. Average book in mobi at, say 1 meg... times 1000 for gig, times 1000 for a tera...that's a million books!

Enough for a few months of reading...

Greg Anos · 05-30-2010, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

yes, i think every single hard drive i've bought has been exponentially larger and cheaper than the previous one. the first one i got was a gigantic 50 giga if i recall correctly, i partitioned it with 15go for the system and i thought i'd *never* fill it up.

how naïve. the last one i bought was 1 terra, and i paid less for it than the original 50go one. and i don't mean "proportionally less adjusting for size and inflation" ; i mean the actual ticket price was less.

I expect 20 Tera drives in 5 years...

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

approximately eleventy terra bazillion, i would say.

crikey.

time to check hard drive prices over here. i haven't looked in a few months. 130$ for 2to is insane.

That's Recluse's gig. I'm merely warped.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-30-2010, 11:05 AM

ha ! 50 go ! 50 go was just a dream when i bought my first one, it seems. i just checked my records and it looks like the first one i bought, in 2000, was FIFTEEN go !!! the entire thing ! for system and data !!! my god, i don't know how i managed.

and i paid 669Francs for it, which is 102€ according to a handy online converter.

my last hard drive, which is 1To as i mentioned, cost me 71.80€, in november 2008.

GeoffC · 05-30-2010, 11:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

ha ! 50 go ! 50 go was just a dream when i bought my first one, it seems. i just checked my records and it looks like the first one i bought, in 2000, was FIFTEEN go !!! the entire thing ! for system and data !!! my god, i don't know how i managed.

and i paid 669Francs for it, which is 102€ according to a handy online converter.

my last hard drive, which is 1To as i mentioned, cost me 71.80€, in november 2008.

you're definitely overdue for a rise .....

kindlekitten · 05-30-2010, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

9 terra ??? NINE terra ???? of hard drive ?????? i am in awe. and maybe a bit jealous. if i had 9 terra available to me i could probably rip and get rid of all my dvds and all my cds (of course, the question of whether i could actually bring myself to part with certain of them, like my boxed set of the thin man movies, is another pair of sleeves), and still have plenty of room for my gigantic work files. wow.

another turn of sleeves??? that's an interesting turn of phrase! what's the backstory on that?

05-30-2010, 10:39 AM	#16367
Greg Anos Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,531 Karma: 37057604 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Pocketbook	Just finished rebuilding my computer setup. 5 computers, 9 Tera hooked up, two monitors, keyboards, and mice, plus a Optiscan 3600, and a small stereo. The Hole is loaded and ready for action... Crank up the Billy Idol...

05-30-2010, 10:46 AM	#16371
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	now i'm thinking seriously about buying some more hard drives.

05-30-2010, 11:05 AM	#16378
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	ha ! 50 go ! 50 go was just a dream when i bought my first one, it seems. i just checked my records and it looks like the first one i bought, in 2000, was FIFTEEN go !!! the entire thing ! for system and data !!! my god, i don't know how i managed. and i paid 669Francs for it, which is 102€ according to a handy online converter. my last hard drive, which is 1To as i mentioned, cost me 71.80€, in november 2008.