[Cialug] OT: Seagate and Maxtor thing again.

[Jeff Davis]

Getting one of those requires that I use additional equipment.


Nathan C. Smith wrote:

>Or get a scuzzy wife and skip the problems
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dave J. Hala Jr. <dave at 58ghz.net>
>To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
>Sent: Wed Dec 21 17:01:07 2005
>Subject: Re: [Cialug] OT: Seagate and Maxtor thing again.
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>Yeah. I think it would be more accurate to compare hard-drives to wives.
>If you got a good one, you got a good one, but as they get older you
>never know if they will go bad or not, some do, but most don't.  If you
>get a bad one, hope that she dies right away -there's nothing worse than
>an intermittently bad wife or one with problems that cannot be
>diagnosed. If you determine that you have a wife with issues that cannot
>be resolved,  don't be concerned with monetary or warranty issues, just
>erase her and then toss her in the dumpster.
>
>When getting a new wife, never ever, get the newest chesty blonde
>technology, no matter how good the warranty. Stick with the proven,
>mature technology, as it will serve you better in the long run.
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>:) Dave
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>On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 16:27, Academician Kula wrote:
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>>On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 04:03:44PM -0600, Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
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>>>I've had absolutely nothing but experience with maxtor drives. Two years
>>>ago, I bought four. 3 failed in the first 6 months. They exchanged them,
>>>but they shouldn't have died in the first place.
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>>>
>>for drivemanufacturer in drivemanufacturers
>>do
>>	person1.echo "I've had nothing but trouble with 
>>		      ${drivemanufacturer}'s drives and will
>>		      never buy them!"
>> 	person2.pipeup "But ${drivemanufacturer}'s drives
>>			personally saved me from a horrible
>>			fire! I want to have ${drivemanufacturer}'s
>>			babies!"
>>	conversation.degrade(horribly)
>>done
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>>:-]
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