[Cialug] OT: Seagate and Maxtor thing again.

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

I only do scuzzy nowadays away.  However, at one time I was a younger
and not-so-wise man...

I just hope there are not any wives on this list... 

:) Dave


On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 17:07, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> Or get a scuzzy wife and skip the problems
> 
> 
> 
> _*_
> 
> -----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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> :) Dave
> 
> On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 16:27, Academician Kula wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 04:03:44PM -0600, Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
> > > 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.
> > 
> > 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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