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response 103 of 547:
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Mar 29 18:35 UTC 2003 |
#101: :)
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gull
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response 104 of 547:
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Apr 2 15:35 UTC 2003 |
Re #97: Incidentally, isn't it equally likely that the reason IBM is
getting out of the disk business is that they feel there are no major
new bit-density breakthroughs to be made? In the past they've done well
by being on the cutting edge, but if capacities are going to plateau
soon it's not going to be very profitable for them to compete with other
companies in that area. I also recall they have a big class-action
lawsuit against them over failures of some of their drives, and the
selloff may be a way to get out from under that.
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i
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response 105 of 547:
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Apr 3 00:42 UTC 2003 |
I'd expect that the price IBM gets for the disk business would
fully reflect the lawsuit liability.
The version i heard was that IBM couldn't get the kind of
(financial) returns in the beaten-down, cut-price disk market
that it could in most of its other lines of business; so IBM
decided to move it's investments to where the returns were
better.
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mdw
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response 106 of 547:
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Apr 7 05:02 UTC 2003 |
In the US, labour is expensive, and the economy is down. I don't see an
expansion of economic activity at 3am happening in the near future.
I haven't heard of any technical barrier to higher density disk drives
in the near to medium term. I imagine we will see a slow-down in disk
drive growth, but that will almost certainly be due to the economy and
demand affecting research and nothing more.
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aruba
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response 107 of 547:
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Apr 9 00:30 UTC 2003 |
I purchased the first component of NextGrex today - a CDRW drive from
CompUSA.
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cross
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response 108 of 547:
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Apr 9 00:35 UTC 2003 |
Hooray! I feel like we should have a ceremony or something.
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other
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response 109 of 547:
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Apr 9 01:01 UTC 2003 |
Or a meeting! ;)
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davel
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response 110 of 547:
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Apr 9 13:42 UTC 2003 |
I don't think Dan would be able to attend the meeting.
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jep
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response 111 of 547:
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Apr 9 15:31 UTC 2003 |
I didn't realize a CDRW was being considered. I have no objection, but
does Grex have something in mind for that?
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carson
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response 112 of 547:
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Apr 9 16:01 UTC 2003 |
(backups?)
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other
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response 113 of 547:
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Apr 9 18:14 UTC 2003 |
boot disks. if you boot from a cd-r with your custom system on it, it makes
it impossible for anyone without physical access to the machine to make
unauthorized mods to the system.
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aruba
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response 114 of 547:
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Apr 9 18:20 UTC 2003 |
That's my understanding as well, from what STeve told me.
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cross
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response 115 of 547:
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Apr 10 01:01 UTC 2003 |
No, the commute is a little difficult.
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aruba
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response 116 of 547:
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Apr 12 19:42 UTC 2003 |
We now have a case to go with our CDRW drive - an Antec Plus 1080 AMG File
Server case, with 430 watt power supply, that I bought today at CompUSA,
at STeve's request. ($159.99).
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styles
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response 117 of 547:
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Apr 13 16:44 UTC 2003 |
#115: wimp. =D
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lk
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response 118 of 547:
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Apr 13 18:01 UTC 2003 |
Mark, we're not as convenient as the corner store, but we could probably
get you much better pricing on such components. For example, we normally
sell the 1080AMG for $140 and could do better for Grex. I'm in town at
least once a week, so I could even deliver (though I'd rather not bring
out one component at a time). If you have a list of stuff you need, feel
free to email me: LK @ stratcom.com
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aruba
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response 119 of 547:
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Apr 13 20:28 UTC 2003 |
Thanks Leeron. I'll send mail.
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polytarp
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response 120 of 547:
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Apr 14 11:13 UTC 2003 |
Don't support Zionism, or I won't support Grex.
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janc
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response 121 of 547:
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Apr 18 14:04 UTC 2003 |
If we buy stuff from Leeron at a cut rate price that he could actually
sell to other people at list price plus making him waste his time
delivering it to us, then we are probably costing him more money than we
are making him, so if you think Leeron is synonymous with Zionism then
this is a stroke against Zionsim, and you should send us all your money
so we can buy more stuff from Leeron. Assuming you have any money.
Thanks Leeron.
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cmcgee
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response 122 of 547:
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Apr 18 14:14 UTC 2003 |
*ROFLOL*
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keesan
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response 123 of 547:
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Apr 18 16:07 UTC 2003 |
Leeron is extremely generous with his time, as attested by him making numerous
trips to deliver at least 50 computers etc. to us for recycling that he had
saved over the years rather than putting out in the trash. (Some of these
have now been donated to Eritrea, in working order, for use in schools there.)
He does get to Ann Arbor pretty frequently for non-delivery reasons, though.
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lk
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response 124 of 547:
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Apr 19 17:36 UTC 2003 |
That's really cool about Eritrea. Makes it all worthwhile.
In good socialist Zionist tradition, we subsidize our clients.
If I were a religious Zionist, I'd probably be doing something dorky,
like giving away free matzah with the purchase of a computer.
So to one-up them, we'll include Israeli chocolate.
With or without nuts, your choice....
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keesan
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response 125 of 547:
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Apr 19 20:15 UTC 2003 |
We provided 9 computers for Eritrea - some from Leeron, some from Tim, and
others that we had been using but were able to replace with Leeron's pentiums
(the half of them that worked) and a few other computers from other grexers
given to us as dead. They will be used with Linux and a wordprocessor, 250M
or more hard drive, 16M RAM. All 486s. We were also able to upgrade several
friends with pentiums (thanks, Mary). And we have more left. Thanks Leeron.
We did not send chocolate.
When I changed money at the border going into Greece from Macedonia, the banks
gave everyone a free Easter bread.
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aruba
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response 126 of 547:
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Apr 23 19:38 UTC 2003 |
OK, we ordered the processor, motherboards, and SCSI controller from Leeron.
We still need the disks and memory.
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aruba
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response 127 of 547:
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Apr 23 19:41 UTC 2003 |
I hit a little snag trying to order from NEwEgg - they won't ship to a P.O.
Box or to an address that's not registered with our bank. Unfortunately the
address registered with our bank *is* our P.O. Box, and they tell me they
have no way to add another address to our account. I wrote to NewEgg for
suggestions on how to get around the problem.
I'd handle this by putting things on my credit card and then reimbursing
myself, but then we would technically owe use tax on what we buy, whereas if
the money comes directly from Grex we don't.
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