Chit Chat in VOLTVILLE Thread #2 :)

[awsum140]

I dunno about size being a problem. This one is 256 gigs and I could have bought a terabyte in the same model series. Access and read/write speed are the big advantages. Physically, it's tiny and is about a quarter the physical size of a mechanical drive. Power consumption is significantly less as well, I think.

 

[Tritium]

Isn't a TB around 600$?
Corsair do make nice ssd's, lot's of experience from usb sticks.

 

[awsum140]

Corsair, Crucial, Samsung and a ton of others are all in the SSD business. Yeah, the terabyte sizes are expensive, but this one was just over $100 which is about what I paid for the 40 gig that was in it when I built the machine. Yeah, they're a little more expensive, but a lot cheaper than a new mobo, memory and processor! I am starting to plan on upgrading the machine and when I do it'll run to a lot more than $100 bucks, like about 10 times more, the processor is in the $300 range. For my money I got a real "turbo" boost, LOL.

 

[Wuzznt Me]

Hey Wuzzn't - have you been watching the Simpson marathon on FXXHD?

Ahhhh...nope. Never watched a whole Simpson episode in my life. Nothing against it just not my cup o tea. How you doin Semi? Good to see you back. I wuzz tired of being the only old far* around here.

 

[awsum140]

You aren't, although I'm still a teenager in my mind, LOL. Unfortunately the body didn't stop there 50+ years ago.

 

[awsum140]

I just got done clearing snow from our driveway and two neighbors as well. It wasn't to bad, but it was wet down at the bottom so I had to keep the snow blower in first gear so it didn't have to run too hard or clog from slush. I guess we got six or eight inches. It's hard to be exact because of the leftovers from the last few times. I came in, got my coffee, shed the wet outer layers, sat down and when I brought up the screen on the laptop the security camera shows it's snowing again! It's probably just passing flurries, but still!

 

[Semiretired]

I wuzz tired of being the only old far* around here.

You aren't, although I'm still a teenager in my mind, LOL. Unfortunately the body didn't stop there 50+ years ago.

In my family - my daughter is the old fuddy duddy old far" - she says I have not grown up yet - yippee me meeeeee!!! I just wish my body was as young as my mind is...

 

[Semiretired]

Good Mornin Everyone!!!

 

[awsum140]

moanin' Votalytes.

We did get another skim of snow overnight, insult to injury. The temperature bottomed out at 6 but has been climbing since the sun came out and it's up to 25 already. Maybe the shim and some of what fell yesterday will start to melt. It's supposed to be "record cold" again tonight but then warm up tomorrow and stay that way. I sure hope so. This is getting REALLY olde!

 

[Tritium]

Good morning all!

Or since you are young should i say "Mornin dudes"

 

[Renolizzie]

Good morning Voltdudes,

I'm with you, awsum, the mind isn't so old but the body has decided it isn't going to stay young

Brrr, sounds cold, awsum, spring is just around the corner so hang in there!

How are your babies doing, Shawn?

Semi - good to have you back. The Philippines seems very exotic.

I way over did it yesterday and now I have a house to clean. I see ibuprofen for breakfast. I just have to survive one cleaning job and then its Sonic Burger time.

Hubby and I got our tickets for The Outlaws concert tomorrow night. Oh boy, I haven't been to a concert in years. When Hubby worked graveyard and weekends, it was impossible to go to a concert.

 

[rave]

Good Morning Everyone!

Yeah awsum. The rat escaped with minor injuries and I stunned the roach with a baseball bat and locked him up in a dog crate. At least I got the cheese back.

Wow, you sure do not want to get on TM's bad side...

That would definitely be a bad idea. But then, you always know that she's got your back. Just sayin'.

Your did get out of Dodge at the right time, Uncle. Yeah, I'll be shoveling, well the snow blower will be anyway, probably later this evening. It's been snowing hard and the temperature keeps dropping, down to 29 with about six inches of new snow already.

I decided, since it was snowing and outside stuff wouldn't be possible (yeah like I was going to work outside anyway, LOL) to put the SSD drive in my desktop machine this morning. Keep in mind this is an older, early quad core Intel that I built about seven years ago. It has run 24/7 ever since it was built without a hitch so hats off to Seagate drives! Anyhow, after cleaning out all the dust, and a hats off to Antec because their case fans have yet to fail, I hung the drive on and installed the software that came with it, ran the software and cloned the original C drive onto the SSD drive. The clone process, about 40 gigs, took about fifteen minutes which surprised me. Then, installed the SSD where the old C drive had been, powered back up and it worked flawlessly, no license issues with anything at all!

That machine runs Folding at Home which is a very CPU intensive program and runs all the cores at 100% utilization all the time. On top of that, the video security software is on that machine, running 24/7 as well. The first thing I noticed was that boot time was significantly faster than my sort of new i5 laptop, both are Win7/64 Pro. The next thing I noticed is that applications load as fast as I click on them, even with Folding and security software running and the CPUs at 100%. It's like I got a new machine for the price of an SSD. I guess if I add some more memory that might help as well, although there are 8 gigs of RAM in it already.

So, if you want to upgrade on the cheap, try installing an SSD drive. I am amazed at the difference.

I was concerned when I saw that the Governor of New Jersey had declared a State of Emergency. Sorry you got dumped on yet again. But I'm very happy that your technical endeavors went so well. Those almost never go that smoothly for me.

Ahhhh...nope. Never watched a whole Simpson episode in my life. Nothing against it just not my cup o tea. How you doin Semi? Good to see you back. I wuzz tired of being the only old far* around here.

No Simpsons for me either. Nope. And Wuzz - I think that you are in the company of quite a few old far*s here.

You aren't, although I'm still a teenager in my mind, LOL. Unfortunately the body didn't stop there 50+ years ago.

That's one of Ma Nature's favorite jokes, I believe. Make us feel like we're still teenagers in our minds, but give us bodies that simply can't keep up with what we used to be able to do easily. It drives me crazy to watch the young folks here charge up and down the stairs in seconds flat. No fair!!

In my family - my daughter is the old fuddy duddy old far" - she says I have not grown up yet - yippee me meeeeee!!! I just wish my body was as young as my mind is...

I'm never growing up either. It's no fun at all from what I've observed. Age may be a state of mind, but it would help if the mind could remember what state it's currently in.

 

[Semiretired]

Good Morning Everyone!

Age may be a state of mind, but it would help if the mind could remember what state it's currently in.

That is so true...

 

[rave]

It was -4 degrees here this morning. Rude. It's warming up quickly though, and I see a lotta 50's in the forecast for the next several days. I'm ready!!

Another woodworking day yesterday. My new PV rack has been populated. It has the exact same footprint as my old PV holder, but is more efficiently laid out. I have desk space again!!

Now I'm on to a new project. I have a tray that holds all of my tools and supplies for rebuilding and repairing attys. It's a jumbled mess of packets of prebuilt coils for rebuilding heads, heads that need to be rebuilt, rayon, kanthal spools, teflon tape, tools, etc., so on, Wow! I'm done with it. So I've designed a unit to fit in the back of my rebuild tray. It looks huge, but it's only 12" wide and 3.5" deep. The atty tester should give it a sense of scale. I think that I can build it all from scrap wood that I already have. If not, Homeless Despot is only 17 miles away.

 

[awsum140]

Heck, Rave, my box of rayon is bigger than that holder, LOL.

I'm with you, Lizzie. Time for ibuprophin. My hands are sore from the snow blower, holding clutches down, and my left elbow tendonitis is aching. I hate when the mind is in one State and the body in a whole another Country!

 

[rave]

Heck, Rave, my box of rayon is bigger than that holder, LOL.

I'm with you, Lizzie. Time for ibuprophin. My hands are sore from the snow blower, holding clutches down, and my left elbow tendonitis is aching. I hate when the mind is in one State and the body in a whole another Country!

I hear ya about the rayon. I still have enough to stuff a pillow, but I don't need to keep all of that on my build tray.

Is tendonitis affected by cold, I wonder? My son's fiance is home today because her arm at the shoulder is so bad that she can't lift her equipment. Had to loan her a sling that I keep on hand for when my left arm refuses to listen to commands from the brain. Last night they hit three pharmacies looking to find a sling. You can find potions to regrow your hair, improve your sex life, or help you in the eternal weight loss quest .... but not a sling to be found.

 

[JoAnnW]

Good Morning all, It’s been a while since my last visit but I had to let you all know that I had to say goodbye to my precious boy Spanky. He suffered with liver failure on top of his other health problems. There was nothing more that could be done. I could not watch him struggle for breath knowing it would only get worse. He was 10 years old on Monday and I had to let him go on Wednesday. Sorry for putting a damper on everyone's day. Take care and love your pets each day they are with you because this is definitely the worst part of letting them into your heart.

 

[rave]

Good Morning all, It’s been a while since my last visit but I had to let you all know that I had to say goodbye to my precious boy Spanky. He suffered with liver failure on top of his other health problems. There was nothing more that could be done. I could not watch him struggle for breath knowing it would only get worse. He was 10 years old on Monday and I had to let him go on Wednesday. Sorry for putting a damper on everyone's day. Take care and love your pets each day they are with you because this is definitely the worst part of letting them into your heart.

Ohhh JoAnn. I'm so very sorry. You loved that boy with all of your heart for those ten years. He was lucky to spend that time with you. Believe me, I know that it was difficult to let him go, but his suffering is over now. (((HUGS)))

 

[JoAnnW]

Ohhh JoAnn. I'm so very sorry. You loved that boy with all of your heart for those ten years. He was lucky to spend that time with you. Believe me, I know that it was difficult to let him go, but his suffering is over now. (((HUGS)))

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I didn't realize how much until I had to let him go. Now I am packing up his stuff which is really hard to do but I am giving it to the ASPCA. No more dogs for me.

 

[tmcase]

Good Morning all, It’s been a while since my last visit but I had to let you all know that I had to say goodbye to my precious boy Spanky. He suffered with liver failure on top of his other health problems. There was nothing more that could be done. I could not watch him struggle for breath knowing it would only get worse. He was 10 years old on Monday and I had to let him go on Wednesday. Sorry for putting a damper on everyone's day. Take care and love your pets each day they are with you because this is definitely the worst part of letting them into your heart.

Oh man that is tough. I've been there done that so I know how you feel. I'm so sorry.