What are you doing right now, (keep it clean)

[rojo]

...However, given SSD's failure rates, I'd recommend 4 120's or two 250s instead of one 480.

Some SSD's are better than others. The Samsung I have in my HTPC is rated to last for ten years, and I have little doubt it'll outlast my new 3TB WD platter drive.

If data security is a concern (by security I mean you won't lose all your family photos if a hard drive fails), short of complicated backup procedures to a tape drive or regularly burning Blu-Rays, a Drobo is worth considering.

You know, since you're going whole hog with this setup and all.

Use one SSD as your boot drive, and attach a Drobo loaded with 2-4 platter drives for storage. If a hard disk fails, just hot swap it and the Drobo rebuilds your array automatically. It's RAID for dummies.

And if your SSD dies, well, you didn't have anything irreplaceable on it anyway.

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As long as we're talking accessories, a (perhaps more sensible) purchase you really ought to make is an uninterruptable power supply. A UPS is like a battery backup for your computer. Obviously, if the power goes out, you get time to shut down your computer safely. Less obviously, the UPS pretty much makes your power feeding your PC rock steady. They'll compensate for brown-outs, surges, and they'll even stop lightning. (The UPS will fry before the computer does if struck by lightning.) Regardless of the claims made on packaging, a power strip will not. Power strips are little more than glorified extension cords. Get a UPS.

There are a couple of different styles of UPS -- a strip style with the outlets on top, like a hypertrophic power strip, or a block style that stands upright and has (perhaps fewer) outlets on the back. Go with the block style. In my experience, they're more reliable than the strip style.

APC is probably the most popular. To be honest, I prefer Tripp Lite. I've used Tripp Lite UPSes that've been a decade old or more (just have to change out the power cells when they no longer hold a charge), and I've had APC UPSes that cost twice as much die after 3 or 4 years.

I think get something 500VA or higher -- not so much for the battery backup capacity, but for the wattage rating. The Tripp-Lite website has a nice tool to help you see the various models and their ratings and find the best prices. The 450-750 range is a good range to shop. This one looks like an amazing deal.

I love spending other people's money.

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[High Voltage]

Another one while doing insurance/glamour shots:

 

[Cucco]

Another one while doing insurance/glamour shots:

Glamour shots of our tools/toys is fun!

 

[High Voltage]

Both items in the pic are stellar performers. The rifle is a tack driver, I have a similar 18" build that's even more accurate, but it's still in the safe. Both have Noveske barrels, Noveske lowers, Larue uppers. The only real difference is triggers and free float fore-ends.

The Simplicity and KFL+ is an equally good combination. It works every time, as consistently as the rifles. I'm looking forward to the Strata, but I'm more than satisfied, so I am willing to wait.

 

[snork]

I was just digging around out in my car and I found this under the seat!

Still sealed from early 2011.
Shall I?

 

[Cucco]

I was just digging around out in my car and I found this under the seat!

Still sealed from early 2011.
Shall I?

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

 

[snork]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

I'm doing it.
I already know how horrible it will be.

 

[Cucco]

I'm doing it.
I already know how horrible it will be.

Wait... When was your last one?

 

[raqball]

I'm doing it.
I already know how horrible it will be.

And? Did you cough up a lung? Barf?

 

[Cucco]

I'm doing it.
I already know how horrible it will be.

I won't do it. For one, I am not sure that it will be horrible. I fear it won't. Second, I love my stats. The excel spreadsheet that calcs my stats, is the first thing that pops on my screen each day. If I had one, I would have to zero it out. Big incentive to not do it.

 

[snork]

I smoked 1/4 of one. It was truly horrible. But it was also unfortunately familiar. I loved to smoke, I would still love to smoke.

I threw it away and crushed the other 19 into little bits.

 

[snork]

Wait... When was your last one?

Oh, I bum one every six months or so to remind myself how nasty they are, the terrible taste left in the mouth, the stink, etc. I never want to romanticize them.
But the last day I was a smoker was the first day I got an ecigarette, April 19th 2011.

 

[Cucco]

I smoked 1/4 of one. It was truly horrible. But it was also unfortunately familiar. I loved to smoke, I would still love to smoke.

I threw it away and crushed the other 19 into little bits.

I have a feeling, even if it was horrible, the 'familiar' would be too welcoming for me. It is really hard to let go of a 42 year relationship.

 

[rojo]

Last time I got curious and lit one up, I couldn't even get 1/3 way through the cigarette. My mouth tasted like a tribe of Native Americans had been camping out in it, I felt a little nauseous, and all day long my shirt smelled like failure and sadness.

Coconut vanilla custard cupcake vaping and McD's sweet tea helped, though, and my shirt funk eventually gave way to my naturally appealing man scent. If you haven't smelled me, you don't know what you're missing.

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[snork]

I have a feeling, even if it was horrible, the 'familiar' would be too welcoming for me. It is really hard to let go of a 42 year relationship.

It is a relationship exactly. Mine was 37 years. Left that b*tch for a younger woman.

 

[Cucco]

It is a relationship exactly. Mine was 37 years. Left that b*tch for a younger woman.

That was good!!

 

[Cucco]

My kitten, just tried to steal my dinner(meatballs - she's Italian like me). In the process, she knocked over a huge glass of iced tea onto her head. She freaked! Went flying through the air, clear across the house. Scared the crap out of the others. Soaked! So funny!

This one!

 

[Nicblazer]

Rojo, two words: It worked!

 

[rojo]

Well, no one came back in time to stop you, so I guess it'll be ok.

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[Cucco]

My printer thinks it is jammed. It is not jammed. I need to make a copy of something that I don't want to copy, to take it with me to go see someone I don't want to see. And, my printer is giving me a hard time. I want to shoot it. But, I won't. Thanks for listening.