+arcadeshopper Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Interesting.. I have replaced more bad Seagate drives in systems over the years than any other brand.. while I have wd drives that have operated 24/7 for over 10 years.. they are all the blue or black drives.. might be a green in there but not many of them as preference is performance.. Sent from my LM-G820 using TapatalkAlso this is literally hundreds of drives in systems around the area in my consulting work.. not just in my home system. the long term drives are in my home systemsSent from my LM-G820 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted August 13, 2019 Author Share Posted August 13, 2019 Too bad it does not take bigger batteries, or more batteries in the proper arrangement. One could take their pie out in the field... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Friend of mine used to buy the same drives and motherboard hardware so we had similar base systems, except he always went on the cheap with power supplies and RAM. His machines always seemed to bluescreen and he'd end up rebuilding the machine only to do the same thing weeks later, always blaming Windows and his applications. I went the route of better power and RAM and almost never saw blue screens or crashes. Adding a UPS into the mix certainly didn't hurt. I still have a few of the old WD drives from a Win2000 server that was running 24x7 for nearly 10 years before I decided to update and retire, mostly for capacity and power saving reasons. Few of my other systems use red and black with no troubles over the years. PCs at work had a mix of brands but the one I remember replacing the most were the seagate. They often ran hotter and you could almost tell when they were gonna die by the chatter cadence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Too bad it does not take bigger batteries, or more batteries in the proper arrangement. One could take their pie out in the field... Easier to use a USB battery like you'd charge your phone with Sent from my LM-G820 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted August 14, 2019 Author Share Posted August 14, 2019 Just now, arcadeshopper said: Easier to use a USB battery like you'd charge your phone with Sent from my LM-G820 using Tapatalk Probably, or a small UPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted August 14, 2019 Author Share Posted August 14, 2019 Speaking of UPS... the whole unit is only 15 bux more than a replacement battery! Maybe there are better deals to be had... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+chue Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 29 minutes ago, --- Ω --- said: the whole unit is only 15 bux more than a replacement battery! You can find off brand batteries for less... for example I see one that's $35 for that particular UPS. Just make sure to read the reviews before buying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 2 hours ago, chue said: You can find off brand batteries for less... for example I see one that's $35 for that particular UPS. Just make sure to read the reviews before buying. Yeah, Battery Source (or equivalent) will usually have a BB battery (which is often used and re-branded by APC) for about $10 to $15 less than the listed price. These UPSes are really trimmed down these days. The inverters have gone from constantly-energized transformers with low frequency inverters to high-frequency inverters with smaller transformers. This allows them better run-time, reliability, and lower heat output (a HUGE issue in my lab, so I am replacing all my old UPSes.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted August 15, 2019 Author Share Posted August 15, 2019 This is what two weeks of spare moments here and there look like. Finally finished! On to the next! (Click on image to enlarge) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 19 hours ago, OLD CS1 said: Yeah, Battery Source (or equivalent) will usually have a BB battery (which is often used and re-branded by APC) for about $10 to $15 less than the listed price. These UPSes are really trimmed down these days. The inverters have gone from constantly-energized transformers with low frequency inverters to high-frequency inverters with smaller transformers. This allows them better run-time, reliability, and lower heat output (a HUGE issue in my lab, so I am replacing all my old UPSes.) We use APC UPSes for our network gear where I work- I think I have like ~190 deployed with the NICs so they can be managed. We are looking at the li-on ones, but they are pretty pricey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xabin Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Speaking of batteries, my boyfriend is having so much trouble with getting a working battery for his PC; the one it came with died after a good number of years, the second one he got was acting funny, and this third one isn't working at all. It's like fate doesn't want him to stay online, anymore... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 You'll probably not understand a lick of what she's singing, but it's a good tune and she can belt it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOME AUTOMATION Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 (edited) I have the words to this one, from Rob Roy. They sound similar, hmmm, maybe they're related! Live performance - Karen Matheson and Donald Shaw - Ailein Duinn ! Edited August 18, 2019 by HOME AUTOMATION Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 I saw this in another area of AtariAge and thought that @jedimatt42 would get a kick out of it... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrhodes Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 If only you knew the burnt side of the waffle iron. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 58 minutes ago, jrhodes said: If only you knew the burnt side of the waffle iron. Impressive. Most impressive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 On 8/15/2019 at 11:14 AM, --- Ω --- said: This is what two weeks of spare moments here and there look like. Finally finished! On to the next! (Click on image to enlarge) (Okay, not completely related, but still.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 9 hours ago, OLD CS1 said: (Okay, not completely related, but still.) An Ori ship did show up in one of the Atlantis episodes, but mostly that was an SG-1 (season 9) thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 The Orici lives on in "Deadpool." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xabin Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 I always thought the Ori were a take that to monotheistic religion, and we'd eventually find out that the Prophets of old were Orici who got displaced, to tie into their thing of "most Earth religious mythology was inspired by aliens" thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 The Ori stayed in the Pegasus galaxy until the SG program connected us and we started into the Arthurian story arc, interacting with the Ascended, etc. then the Alteran long-range communication device which "swapped" Vala and Daniel into the bodies of Harrid and Sallas, who resided in the Pegasus galaxy. During this swap they encounter a prior and discover the religion of Origin. In the Milky Way, the Go'uld were the impetus for most religions as they presented as gods, and more importantly as gods incarnate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xabin Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 I believe I know this, it's been a while since I've seen SG1, but it was always fascinating to me how similar Origin was to monotheistic religions (especially with its teachings and hypocrisy of man contrasting those teachings), and figured we'd eventually find out that like Moses was an Origin practitioner that got pulled to Earth during the Goa'uld's reign in Egypt, and started the rebellion that went down in history as the Book of Exodus, or something along those lines. Would've made for a nice tie-in for everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Notice the show never touched directly on the big religions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 I can say something about the Orici with 100% conviction, she was one hot chick! Just look at those flames! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xabin Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 13 minutes ago, OLD CS1 said: Notice the show never touched directly on the big religions. Yeah, they probably didn't want to piss off the Catholics or Christians by saying their God is actually an alien theocratical tyrant or something. Though now I'm reminded of that indie fighting game Fight of Gods, and wonder why they allowed Moses and Jesus as fighters, and there's calls for it to have Mohammad and the like, but Xenu isn't the final boss or something, or we don't have ancient gods like Cthulhu as a fighter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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