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Gudanov - Mar 03, 2006 10:40:07 am PST #7347 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping

I have WD (and Maxtor and Seagate) at home and work and they have worked great. Actually, I haven't had a hard drive fail in a really long time. I have 2.5GB drives that still work but I just don't have a use for anymore.


Dana - Mar 03, 2006 10:40:23 am PST #7348 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I know there's freeware out there that will let you create a PDF from a Word doc. Is there anything that goes in reverse? Approximately three thousand of the source documents for my new project are PDFs, and my life would be a lot easier if they were editable.


Tom Scola - Mar 03, 2006 10:41:05 am PST #7349 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

A TLER disk is meant to be used in a RAID system.

Explaination: [link]

WDC's official line: [link]

Basically, the TLER is stupider and less robust about error recovery, since it assumes that the RAID controller will be handling that task.


Gudanov - Mar 03, 2006 10:45:52 am PST #7350 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping

RE vs. SE? WTF?

I believe SE is a desktop line and RE is a server line and then there is SE16 for a 16 megabyte buffer as opposed to a 8 MB buffer.


Jon B. - Mar 03, 2006 10:49:16 am PST #7351 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Basically, the TLER is stupider and less robust about error recovery, since it assumes that the RAID controller will be handling that task.

Thanks Tom. I want to use the drive for backup, so it seems to be a bad choice. Looks like the 400GB Seagate is a better deal all around.


le nubian - Mar 03, 2006 11:11:03 am PST #7352 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

tommy, I emailed you.


tommyrot - Mar 03, 2006 11:34:43 am PST #7353 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Cool. Replied.


Spidra Webster - Mar 03, 2006 12:48:14 pm PST #7354 of 10003
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

Mssr. Scola, do you have to have my email address whitelisted? I just want to make sure my email to you went through...


Tom Scola - Mar 03, 2006 12:48:56 pm PST #7355 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Got it, I'll reply later this evening.


Spidra Webster - Mar 03, 2006 12:59:41 pm PST #7356 of 10003
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

Thanks. I just wanted to make sure it had gotten through given that I know rr has a big ol' filter.