Mal: Well, look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us? Zoe: Big damn heroes, sir.

'Safe'


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Jon B. - Nov 20, 2009 5:21:38 pm PST #11742 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I'd check out NewEgg before running to Best Buy. They always seem to have some good deal or another going on. Especially if you subscribe to their email newsletter. Better yet, search dealnews.com.


Dana - Nov 20, 2009 5:23:58 pm PST #11743 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Newegg has a pre-Black-Friday sale starting on Monday. They were advertising a 2TB Seagate external drive for $150.


Jon B. - Nov 20, 2009 5:27:34 pm PST #11744 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

If that's the drive I looked at earlier today, it's 5400rpm, which is kinda slow.


Dana - Nov 20, 2009 5:30:00 pm PST #11745 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Yeah. But 2TB is big, and I'm easily impressed.

Actually, I can't tell. Either it's buried somewhere, or I have Friday fatigue.

[link]


§ ita § - Nov 20, 2009 5:31:46 pm PST #11746 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I have to open my box to check for an available bay, but I want to go internal.


flea - Nov 21, 2009 8:18:31 am PST #11747 of 25501
information libertarian

Does anyone have strong feelings about in-car GPS units? I am thinking a Garmin nuvi 265.


dcp - Nov 21, 2009 8:35:15 am PST #11748 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

I have something similar [link]

I think the wider screen is worth the slightly higher price.


bon bon - Nov 21, 2009 8:37:32 am PST #11749 of 25501
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

We had the 200 series and liked it, although at some point there was either a problem with the battery or the charger, because it couldn't keep charged. We never did find out what the problem was, because it was stolen.

So my advice would be not to leave the mount where thieves can see it.


§ ita § - Nov 21, 2009 10:40:23 am PST #11750 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Great. I get a nice big internal drive because I see I have an empty expansion bay and an empty SATA port on the motherboard. But no rails! And the power cables don't fit the drive either. Not to mention that the cables have come off the main drive and I can't get the angle to get them back in so that machine is down until my head hurts less and I can think more clearly.


brenda m - Nov 21, 2009 1:12:29 pm PST #11751 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

So after a tragic modem demise, I borrowed a modem from a coworker, got it set up, got a wireless router from the basement, plugged that in, and got connected. (Assume about a week's delay between each step. No, seriously.) But I'm feeling stupid because I can't figure out how to secure the network - the dead modem came from AT&T and did it automatically. I've been to [link] ect. but don't find any option there, and I can't find anything on AT&T's shittastic site either. Help? Even knowing which of those I need to dig into more thoroughly would be a start.