Posts by auxio

Quote: Originally Posted by Mark (Sigh.) I suppose there's no such fix coming for OS 9. Yeah, and no update for NeXTStep either. Now my NeXTcube will be out of sync for 4 weeks of the year.

Quote: Originally Posted by SDW2001 What, like in 2002? OMG. I am old. haha, yeah. I remember back in the day you'd buy a vinyl record and record it to tape, then use "high-speed dubbing" (like a 2X tape drive) to make...

Quote: Originally Posted by sunilraman Also consider http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDup...scription.html as an alternative to RSync? Superduper is good as a local backup solution, but rsync is ideal for me because it works both...

Quote: Originally Posted by sunilraman However, I prefer a backup that can be place *away* and *outside* of the computer. An external drive meets this criteria and increases success of disaster recovery. One can have all the RAID in the...

Quote: Originally Posted by sunilraman I think people are not realising if they have 250-500gb of storage, that's fantastic, but really, you need an external of almost equal size for redundant x1 backup. For anything above 200gb just...

Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Interesting that you say that, because the trend is to go in the opposite way. Put the swap onto flash for safety. It's weird that people consider a computer crash to be so important. With a...

Quote: Originally Posted by shamino Everything has a cost. I've heard people say that they want to replace desktop hard drives with flash as well. Which sounds great until you consider what the cost of a 300GB flash drive would cost,...

Quote: Originally Posted by shamino But there are tons of people who currently carry all their music on the device. My collection is 40GB, which fits very nicely on the 80GB iPod. But now you come along and say "Apple should...

Quote: Originally Posted by JonE Then why was it designed to be bounced around continuously in your pocket? It was redesigned to absorb a bit of shock around the time it was put in laptops. But it's never been ideally suited for said...

Quote: Originally Posted by shamino Translation: "I don't need one, so everybody who thinks they do is insane, stupid, or in dire need of re-education". Well thank you very much. Remind me to vote for someone else when the...