Re: [OT] Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-31 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 09:05:32AM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 09:13:32PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > So... you're not interested in my bridge for sale? > > If he buys your bridge, how will you chew your food? that's what the kids are for!! A sig

Re: [OT] Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-31 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 01:11:37AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 05/30/07 23:12, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 06:06:43PM -0400, Andrew J. Barr wrote: > >>-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >>Hash: SHA1 > >> > >>On Tue, 29 May 2007 13:21:32 -0700 > >>Andrew Sackville-We

Re: [OT] Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-31 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 09:13:32PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > So... you're not interested in my bridge for sale? If he buys your bridge, how will you chew your food? Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTE

Re: [OT] Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-30 Thread Ron Johnson
On 05/30/07 23:12, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 02:48:34AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 05/29/07 21:08, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 01:21:32PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 11:34:00AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: The new one

Re: [OT] Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-30 Thread Ron Johnson
On 05/30/07 23:12, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 06:06:43PM -0400, Andrew J. Barr wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 29 May 2007 13:21:32 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: maybe I'm getting too old (don't trust anyone over 30

Re: [OT] Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-30 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 05:19:51AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 02:52:03PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > >>On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 11:34:00AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>>On 05/21/07 07:30, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > >> > > Go

Re: [OT] Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-30 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 06:06:43PM -0400, Andrew J. Barr wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, 29 May 2007 13:21:32 -0700 > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > maybe I'm getting too old (don't trust anyone over 30!), > > I'm 22... like I said...

Re: [OT] Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-30 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 02:48:34AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 05/29/07 21:08, Chris Bannister wrote: > >On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 01:21:32PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >>>On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 11:34:00AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>>The new one didn't have the same capabilites and

Re: [OT] Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-30 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 02:52:03PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 11:34:00AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 05/21/07 07:30, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > Good reason to have a big case. With the CM-Stacker, the PSU can be removed from eit

Re: [OT] Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-30 Thread Ron Johnson
On 05/29/07 21:08, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 01:21:32PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 11:34:00AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: The new one didn't have the same capabilites and cost more. The new one seems to be designed for the modern gamer with cl

Re: [OT] Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-29 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 01:21:32PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 11:34:00AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > The new one didn't have the same capabilites and cost more. The new one > > seems to be designed for the modern gamer with clear side panel so your > > MB coo

Re: [OT] Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-29 Thread Andrew J. Barr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 29 May 2007 13:21:32 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > maybe I'm getting too old (don't trust anyone over 30!), I'm 22... > but WTF is > the point? Does one somehow play better if there are cool lights > inside the cas

Re: [OT] Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-29 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 02:52:03PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 11:34:00AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 05/21/07 07:30, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > > >Good reason to have a big case. With the CM-Stacker, the PSU can be > > >removed from either the inside, o

Re: [OT] Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-29 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 11:34:00AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 05/21/07 07:30, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > >Good reason to have a big case. With the CM-Stacker, the PSU can be > >removed from either the inside, or more conveniently, from the rear > >(once you unplug all the cables))); no ne

Re: [OT] Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On 05/21/07 07:30, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 09:19:27PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 05:42:56PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 05:35:27PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 02:00:23PM -0700, A

Re: [OT] Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-21 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 08:30:40AM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > Good reason to have a big case. With the CM-Stacker, the PSU can be > removed from either the inside, or more conveniently, from the rear > (once you unplug all the cables))); no need to remove anything else. > Yeah. It

Re: [OT] Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-21 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 10:31:30PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 05:35:27PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > Is the PSU really more failure prone than any other component? > > it is my understanding, having long ago lost the source, that the PSU > is the *most*

Re: [OT] Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-21 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 09:19:27PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 05:42:56PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 05:35:27PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > > On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 02:00:23PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > On

Re: [OT] Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-20 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 05:35:27PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 02:00:23PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 04:02:29PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > > > > My _first_ consideration (other than not going bankrupt) was longevity,

Re: [OT] Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-20 Thread Klein Moebius
* Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-05-20 17:42:56 -0400]: > No, but if it goes, it can take the whole thing with it. If it goes > slightly, its a PITA to track down. Why dither? Keep it cool. I've set a laptop in a refrigerator in order to get a critical backup off a failing drive

Re: [OT] Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-20 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 05:42:56PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 05:35:27PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 02:00:23PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 04:02:29PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > > I

Re: [OT] Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-20 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 05:35:27PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 02:00:23PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 04:02:29PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > Is the PSU really more failure prone than any other component? > No, but if it

[OT] Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-20 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 02:00:23PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 04:02:29PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > > My _first_ consideration (other than not going bankrupt) was longevity, > > hense the huge case, PSU in bottom bay, and lots of fans. Good reliable