Red-Ringed Tupperware Party with (ineffective) Tin Foil Hats

Claire wrote in post #2457465
Same "Shy Guy" as before?

Yes, the same one. He's really pouring it on lately.

Maureen Souza wrote in post #2457475
We'll be waiting for the post-date report, Liza.

Oh, don't worry. I'll be on here as soon as I get home. He's just so nice, it's like he's almost too good to be true. I guess I'll find out more on Saturday.

belmondo wrote in post #2457397
That was this thread:https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=213883

You'll notice, the last post was by me in all my pompous self-reighteousness. I really think that thread had gone in an unhealthy direction, which this one has not.

You're all to be congratulated.

that's because we are all old and wise

so that's what we have to do? post some shots of ducks. I still haven't done that with my sigma lens. That's my goal tomorrow. Still got to over come my shyness tho.

nzl-g3user wrote in post #2457522
Still got to over come my shyness tho.

Yes. Your shyness is painful to watch.


NOT!!

Hmm a lot of things happen overnight.....

I return to find Sari has become as cutting edge a L lens red ring duck shooter as the best of them and that one of my hard disks (again with valuable photos on it - seems that the ones with the valuable data always attract trouble) is going to die soon, necessitating more $$ be spent on replacement. Early next year, expect to see glass up for sale.

ohh thanks the support is just wonderful.

NOT!!

you know that as senior you should be showing us young ones a thing or too.

Did ya see that Tim has now over 18000 posts.

nzl-g3user wrote in post #2457556
Did ya see that Tim has now over 18000 posts.

That's rather frightening and a sign that he has no other life

Sorry to hear your bad news, Yoda! I hope you get the new storage soon.
MY HDs are fine, but I am going to have to buy more storage soon, myself. I only have about 36 gig left on the Imac I got last week and the two externals are full, plus my old laptop. ANd that's after deleting 4000 shots. I think I will run in to the office and grab some DVDs so I can burn work related photos

Maureen Souza wrote in post #2457569
That's rather frightening and a sign that he has no other life

you know I wasn't think that myself. Rather than a sign that he doesn't know when to shut up?

Thanks Wu.. actually this disk was 'scheduled' to go anyway. My home computer (as in, truly at home) is a 3.5 year old beast, which is forever in our terms. It would be like driving a 20 year old car and expecting it to perform flawlessly

No data loss, because I picked it up early and I can intervene before things get worse. It's showing subtle signs.. but I'm not gonna wait till it becomes not-so-subtle it's just that I don't like throwing $$ at the computers (would rather sink it into glass) but then again, computers are sorta useful for us digital photogs..

Speaking of which, thought I'd share a little bit of general advice.. modern hard disks should be replaced at 3 year intervals. At the office we tend to find one will go around the 3.5 year mark, and we replace entire arrays every 3 years to prevent this. You should see the tons of disks we throw out.. some metal recycler's gonna make a fortune outta us

I thought the 3-year-replacement rule only applied to disks we ran hard and pounded 24x7 (these are the servers), not my own workstation, but then again, mine is run pretty hard too

Lightstream wrote in post #2457607
Thanks Wu.. actually this disk was 'scheduled' to go anyway. My home computer (as in, truly at home) is a 3.5 year old beast, which is forever in our terms. It would be like driving a 20 year old car and expecting it to perform flawlessly

Oh- you mean like my 1988 ford ranger that barely makes it across town? You are supposed to replace those things??? who'd a thunk it!

One of my crew just remarked "tis the season for equipment failure, it seems" (they are in for a similar problem)

Lightstream wrote in post #2457618
One of my crew just remarked "tis the season for equipment failure, it seems" (they are in for a similar problem)

Thus, my Imac!

wu_wei0 wrote in post #2457617
Oh- you mean like my 1988 ford ranger that barely makes it across town? You are supposed to replace those things??? who'd a thunk it!

Ohh, errm.. yeah, we try to replace the bits n pieces which fall out all over the road

wu_wei0 wrote in post #2457620
Thus, my Imac!

Cool

I am half deciding whether I want to call Dell again, or break out the screwdriver. As this is the 'home' computer that I will use 2 months out of the upcoming 12, I think if I can squeeze a year more out of it, with 10 months idle time, I'm good. And it will cost less.

nzl-g3user wrote in post #2457556
Did ya see that Tim has now over 18000 posts.

Need I remind you, but being in the Southern Hemisphere, this number is upside down. It is actually 00081. Still, it's a significant accomplishment for some.

nzl-g3user wrote in post #2457522
that's because we are all old and wise

Some of us are older than others.

nzl-g3user wrote in post #2457556
Did ya see that Tim has now over 18000 posts.

No surprise there.

Maureen Souza wrote in post #2457569
That's rather frightening and a sign that he has no other life

He's slowed down considerably from the early days. I remember when he first signed on, he would click "new posts" and respond to each and every thread.