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"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 02/01/2017 at 19:48 • Filed to: None

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whoarder is tellurium > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/01/2017 at 19:52

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You seem to have a problem with directv.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > whoarder is tellurium 02/01/2017 at 19:54

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But I’ve never had DirecTV. I worked for them when they started back in the ‘90s, but I’ve never subscribed to their service.

whoarder is tellurium > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/01/2017 at 19:58

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Oh, if you could only see the pallets of returned dish receivers that we get at work.

S65 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/01/2017 at 20:00

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Hey those aren’t Sega Saturns

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > whoarder is tellurium 02/01/2017 at 20:05

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I just pick these things up for less than a fiver (for months I could get them for $0.59/ea) and then yank out the HD, usually 500GB and 1TB units. I don’t really need the extra storage space these days since I’m not downloading as much as I used to, but it’s become an addiction.

I try to stay away from Dish units as they bugger up the firmware on the drives that makes it difficult to re-use them. That and they’re just a disgusting company. I remember hearing tales of a high-level executive that resigned. She ran into the CEO/founder/president/whatever at some social function and he commented that she was looking great these days and inquired as to what she had done. Her response? “I stopped working for you ...”

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > S65 02/01/2017 at 20:05

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If they were I wouldn’t be tearing them to bits.

S65 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/01/2017 at 20:07

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Why are you tearing them apart?

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > S65 02/01/2017 at 20:08

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Hard drives for a massive RAID array.

Chariotoflove > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/01/2017 at 20:09

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Yes you do. I suggest eBay.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Chariotoflove 02/01/2017 at 20:12

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Oh goody - I can find even more of them! Oh, wait, that’s not what you meant, is it...

S65 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/01/2017 at 20:18

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I don’t know what that is so have a Super Nintendo

Chariotoflove > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/01/2017 at 20:19

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This will not end well.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > S65 02/01/2017 at 20:21

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Pfft - where’s the switch to convert the picture to use a B&W TV? It must look terrible...

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Chariotoflove 02/01/2017 at 20:27

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Well, if it comes down to it I’ll have a hard drive shotput contest. I had one off the balcony at my place back in LA because I didn’t feel like carrying those full-height 5 and 10 MB (yes, megabyte) drives down the stairs. The rules were loosely defined, so I don’t know if I was disqualified or not; I threw mine further, but I hit a tree and broke off a limb. Oops.

Chariotoflove > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/01/2017 at 20:32

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As long as it wasn’t one of your limbs I call it a win. Who even makes a 5 GB drive anymore?!

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Chariotoflove 02/01/2017 at 20:34

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Not gigabytes - MEGAbytes. As in less storage than an average flip phone.

Chariotoflove > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/01/2017 at 20:36

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Oh crap, that’s not even worth the materials.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Chariotoflove 02/01/2017 at 20:44

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A few years ago I needed a CF card for a project but didn’t want to shell out the $$$ for a 64GB card so I started scrounging around the house. I found what I thought I needed in a Cisco router I had laying around, but it wasn’t until I started the disassembly for this project that I realized that the card was 64MB and not 64GB...

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Chariotoflove 02/01/2017 at 20:46

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I might have made a few bucks if I sold those things by the pound for scrap metal - they were freakin’ HEAVY.

Chariotoflove > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/01/2017 at 21:18

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No doubt.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Chariotoflove 02/01/2017 at 21:29

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And the sound. They took a while to spool up, sort of like starting a turbofan engine on a jet, with similar noise. The vibration when the heads moved could shake a table, so computers with those drives needed to be on very firm surfaces. They were also incredibly slow and failure prone; I’m still ultra careful around spinning hard drives thanks to my experiences 30+ years ago, even though I know today’s drives don’t have the same problems.

LOREM IPSUM > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/01/2017 at 21:34

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Yeah, you need a fuckton of rca cables now.

...unless you have a giant duffle bag of assorted cables too.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > LOREM IPSUM 02/01/2017 at 21:39

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Costco plastic tubs full. And this is after replenishing after moving a few years back. Must. Stop.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/01/2017 at 21:47

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You stole a bunch on Nielsen boxes didn’t you? Quick, tune them all to Velocity and BBC America!

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 02/01/2017 at 21:54

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Two channels I don’t get :(

LOREM IPSUM > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/01/2017 at 22:01

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Are those all ird’s?

Is there a stand alone fix that I’m unaware of?

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > LOREM IPSUM 02/01/2017 at 22:04

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Yeah, mostly HR23s. They’re just parts donors, purchased on the cheap for their hard drives.

LOREM IPSUM > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/01/2017 at 22:08

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Ok, just checking. I was about to start hanging and aiming the e-85 5 lnbf dish I have sitting here. Lol

Chariotoflove > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/01/2017 at 22:31

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I remember. I too used to hold my breath.

Clown Shoe Pilot > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 02/01/2017 at 22:53

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Because what discovery networks needs is more incentive to show commercials