The Hive Is Alive!

[WhatGravitas]

Oh, hello hive.

Evening, Rev!

Cheers, LT.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Things I might actually miss in my life thanks to my decision to never drink.

Sober hi-five!

 

[Relique du Madde]

Going missing for 8 hours ending back up at your shared flat with only vague recollections.

Tends to sort of happen a lot to me. I go into a book, game, or electronics store then 2 - 3 hours later I return home wondering how 5 minutes of looking at a product could turn into 1.5 hours of standing around in a store.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Tends to sort of happen a lot to me. I go into a book, game, or electronics store then 2 - 3 hours later I return home wondering how 5 minutes of looking at a product could turn into 1.5 hours of standing around in a store.

Heh. Yeah that hapeens to me alot too.

 

[Relique du Madde]

I am so cheesed. I bought a new portable hard disk and discovered that:
1) Mac/Pc compatible means pc users have to reformat the hard disk.
2) 320 gigs means you actually have 298 gigs.
3) If the case looks metallic and the box doesn't say durable then expect the product to be made of plastic.

Western Digital... you are now dead to me.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

2) 320 gigs means you actually have 298 gigs.

Uhm, one of the things that avid computerists know is that when you buy a new hard drive, you never get the full amount of space listed on the box.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Uhm, one of the things that avid computerists know is that when you buy a new hard drive, you never get the full amount of space listed on the box.

I know that, but in an ideal world the number would match the box, or at least the box would saying in print "Expect the actual storage compacity to be up to 20% less then the value we have written above" instead of "actual disk space may vary depending on operating enviroment."

So far, the worst offender of the "actual size is 10 - 20% less the noted" rule I've encountered was PNY thumb drive which held about 1 gig instead of the 4 gigs it was suposed to.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

So far, the worst offender of the "actual size is 10 - 20% less the noted" rule I've encountered was PNY thumb drive which held about 1 gig instead of the 4 gigs it was suposed to.

Did you try reformatting it?

 

[Dog Moon]

So far, the worst offender of the "actual size is 10 - 20% less the noted" rule I've encountered was PNY thumb drive which held about 1 gig instead of the 4 gigs it was suposed to.

Dang, didn't even realize they could or WOULD take THAT much away.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Did you try reformatting it?

I haven't reformatted that "4 gig" thumb drive yet since it's not really high priority since I've only been using it to transfer files for printing.