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Non-complaint: Wheee..., My hard drive problem turned out to be an unplugged firewire cable.
Sometime in the last few months I apparently had yanked on the bundle of cables that go into the back of my computer and the FW cable had come undone and slipped down out of sight behind the unreachable table and the connector was hidden in the cable bundle where it meets the tie that holds the bundle together, so I saw no obvious loose cable until I got on my hands and knees and crawled under the table and traced the FW cable to the end buried in the center of the cable bunch.
It takes a lot to get me on my hands & knees anymore. The ground is just sooo far away.
Then I had to get up off the ground and twist my neck ways that it doesn't go to see behind the computer to find the place where the FW cable plugs into. Exhausting. I think I need a drink.
Actually it does Misty if you read down.
...29.95$ here in Portland OR. You can get it cheaper on the Net.
Non-complaint: Wheee..., I've made another step into the 21st century. I finally broke down and bought a new external hard drive. 4TB.
I almost bought two but the budget monster roared at me.
Now perhaps I can retire the three 320GB drives, and the 160GB drive. Or replace them with a chip or thumb drive. 
But by adding the 4TB to my other two 2TB external drives I can now do complete proper backups. Delivery expected Tuesday.
Next step... New computer.
complaint: random people with no work posted who feel i'm interested in a critique of my work.
secondary complaint: the passive aggressive critique. example: "Great image, but I would have preferred..." gosh... i'll make note of that for when i start to cater to your desires.
from my experience it is only men that do this.
...what kind?. Also, these he bare drives or fully enclosed. Haven't been able to find a good 4 TB for under 100$ that doesn't ship from someplace halfway around the world.
Not my experience.
Dana
That's good!
thanks was wpmdering if it was a mythical snake. so it is real
This kind: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LQQHL4E/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I've been watching hard drives for a while. Yeah, one can get them cheaper but somehow that makes me queasy. And even this one can be gotten for $12 less if you buy a refurbished one (says so right on the catalog page). I've tried to be smart about getting bang for buck but there always seems to be too many variables so I just made up my mind tonight that I was going to bite at something and this is what I bit. Determined to not regret it. Time will tell, and it has a 3 year manufacturer's warranty. And "no" I didn't buy the "data recovery warranty" option that was offered when I put the drive in my shopping cart. I'll just trust the mfg's warranty.
Also had to buy the USB cable because I don't have any of that type. I also purchased a 4 port USB 3.0 card so I can get rid of my rats nest of USB hubs keeping all my external devices fed.
Shipping is quick because I bought from Amazon and I have "Amazon Prime" so I get free 2-day shipping.
And "yes" I actually wanted a full size drive, not a portable drive. Call me old fashioned.
Hahaha that's a strange thing to say!
Oh, btw, I visited your gallery...great stuff but I would have preferred some male renders...
was more than i wanted to spend, dohh
32 is a dollar equal to a quid?
centimeters are totally meaningless to me.
wingspan of dragonfly 7 cm. see. no help at all.
is like the dashes on my insulin. meaningless units of measure
Recruiters are NOT hired to get the best talent for the least payout. If your place is doing that, then they're probably struggling in all sorts of ways just to keep the lights on.
Our recruiters NEVER ask prior salary. If you are offered a job at my company, salary is never even discussed. If an interviewee brings it up, he or she is told that salary is determined based on company standards, skill level of the job, and geographic location. And it is. If the interviewee does not bring it up, then it is flat out NEVER DISCUSSED. If you get an offer, then you'll get an offer letter from HR, and the salary is printed in there and it is based on the job, the level of expertise of the job, and the geographic location. The hiring manager actually has ZERO input into salary decisions. This keeps us competitive.
Norton Security has frequently been the cause of problems. I recommend just turning on the Windows antivirus. It's free and has never borked Windows on me. Malwarebytes is fine, I have that too.
I kept the media mostly turned off all week. And I worked from home so as to avoid 9/11 discussions.
Scrambled eggs, bacon, and toast. Still deciding on hashed browns or grits.
We had the IBM 3330 disk drives at my first employer. Though we never had to pull the HDAs. I think they were permanent by the time that the 3330s and 3350s came along. The 3380s were kind of scary looking. Big 7-foot tall cabinets, with the HDA (Head/Disk Assembly) oriented with the spindle parallel with the floor.
That's a big reason I worked from home last week.
That was fake news. I had one of the first iPhone 6-Plus phones. I cracked the screen once. But it never bent.
Fortran is still very popular. I think Microsoft even has a compliler available for Windows.
So he got even with them, huh?
I never even wanted a "donorcycle".
Waitaminute. Since when did that become a choice?
Okay, I'm pretty sure that's not a problem. Except maybe if you have a house made of mud during a mudslide.
Castle. Come on, why would you NOT choose castle?
Yatze in a castle would have been AWESOME. Really, you passed up a castle!
The worst is apps that push the subscription model on us. Hate is a strong word, but I do hate those.
Okay, so first off...you were just taking literary liberty with all that talk about being scared of losing a hard drive, right? Please say yes or I'll have to enlarge the fonts in my signature even more.
With backups, KEEP IT SIMPLE. Don't be making things overcomplicated. Use the 4TB as one backup drive, and buy two more in the next month.
THEN you can go ahead and start thinking about modernizing your disk architecture.
I've done this for years. Always budget for and buy the backup drives FIRST. :)
Both genders do it, I assure you. And they should. Offer advice and observations, I mean.
"I would have preferred..." may or may not be "passive-aggressive", as you suggest.
I think that for many, it may be merely a verbal attempt on the part of the writer to offer advice without sounding confrontational. It's a softening of the words, which in some ways is kind. In other ways, it can come off as self-serving or bossy. It is what it is.
If I get a phrase like that (might not even be art-related), I ignore the actual words chosen and instead I try to focus on the advice itself. Just because the language might rub my feathers the wrong way, that doesn't mean that the advice was given maliciously. Nor does it mean that it's automatically without merit. Quite to the contrary, it might be VERY valuable. For example:
"I would have preferred..."
"...that your hero character weren't wearing high heeled sandals with her battle armor." That's pretty good advice, I would think. If I ever did that, I would hope that SOMEBODY would tell me to just stop it!
"...that this wasn't your 56th image of a woman with a 36 triple-D bust in a skimpy bikini." Hah, that wouldn't happen with me, 'cause I'm a leg man anyhow. But still...it would be kind to tell me that I may be sliding off the road, right? The prefix, "I would have preferred" is just a throwaway, but the observation has a lot of merit.
"...that your subject have some light." I don't think YOUR images are too dark, Gina; at least not the ones I've seen. But this is a bugaboo for me with a lot of artists' work. With the exception of some striking high-contrast sillouettes and light-and-shadow images, I find dark, low contrast images to be way too hard to see and even harder to understand. And yet the gallery is full of them. And these forums are full of avatars with a dark head-shaped thing in a dark thumbnail. If you're making it hard on your viewer, then what do you expect? Yes, I will speak up about this. "Your image is too dark for me to understand it." Direct. I like that, and it's not because I'm a man.
"I would have preferred" might be attached to it, but surely would not have invalidated the actual advice (which the artist could choose to accept or reject). It's because I genuinely want to be able to see and understand your art better, and if I can't see it, then I'm sure there will be many others struggling the same way. The difference is, for every one of me, you'll have 9+ other people just move past your image without offering any observations at all.
"...that your hero, supposedly a good guy, wasn't sweeping other people in the image with the muzzle of his firearm. And he has his finger on the trigger!" I am a stickler for good guys learning and practicing safe firearm handling. And because I'm extremely knowledge and safety minded, I feel strongly that this should apply in our art and media too. Being a man has nothing to do with that. My sister would have it out with your character for having his/her finger on the trigger too. Go sis!
There are others. For example, a background image creating confusion with the foreground subject. A color issue creating confusion with the foreground subject. Inappropriate/awkward cropping of the image that creates confusion with the foreground subject. An odd pose or angle of head, face, or body to the light source or camera...yes, creating confusion with the foreground subject.
I don't have time to go look at galleries very often these days, and even less time to post my own work. But I've been a photographer and have developed some small amount of skill in images. And I care. It has nothing to do with me being a man. And just because I don't have a lot of art posted, that doesn't mean that I'm a hypocrite. I can still see what is good composition. And I can still speak up when an image is confusing to my eye, or when an image is just not serving the subject. Why wouldn't I try to help if I can? The artist can still reject my suggestions if they're kooky or just plain wrong.
Maybe you don't want or need comments at all (in which case, maybe this entire post is unwelcome). But if it would help, maybe in some galleries you can turn comments off? If they're turned off, then you won't have to deal with the phrasing. You'd also be giving up the opportunity to get valuable input on your skills, but you're smart enought to already be aware of that and what it means. If you can't turn off comments, then maybe in your image description, just say something like "No comments, please", or maybe "Comments are not desired and will not be read or responded to". That might get your point across.
..thanks. Yeah, Newegg has the same model available at the same price.
From reviews I read it apparently only uses passive instead of active cooling as there were a number of comments that it would run hot. I take it these are from people who likely used it as a secondary system drive rather than backup one. Another regular issue noted was that if it was already connected it interfered with system boot up. I would just like to set it up up to do scheduled backups for both machines. dividing the drive in two 2TB partitions.
The situation is I already have an extra fan cooled enclosure for a full size drive, however, the bare drives to put into it seem to cost more.
When it comes to storage (particularly for backups), I would only buy new.
....worked for Sprint (which sold the iPhone 6 when they first came out) it was an issue.
LOL... I'm a gal that likes the ladies... That and I've not found a male character I like... AND working with dudes would require stuff for them and that would take away from the stuff for the ladies and... I need to set up a GoFundMe for my DS habits... *twitches in corner*
Non-complaint: Sitting here having morning coffee and reading DAZ forums. Computer radio is playing one of the few operatic arias that I like. It's usually performed as a vocal and it brings tears to my eyes every time. However, this version is just the orchestra. Beautiful in any form.
It comes from the Puccini opera "Madama Butterfly".
Giacomo Puccini: "Un Bel Di Vedremo"(Instrumental) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVn0m_NCpGk
Giacomo Puccini: "Un Bel Di Vedremo"(Vocal; Maria Callas) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-r2vu4t9-g
I always thought one was supposed to listen to the blues on Mondays. I thought opera was for Odin's day.
Maybe opera is a Monday evening thing...
Always doing things because one is "supposed to" is not thinking.
So I'm supposed to do things because I'm not supposed to do them? Taking notes...
Well, actually, I'm a dude that also likes the ladies:) And on a more serious note, your renders are lovely
LOL thank you.
Apparently a daz studio habit isn't sufficient reason to set up a GoFundMe page. I guess I'll have to remove stuff from my cart.
How'd I do that?: I've managed to twist my ankle walking barefoot through the house. I have no idea how. Graceful?
[enter pedantic mode]
Still not thinking.
Key words are "always" and "supposed to". The actor has control of his "always", but does not have control of who defined the "supposed to". Still taking notes? Governments and Theocracies rely heavily on these imprecisions.
[exit pedantic mode]
Says the squirrel with a mohawk and a whip!
I don't know why but I suddenly had a memory of a discussion of Candide in one of my classes in college. At least I think it was Candide. I think that's the only book I remember from that class.
And sometimes it takes a bit of pedantic mode to sail the denser seas.
Complaint: I'm bored so I decided to track down the original complaint thread...got as far as "The Return of the Son of the Complaint Thread". So what was the name of the first one? And when was that? I assume the mountains were invented already?
Good heavens the first one was back on the old old old original type forum Are you old enough, forum wise, to remember that one?
It would have started sometime between October 2003 and May 2012
Nope just bored;) And interested!
Ok so I seem to have joined in 2012, but pretty sure I was lurking around long before that.