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hi ruaok

hey

owww

please don't poke my fragile hungover body :(

what is this? facebook

pokers..

aCiD2: ooh, hl2 \o/

Now I need to complete Episode 1 & 2 :)

2 got sweet graphics... finally got a card that can handle it (and i can run max on everything too!)

I have to run it in DX7 mode :(

bit short e2, though

I'm only on a MacBook though

:s

ruaok: pong!

maybe i should try e2 on "hard" instead of "normal"

or "difficult" or whatever

yea

hiya.

so, BF says that you need some resources to continue working on XHTML fuss?

Just access to a db server and I should be good to go then

well, the only servers I could give you access to would require you to SSH across the pond.

BF mentioned that you need hard disk space?

I think that might be a more direct solution.

you have paypal,right?

Whats VMWare like these days for running the server?

lol rob, you're not paying towards a harddrive for me!

works fine for lots of people.

You've already given me free ram :)

*I* won't.

MB could just as easily.

I'm serious.

Cool, I'll start setting up VMWare, should be getting myself an external drive soon and will be able to have the db server on there

Hmm

If you run out and buy a drive and take a picture of the receipt, I'll send you the $$$

if you can't front the cash, I can send money ahead too.

my accountants dont understand money going to foreign countries anyway. :)

Well, when I buy my drive - when I get some more substantial work done /then/ we can discuss something like that :)

don't make me buy a drive and just have it appear at your house!

Prodoc says I should be able to run MB with an empty db for now though too

So thats a temp solution until I get to somewhere that accepts credit card, and not just debit

true, esp for the XHTML work.

Yup

can you turn paypal money into cash easily?

Sure

you got a place where you can walk in a buy a drive?

Matt here says we have a nearby PC World

What I would probably do is buy it on credit, then if you wanted to help bail me out on repaying it, you've got a month

ring em up and ask for the price of the drive you want.

include the tax and tell me the amount.

I'll paypal $$$.

Can't do it today, but I'll have time on Monday to take the bus in and have a look around

I managed to upgrade my MB database as well \o/

that's two trips. :-)

Anyway, drives aside, do you have a few mins to discuss the XHTML project in general?

srotta: \ö/

sure.

haha, its only like £2 for a return bus journy, so thats's not really breaking the bank :p

time-wise. :-)

Im a student, time is not an issue :p

you could be hacking XHTML instead of sitting on the bus. :) :-)

Well Brian said you want to really push XHTML out as soon as you can now (and we got an F or something in some web 2.0 speed chart?)

I have a laptop, so ha!

shit, just go online, look for the drive you want and I'll round up by 10 quid.:)

you got firewire?

Yea

I think 800

pc world?

But I don't know how good the local computer shop is

brb, lemme ask Matt how big it is

he says its quite big, and if I order online I can get it cheap and then collect it at the store

not firewire, but usb 2.0

Lemme have a look around and see what I can find

Dunno if I really need 500gb lol

you will regret if you buy a smaller one..

one of IBM's laws

then you go like "omg have to delete familiy pictures to store more porn :-("

I have an Amazon S3 account for long term storage like that though

no matter how much storage you have, the amount of indispensable data will grow until it fills all of it

400-500GB drives are cheapest, per gigabyte.

At least here. :P

that's true

found something yet?

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page... looks good, I trust WD more than Maxtor

but its not in stock, heh

and I would go for seagate. they have a 5 year warranty

WD only 1

I don't believe in differences in brands.

and I hear lots about failures around 1 year.

srotta: I agree. drive manufacturers vary quite a bit from drive to drive.

Every single one has had lousy batches, if you follow them long enough. It's usually about single models or series.

Exactly,.

but a 1 year warranty vs 5 does make me feel better.

IBM was the ultimate best until they released the Deathstar.

because most drives wont fail in 1 year.

I've only experienced one drive failure myself, and that was after about 4-5 years, maybe im lucky, heh

Then they became the one brand to avoid at all cost.

well, http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page... is Seagates, but its a bit more expensive

which is sad, because the hitachi's are really nice.

yes.

85 quid out the door?

Yea, just checking its in store in lancs

lancastershire?

Lancaster

And we do have that one in stock

nice.

ruaok: Yeah, warranty is good. Although considering that the manufacturers change the warranty period at will, I'd suspect Finnish consumer protection people would lean for the little people if one would really bother complaining for a failed drive.

I wish the country I lived in would look out for me like that.

aCiD2: 85 quit coming up -- remind me of the addy for paypal for you

8)

*quid

ruaok: are you really really sure?

I hate getting stuff for free :X

relax you're not.

aCiD2: You can forward the money to me.

haha

its your reward for working on XHTML.

That way everybody wins.

:)

well ok, ill pm my address

k

C0RD is now known as Cord

done

money sent.

ok, I'm going to switch to the offiice. too many wankers looking over my shoulder here.

brb

fuckin' savages

the wankers.. are savages

acid2: ping

Jugdish__ is now known as Jugdish

Pong

BUttt... Im heading off, will you be on in a few hours Jugdish ?

sure

Gotta watch the rugby final :)

bbl!