Makes me wonder... (hardware bigotry follows...)
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I've killed (unintentionally, of course) about 5 WD drives (never again!!) and 2 Conner/Seagate drives (ditto!). I've talked to a few recovery places and they said those two manufacturers were the ones they saw the most followed by a close 3rd, Maxtor. From now on for me it's IBM drives. Those are supposed to be pretty solid and hey, they invented the technology. I also have Fujitsu and Samsung drives. Nothing to write home about, but they're still humming away.
I actually didn't care too much for thnking in java. he's got some good examples, but i find myself always returning to 'Teaching Yourself Java in 21 days Professional Reference Edition' - by Sams.net-Premier. I know it's still only 1.1, but that book has stayed at my side the longest. It's a really great reference. Altho, I thought it sucked to try to learn Java with it. I get tired of people using 'apples and oranges extend the class fruit' examples. I couldn't understand Java that well until 'I' figured out how to model real world data structures - only then did it click in. There's a lot of books do that lame abstract thinking when they should be using real examples instead.
i think the reason everyone have seperate appliances is the simple fact that they do one thing (usually) and one thing only. that's why my home doesn't crash every few days. plus, m$'s approach to everything is propreitary, bloated code. jini is much more elegant and if i am gonna have a networked coffe maker that tells me while i'm in the shower that the coffe is done, i'd rather it use jini.
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I've killed (unintentionally, of course) about 5 WD drives (never again!!) and 2 Conner/Seagate drives (ditto!).
I've talked to a few recovery places and they said those two manufacturers were the ones they saw the most followed by a close 3rd, Maxtor.
From now on for me it's IBM drives. Those are supposed to be pretty solid and hey, they invented the technology.
I also have Fujitsu and Samsung drives. Nothing to write home about, but they're still humming away.
I actually didn't care too much for thnking in java. he's got some good examples, but i find myself always returning to 'Teaching Yourself Java in 21 days Professional Reference Edition' - by Sams.net-Premier. I know it's still only 1.1, but that book has stayed at my side the longest. It's a really great reference. Altho, I thought it sucked to try to learn Java with it. I get tired of people using 'apples and oranges extend the class fruit' examples. I couldn't understand Java that well until 'I' figured out how to model real world data structures - only then did it click in. There's a lot of books do that lame abstract thinking when they should be using real examples instead.
i think the reason everyone have seperate appliances is the simple fact that they do one thing (usually) and one thing only. that's why my home doesn't crash every few days. plus, m$'s approach to everything is propreitary, bloated code. jini is much more elegant and if i am gonna have a networked coffe maker that tells me while i'm in the shower that the coffe is done, i'd rather it use jini.