My few years old non-analog Casio has only 7 years battery life. Clearly some progress has happened. I only miss manual drift compensation and digital pocket watch format.
I've had Håg Balans Vital at home for 17 years now. I bought it as a student when my upper back started to hurt due to sitting in bad position on an ordinary chair. I haven't had back problems since then.
When sitting on the chair I feel pressure on shins and it is somewhat straining over long sessions. Strain on knees or hips may be subjective, but I haven't found sitting on this chair to be especially strenous on knees and hips or causing any damage.
I was playing Nethack and eating chocolate when I accidentally nudged the choco tin wrapping inside the open PC case. It flew under the hard drive and killed the drive immediately. No backups taken for several months and everything lost. I still remember the empty moment of realizing what had just happened.
I have just bought DVD-Multi drive (Panasonic SW-9571) with a deep tray that accepts both cartridges and bare discs (DVD-RW). I would have wanted a drive that writes on everything but DVD-RAM and DVD+RW seems to be mutually exclusive.
I chose DVD-RAM because I want to make reliable backups that are reasonably safe from scratches, fingerprints and dust.
I can format the DVD-RAM disk with ext2 and mount it as a hard drive. Ext2 does not do wear leveling and the superblock is written frequently. Would anybody know a better solution?
The laser diode longevity of the unit is not mentioned in the specs. I guess manufacturers don't want to say out the drive will fail after some 1000 hours of operation.
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My few years old non-analog Casio has only 7 years battery life. Clearly some progress has happened. I only miss manual drift compensation and digital pocket watch format.
Next he will be sued for the irrecoverable damage caused to the australian judicial system by making this case public.
I've had Håg Balans Vital at home for 17 years now. I bought it as a student when my upper back started to hurt due to sitting in bad position on an ordinary chair. I haven't had back problems since then.
When sitting on the chair I feel pressure on shins and it is somewhat straining over long sessions. Strain on knees or hips may be subjective, but I haven't found sitting on this chair to be especially strenous on knees and hips or causing any damage.
I was playing Nethack and eating chocolate when I accidentally nudged
the choco tin wrapping inside the open PC case. It flew under the
hard drive and killed the drive immediately. No backups taken for
several months and everything lost. I still remember the empty moment
of realizing what had just happened.
I have just bought DVD-Multi drive (Panasonic SW-9571) with a deep tray that accepts both cartridges and bare discs (DVD-RW). I would have wanted a drive that writes on everything but DVD-RAM and DVD+RW seems to be mutually exclusive.
I chose DVD-RAM because I want to make reliable backups that are reasonably safe from scratches, fingerprints and dust.
I can format the DVD-RAM disk with ext2 and mount it as a hard drive. Ext2 does not do wear leveling and the superblock is written frequently. Would anybody know a better solution?
The laser diode longevity of the unit is not mentioned in the specs. I guess manufacturers don't want to say out the drive will fail after some 1000 hours of operation.