having worked in contractor sales for 10+ years, I can tell you that no contractor would want to build a house out of screws. The cost would easy double for the customer along with the added time/labor cost associated with using primarly screws. These look like good new products, and every year there are new ones out on the market which make the job of building houses faster, stronger and with time, even cheaper.. I agree that screws in some circumstances can be better fasteners, but only in certian circumstances.
well one question I will throw out to the slashdot community is people's thoughts on archiving data. Considering how cheap drivespace is now becoming, what is your thoughts on just building a machine which the OS and all files you want to store are placed. Then you just simply keep the machine shut down and unplugged.
Basically people are talking about 200-300 (estimated) years with CD-R and DVD formats.. has anyone any insight on just using harddrives that are powered up long enough to store the data on and then powered down? Will the data stored on the platters begin to deteriorate?
I'm curious myself about this as I am going to start archiving some documents and mostly treasured family photos and I'm wondering which way would be the best and safest way to store them..
any and all comments are appreciated!
Craig
Slashdot Mirror
Vista is junk. Get a mac and forget about it.
i'm just laughing my ass off to whomever figured this little spoof out.. my hat is off to you... whomever you are ;)
may he rot in hell for even thinking that my shutting our mouths further that it will hinder terrorism.
having worked in contractor sales for 10+ years, I can tell you that no contractor would want to build a house out of screws. The cost would easy double for the customer along with the added time/labor cost associated with using primarly screws. These look like good new products, and every year there are new ones out on the market which make the job of building houses faster, stronger and with time, even cheaper.. I agree that screws in some circumstances can be better fasteners, but only in certian circumstances.
well one question I will throw out to the slashdot community is people's thoughts on archiving data. Considering how cheap drivespace is now becoming, what is your thoughts on just building a machine which the OS and all files you want to store are placed. Then you just simply keep the machine shut down and unplugged. Basically people are talking about 200-300 (estimated) years with CD-R and DVD formats.. has anyone any insight on just using harddrives that are powered up long enough to store the data on and then powered down? Will the data stored on the platters begin to deteriorate? I'm curious myself about this as I am going to start archiving some documents and mostly treasured family photos and I'm wondering which way would be the best and safest way to store them.. any and all comments are appreciated! Craig