Scott Reynolds <sar@gol.com> said:

>On 10/31/2003 4:20 PM, Bryan Parker wrote:
>
>> Scott Reynolds <sar@gol.com> said:
>> 
>> 
>>>On 10/31/2003 5:41 AM, Haluk wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>"Bryan Parker" <puntspeedchunk@yahoo.com>, haber iletisinde sunlari
>>>>yazdi:f082qv0f1i2f8uoa5t4tvf8ufa26qm7no8@4ax.com...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>"Haluk" <yokoolebiri@spam.net> said:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>"Scott Reynolds" <sar@gol.com>, haber iletisinde sunlari
>>>>>>yazdi:bnqfte$q68$4@newsflood.tokyo.att.ne.jp...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On 10/29/2003 9:32 PM, Haluk wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>"Fabian" <lajzar@hotmail.com>, haber iletisinde ?unlar?
>>>>>>>>yazd?:bno6ck$11c1m9$1@ID-174912.news.uni-berlin.de...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Haluk hu kiteb:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>"Jean-Marc Desperrier" <jmdesp@alussinan.org>, haber iletisinde
>>>>>>>>>>sunlari yazdi:bno0q3$4ld$1@reader1.imaginet.fr...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>SR wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>The "Computer Management" reports the HD as 128 GB   and
>>>>>>>>>>>>Partition Magic shows it as 131 GB.
>>>>>>>>>>>>185.2 GB is written on the hard disk...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>So you go with your 180 Gb disk, but you've been hitting the LBA
>>>>>>>>>>>adressing limits of 128 Gb.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Back in 94 when disks were beginning to hit the 512 Mo limit, LBA
>>>>
>>>>was
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>something revolutionnary designed to avoid this kind of problem,
>>>>>>>>>>>ever, imagine this, it would go up to 128 Gb !
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Isn't it somewhat dumb to manufacture 180Gb HDs when there is 128Gb
>>>>>>>>>>limit? just thinking out loud
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I imagine it was also somewhat dumb to build massive 1GB drives when
>>>>>>>>>there was a 512MB limit.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I may be wrong here but I think they have increased the limit (to 2Gb
>>>>>>
>>>>>>per
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>partition for Fat32) than introduced 1GB harddrives. Not sure though,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>it's
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>been so long time. Ahh, floppy days, test drive, packman. Anyone
>>>>>>
>>>>>>remember
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>5.25" floppies?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hell, I remember 8" floppies.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I meant no offense sir... :)
>>>>>
>>>>>You don't know what I would have given for an 8"
>>>>>floppy this afternoon!
>>>>
>>>>Well If I'm to make a choice here I'd prefer today's 3.5" ones. They are
>>>>compact and more resillient...
>>>
>>>They may be smaller, but they're harder.
>> 
>> 
>> Now, where have I heard that a thousand times
>> before?
>
>And did I mention that they last longer?

Is this what "deja vous" feels like?


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