Comments on: Moore and Me http://tleaves.com/2009/01/06/moore-and-me/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Drowlord http://tleaves.com/2009/01/06/moore-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-5240 Drowlord Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:48:45 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=1247#comment-5240 I went to colorado to visit my parents for Christmas. I bought a $129 internal 1.5 TB SATA drive and an external USB case for $19.95. I read that 2.5 TB drives are supposed to be out this year. I plan to upgrade my RAID array when the 2 TB disks come out -- I'm expecting to spend $800 or so to get 10 TB of redundant storage -- which includes the Highpoint RAID controller for my media server. XviD encoded AVI appear to be the most popular format online. Files are usually ~700 MB for a movie, ~350 MB for a one-hour show, and ~170 MB for a half-hour sitcom or cartoon. After getting married and having kids, I realized that maintaining a DVD collection is a waste of time. discs are constantly put back in the wrong case (if at all), and stuffed in cabinets or left on tables rather than being put back in alphabetical order in my bookshelves -- I have thousands of DVDs. A permanently organized, disc-less media setup became my holy grail. I went to colorado to visit my parents for Christmas. I bought a $129 internal 1.5 TB SATA drive and an external USB case for $19.95. I read that 2.5 TB drives are supposed to be out this year. I plan to upgrade my RAID array when the 2 TB disks come out — I’m expecting to spend $800 or so to get 10 TB of redundant storage — which includes the Highpoint RAID controller for my media server.

XviD encoded AVI appear to be the most popular format online. Files are usually ~700 MB for a movie, ~350 MB for a one-hour show, and ~170 MB for a half-hour sitcom or cartoon. After getting married and having kids, I realized that maintaining a DVD collection is a waste of time. discs are constantly put back in the wrong case (if at all), and stuffed in cabinets or left on tables rather than being put back in alphabetical order in my bookshelves — I have thousands of DVDs. A permanently organized, disc-less media setup became my holy grail.

]]> By: bhudson http://tleaves.com/2009/01/06/moore-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-5243 bhudson Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:35:49 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=1247#comment-5243 I'm not sure I want to think about snorting 16 GB. I was struck a while ago that you could get useful amounts of storage in the checkout lane at the supermarket, between the sex advice magazines and the candy (tens of megabytes then, gigabytes now). I’m not sure I want to think about snorting 16 GB.

I was struck a while ago that you could get useful amounts of storage in the checkout lane at the supermarket, between the sex advice magazines and the candy (tens of megabytes then, gigabytes now).

]]> By: Chris C. http://tleaves.com/2009/01/06/moore-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-5242 Chris C. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:18:59 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=1247#comment-5242 I bought some storage this weekend. I got 8GB of MicroSDHC for $30 at Fry's (8GB in a chip of plastic smaller than the fingernail on my little finger!). I got 4GB of RAM for $20! So I think your "16GB on a keychain" is a bit out of date -- you can now get 16GB of storage cheaply in a form factor which you could easily shove up your nose... (if you chose to do so) I bought some storage this weekend. I got 8GB of MicroSDHC for $30 at Fry’s (8GB in a chip of plastic smaller than the fingernail on my little finger!). I got 4GB of RAM for $20!

So I think your “16GB on a keychain” is a bit out of date — you can now get 16GB of storage cheaply in a form factor which you could easily shove up your nose… (if you chose to do so)

]]> By: qubodup http://tleaves.com/2009/01/06/moore-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-5241 qubodup Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:43:08 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=1247#comment-5241 Well, you said it "Well, maybe not if you record every waking second in HD video, but close." Required space grows with available HD size. In the next few years, lossless music formats will be made popular (how else are they supposed to sell their 1TB portable players?), HD2 will come and of course as always: bigger photo resolutions. Well, you said it “Well, maybe not if you record every waking second in HD video, but close.”

Required space grows with available HD size. In the next few years, lossless music formats will be made popular (how else are they supposed to sell their 1TB portable players?), HD2 will come and of course as always: bigger photo resolutions.

]]> By: psu http://tleaves.com/2009/01/06/moore-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-5239 psu Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:30:37 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=1247#comment-5239 This particular trip I was not likely to get separated from the bag. I'd probably handle it differently for a plane ride. I also have redundant backups at home anyway, except for the pictures I actually shoot on the trip itself. This particular trip I was not likely to get separated from the bag. I’d probably handle it differently for a plane ride.

I also have redundant backups at home anyway, except for the pictures I actually shoot on the trip itself.

]]> By: Eeyore http://tleaves.com/2009/01/06/moore-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-5238 Eeyore Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:45:39 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=1247#comment-5238 You put the laptop and both backup disks in the same bag? You put the laptop and both backup disks in the same bag?

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