jtr1962
Storage Is My Life

Honestly, four bits per cell scares me. Three bits was bad enough in that you had to distinguish between 8 voltage levels. Now we'll have 16. I'm...

Well, they do have their (cough, cough) reputation to uphold, so it might be fair to assume these will make as good paperweights as their HDDs.

I agree. Who is going to want gold or silver when they're starving? Add solar panels and wind generators to your list of things which will be...

Ironically, the only thing which gives gold its value is its scarcity (same as bitcoin). If a solid gold asteroid hit Earth tomorrow gold would...

He means they'll still be viable decades from now, either to use for their intended purpose, or to trade for other goods. Can't say the same about...

Fixed. The other link was about "shitcoin".

After reading this I'm seriously thinking of putting about $5K into bitcoin after August 1. To me it seems there's not much downside. Worst-case...

Seems that way to me also. Just reading about it a bit yesterday, it seems the first ones in get rich. Once the word spreads, mining quickly becomes...

I never even heard of this until seeing this thread. To me it sounds like nonsense. Fake mines for fake currency. Or maybe I'm missing something....

Interesting. For what it's worth my place isn't multi-wythe brick. It's wood frame with a one-layer brick veneer. And there's already some kind of...

I think I would blow my brains out if I had to live somewhere that hot. As things stand now I'm finding the 4 months of hot weather in NYC more and...

Same here. It hasn't been unheard of for me to keep my bedroom at 60°F or even lower during the summer and 75°F in the winter. To me it makes sense....

:lol: Same here, although mostly to program microcontrollers. Occasionally I end up on foreign language sites, so I tend to pick up a few words here...

Normally it's not a problem if the people on the other end are competent. My main worry would be that my account might not be credited properly if...

In the event you can't get it setup maybe just pay enough in advance to cover the bill. I'm not a fan of paying bills ahead of time, but at least...

I've been paying virtually all my bills online for a number of years now. The only time I have issues is when they update security procedures. NYC...

That makes two of us. I can't stand hot weather.

That's also on the list of things to do. It's a brick house, so I think the only option is to pump foam insulation in. Unfortunately, they have to...

It was awful. My normal preference is low 70s when I'm not active, and mid 60s when I'm doing chores or other physical activity. Unfortunately, my...

This was on July 22, 2011: That's the hottest I've ever seen it get here but it's normal summer highs for a place like Phoenix. The official...