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Re: 500 GB WD My Book external H/D suddenly not wanting to fire up

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From: Franc Zabkar
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:17
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On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 19:24:57 +0000 (UTC), thanatoid
<waiting@the.exit.invalid> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in
>news:73u1q1F108uadU1@mid.individual.net: 
>
>> thanatoid wrote:
>
><SNIP>
>
>>> HD's fail, especially external ones (3x the price for the
>>> $10 Chinese box and a $2 Chinese power adapter with the
>>> same drive inside that you could have put inside you
>>> machine). 
>>>
>>> DVD's (or expensive tape drives used by corporations) are
>>> the only way to backup safely. 
>> 
>> Wrong, as always. 
>
>MOST interesting comment from someone with a 13-year old's 
>nickname (if it's your /real name/, my deepest sympathies) who 
>(to my recollection) has never posted ANY advice, and who uses 
>OE for newsgroups.
>
>I am often wrong, and have no problem with admitting it when I 
>am corrected by someone who knows what they're talking about.
>
>But NO ONE is ALWAYS wrong or ALWAYS right - including you.
>
>Now go fuck yourself.

Rod Speed FAQ:
http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Alt/alt.internet.wireless/2006-07/msg00462.html

RodBot 2.5 is a Perl program designed to simulate the UseNet posting
style of the mental giant that is Rod Speed:
http://web.archive.org/web/20020207012848/http://www.penninkilampi.net/henry/Perl/RodBot.html

- Franc Zabkar
-- 
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.
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From: Franc Zabkar <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware,24hoursupport.helpdesk,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: 500 GB WD My Book external H/D suddenly not wanting to fire up
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:17:25 +1000
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