Jun 09, 2005 01:42
Well, for any aspiring geeks in attendance, 550 watts is *not* enough to power sixteen 250GB Hard Disks and "anything else".
It is, hopefully, enough to power twelve.
Of course, technically, you have to multiply the above notations by three, since that's the number of 550w power supplies we now bring to bear.
Maybe the "machine" (I call it that, but "hive" might be a more illustrative term) will be more stable now that I've re-balanced the furies (and, also, color-coded and tidied-up all the cables with blue and yellow (thus the color-coding) imitation velcro strips).
Imitation velcro strips are an order of magnitude cheaper than seemingly-authentic velcro strips, namely because they kinda suck, compared to the real-deal. I don't think they're designed to last like regular velcro, but at 1/10 the cost, I'll live. :)
Did you know you can buy a 50-pack of Kung-Fu movies on DVD for $20.00 at Big-Lots? Neither did I, but now I have them. I think they'll rate from "meh" to "ugh", but the important thing to remember is that now I'm one step closer to my own channel. Individual electronic boxes to make your own local channel, called "channel-injectors", are not terribly cheap, but I'm thinking of getting one, and making some random, unused channel in my cable line-up be "24-hour Justin-Vision(TM)". I think it'd be neat to be able to turn on the television and just see something random from a list I set up, probably weeks before. :)
I'm even thinking of filming commercials. ;)
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