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On Nov 17, 9:50*am, Drifter wrote:
On 11/17/2011 7:55 AM, North Star wrote: On Nov 17, 7:10 am, *wrote: On 11/17/2011 6:08 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 10:09 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 9:49 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 9:12 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 8:34 PM, Honey Badger wrote: North Star wrote: I did.... I gave him a location, date and percise time. WTF is percise, spelling pro? -HB He's drooling again. Looks like their plan was to make ridiculous no compromise offers they knew nobody would take.... Don and I made simple, straightforward offers. Your son iLoogy was unable to meet the simple conditions because, like you, he's a coward.. No you didn't. You set all kinds of rules that would suggest a straight up ambush from loser goons, or cops which is the probable course a coward like you would take... We know you are dying to use your widdew capgun on somebody, anybody... Karen better watch out. All kinds of rules? You mean: No meeting without advance notice Prior and proper identification mandatory Meet *here* No weapons Hey, I know life for you is a mystery, but the conditions offered were simple and straightforward. You forgot to mention your hired thugs. -- 1-20-13 The end of an error- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hired thugs for the likes of The Freak or his boyfriend??? Totally unnecessary and huge overkill. *Equivalent to using a baseball bat to kill a fly. Apparently Harry isn't man enough to accomplish the task on his own. What part of Harry's quote do you not understand? Harry said the following: "It will be my pleasure to *have* the **** beat out of you. No guns, no knives, no clubs. And that will be the end of your posting here, for which I will receive a public service award." -- 1-20-13 The end of an error- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Maybe his wife is tired of being slandered by those two losers and would straighten them out herself. Wouldn't take much! |
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A nice apple story
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@hh9g2000vbb.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 10:12*pm, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 8:34 PM, Honey Badger wrote: North Star wrote: I did.... I gave him a location, date and percise time. WTF is percise, spelling pro? -HB He's drooling again. Looks like their plan was to make ridiculous no compromise offers they knew nobody would take.... Hey... y'all were talking so tough, I just had to see what y'all got. Can't be much since your sweetie chickened out... cluck, cluck, cluck! I'll meet Harry in a public place. He's a ****ing coward and won't do that. |
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A nice apple story
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A nice apple story
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A nice apple story
On Nov 17, 9:54*am, JustWait wrote:
On 11/17/2011 8:53 AM, North Star wrote: On Nov 17, 9:44 am, *wrote: On 11/17/2011 7:55 AM, North Star wrote: On Nov 17, 7:10 am, * *wrote: On 11/17/2011 6:08 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 10:09 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 9:49 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 9:12 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 8:34 PM, Honey Badger wrote: North Star wrote: I did.... I gave him a location, date and percise time. WTF is percise, spelling pro? -HB He's drooling again. Looks like their plan was to make ridiculous no compromise offers they knew nobody would take.... Don and I made simple, straightforward offers. Your son iLoogy was unable to meet the simple conditions because, like you, he's a coward. No you didn't. You set all kinds of rules that would suggest a straight up ambush from loser goons, or cops which is the probable course a coward like you would take... We know you are dying to use your widdew capgun on somebody, anybody... Karen better watch out. All kinds of rules? You mean: No meeting without advance notice Prior and proper identification mandatory Meet *here* No weapons Hey, I know life for you is a mystery, but the conditions offered were simple and straightforward. You forgot to mention your hired thugs. -- 1-20-13 The end of an error- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hired thugs for the likes of The Freak or his boyfriend??? Totally unnecessary and huge overkill. *Equivalent to using a baseball bat to kill a fly. And yet, you have been cowering from me for years! LOL!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Say what? You are an amusing little man! Yup, you said you were coming down here with your drunk son over a year ago, and harry has hidden from more of us than even you...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Why would I need my son?? Again... that would be like using a baseball bat to kill a fly. |
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On Nov 17, 10:07*am, iBoaterer wrote:
In article , dump-on- says... On 11/16/11 5:04 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 4:34 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 4:25 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 16, 4:56 pm, wrote: In article357b5e0a-a11c-4a6b-88a4-bf85c8d14464 @o13g2000vbo.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 2:01 pm, wrote: In articlef0362e41-628e-4021-877f-07742d196000 @u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 12:47 pm, wrote: In article073e0067-1f83-4e91-af54-74910cf69ba3 @u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 11:51 am, wrote: In article8095b07b-3ede-4c4c-b738-9fbb45ce2db1 @o14g2000yqh.googlegroups.com, says.... On Nov 16, 9:39 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you- can.com wrote: On 11/16/11 8:34 AM, North Star wrote: On Nov 16, 9:01 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you- can.com wrote: On 11/16/11 7:47 AM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 7:40 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 7:31 AM, BAR wrote: In , says... On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:59:18 -0500, X ` wrote: On 11/15/11 6:36 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 15, 4:45 pm, X ` wrote: One of the hard drives on one of my aging Apple computers has been dying for a couple of weeks. It finally gave up the ghost yesterday. Called Apple Care and the tech suggested about four different ways to try to resuscitate it, to no avail. So he made an appointment for me at the local Apple store. I showed up, tech said "go to lunch." Came back 90 minutes later, new hard drive in machine, running diagnostics. No charge for labor or parts. Love it. Wow! just how old is that computer and was it still under warranty? Two years next month. When I bought it, I paid about $100 for a three year extended warranty. It's really nice...if I have a problem, I call Apple Care on the phone and usually the English speaking person who answers can work out the difficulty with me doing what is suggested. If not, the rep makes an appointment for me at the local store. I just reinstalled my apps and data back on the machine from a backup. Since most hard drives are warranted for 5 years by the manufacturer these days that seems like a great deal for Apple. Most computer problems are caused by bad hard drives. That has been true for a long time, pretty much since the end of the card reader and open reel tape drive. Usually the problems with rotating media is with a lot. |
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A nice apple story
On 11/17/11 7:55 AM, North Star wrote:
On Nov 17, 7:10 am, wrote: On 11/17/2011 6:08 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 10:09 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 9:49 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 9:12 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 8:34 PM, Honey Badger wrote: North Star wrote: I did.... I gave him a location, date and percise time. WTF is percise, spelling pro? -HB He's drooling again. Looks like their plan was to make ridiculous no compromise offers they knew nobody would take.... Don and I made simple, straightforward offers. Your son iLoogy was unable to meet the simple conditions because, like you, he's a coward. No you didn't. You set all kinds of rules that would suggest a straight up ambush from loser goons, or cops which is the probable course a coward like you would take... We know you are dying to use your widdew capgun on somebody, anybody... Karen better watch out. All kinds of rules? You mean: No meeting without advance notice Prior and proper identification mandatory Meet *here* No weapons Hey, I know life for you is a mystery, but the conditions offered were simple and straightforward. You forgot to mention your hired thugs. -- 1-20-13 The end of an error- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hired thugs for the likes of The Freak or his boyfriend??? Totally unnecessary and huge overkill. Equivalent to using a baseball bat to kill a fly. A couple of Brownie scouts... |
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On 11/17/11 8:43 AM, JustWait wrote:
On 11/17/2011 6:10 AM, Drifter wrote: On 11/17/2011 6:08 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 10:09 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 9:49 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 9:12 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 8:34 PM, Honey Badger wrote: North Star wrote: I did.... I gave him a location, date and percise time. WTF is percise, spelling pro? -HB He's drooling again. Looks like their plan was to make ridiculous no compromise offers they knew nobody would take.... Don and I made simple, straightforward offers. Your son iLoogy was unable to meet the simple conditions because, like you, he's a coward. No you didn't. You set all kinds of rules that would suggest a straight up ambush from loser goons, or cops which is the probable course a coward like you would take... We know you are dying to use your widdew capgun on somebody, anybody... Karen better watch out. All kinds of rules? You mean: No meeting without advance notice Prior and proper identification mandatory Meet *here* No weapons Hey, I know life for you is a mystery, but the conditions offered were simple and straightforward. You forgot to mention your hired thugs. Such an obvious setup. As soon as he makes plans by email as harry requires, shows up and shows his id, he is gonna' be arrested and we all know it... Arrested for what? Showing his ID? You really are stupid. |
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On 11/17/2011 10:19 AM, X ` Man wrote:
On 11/17/11 8:43 AM, JustWait wrote: On 11/17/2011 6:10 AM, Drifter wrote: On 11/17/2011 6:08 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 10:09 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 9:49 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 9:12 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 8:34 PM, Honey Badger wrote: North Star wrote: I did.... I gave him a location, date and percise time. WTF is percise, spelling pro? -HB He's drooling again. Looks like their plan was to make ridiculous no compromise offers they knew nobody would take.... Don and I made simple, straightforward offers. Your son iLoogy was unable to meet the simple conditions because, like you, he's a coward. No you didn't. You set all kinds of rules that would suggest a straight up ambush from loser goons, or cops which is the probable course a coward like you would take... We know you are dying to use your widdew capgun on somebody, anybody... Karen better watch out. All kinds of rules? You mean: No meeting without advance notice Prior and proper identification mandatory Meet *here* No weapons Hey, I know life for you is a mystery, but the conditions offered were simple and straightforward. You forgot to mention your hired thugs. Such an obvious setup. As soon as he makes plans by email as harry requires, shows up and shows his id, he is gonna' be arrested and we all know it... Arrested for what? Showing his ID? You really are stupid. Let me see. You get him to say he wants to kick your ass here, you get him to send a message setting up a time and a date, you get him to show up and act on the threat and produce ID to prove it's the same person who threatened to kick your lousy coward ass, and you won't call the cops? snerk You have called the cops on at least a half dozen folks here in the last ten years, why should this be any different? |
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On 11/17/11 8:42 AM, JustWait wrote:
On 11/17/2011 6:10 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 10:54 PM, Canuck57 wrote: On 16/11/2011 7:53 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 8:50 PM, Canuck57 wrote: I can buy multiple PCs for the price of one Mac. The PCs run Solaris, Linux, VirtualBox and Win7 all at once. And if you mean those under powered little crappy Macs, you get what you pay for. Plus in Canada, they don't price them fairly, about 30% more expensive here. So I boycott the idiots. Granted, BSD UNIX is better, but I run that in a VM. That you run cheesy PC's is no concern of mine. My work requires a good word processor, a good email client, good software to prepare presentations, and web creation and editing suites, and some other mainstream business software, All of that runs nicely on my iMac and Macbook Pro. OpenOffice Thunderbird Firefox GIMP KompoZer Wireshark VirtualBox PGP and more. Dozens of others. I can run open office, t'bird, firefox, gimp, PGP, kompozer, and probably virtual box under VM. So what's your point? His point is that he isn't stuck with a proprietary, overpriced nintendo... Snerk. I can buy whatever computer tickles my fancy. I switched away from Windows machines a few years ago. The Apple OS is pretty much Unix with a candy shell around it. I've programmed a few things, but I'm not much interested in programming. Never was, though I did learn how to program in Pascal years ago. Your comments about Macs are just further evidence of your ignorance. I simply prefer the Macs these days. Your concept of "overpriced" is just a reflection of your limited capabilities. The hardware and OS in my Macs are more than capable of handling my business and personal computing needs. |
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On 11/17/2011 8:55 AM, North Star wrote:
On Nov 17, 9:50 am, wrote: On 11/17/2011 7:55 AM, North Star wrote: On Nov 17, 7:10 am, wrote: On 11/17/2011 6:08 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 10:09 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 9:49 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 9:12 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 8:34 PM, Honey Badger wrote: North Star wrote: I did.... I gave him a location, date and percise time. WTF is percise, spelling pro? -HB He's drooling again. Looks like their plan was to make ridiculous no compromise offers they knew nobody would take.... Don and I made simple, straightforward offers. Your son iLoogy was unable to meet the simple conditions because, like you, he's a coward.. No you didn't. You set all kinds of rules that would suggest a straight up ambush from loser goons, or cops which is the probable course a coward like you would take... We know you are dying to use your widdew capgun on somebody, anybody... Karen better watch out. All kinds of rules? You mean: No meeting without advance notice Prior and proper identification mandatory Meet *here* No weapons Hey, I know life for you is a mystery, but the conditions offered were simple and straightforward. You forgot to mention your hired thugs. -- 1-20-13 The end of an error- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hired thugs for the likes of The Freak or his boyfriend??? Totally unnecessary and huge overkill. Equivalent to using a baseball bat to kill a fly. Apparently Harry isn't man enough to accomplish the task on his own. What part of Harry's quote do you not understand? Harry said the following: "It will be my pleasure to *have* the **** beat out of you. No guns, no knives, no clubs. And that will be the end of your posting here, for which I will receive a public service award." -- 1-20-13 The end of an error- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Maybe his wife is tired of being slandered by those two losers and would straighten them out herself. Wouldn't take much! you are like a yappy dog... |
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On 11/17/11 10:22 AM, JustWait wrote:
On 11/17/2011 10:19 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/17/11 8:43 AM, JustWait wrote: On 11/17/2011 6:10 AM, Drifter wrote: On 11/17/2011 6:08 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 10:09 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 9:49 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 9:12 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 8:34 PM, Honey Badger wrote: North Star wrote: I did.... I gave him a location, date and percise time. WTF is percise, spelling pro? -HB He's drooling again. Looks like their plan was to make ridiculous no compromise offers they knew nobody would take.... Don and I made simple, straightforward offers. Your son iLoogy was unable to meet the simple conditions because, like you, he's a coward. No you didn't. You set all kinds of rules that would suggest a straight up ambush from loser goons, or cops which is the probable course a coward like you would take... We know you are dying to use your widdew capgun on somebody, anybody... Karen better watch out. All kinds of rules? You mean: No meeting without advance notice Prior and proper identification mandatory Meet *here* No weapons Hey, I know life for you is a mystery, but the conditions offered were simple and straightforward. You forgot to mention your hired thugs. Such an obvious setup. As soon as he makes plans by email as harry requires, shows up and shows his id, he is gonna' be arrested and we all know it... Arrested for what? Showing his ID? You really are stupid. Let me see. You get him to say he wants to kick your ass here, you get him to send a message setting up a time and a date, you get him to show up and act on the threat and produce ID to prove it's the same person who threatened to kick your lousy coward ass, and you won't call the cops? snerk You have called the cops on at least a half dozen folks here in the last ten years, why should this be any different? You are welcome to your fantasy world. |
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On 11/17/11 9:55 AM, North Star wrote:
On Nov 17, 10:07 am, wrote: In articleVqWdnblUZtUjqFnTnZ2dnUVZ_oCdn...@earthlink .com, dump-on- says... On 11/16/11 5:04 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 4:34 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 4:25 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 16, 4:56 pm, wrote: In article357b5e0a-a11c-4a6b-88a4-bf85c8d14464 @o13g2000vbo.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 2:01 pm, wrote: In articlef0362e41-628e-4021-877f-07742d196000 @u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 12:47 pm, wrote: In article073e0067-1f83-4e91-af54-74910cf69ba3 @u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 11:51 am, wrote: In article8095b07b-3ede-4c4c-b738-9fbb45ce2db1 @o14g2000yqh.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 9:39 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you- can.com wrote: On 11/16/11 8:34 AM, North Star wrote: On Nov 16, 9:01 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you- can.com wrote: On 11/16/11 7:47 AM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 7:40 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 7:31 AM, BAR wrote: In , says... On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:59:18 -0500, X ` wrote: On 11/15/11 6:36 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 15, 4:45 pm, X ` wrote: One of the hard drives on one of my aging Apple computers has been dying for a couple of weeks. It finally gave up the ghost yesterday. Called Apple Care and the tech suggested about four different ways to try to resuscitate it, to no avail. So he made an appointment for me at the local Apple store. I showed up, tech said "go to lunch." Came back 90 minutes later, new hard drive in machine, running diagnostics. No charge for labor or parts. Love it. Wow! just how old is that computer and was it still under warranty? Two years next month. When I bought it, I paid about $100 for a three year extended warranty. It's really nice...if I have a problem, I call Apple Care on the phone and usually the English speaking person who answers can work out the difficulty with me doing what is suggested. If not, the rep makes an appointment for me at the local store. I just reinstalled my apps and data back on the machine from a backup. Since most hard drives are warranted for 5 years by the manufacturer these days that seems like a great deal for Apple. Most computer problems are caused by bad hard drives. That has been true for a long time, pretty much since the end of the card reader and open reel tape drive. Usually the problems with rotating media is with a lot. You get about 10,000 that are bad and you need to have them replaced. They don't recall them but, they do work with big commercial customers to get the lots replaced. The consumer market, Apple is the consumer market, is left to deal with it on an individual basis. It's nice to deal with it with a mannerly fellow in Oregon on the phone who speaks American English and isn't reading off a script, and when his suggestions fail, sets you up with a firm appointment at the local service desk. It's certain better than dealing with "Dell Hell" or "HP Hiccups" personnel somewhere in India, Pakistan, or perhaps Saturn. We know Harry, we do the same thing right up the street at Geek Squad... You are not special, your computer is not special, your service is not special... Except you spend an hour on the phone first... What? An ISP reseller with facilities as extensive as the ones you claim relies on Geek Squad for tech support?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It just keeps getting better! Do you have "Geek Squad" up there? Around here, they're located at Best Buy Big Box stores and also drive funny little cars with huge "Geek Squad" decals. They're not the guys you'd want if you were running a substantial commercial facility.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Sounds familiar.... we have a couple of Best Buy stores locally. I just invite my son to dinner and then lay any computer problems I have on him. ;-) I had a harddrive crash last spring so I drove to a local parts store and bought a new one. Bit of a pain loading everything back up though. Is this after you go get beer for him and get him drunk, or before he goes into his drunken stupor, Suckling Don the Coward?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Where were you yesterday at 1400 hrs, coward. I knew you wouldn't show....... You lie as much as Harry, Suckling Don the Coward. Harry's little trick backfired when everyone realized he was just setting me up to get arrested at his house. I have told him, repeatedly that I'll meet him on public property. And, by the way, YOU weren't there, cowerd.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - What is a "cowerd"? How would you know where I was if you were home hiding under your wife's apron? Wow, Suckling Don the Coward caught a typo. Oh, and I'm single. By choice. Fact is, you and Harry once again proved what cowards you are.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Uh huh! So... you were hiding behind your own apron? I've told you, come to Philly, I'll gladly meet you. GLADLY. As for Harry, he's close enough, I'll meet him in any public place in Huntingtown. You two cowards won't do that though, eh, Suckling Don the Coward?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I feel like I'm back in elementary school talking to you& your ponytailed sweetie. You are all talk& no action. We knew that but just wanted you to confirm same for anyone who might care in this dysfunctional newsgroup. I've made& proved my point...... now go play in the traffic, you've been boring and tiresome for quite some while. He just doesn't realize how badly he was called out. I still think he's a 14-year-old boy using his mommie's computer. You didn't call him out at all and you sit here all day puffing out your chest. You invited him into some sort of setup. Everyone here knows you use the cops or someone else to fight your battles. Uh, *you* and several of the other ignorant righties here are not the guys I'd go to for explanations of what posters say or mean. I gave iLoogy the opportunity to fulfill one of his fantasies. I did it within the framework of reasonable conditions. I told him I wasn't interested in negotiating. He wussied out, just as I suspected he would. He's the same sort of short little loudmouthed **** you are. At your HOUSE is a reasonable condition? Well, gee, then, I've told Don to come to MY house, and he won't. Now I'll extend the offer to you. Got any balls? Didn't think so.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - ~~ Snerk ~~ You're frothing at the mouth coward. Tell you what...here's a way to end this foolishness. You and your ponytailed girliefriend just have to admit in here that Harry and I are better men than you two and you have to issue a public apology to the other posters here for causing so much disruption in this newsgroup. Do that.. and y'all be off the hook. It's amazing to see how the little twerps and their facilitators are attempting to get off the hook. Those sorts of losers never really apologize. |
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On 11/17/2011 1:25 PM, X ` Man wrote:
On 11/17/11 9:55 AM, North Star wrote: On Nov 17, 10:07 am, wrote: In articleVqWdnblUZtUjqFnTnZ2dnUVZ_oCdn...@earthlink .com, dump-on- says... On 11/16/11 5:04 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 4:34 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 4:25 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 16, 4:56 pm, wrote: In article357b5e0a-a11c-4a6b-88a4-bf85c8d14464 @o13g2000vbo.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 2:01 pm, wrote: In articlef0362e41-628e-4021-877f-07742d196000 @u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 12:47 pm, wrote: In article073e0067-1f83-4e91-af54-74910cf69ba3 @u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 11:51 am, wrote: In article8095b07b-3ede-4c4c-b738-9fbb45ce2db1 @o14g2000yqh.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 9:39 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you- can.com wrote: On 11/16/11 8:34 AM, North Star wrote: On Nov 16, 9:01 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you- can.com wrote: On 11/16/11 7:47 AM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 7:40 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 7:31 AM, BAR wrote: In , says... On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:59:18 -0500, X ` wrote: On 11/15/11 6:36 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 15, 4:45 pm, X ` wrote: One of the hard drives on one of my aging Apple computers has been dying for a couple of weeks. It finally gave up the ghost yesterday. Called Apple Care and the tech suggested about four different ways to try to resuscitate it, to no avail. So he made an appointment for me at the local Apple store. I showed up, tech said "go to lunch." Came back 90 minutes later, new hard drive in machine, running diagnostics. No charge for labor or parts. Love it. Wow! just how old is that computer and was it still under warranty? Two years next month. When I bought it, I paid about $100 for a three year extended warranty. It's really nice...if I have a problem, I call Apple Care on the phone and usually the English speaking person who answers can work out the difficulty with me doing what is suggested. If not, the rep makes an appointment for me at the local store. I just reinstalled my apps and data back on the machine from a backup. Since most hard drives are warranted for 5 years by the manufacturer these days that seems like a great deal for Apple. Most computer problems are caused by bad hard drives. That has been true for a long time, pretty much since the end of the card reader and open reel tape drive. Usually the problems with rotating media is with a lot. You get about 10,000 that are bad and you need to have them replaced. They don't recall them but, they do work with big commercial customers to get the lots replaced. The consumer market, Apple is the consumer market, is left to deal with it on an individual basis. It's nice to deal with it with a mannerly fellow in Oregon on the phone who speaks American English and isn't reading off a script, and when his suggestions fail, sets you up with a firm appointment at the local service desk. It's certain better than dealing with "Dell Hell" or "HP Hiccups" personnel somewhere in India, Pakistan, or perhaps Saturn. We know Harry, we do the same thing right up the street at Geek Squad... You are not special, your computer is not special, your service is not special... Except you spend an hour on the phone first... What? An ISP reseller with facilities as extensive as the ones you claim relies on Geek Squad for tech support?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It just keeps getting better! Do you have "Geek Squad" up there? Around here, they're located at Best Buy Big Box stores and also drive funny little cars with huge "Geek Squad" decals. They're not the guys you'd want if you were running a substantial commercial facility.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Sounds familiar.... we have a couple of Best Buy stores locally. I just invite my son to dinner and then lay any computer problems I have on him. ;-) I had a harddrive crash last spring so I drove to a local parts store and bought a new one. Bit of a pain loading everything back up though. Is this after you go get beer for him and get him drunk, or before he goes into his drunken stupor, Suckling Don the Coward?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Where were you yesterday at 1400 hrs, coward. I knew you wouldn't show....... You lie as much as Harry, Suckling Don the Coward. Harry's little trick backfired when everyone realized he was just setting me up to get arrested at his house. I have told him, repeatedly that I'll meet him on public property. And, by the way, YOU weren't there, cowerd.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - What is a "cowerd"? How would you know where I was if you were home hiding under your wife's apron? Wow, Suckling Don the Coward caught a typo. Oh, and I'm single. By choice. Fact is, you and Harry once again proved what cowards you are.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Uh huh! So... you were hiding behind your own apron? I've told you, come to Philly, I'll gladly meet you. GLADLY. As for Harry, he's close enough, I'll meet him in any public place in Huntingtown. You two cowards won't do that though, eh, Suckling Don the Coward?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I feel like I'm back in elementary school talking to you& your ponytailed sweetie. You are all talk& no action. We knew that but just wanted you to confirm same for anyone who might care in this dysfunctional newsgroup. I've made& proved my point...... now go play in the traffic, you've been boring and tiresome for quite some while. He just doesn't realize how badly he was called out. I still think he's a 14-year-old boy using his mommie's computer. You didn't call him out at all and you sit here all day puffing out your chest. You invited him into some sort of setup. Everyone here knows you use the cops or someone else to fight your battles. Uh, *you* and several of the other ignorant righties here are not the guys I'd go to for explanations of what posters say or mean. I gave iLoogy the opportunity to fulfill one of his fantasies. I did it within the framework of reasonable conditions. I told him I wasn't interested in negotiating. He wussied out, just as I suspected he would. He's the same sort of short little loudmouthed **** you are. At your HOUSE is a reasonable condition? Well, gee, then, I've told Don to come to MY house, and he won't. Now I'll extend the offer to you. Got any balls? Didn't think so.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - ~~ Snerk ~~ You're frothing at the mouth coward. Tell you what...here's a way to end this foolishness. You and your ponytailed girliefriend just have to admit in here that Harry and I are better men than you two and you have to issue a public apology to the other posters here for causing so much disruption in this newsgroup. Do that.. and y'all be off the hook. It's amazing to see how the little twerps and their facilitators are attempting to get off the hook. Those sorts of losers never really apologize. You two are ****ing hilarious... |
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On 11/17/11 1:28 PM, JustWait wrote:
On 11/17/2011 1:25 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/17/11 9:55 AM, North Star wrote: On Nov 17, 10:07 am, wrote: In articleVqWdnblUZtUjqFnTnZ2dnUVZ_oCdn...@earthlink .com, dump-on- says... On 11/16/11 5:04 PM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 4:34 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 4:25 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 16, 4:56 pm, wrote: In article357b5e0a-a11c-4a6b-88a4-bf85c8d14464 @o13g2000vbo.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 2:01 pm, wrote: In articlef0362e41-628e-4021-877f-07742d196000 @u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 12:47 pm, wrote: In article073e0067-1f83-4e91-af54-74910cf69ba3 @u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 11:51 am, wrote: In article8095b07b-3ede-4c4c-b738-9fbb45ce2db1 @o14g2000yqh.googlegroups.com, says... On Nov 16, 9:39 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you- can.com wrote: On 11/16/11 8:34 AM, North Star wrote: On Nov 16, 9:01 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you- can.com wrote: On 11/16/11 7:47 AM, JustWait wrote: On 11/16/2011 7:40 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 7:31 AM, BAR wrote: In , says... On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:59:18 -0500, X ` wrote: On 11/15/11 6:36 PM, North Star wrote: On Nov 15, 4:45 pm, X ` wrote: One of the hard drives on one of my aging Apple computers has been dying for a couple of weeks. It finally gave up the ghost yesterday. Called Apple Care and the tech suggested about four different ways to try to resuscitate it, to no avail. So he made an appointment for me at the local Apple store. I showed up, tech said "go to lunch." Came back 90 minutes later, new hard drive in machine, running diagnostics. No charge for labor or parts. Love it. Wow! just how old is that computer and was it still under warranty? Two years next month. When I bought it, I paid about $100 for a three year extended warranty. It's really nice...if I have a problem, I call Apple Care on the phone and usually the English speaking person who answers can work out the difficulty with me doing what is suggested. If not, the rep makes an appointment for me at the local store. I just reinstalled my apps and data back on the machine from a backup. Since most hard drives are warranted for 5 years by the manufacturer these days that seems like a great deal for Apple. Most computer problems are caused by bad hard drives. That has been true for a long time, pretty much since the end of the card reader and open reel tape drive. Usually the problems with rotating media is with a lot. You get about 10,000 that are bad and you need to have them replaced. They don't recall them but, they do work with big commercial customers to get the lots replaced. The consumer market, Apple is the consumer market, is left to deal with it on an individual basis. It's nice to deal with it with a mannerly fellow in Oregon on the phone who speaks American English and isn't reading off a script, and when his suggestions fail, sets you up with a firm appointment at the local service desk. It's certain better than dealing with "Dell Hell" or "HP Hiccups" personnel somewhere in India, Pakistan, or perhaps Saturn. We know Harry, we do the same thing right up the street at Geek Squad... You are not special, your computer is not special, your service is not special... Except you spend an hour on the phone first... What? An ISP reseller with facilities as extensive as the ones you claim relies on Geek Squad for tech support?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It just keeps getting better! Do you have "Geek Squad" up there? Around here, they're located at Best Buy Big Box stores and also drive funny little cars with huge "Geek Squad" decals. They're not the guys you'd want if you were running a substantial commercial facility.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Sounds familiar.... we have a couple of Best Buy stores locally. I just invite my son to dinner and then lay any computer problems I have on him. ;-) I had a harddrive crash last spring so I drove to a local parts store and bought a new one. Bit of a pain loading everything back up though. Is this after you go get beer for him and get him drunk, or before he goes into his drunken stupor, Suckling Don the Coward?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Where were you yesterday at 1400 hrs, coward. I knew you wouldn't show....... You lie as much as Harry, Suckling Don the Coward. Harry's little trick backfired when everyone realized he was just setting me up to get arrested at his house. I have told him, repeatedly that I'll meet him on public property. And, by the way, YOU weren't there, cowerd.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - What is a "cowerd"? How would you know where I was if you were home hiding under your wife's apron? Wow, Suckling Don the Coward caught a typo. Oh, and I'm single. By choice. Fact is, you and Harry once again proved what cowards you are.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Uh huh! So... you were hiding behind your own apron? I've told you, come to Philly, I'll gladly meet you. GLADLY. As for Harry, he's close enough, I'll meet him in any public place in Huntingtown. You two cowards won't do that though, eh, Suckling Don the Coward?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I feel like I'm back in elementary school talking to you& your ponytailed sweetie. You are all talk& no action. We knew that but just wanted you to confirm same for anyone who might care in this dysfunctional newsgroup. I've made& proved my point...... now go play in the traffic, you've been boring and tiresome for quite some while. He just doesn't realize how badly he was called out. I still think he's a 14-year-old boy using his mommie's computer. You didn't call him out at all and you sit here all day puffing out your chest. You invited him into some sort of setup. Everyone here knows you use the cops or someone else to fight your battles. Uh, *you* and several of the other ignorant righties here are not the guys I'd go to for explanations of what posters say or mean. I gave iLoogy the opportunity to fulfill one of his fantasies. I did it within the framework of reasonable conditions. I told him I wasn't interested in negotiating. He wussied out, just as I suspected he would. He's the same sort of short little loudmouthed **** you are. At your HOUSE is a reasonable condition? Well, gee, then, I've told Don to come to MY house, and he won't. Now I'll extend the offer to you. Got any balls? Didn't think so.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - ~~ Snerk ~~ You're frothing at the mouth coward. Tell you what...here's a way to end this foolishness. You and your ponytailed girliefriend just have to admit in here that Harry and I are better men than you two and you have to issue a public apology to the other posters here for causing so much disruption in this newsgroup. Do that.. and y'all be off the hook. It's amazing to see how the little twerps and their facilitators are attempting to get off the hook. Those sorts of losers never really apologize. You two are ****ing hilarious... And you and your illegitimate son, iLoogy, are just pathetic. |
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On Nov 17, 2:35*pm, iBoaterer wrote:
You stupid ****, Suckling Don!! Everyone here knows that you and Harry are the biggest cowards around. IF you were "better men" you both wouldn't back out of every bet you've issued here. Now, do you want to come to my house or not? When you get to Philly, contact me, I'll give you directions right here. Same goes for Harry. Also, Harry is close enough that I'll come to HIM, all he has to do is meet me in a parking lot. I wonder how his clients will like the fact that he's going around issuing threats of violence? A couple days ago you said you'd met me half way.. and I chose Maine. As expected, you were a 'no show'. Do you really expect me to travel all the way to Philly so you can re- direct me to your drug supplier.... probably in a housing project in a questionable part of the city? |
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On 11/17/11 2:58 PM, North Star wrote:
On Nov 17, 2:35 pm, wrote: You stupid ****, Suckling Don!! Everyone here knows that you and Harry are the biggest cowards around. IF you were "better men" you both wouldn't back out of every bet you've issued here. Now, do you want to come to my house or not? When you get to Philly, contact me, I'll give you directions right here. Same goes for Harry. Also, Harry is close enough that I'll come to HIM, all he has to do is meet me in a parking lot. I wonder how his clients will like the fact that he's going around issuing threats of violence? A couple days ago you said you'd met me half way.. and I chose Maine. As expected, you were a 'no show'. Do you really expect me to travel all the way to Philly so you can re- direct me to your drug supplier.... probably in a housing project in a questionable part of the city? Little iLoogy is so slow he doesn't realize that if I wanted to, I could show up at any almost any public place in Maryland with a concealed firearm. Those of us with Maryland concealed carry permits can do that. D'oh. And he could be arrested on public property for fighting, too. It matters not...he wouldn't show under any circumstance. |
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On 17/11/2011 4:10 AM, X ` Man wrote:
On 11/16/11 10:54 PM, Canuck57 wrote: On 16/11/2011 7:53 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 8:50 PM, Canuck57 wrote: I can buy multiple PCs for the price of one Mac. The PCs run Solaris, Linux, VirtualBox and Win7 all at once. And if you mean those under powered little crappy Macs, you get what you pay for. Plus in Canada, they don't price them fairly, about 30% more expensive here. So I boycott the idiots. Granted, BSD UNIX is better, but I run that in a VM. That you run cheesy PC's is no concern of mine. My work requires a good word processor, a good email client, good software to prepare presentations, and web creation and editing suites, and some other mainstream business software, All of that runs nicely on my iMac and Macbook Pro. OpenOffice Thunderbird Firefox GIMP KompoZer Wireshark VirtualBox PGP and more. Dozens of others. I can run open office, t'bird, firefox, gimp, PGP, kompozer, and probably virtual box under VM. So what's your point? Your a sucker to pay more than you need too. But then it was your wife's money. -- The reason government can't fix the economic problems as government is the problem. |
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On 17/11/2011 7:09 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
In , says... On 11/17/2011 6:10 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 10:54 PM, Canuck57 wrote: On 16/11/2011 7:53 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 8:50 PM, Canuck57 wrote: I can buy multiple PCs for the price of one Mac. The PCs run Solaris, Linux, VirtualBox and Win7 all at once. And if you mean those under powered little crappy Macs, you get what you pay for. Plus in Canada, they don't price them fairly, about 30% more expensive here. So I boycott the idiots. Granted, BSD UNIX is better, but I run that in a VM. That you run cheesy PC's is no concern of mine. My work requires a good word processor, a good email client, good software to prepare presentations, and web creation and editing suites, and some other mainstream business software, All of that runs nicely on my iMac and Macbook Pro. OpenOffice Thunderbird Firefox GIMP KompoZer Wireshark VirtualBox PGP and more. Dozens of others. I can run open office, t'bird, firefox, gimp, PGP, kompozer, and probably virtual box under VM. So what's your point? His point is that he isn't stuck with a proprietary, overpriced nintendo... Bingo, I don't even have iTunes on my PC's. Apple software gets ahold of your computer and tries to take over. I think Apple products are for people who can't do things for themselves, thus they like having software do everything for them. PCs today on main line equipment is just as good. It was a problem in the past, 2003 was plug and pray. But I doubt much Apple equipment circa 2003 is in use any more either. Computers go obsolete in 3 years, no sense in spending too much on them. And I too don't load the Apple crap ware for the same reasons. -- The reason government can't fix the economic problems as government is the problem. |
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On 17/11/2011 8:37 AM, X ` Man wrote:
On 11/17/11 8:42 AM, JustWait wrote: On 11/17/2011 6:10 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 10:54 PM, Canuck57 wrote: On 16/11/2011 7:53 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 8:50 PM, Canuck57 wrote: I can buy multiple PCs for the price of one Mac. The PCs run Solaris, Linux, VirtualBox and Win7 all at once. And if you mean those under powered little crappy Macs, you get what you pay for. Plus in Canada, they don't price them fairly, about 30% more expensive here. So I boycott the idiots. Granted, BSD UNIX is better, but I run that in a VM. That you run cheesy PC's is no concern of mine. My work requires a good word processor, a good email client, good software to prepare presentations, and web creation and editing suites, and some other mainstream business software, All of that runs nicely on my iMac and Macbook Pro. OpenOffice Thunderbird Firefox GIMP KompoZer Wireshark VirtualBox PGP and more. Dozens of others. I can run open office, t'bird, firefox, gimp, PGP, kompozer, and probably virtual box under VM. So what's your point? His point is that he isn't stuck with a proprietary, overpriced nintendo... Snerk. I can buy whatever computer tickles my fancy. I switched away from Windows machines a few years ago. The Apple OS is pretty much Unix with a candy shell around it. I've programmed a few things, but I'm not much interested in programming. Never was, though I did learn how to program in Pascal years ago. You know Pascal is a sissy language for beginners. Probably as far as you got. Your comments about Macs are just further evidence of your ignorance. I simply prefer the Macs these days. Your concept of "overpriced" is just a reflection of your limited capabilities. The hardware and OS in my Macs are more than capable of handling my business and personal computing needs. Hey, money no object and excluding value for the money, Apple is a good machine. But price up a quad-processor laptop with 17" display and 8gb of RAM and 1TB HD, Apple pricing sucks the big one for value and are no better or different in the end. -- The reason government can't fix the economic problems as government is the problem. |
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On 11/17/11 4:33 PM, Canuck57 wrote:
On 17/11/2011 8:37 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/17/11 8:42 AM, JustWait wrote: On 11/17/2011 6:10 AM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 10:54 PM, Canuck57 wrote: On 16/11/2011 7:53 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/16/11 8:50 PM, Canuck57 wrote: I can buy multiple PCs for the price of one Mac. The PCs run Solaris, Linux, VirtualBox and Win7 all at once. And if you mean those under powered little crappy Macs, you get what you pay for. Plus in Canada, they don't price them fairly, about 30% more expensive here. So I boycott the idiots. Granted, BSD UNIX is better, but I run that in a VM. That you run cheesy PC's is no concern of mine. My work requires a good word processor, a good email client, good software to prepare presentations, and web creation and editing suites, and some other mainstream business software, All of that runs nicely on my iMac and Macbook Pro. OpenOffice Thunderbird Firefox GIMP KompoZer Wireshark VirtualBox PGP and more. Dozens of others. I can run open office, t'bird, firefox, gimp, PGP, kompozer, and probably virtual box under VM. So what's your point? His point is that he isn't stuck with a proprietary, overpriced nintendo... Snerk. I can buy whatever computer tickles my fancy. I switched away from Windows machines a few years ago. The Apple OS is pretty much Unix with a candy shell around it. I've programmed a few things, but I'm not much interested in programming. Never was, though I did learn how to program in Pascal years ago. You know Pascal is a sissy language for beginners. Probably as far as you got. Your comments about Macs are just further evidence of your ignorance. I simply prefer the Macs these days. Your concept of "overpriced" is just a reflection of your limited capabilities. The hardware and OS in my Macs are more than capable of handling my business and personal computing needs. Hey, money no object and excluding value for the money, Apple is a good machine. But price up a quad-processor laptop with 17" display and 8gb of RAM and 1TB HD, Apple pricing sucks the big one for value and are no better or different in the end. I mostly use my laptop for checking and writing email while on the road. No need for a quad processor, 17" laptop for that. My next laptop will be an iPad. |
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On 11/15/2011 3:45 PM, X ` Man wrote:
One of the hard drives on one of my aging Apple computers has been dying for a couple of weeks. It finally gave up the ghost yesterday. Called Apple Care and the tech suggested about four different ways to try to resuscitate it, to no avail. So he made an appointment for me at the local Apple store. I showed up, tech said "go to lunch." Came back 90 minutes later, new hard drive in machine, running diagnostics. No charge for labor or parts. Love it. Do you love the way Apple is polluting China? "Apple recently had a meeting with Chinese environmental groups during which it admitted that 15 of the plants it uses in its supply chain violate China’s environmental regulations. The Cupertino-based company has typically ignored any accusations that its plants are over polluting. Apple reportedly made the admission during a three-hour discussion with the EnviroFriends Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Friends of Nature and the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs." |
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:10:52 -0500, wrote:
On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:00:12 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:18:02 -0500, wrote: The 33xx drives just failed hard but they really didn't fail that often. Most failures didn't actually lose data unless you had a head crash. === Once your DASD farm got up to 1,000 plus drives of slightly aging 33xx's, unit failures became almost a weekly occurrence, each one requiring a huge amount of time and effort to recover the data. Nashua 3330 disk packs ;-) I didn't really see that many HDA related failures and we had lots of DASD. I agree the RAID 5 RAMAC made data loss a lot more rare but that really sets people up for a disaster. The more frequently you have a failure, the better you keep your stuff backed up. ==== The 3350s were better but not immune either. I think IBM was quoting a MTTF of something like 7 years but that is a statistical mean. Some fail quicker. Even at an average of 7 years, once you get to several thousand units the probability of experiencing a failure in any given week is quite high. |
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:19:01 -0500, wrote:
If you buy them when they are 3 years old you can get PCs real cheap or free. === Let me know if you'd like a couple of industrial strength, rack mountable, dual processor Xeon servers. Lots of memory and super fast. I bought them on the cheap. They work fine but too much fan noise and heat for in my office. |
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On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:09:01 -0500, X ` Man wrote: I had a choice of drives for my server, so I bought four of these: Seagate Constellation ES 2 TB Internal hard drive - 300 MBps - 7200 rpm Seagate/Maxtor is a pretty good drive ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The problem with Apple, at least in former days, was you had to buy the drive from Apple at excessive price. Same frikken drive as on a PC but with a unique identifier in the SCSI packet. I designed Maxtor drives and they were the same exact drive except for the identifier. The problem with WD drives was getting them to be reliable at 7200 rpm. As Jim McCoy, Chairman of Maxtor when I worked there, stated, anyone can build a 3600 rpm drive, hard to handle the head flying and control at 7200 rpm. Lots of turbulence at the extra rpm. |
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