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Post Thu Jan 05, 2006 9:07 pm

DzM wrote:Scheduled delivery is tomorrow, Jan 6. I'll take a week or so to refurbish it, and hope to place it in production next weekend or so (sometime on Friday, Jan 13 or Saturday, Jan 14).

Planning to do the "big move" on Friday 13th? Maybe thinking the date a handy excuse in case things go wrong? ;)
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Post Thu Jan 05, 2006 9:55 pm

double Yay! fingers still duly crossed. (so, you're not superstitious... and it'll be a full moon....) :)
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Post Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:18 pm

territa wrote:so, you're not superstitious... and it'll be a full moon....
Superstition fades in the face of "When can I physically make the three hour drive to the hosting facility." The economics of time, gas, and driving have a nasty habit of walking rough-shod over niceties like salt over shoulders, rabbit's feet, and avoiding 8-balls and thirteens. :)
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Post Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:05 am

My birthday is on a Friday 13th this year. It's also my 18th birthday. :?
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Post Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:19 am

Always took you for a balding 37 year old, Irish Rover. :shock:



Good times. :)
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Post Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:16 am

:lol: That made my day! A balding 37 year old... :P Although, I do admit, I shaved my head until this summer (so I was balding in a sense) when I decided to become like this Celtic chief I saw on Rome and grow my hair pretty long, with one or two small weaves near the front of it, and have a big beard. How that turns out, I'll keep you posted.
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Post Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:20 am

TheIrishRover wrote:I decided to become like this Celtic chief I saw on Rome and grow my hair pretty long, with one or two small weaves near the front of it, and have a big beard...


Isn't that the one who was naked most of the time? Don't go there, TheIrishRover... :shock:
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Post Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:13 am

TheIrishRover wrote:My birthday is on a Friday 13th this year. It's also my 18th birthday. :?


Its my daddys too - he's 60.

Good luck DzM and many thanks! :D
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Post Fri Jan 06, 2006 4:27 pm

firehazard wrote:
TheIrishRover wrote:I decided to become like this Celtic chief I saw on Rome and grow my hair pretty long, with one or two small weaves near the front of it, and have a big beard...


Isn't that the one who was naked most of the time? Don't go there, TheIrishRover... :shock:


Oh, yes, the one who was naked all the time. Vercingsomethingother?
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Post Fri Jan 06, 2006 4:47 pm

TheIrishRover wrote:Oh, yes, the one who was naked all the time. Vercingsomethingother?


Vercingetorix, that's the one.
Also the subject of a film starring Christophe Lambert. Not the best film, I believe... worth a read of the review at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0199481/ :lol:
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Post Fri Jan 06, 2006 4:48 pm

DzM wrote:Latest update for those keeping score at home:

Server A has (finally!) been shipped to me. Scheduled delivery is tomorrow, Jan 6. I'll take a week or so to refurbish it, and hope to place it in production next weekend or so (sometime on Friday, Jan 13 or Saturday, Jan 14).

Yay!


Good luck with it DzM :)
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Post Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:06 pm

Back on topic and all, good luck with the move and stuff.
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Post Sat Jan 07, 2006 1:01 am

Update again: I'm delighted to announce that Server A is now physically in my posession. I haven't checked to see how it survived shipping, but at least it's here.

Surgery on it begins this evening, and if all goes well I'll have it installed some time next week or weekend.

Yay!
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Post Sat Jan 07, 2006 10:02 am

Good news, DzM. Good luck with the rest of it.
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Post Sun Jan 08, 2006 8:03 pm

Ahhhh. Progress.

Server A has had the RAM upgraded (now at 750MB - about 250MB less than I wanted to get it to, but I ran out of RAM slots on the motherboard) and HD replaced (now at 7200RPM, 80GB - I'd have gone with more, but really 80GB is way more than Medusa needs for the next few years).

I haven't upgraded the CPU (still 1.2GHz AMD) 'cause I can't convince myself to spend the money on it right now, AND I can't figure out how to release the heat sink in order to remove the current one. Damn that's a clip with a will to hold on. Maybe the CPU upgrade will come in the Summer.

Server A will (with luck) be installed and running in about three hours. Fingers crossed, eh?
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