KCLUG November 2010

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Re: WD portable hard drive question
by Jon Pruente 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

I didn't see it in an ad and I haven't seen it at that price online. I verified the model last night and it is the newer model with an integrated controller, which may be a source of headaches for using it without their software. It's a "While Supplies Last" display, but it was still mostly full. I wonder if WD was trying to move a large stock of these over Black Friday and even the $50 price tag wasn't enough to sway people over other stuff. Jon. On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Doug Kelly <dougk.ff7(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Having a lot of personal experience with Micro Center, they will take > it back so long as you keep all of the packaging with it. As for > price matching, they don't have any formal policy, so they may try to > match it, but there's not a guarantee. > > As for Wal-Mart, usually they'll take about anything back for store > credit at a minimum. As always, pay attention to the return policies > very carefully. > > On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 6:54 PM, System Phreaker > <systemphreaker(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Walfart isn't to good about letting ppl try stuff out. Microcenter > > does price matching and they're pretty decent about letting people try > > stuff out. So i guess you could take the ad from walmart and see if > > they will price match and let you try it out with a linux or Unix OS. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CCCKC" group. > > To post to this group, send email to ccckc(a)googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > ccckc+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com <ccckc%2Bunsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com>. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/ccckc?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CCCKC" group. > To post to this group, send email to ccckc(a)googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > ccckc+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com <ccckc%2Bunsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/ccckc?hl=en. > >

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WD portable hard drive question
by Jon Pruente 28 Nov '10

28 Nov '10

I was browsing the stuff at the Walmart in Lee's Summit and they have the WDBAAA5000ABK ( http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=700 ) for $50, half MSRP and $10 cheaper than Microcenter. I might stop by again to verify the model number. This is the newer design with the USB controller integrated to the drive's mainboard and some reviews mention a high power draw over the single USB port for some machines. It's also got some sort of VCD thing going with the WD SmartWare crapware on it. Anyone used one of these under Linux or other UNIXy OS and have any tips? The $50 is pretty dang cheap for a half terabyte of portable storage, but it's not cheap enough to have a boat anchor laying around. Jon.

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Gate Rape: Urban Word of the Day
by Brian Kelsay 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

Monty discussed this at the after-meeting at IHOP. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Urban Dictionary <daily(a)urbandictionary.com> Date: Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 4:00 AM <http://www.urbandictionary.com> * November 19: Gate Rape <http://list.urbandictionary.com/t/11539478/68042374/35602/0/> * <http://list.urbandictionary.com/t/11539478/68042374/35602/0/> The TSA airport screening procedure. * My sister got gate raped at LAX.*

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The world is coming to and end
by Duane Attaway 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to build a robot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQA0m8H5W_M I have now changed my mind.

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AO532h
by Jonathan Hutchins 05 Nov '10

05 Nov '10

Got the squeeze installer to work from unetbootin after a few failures. Install seemed to go fine, no errors, but on reboot no grub, just windows. So far I've failed to get a live USB image or CD to boot. This thing has two "hidden" partitons, and I suspect it's using some sort of windows trickery that boots to W7 no matter what. I _did_ get the unetbootin and clonezilla USB images to boot.

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Re: Laptop wanted
by Sean Crago 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

On the Acer 532h netbooks, I've run into two issues I haven't cared enough to fix just yet: The SDHC reader didn't work at all under the last build of Ubuntu, and the mouse was problematic. The multi-touch trackpad caused frequent errors when using whatever the default mouse driver was, but there was a fix out there somewhere. Upgraded to the current version a week or three prior to its release, but that caused the mouse to become completely unresponsive. Been too busy to deal with it since, but beware: These particualar etbooks aren't exactly problem-free.

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Re: Laptop Wanted
by Duane Attaway 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

On Wed, 3 Nov 2010, Jonathan Hutchins wrote: > On Tuesday 02 November 2010 11:07:48 am you wrote: >> Microcenter often has specials on reconditioned Acer Aspire Ones for $200. >> >> Our Kansas store has 20 of these in stock ready for pickup...if you like >> purple: > > Thanks, snarfed the AO523h in Onyx Blue. > > Didn't know you worked there, should I ask for you next time? :D Oh no, I don't work there! I feel fortunate we have a Microcenter within driving distance of our city! Their website lists quantities they have if you select which store. I call the Five Guys Burgers and Fries place across from our house "our" restaurant too. And I don't care to flip burgers in my back yard anymore!

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Laptop Wanted
by Jonathan Hutchins 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

The old Toshiba finally conked out this morning, so I'm definitely in the market for a laptop if you've got one for sale. Also interested in recommendations on new netbooks.

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Starting a KCLUG Blog
by Michael Morgan 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

We would like to begin a blog for book reviews, meeting discussion summaries, etc. Please share your opinion regarding content and software. Michael Morgan librarian(a)kclug.org

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