FormCritic wrote:A recent issue of Rolling Stone magazine explained the Hall of Fame selection process.There is a group of 200 voters (musicians, inductees and music industry people) who narrow down from a list of (as I recall...details do not really matter) 50 or so each year. The list of 50 is nominated by a more central committee (or maybe I have it backwards?).Doesn't matter...What matters is that the 200 or so voters select artists based upon the quality of their work, influence upon other musicians, longevity, popularity and a number of other ephemeral qualities. There is usually a selection of "heritage" artists and an attempt to include multiple styles of music...and also rap. A certain number of unknown but important "side men" are also inducted...usually one per year.Does not surprise me that KISS is not in the Hall of Fame. They were never about the critics or the esteem of their peers. They were about cash money...and they got it. Their cultural influence was big. Their musical influence, not so much.The Moody Blues seem a more likely heritage act than some.Rush strikes me as more accomlished, more honored and more influential than most of the acts I can think of. If the Hall of Fame were in Canada, Rush would have been the opening act at the first induction ceremony.
Badmike wrote:Kingofpain alerted me to this:http://community.gencon.com/forums/t/22294.aspxMade famous on our second trip to Gencon (2008) when we got the second worst service I have ever gotten in a restaurant, and Smarmy about went ballistic on our smartass waiter. Looks like a Buffalo Wings and Rings, whatever that is, is taking their place. Wish Buffalo Wild Wings was closer...Mike B.
Badmike wrote:Anyone here use one of the online storage systems like Carbonite? I signed up for their free trial and think it's a good idea, but it really doesn't do anything an external hard drive does, except make sure your information is "off site" in case of fire, theft, flood, etc. Does anyone have any experiences with using one of these services?Mike B.
RaisedFromTheDead wrote:I advise against it, Mike. I've had customers inquire about it before and I am VERY against storing data with someone else. There is no indemnity clause if they are cracked and your info is compromised. If they go under, poof! All gone.External drives are stupidly cheap right now and easy to use. I'd go that route, or install another internal HDD if you have a desktop.
Badmike wrote:Thanks guys. I signed up for the free trial, and after an entire day of downloading, they have exactly 1 gig of my 200 gig harddrive stored (about half my turbo lister files). At the rate of a gig a day it's going to take them six months to back up my hard drive....I agree, I think a portable external is the quicker, safer and easier way to go. I'll start looking around tomorrow. Mike B.
Kingofpain89 wrote: I recommend Seagate external drives over Western Digital. I've owned both and the Western Digital died on me about a year after I bought it.
Mars wrote:Its funny because I would probably recommend the Western Digital drive over the Seagate one I have owned a few of each - most are still kicking around but the one drive that went on me was a Seagate. I think both companies are probably about the same.I'm looking to do the same thing - buy an external hard drive for backup. I just watched some infomercial on the shopping channel that was trying to sell one called ClickFree or something like that which was only a 250GB drive for $150 which just seems like utter craziness.
jasonw1239 wrote:Having spent a number of years servicing computers with failed hard drives, it is my experience that Seagate drives are more reliable than WD and much more than Maxtor.The only recent series of Seagates that had a higher failure rate than normal was their 1 TB drives. The 500 GB and the 1.5 TB are excellent.
Kingofpain89 wrote:Good thing I decided to spend the extra $20 for the 1.5 TB drive then eh? And you dont have to worry about Maxtor anymore. Seagate bought them out some time ago.
Badmike wrote:Ok, I checked all the online reviews. Western Digital gets horrific marks due to it's new "Smartware" which is not smart, since most people who buy the drives hate the fuck out of it. Seagate only scores moderately better. The best reviewed drives I found were Iomegas. Anyone have any experience with one of these?Mike B.
