Andromeda43

"Goodows",,,how's that for a monicre (name)? I've always liked 'Google' as a superior Search Engine, but I'm leery of all the other Stuff like Search Bars, gmail, etc. Typically, anything with the name Search or Bar in it, is usually Spyware. i.e., Hot Bar, My Search Bar, CoolWebSearch, etc., etc. We really need to be concerned about 'Giving Away' too much of our personal info and allowing too much access to our computers by outside sources and programs. Once you open yourself up to any company like Google.....you're "giving away the farm" Compute SAFE!

GM, All it takes is MONEY.....the harware is redily available. In my next life, my HD's will be mounted in a separate case, with a huge PSU and UPS,, and of course 'Air Conditioning'. And, I'll run for Pres of the Terrabyte Club.

The topic: From just a practical standpoint,,,,the HD manufacturers NO longer make 'little' hard drives. I could search my area, high and low, and not find a single HD smaller than 80gigs. To get a 20 to 40 gig'er anymore, you have to be willing to take a refurb or pull. Besides the extra space, so you don't have to do quite so much Deleting, bigger drives are generally faster. Then you get into the new SATA drives and WOW, the speed increase is phenominal! I've seen speed increases on my own system in the 10X range, with my new WD SATA drive. In my wildest dreams, I'll never FILL up my 120 gig SATA drive, but the 'elbow' room is nice. I keep all my drives neat and clean to keep down the time it takes to do virus scans and defrags. Also,,,,,a HD is the world's worse place to store something that you may someday need. EVERY HD is going to CRASH! The question isn't "IF" it's just "WHEN". I just lost a drive that was only three months old. Thank God and Ghost, I had it well backed up to a bootable DVD.

Too many stipulations.....that's why you've not had any responses so far. In the simplest form: Outsourcing is the act of going out of your own country to find someone who will perform a task for you at a lower cost than what you can find at home. Many large World-class corp's that used to have their help/phone lines answered here in the US by companies like "Ruppman Marketing" in Peoria, Ill, are now getting their phones answered in India or some such place because they can get the job done SO MUCH cheaper. The fact that the people answering those phones can't speak English well enough to be understood by the average American, doesn't seem to effect the companies involved. To say that they "don't give a ____" might be going too far. But the bottom line is still the all-mighty buck. Does that help you any?

It's been said that everything in "Creation" has balance. Our scientists have, for years, said that our (known) Solar System is "out of balance" and that there has to be some other 'body' out there somewhere to bring about balance. Well, it looks like they have finally found it. All I can say is, "Well, it's about time!"