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AraiBob

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Tiny Tom, I have been watching your videos for over a year and I find them great. Information served with a sense of humor and fun.

I am an 'old timer'. I got my first job as a programmer in 1970. 37 years later, I retired. Along the way, I began 'upgrading' my PCs in 1987 (or so). I started building entire systems in 1999, for myself. Just a hobby.

On the job, I wrote in more than 3 dozen computer programming languages. But the last 15 years of work was more related to projects. Project architecture, Plans, etc. In an industry in which it is considered normal for 2 out of 3 projects to fail (late and / or over budget), My projects were in the 95% range successful. Could be higher, but my success rate was so much higher that I was asked to describe some of my 'secrets'.

I retired and have enjoyed the 'time off'. I do keep up with technical stuff, like what you do. I enjoy the pace of the new products introduction and the effort required to evaluate them for practicality. Sometimes, just for fun.

Best regards, AraiBob Gotta have a sense of humor...
 
thanks for the welcome.

Thanks for the warm welcome. I spent my entire career at corporate hq, almost. 30 years in California.

In retirement I moved to the land of my wife of 27 years, the Philippines. It is difficult to get great parts, unless you order overseas. This is how I learned of the 100 percent import tax on technical things. Solar Panels, etc.

I like Tiny Tom's sense of humor and willingness to tell it like it is. Very enthusiastic.

Best regards, AraiBob

Arai = maker of motorcycle helmets.
Aray - Filipino word for 'ouch'.
Awry = out of level or out of kilter.
A wry - a dry sense of humor

I forgot to add my main rig: Silverstone FT02. Intel I7-3820, 16GB memory (Corsair Vengence, of course), Corsair H80i cpu cooler, Asus ROG Rampage IV Formula MB. Sapphire video card, PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mark 3 1200 PS, Samsung 840Pro as my OS drive. WD 1GB Velociraptor work drive, three WD Black 4TB storage and one WD Green 3TB storage. Ubuntu Linux is my OS. I built it in March 2013.

I get multiple uses or meanings out of almost everything I do.
 
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Sorry, I also forgot to mention I have an APC 2200i Smart UPS to run my active systems on. I got hit by power outages and lost a drive the last time it happened. Rather than install Windows 7, again, I decided to try Ubuntu Linux, and it has been great.

I also got the cheapest full sine wave UPS I could find and this the APC Smart UPS 2200 was it. The batteries lasted about 2 years and 5 months, then had to replace them. It has been a good investment. Power voltages vary too much, and power outages happen too often.

As you might guess 2200 VA is overkill for what I have, so I have put my stereo system on it, with a optical cable from my motherboard to it. Great sound! I also have the network stuff on it. Under load, the batteries will last about 2 hours to 3 hours. Most outages are less than 2 hours.
 
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