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tgdaily.com — Great idea to protect your digital family picture album.
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- Shadowgamers, on 06/10/2008, -1/+27Still not stupid-safe
- mynameistux, on 06/10/2008, -0/+5make it idiot proof, and there will be a better idiot.
- HonoredMule, on 06/10/2008, -0/+3Yeah, but I try to avoid letting idiots near my storage...or in my house, for that matter.
I don't really need stupid-safe. I do need disaster safe. - crazygamer67688, on 06/10/2008, -0/+1a better idiot, or a dumber one?
- HonoredMule, on 06/10/2008, -0/+3Yeah, but I try to avoid letting idiots near my storage...or in my house, for that matter.
- dukeochutney, on 06/10/2008, -0/+3stupid people don't deserve to exist. they will soon be replaced by bots that are able to make our fast food and die in pointless wars.
- eviljolly, on 06/10/2008, -0/+1I only see this as viable for companies who can't risk to lose even a day's worth of data. For DVR on security systems it would be a good application.
This is no substitute for off-site backups, but it would definitely be helpful for finding out information reported by systems before a disaster.
Just remember, one virus or failed drive and it's all gone, and that's a lot more likely than a fire or flood in most cases.
- mynameistux, on 06/10/2008, -0/+5make it idiot proof, and there will be a better idiot.
- galvo, on 06/10/2008, -13/+5More like a great idea to protect your child por....
- netdroid9, on 06/10/2008, -5/+11Child portraits? As in portraits you made of your children? What a delightfully high-brow activity!
- maninalift, on 06/10/2008, -3/+2How are child-portraits high-brow?
- craighoxton, on 06/10/2008, -1/+1If they are dressed in period costume
- cawpin, on 06/10/2008, -1/+1If their children they can't be dressed in a period anything, the aren't old enough yet.
- maninalift, on 06/10/2008, -3/+2How are child-portraits high-brow?
- themastersb, on 06/10/2008, -0/+2Oh lawd. Is dat sum CP?
- netdroid9, on 06/10/2008, -5/+11Child portraits? As in portraits you made of your children? What a delightfully high-brow activity!
- FireSlash, on 06/10/2008, -6/+25Too bad this won't stop your hard drive from failing normally in ~3-5 years.
- cawpin, on 06/10/2008, -4/+17That's funny, I've never had a hard drive fail. The old Gateway my parents bought in 1998 with an 8GB HD still runs perfectly.
I understand failures happen, but you can't just say all hard drives fail in 3-5 years because they quite obviously don't.- unluckier, on 06/10/2008, -0/+2The fact that they're old are ironically why they are still running fine. With the introduction of GMR (Giant Magnetoresistive) head hard drives into the mainstream in the late 90's, hard drives went from being reliable to being disposable. But they have the extra capacity that people want, right?
If your drive is 20GB or more, it's likely GMR. Since yours is 8GB, it's surely not GMR.
- unluckier, on 06/10/2008, -0/+2The fact that they're old are ironically why they are still running fine. With the introduction of GMR (Giant Magnetoresistive) head hard drives into the mainstream in the late 90's, hard drives went from being reliable to being disposable. But they have the extra capacity that people want, right?
- cawpin, on 06/10/2008, -4/+17That's funny, I've never had a hard drive fail. The old Gateway my parents bought in 1998 with an 8GB HD still runs perfectly.
- ikarimaru, on 06/10/2008, -5/+18Screw the family picture album! Save the porn!
- h4mx0r, on 06/10/2008, -0/+7What if they're the same?
- Roflcopterrr, on 06/10/2008, -0/+2you win!
- h4mx0r, on 06/10/2008, -0/+7What if they're the same?
- ZephyrNinety, on 06/10/2008, -4/+12Yeah, when the world ends in a fiery doom, I'm gonna go looking for my child portraits...
- ZachSka87, on 06/10/2008, -8/+2Considering the flame of a candle is 2000*F, I really doubt these are fireproof at all. If a single candle is hot enough to mess this thing up, a full on fire is STILL gonna toast it.
- ricksite, on 06/10/2008, -1/+3The hard drive would also most likely be protected by an enclosure like a computer case.
- ZachSka87, on 06/10/2008, -2/+2Still, it's a false sense of security. Even by your admission, the hard drive itself cannot withstand fire....only very high temperatures. There's a big difference.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire - Tomchei, on 06/10/2008, -1/+2They still are safe. It's a bunch of hooha.
I had to recover some hard drives installed in a Point of Sale system from a fire about 10 years ago.
The registers were melted plastic and were doused with fire hoses. The data was fine.
It appears that the marketing for this drive implies that you can toss this drive in an open flame and then throw it in a pool and it will still work.
I like the idea of off site backups better.
- ZachSka87, on 06/10/2008, -2/+2Still, it's a false sense of security. Even by your admission, the hard drive itself cannot withstand fire....only very high temperatures. There's a big difference.
- Blowupologist, on 06/10/2008, -1/+6A candle flame is a point source. When they talk about 1700F, they mean it's dropped in a 1700F oven for a few minutes. If you put a candle flame against the side of the enclosure, I imagine it would dissipate the heat and not penetrate into the hard drive. Think in terms of total energy.
I want to see it take on thermite.- cawpin, on 06/10/2008, -1/+1Thermite wins.
- crazygamer67688, on 06/10/2008, -0/+1depends on how much thermite...
- ricksite, on 06/10/2008, -1/+3The hard drive would also most likely be protected by an enclosure like a computer case.
- HookmasterCH47, on 06/10/2008, -7/+21but will it blend?
- webkami, on 06/10/2008, -3/+6Despite being Fire and Water safe....
It WILL blend!
Everything blends except Chuck Norris.- orangesims, on 06/10/2008, -4/+2contrary to what you might believe, even Chuck Norris will blend......
through multiple round-house kicks to your head. soon your right-ear will be blending into the left-ear and that is how Chuck blends.
- orangesims, on 06/10/2008, -4/+2contrary to what you might believe, even Chuck Norris will blend......
- webkami, on 06/10/2008, -3/+6Despite being Fire and Water safe....
- diggerman32, on 06/10/2008, -9/+4MUST... SAVE... PORN!!!
- Jaablaze, on 06/10/2008, -1/+3hey dude, I thought it was funny :)
- craighoxton, on 06/10/2008, -1/+2Two out of the five elements ain't bad
- ikarimaru, on 06/10/2008, -1/+5I demand earth protection for my hard drives.
- ZachSka87, on 06/10/2008, -1/+2F*** earth protection! I need Aether protection...STAT! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aether_%28classical_e ...
- Satanael, on 06/10/2008, -1/+1The fifth element being Leeloo's hyper beam? Nothing can withstand that.
- bxblox, on 06/10/2008, -1/+3No protection against heart? Earth's furry woodland creatures will not be pleased.
- Blowupologist, on 06/10/2008, -1/+2I suspect you can bury it and blow on it without any significant damage.
Nothing, however, can survive Milla Jovovich. - Cyber_Akuma, on 06/10/2008, -1/+5Only two elements? Bah, I for one will not buy a harddrive that isn't Captain Planet-proof
- JayD16, on 06/10/2008, -0/+3How is it against bug and dragon type attacks?
- ikarimaru, on 06/10/2008, -1/+5I demand earth protection for my hard drives.
- invinciblechunk, on 06/10/2008, -3/+2Good if you're Donnie Darko.
- CLYF, on 06/10/2008, -5/+1Great idea to protect your porno.
- pilot101, on 06/10/2008, -2/+2well is it immune to "click of death" and data corruption? That matters more to me than if the hd can survive extreme fire or water exposure
- BalsamLane, on 06/10/2008, -0/+3You had me at “DataCast endothermic insulation technology”.
- santzu, on 06/10/2008, -5/+2Apple is using these hard drives to ease the pain from their exploding batteries.
- Cyber_Akuma, on 06/10/2008, -3/+1Technically, they are Sony's exploding batteries
- RizzoFrank, on 06/10/2008, -0/+1Technically Qingdao made them for sony for apple for steve.
- Cyber_Akuma, on 06/10/2008, -0/+1Oh, I see.
I stand corrected.
- Cyber_Akuma, on 06/10/2008, -0/+1Oh, I see.
- Darksoul, on 06/10/2008, -1/+1Look another m$ tool blaming Sony for something when m$ can make something with out a massive failure rate then they can talk until then lets not speak of Sony.
- Cyber_Akuma, on 06/10/2008, -0/+1How exactly did you arrive at the fact that I am a MS tool?
I was told that Sony manufacturered the defective batteries, so I was wrong, this is in no way related to the console wars.
In fact, I think brand loyalty is downright retarded. Sure, I may be incluned to pick one brand of the same product over a nother, but I will never defend one company over another when they have made something I feel is a stupid mistake or screwed over the consumer. I am well aware of the RROD issue and I think its crazy how high the rate is.
But aren't you forgetting the whole Disk Read Error issue with the PS2?
With that said, I have every gaming handheld and console Sony and Microsoft have ever made, and all of them still work fine.
- Cyber_Akuma, on 06/10/2008, -0/+1How exactly did you arrive at the fact that I am a MS tool?
- RizzoFrank, on 06/10/2008, -0/+1Technically Qingdao made them for sony for apple for steve.
- Cyber_Akuma, on 06/10/2008, -3/+1Technically, they are Sony's exploding batteries
- NewWorldEH, on 06/10/2008, -1/+1Of course, you could always just chuck the thing in the fridge when you sense imminent doom.
Hey, it worked for Dr. Jones! - sandiegodude, on 06/10/2008, -1/+2I don't know why, but i had this sudden image of the Fire and Water Daler Menhdis coming to my home and destroying my computer. Dammit, now I have to go watch Tunak Tunak Tun again.
- cyranthus, on 06/10/2008, -0/+5kind of expensive.. i cant imagine paying over $300 for an 80GB HD, when thats around what you can pay for a normal 1TB HD, but i suppose the safety for most consumers is worth it. this would be even better if this was an enclosure, because you can just swap out the failed drive whenever it fails down the road!
- SoundJudgment, on 06/10/2008, -1/+2"Just in case the drive is damaged, ioSafe offers an optional data recovery plan that is activated through the registration of a product. The service, which is offered free of charge."
I'd sign up for that plan if I were the owner. - Druckles, on 06/10/2008, -5/+1This is why people use Flash memory. It doesn't need to be in a premium case to do this.
- yensed, on 06/10/2008, -4/+1Customer #1 right here:
http://img19.imagevenue.com/aAfkjfp01fo1i-16654/lo ... - adesalvo, on 06/10/2008, -1/+1Not The First... But defiantly a good idea.
http://digg.com/hardware/NUKE_PROOF_Hard_Drives_an ...
I just checked the sentry site and the have the 80gig fire-safe drives for $199 w/ free shipping
- jordanleegauci, on 06/10/2008, -3/+2At least my porns won't be destroyed....
- kenlaw, on 06/10/2008, -1/+6Try this instead. It is much cheaper and comes from a trusted name in security. Not some fly by night new venture.
http://www.sentrysafe.com/products/dataProtectionS ...
I just swap out drives in a regular safe every couple of months. - binderskagnaes, on 06/10/2008, -1/+2digital family picture album?
lol, more like porn.
Not that my family album is porn, but... - jjustice, on 06/10/2008, -0/+2So far away we wait for the day
For the light source so wasted and gone
We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days
Through the fire and the flames we carry on- TDragon, on 06/10/2008, -0/+0lol... DragonForce
- rox198, on 06/10/2008, -2/+2ioSafe is far from fly by night....from the official press release
"Integrating ioSafe 3.5 drives and our industry-leading Netgear(R) ReadyNAS(TM) technology is a simple way for our customers to add protection to their precious digital data," said Paul Tien, vice president of storage at Netgear. "We're excited to work with ioSafe and enable the world's first NAS device integrated with ioSafe technology."
http://sev.prnewswire.com/computer-electronics/200 ... - TDragon, on 06/10/2008, -0/+0Great idea, but its not going to stop data loss in other cases such as electrical damage, mechanical failures, or human error (deleting files, wiping the HD, etc). Once they put some redundancy behind this technology, then we'll talk about keeping the data safe (which I'm sure that it's already being utilized in RAID formats for enterprises).
- MacParrot, on 06/10/2008, -0/+3This is the hard drive that James Taylor needs! Too obscure?
- applemachome, on 06/10/2008, -0/+2What about buying a drive yourself then using one of these FireProof safes with a USB port?
http://www.getusb.info/usb-connected-fire-safe/ - ike6116, on 06/10/2008, -0/+3Oh I've seen fire and I've seen rain.
- thefinger, on 06/10/2008, -0/+3*****!!! The dumb asses forgot earth and wind!!!
- gangxue, on 06/26/2008, -0/+0I only come to look
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