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I usually check amazon and newegg first. If I can't find what I want at either of those places then I resort to general searching at google and/or DDG.
One thing I have found to be important is to make sure the item is sold and shipped by the merchant in question. I have had less than positive results from third party resellers.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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I'll occasionally accept 'shipped by' someone else - but I do insist that it be shipped from USA (vs the all too common China).
What I'd like is for the manufacturing location be specified. I wouldn't for example, ever want to buy Alkaline batteries from China - I had some, unused and well before their expiration date, leak in a drawer (fortunately, into a containing box).
More and more often, stuff from "over there" seems overpriced at free.
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Unless one lives in the sticks, can't think of anything computer-related that I can't find locally for instant gratification. Electronic "parts", vacuum tubes, etc. is another matter; easier to find and order online. I prefer the ones that provide data sheets, etc. The quality of the web site (and spam) is usually a good indicator.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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Gerry Schmitz wrote: Unless one lives in the sticks, can't think of anything computer-related that I can't find locally for instant gratification.
Granted, I live in the sticks, and the nearest store that sells anything computer related now that Radio Shack bit the dust is Staples, about 15 minutes away. Granted, Albany is 45 minutes away, but the days of an actual computer store that sold actual cool things? Gone.
The nearest Frys Electronics? Arizona! 
I remember when I lived in Palo Alto CA and I think that was the first Frys. They had a prototype of the 80386 processor on display behind plexiglass! And it was DIP - none of this surface mount stuff!
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Ah, the good old Trash-80. That brings back nightmares...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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For me it brings back warm fuzzies. It was the first computer I ever wrote code for.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I never actually programmed a TRS-80, but still have a horror story about it.
When the TRS-80 was designed, home computers were unknown. The designers therefore used the FCC's standard for office equipment, which allowed the production of much more electrical noise than home equipment was allowed. By the time the IBM PC came around, these regulations had been updated.
I was doing some contracting work for the Israeli Meteorological Service, and they had a basic data collection system running on a TRS-80. When the IBM PC came out, they wished to upgrade the system - new sensors, expanded data processing capabilities, etc. I was contracted to write the PC code.
When the code was finished, I showed them that everything was working, and went home. By the time I got home, I had received an angry phone call that nothing was working anymore. It turned out that they were running the TRS-80 data collection system in parallel with the PC, to ensure that they were both processing data in the same manner. To cut a long story short, the TRS-80 produced so much electrical noise that it swamped the signal coming from the new sensors. All data recorded were garbage.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I still have the 8088 I pulled to install the "386 Inboard".
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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Is a Geranium a radioactive Gerbil?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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That is a rad-ical concept - but I'm curie-ous if this relates to Bob? One way or another there could be some fallout from this post
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Rad-ical or Rat-ical?
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Rad (unit) - Wikipedia[^]
Detected by something related to enumerating how often a male makes a growling noise.
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Rat - member of the rodentia family - which includes... gerbils!
It’s always so much funnier after it is explained! 
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Gercranium - someone that ain't got a lick of sense!
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
JaxCoder.com
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I thought that was the radioactive topic of the day.
ie., germane.
nah, that's reaching.  
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Is it germane to discuss hydrides of germanium in Germany?
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Lawrencium
Germanium
Boron
Titanium
Quagga
Iodine
Astatine
Can the above be best tested by a Gayger Counter?
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Hi all, I have about a dozen or more external USB / SATA / SSD drives that I use for my backups. I currently use yellow postits to lable them but obviously they don't last very long - anyone gor any suggestions as to what I could use ? ideally something I can write on and be removable ( keep it clean please  )
"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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White athletic tape and a sharpie?
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Depending on how often you'd need to relabel the drives, 3M makes a no-residue duct tape that removes cleanly for up to six months after application.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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I permanent mark them with an ID code (using one of these: Brother P-Touch 65 Labelling Machine: Amazon[^] and then record usage / location in a spreadsheet (which one day I'll get round to databasing, but it's a low priority).
Since I also include my USB sticks*, it's just easier as a spreadsheet has more space than a label would.
* Windows recovery, AOMEI restore bootable, Win 10 fresh install bootable, that kind of thing.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I've gone the cheap route with masking/painter's tape and a sharpie. It has suited my needs.
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pkfox wrote: I currently use yellow postits to lable them but obviously they don't last very long - anyone gor any suggestions as to what I could use ?
Blue ones.
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