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Ah, yes; the FedEx (taxi) transfer. This is still the single highest bandwidth data transfer mechanism available, although with last mile internet speeds increasing this might not be true much longer.
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My first hard drive was one I bought for my first computer - Amstrad 1640.
It cost more than the computer did, and was a massive 32MB (and so fast - av Seek time of 25ms if I was lucky!)
Compared to the twin floppies it replaced though ... it was just so wonderful. 
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I also had one of those, couldn't believe how much free space I had to play with.
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Yep. But most of my games still needed the floppies for copy protection reasons ... 
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I don't remember the brand of the first hard drive I bought was.
I do remember thinking, "40 MB how could anyone use that much storage?" 
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OriginalGriff wrote: It cost more than the computer did, and was a massive 32MB
That's the size of the Diamond Rio PMP300, the first standalone MP3 player to make it to market. It could hold a whole album!!...presuming every track was encoded at 128kbps or less...
Yeah, even back then, it wasn't all that great...and somehow I got the brilliant idea that getting two of them (one still in its original box today) would be awesome, 'cuz they'd become such valuable museum pieces...
modified 10-Aug-22 11:09am.
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pkfox wrote: 1241 packages
Guess that's what makes it a community....
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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I have similar on my home laptop today ito download size. 998 packages to update. On my work laptop it's 1.7 GB to download, but it was also more up to date than my home laptop. Surely there must be a better way to package updates or make them smaller to download.
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I used to try to keep my VS installer folder up to date, using some obscure installer command-line switches...essentially, it downloaded the latest version of every package it knew about. I abandoned the idea when it started to consistently download 30+GB every month. So now I just let every instance of VS I have download what it thinks it needs, and it tends to stay below 2GB...even though it does mean each instance of VS I have might end up downloading the same files.
I miss ISO-based installers.
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Wordle 417 5/6
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
One day I'll get the right 5th letter first time! 
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Wordle 417 5/6
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 417 5/6
⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨
⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛
🟩⬛🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 417 4/6
⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟨🟩🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Wordle 417 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
"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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Wordle 417 3/6
🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛
🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 417 5/6
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Wordle 417 4/6*
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 417 1/6
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Pure luck
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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You should go and buy a lottery ticket it seems...
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Derek TP on here has done it in one in the past
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Wordle 417 4/6
⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜
⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜
🟨🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 417 4/6*
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Wordle 417 5/6
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Held on to my 4th guess streak
Wordle 417 4/6*
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Quote: Wordle 417 4/6
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⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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