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# ?
have I touched a nerve?
(Scott_ish got this sig out of a crackerjack box on, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 22:16, archived)
# yeah
my computer is old so i only have usb 1
and can i find an affordable firewire external drive?

no i fucking can't
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 22:17, archived)
# whats the difference between all of these?
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 22:18, archived)
# USB 1 didn't really supply enough power to power anything
USB 2 is faster throughput and supplies sufficient power to power hard drives and stuff.
(I helped save b3ta! Quijibo Esq. BSc. May contain traces of nuts, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 22:19, archived)
# usb 1 - slow
usb 2 - a bit less slow
firewire - faster than both

i have usb 1 ports, and usb 2 devices, so they run too slow to work properly
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 22:19, archived)
# firewire is faster is it?
shit... i just bought a new harddrive and went for usb 2 because i didn't know what firewire was
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 22:22, archived)
# link me up to the firewire one, baby!
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 22:23, archived)
# i'll get my uncle to email the details
its a birthday present see
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 22:26, archived)
# yesh pleeesh
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 22:34, archived)
# USB is a safer bet and usually less hassle to set up if you're a bit of a n00b.
If you get fancy and have Firewire 800 then it's an imperial fuckton faster.
(I helped save b3ta! Quijibo Esq. BSc. May contain traces of nuts, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 22:24, archived)
# how much bigger is that than the metric fuckton?
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 22:27, archived)
# 1016.0469088 kilograms = imperial fuckton
1000 kilograms = metric fucktonne


This is actual fact of real ton types
(I helped save b3ta! Quijibo Esq. BSc. May contain traces of nuts, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 22:30, archived)
# thems just real tons. not fucktons
you know nothing, clearly
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 22:36, archived)
# Times them by
1016.0469088 and
1000
respectively.
(I helped save b3ta! Quijibo Esq. BSc. May contain traces of nuts, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 22:40, archived)
# ah now you're talking
SCIENCETM
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 22:43, archived)
# USB 2 runs at 480
So unless you have Firewire 800, USB 2 is faster than the standard Firewire 400. But you probably knew that.
(I helped save b3ta! Ghostwriter can't pick up his pencil, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 22:58, archived)
# In reality it doesn't, though.
If you have two devices connected to your computer it's only getting 240.
USB is bus powered, Firewire isn't.
(I helped save b3ta! Quijibo Esq. BSc. May contain traces of nuts, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 23:27, archived)
# You can run a USB drive on USB 1.
You need the special cable that uses two USB slots.

Or you can buy a PCI card for a few quid and have the wonders of USB 2.

Data transfer rates would be shite though if you choose the first option.
(I helped save b3ta! Quijibo Esq. BSc. May contain traces of nuts, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 22:19, archived)
# well yeah, it's the transfer rate that's the issue for me
trying to use a usb2 device for an itunes library for an usb2 ipod on a mac with only usb 1 means it's rather shonky
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 22:22, archived)
# I'd recommend buying a USB 2 PCI card and slinging that in there
and buying a cheap USB hard drive.

Probably still be cheaper than a Firewire drive.
(I helped save b3ta! Quijibo Esq. BSc. May contain traces of nuts, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 22:26, archived)
# have you tried stealing one?
(I helped save b3ta! Sheehan forevermore owes Ttssattsr beer, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 22:21, archived)
# i'm too in fear of the man to be breaking laws
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 22:23, archived)
# what you need is a hired thug!
(I helped save b3ta! Sheehan forevermore owes Ttssattsr beer, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 22:23, archived)
# are they cheap?
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 22:25, archived)
# cheaper than firewire external hard drives
just find a chav smart enough to know what to steal,
So a pretty smart one.
(I helped save b3ta! Sheehan forevermore owes Ttssattsr beer, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 22:28, archived)