It is my conclusion that Jeff Bridges is the greatest of all underrated actors in the parlance of our times. Is their anymore out there?
Agree. I think the spontaneous standing ovation he got at the Golden Globes showed. You gotta watch the video of it. Everyone looks genuinely calm and natural. It's like he was their inspiration guru opposite of Hollywood. And then he followed it with the most laid back natural kind loving acceptance speech ever. I've watched most of his interviews promoting Crazy Heart. And he consistently comes across with dudeism. It's infectious and inspiring. I hope it spreads. Man, at his ovation everyone had such a gentle warm smile standing for him with none of it looking pretentious. beeuuuutifu.
Fuckin'A
He really abide!
In fact i just watched "The men who stared at goats" and i think that was a good movie, and Jeff Bridges rol was really far out , very dude like :) i like it a lot.
He really abide!
In fact i just watched "The men who stared at goats" and i think that was a good movie, and Jeff Bridges rol was really far out , very dude like :) i like it a lot.
The Fisherking - speaking of Dudeist!- his tenderness in the scene in the hospital waiting room, holding a rescued, suicidal drag queen and earnestly listening to him. Yeah, Jeff's been The Dude all along. :-*
Try watching Thunderbolt and Lightfoot. It's from 1974. Bridges aready seemed pretty dude back then. Unlike the George kennedy character...
The Oscar was for, The Big Lebowski, right? It took most of us like, ten, eleven, years, to catch on! 8)
Quote from: Andrea Dudette on February 05, 2010, 08:58:01 PM
He really abide!
In fact i just watched "The men who stared at goats" and i think that was a good movie, and Jeff Bridges rol was really far out , very dude like :) i like it a lot.
See I was little disappointed by "The men who stared at goats", don't get me wrong I did like it but it seemed to underachieve a bit.
Quote from: Robert the Dude on May 11, 2010, 01:38:43 AM
The Oscar was for, The Big Lebowski, right? It took most of us like, ten, eleven, years, to catch on! 8)
I saw TBL as soon as it hit DVD and it's been one of my all time favorites ever since. As far as the other two movies, I'm kind of behind the times atm and haven't seen them yet. I'll check and see if they are on Netflix yet.
And proud we all are of you, Nekonix. 8)
The Men Who Stare at Goats sucked donkey dick. 8)
Sorry for the big bump on this thread, but I must say that Jeff Bridges was totally dude in Tron: Legacy. I'm sure everyone has noticed it already, but I just felt like sharing this pretty new shit that has come to light.
"You're messing with my Zen thing, man!" - Kevin "The Dude" Flynn :)
I'd concur with Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.
I have it on DVD in fact.
Also must see
Winter Kills (John Huston , Anthony Perkins, Eli Wallach, Sterling Hayden etc...)
http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Kills-Discs-Jeff-Bridges/dp/B0000844J2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313765414&sr=8-1
The Iceman Cometh (Movie version of the Eugene O'Neil play)
http://www.amazon.com/Iceman-Cometh-Lee-Marvin/dp/B00008HCA9/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1313766041&sr=1-1
I also thought he was great in Seabiscuit.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000313/
Yer welcome...
the fisher king is my favorite film of JB aisde from TBL. his was a dude like character, and it's such an wonderful movie. i even get to see my adored tom waits for a bit.
Quote from: thinkingdude on September 28, 2011, 02:08:11 AM
A Dog Year (2009), Against All Odds (1984), American Heart (1993), Arlington Road (1999), Blown Away (1994), The Killer Elite (1975), Betrayed (1988), Cold Feet (1989), Crazy Heart (2009), Gates Of Heaven (1980), Hearts Of The West (Remastered Edition) (1975), Heaven's Gate (1980), How To Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008), Iron Man (Ultimate 2-Disc Edition) (2008), Iron Man (2008), Jagged Edge (1985), K-Pax (2001), King Kong (1976), Kiss Me Goodbye (1982), Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West on DVD (2002), Lost In La Mancha on DVD (2003), Masked And Anonymous on DVD (2003), Nadine on DVD (1987), Seabiscuit (2003), See You In The Morning on DVD (1989), Simpatico on DVD (2000), Starman (1984), Jagged Edge (1985), Starman on DVD (1984), Stay Hungry (1976), Stick It (2006), Surf's Up (Widescreen Version) (2007), Surf's Up on DVD (2007), The 1930s , The Achievers: The Story Of The Lebowski Fans on DVD (2009), The Amateurs on DVD (2005), The American Film Theatre: The Complete 14 Film Collection on DVD, The Barbra Streisand Collection on DVD, The Big Lebowski (Special Edition-Widescreen) on DVD (1998), The Big Lebowski (10th Anniversary Edition) on DVD (1998), The Big Lebowski (Special Edition) on DVD (1998), The Contender on DVD (2000), The Cool School on DVD (2008), The Door In The Floor on DVD (2004), The Fabulous Baker Boys on DVD (1989), The Fisher King on DVD (1991), The Girls In Their Summer Dresses on DVD (1981), The Henry Rollins Show: Season One on DVD (2006), The Iceman Cometh on DVD (1973), The Killer Elite (1975)/Blown Away on DVD (1994), The Last American Hero on DVD (1973), The Last Picture Show on DVD (1971), The Last Unicorn (25th Anniversary Edition) on DVD (1982), The Men Who Stare At Goats on DVD (2009), The Michelle Pfeiffer Collection on DVD, The Mirror Has Two Faces on DVD (1996), The Muse on DVD (1999), The Open Road on DVD (2009), The Vanishing on DVD (1993), The Yin And Yang Of Mr. Go (1971), Winterset on DVD (1936), Tron (Special Edition) on DVD (1982), Tron: Legacy on DVD (2010), True Grit on DVD (2010), When Animals Strike Back, Vol. 1 on DVD, White Squall on DVD (1996), Wild Bill on DVD (1995), Winter Kills on DVD (1980)
Another WTF?
Thanks for listing your DVD collection, I wont be listing mine.
Did you even read the previous posts in this thread?
It doesn't look like you did, or if you did you completely misunderstood what was going on here (again).
This thread is about Jeff Bridges movies where you add comment about the film not just list a bunch of DVD titles.
Quote from: thinkingdude on September 28, 2011, 02:08:11 AM
A Dog Year (2009)
Against All Odds (1984)
American Heart (1993)
<< quote snipped >>
Tron (Special Edition) on DVD (1982)
Tron: Legacy on DVD (2010)
True Grit on DVD (2010)
When Animals Strike Back, Vol. 1 on DVD
White Squall on DVD (1996)
Wild Bill on DVD (1995)
Winter Kills on DVD (1980)
Are those for sale, or for rent? 8)
Quote from: SouthernDude on January 18, 2010, 01:33:25 PM
It is my conclusion that Jeff Bridges is the greatest of all underrated actors in the parlance of our times. Is their anymore out there?
I would say that Jeff is definitely an underrated actor, but in the past few years he has begun to receive the credit he merits. I.e., his Oscar, which was well deserved. IMHO True Grit really gave Jeff a chance to show a lot of what he could do. He played a great role and I think a little bit of the dude came out of him in True Grit. Fabulous stuff, man!
Check out http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000313/
Between TBL, Crazy Heart and True Grit Jeff proved he is Not a One Trick Pony.
So many of the Big Name "actors" today are one dimensional who pretty much just play one character in film after film...Keanu Reeves and Tom Cruise come to mind for some reason. They just do not have the chops of a Jeff Bridges.
Of course, that's like just my opinion dudes. 8)
Quote from: cckeiser on September 28, 2011, 04:56:03 PM
Between TBL, Crazy Heart and True Grit Jeff proved he is Not a One Trick Pony.
So many of the Big Name "actors" today are one dimensional who pretty much just play one character in film after film...Keanu Reeves and Tom Cruise come to mind for some reason. They just do not have the chops of a Jeff Bridges.
Of course, that's like just my opinion dudes. 8)
Have to agree, cc dude; Jeff is for sure capable of many rolls!
Loved him in Tron. I heard he was great in the sequel but I've yet to see it (even though I really really want to). I haven't seen True Grit yet either, but I've heard great reviews and would love to watch it when I get a chance. Another role I loved him in was Iron Man, I thought he did a great villain in that flick.
I guess I could also mention I loved him as The Dude, but that might be a little redundant considering what forum this is, lol.
Easy boys...
Will you just take it easy, men?
Apparently that's hard to do here. Puzzles me.
Quote from: thinkingdude on September 29, 2011, 01:06:15 AM
I don't own them you, thank you, just listing what movies he was in. Or did you not realize what was being listed...or get it.
There you go again.
Missed the point.
Stop just cutting and pasting stuff into threads and actually try to add something to the discussion for instance like ninjabob did here:
Quote from: Ninjabob27 on September 29, 2011, 12:23:20 AM
Loved him in Tron. I heard he was great in the sequel but I've yet to see it (even though I really really want to). I haven't seen True Grit yet either, but I've heard great reviews and would love to watch it when I get a chance. Another role I loved him in was Iron Man, I thought he did a great villain in that flick.
I guess I could also mention I loved him as The Dude, but that might be a little redundant considering what forum this is, lol.
Quote from: thinkingdude on September 29, 2011, 01:06:15 AM
I don't know but are you trying to call me a dumbass (again)?
No I'm trying to get it through to you that all you are doing is cutting and pasting stuff without adding to the content of the thread (please do say "that's in your opinion dude! The Dude Abides. Peace." to that).
These are discussions, not an excercise in how well you can use control c and control v, past a link Hominid did:
Quote from: Hominid on September 28, 2011, 03:16:26 PM
Check out http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000313/
Don't copy and paste the whole web page it doesn't make your point any better. people are not actually reading it all just because you've put it there. If they're interested they will follow the link.
Quote from: thinkingdude on September 29, 2011, 09:45:20 AM
Quote from: DigitalBuddha on September 28, 2011, 02:45:15 PM
Quote from: thinkingdude on September 28, 2011, 02:08:11 AM
A Dog Year (2009)
Against All Odds (1984)
American Heart (1993)
<< quote snipped >>
Tron (Special Edition) on DVD (1982)
Tron: Legacy on DVD (2010)
True Grit on DVD (2010)
When Animals Strike Back, Vol. 1 on DVD
White Squall on DVD (1996)
Wild Bill on DVD (1995)
Winter Kills on DVD (1980)
Are those for sale, or for rent? 8)
Both... Lol (I don't own any though). If you are offering money then a donation to the Church of me is welcome too. ;)
~thinkingdude
I have about 500 DVD and/or Blu-ray discs at home; my wife has strongly advised me to sell some on eBay, thus far I have, in a dude like manner, resisted the idea invoking the wisdom of the dude informing her that "well, that's just like your opinion, man."
It's seemed to work. ;D
Quote from: DigitalBuddha on September 29, 2011, 03:03:54 PM
I have about 500 DVD and/or Blu-ray discs at home; my wife has strongly advised me to sell some on eBay, thus far I have, in a dude like manner, resisted the idea invoking the wisdom of the dude informing her that "well, that's just like your opinion, man."
It's seemed to work. ;D
Advantages of being a bachelor my collection is just topping 1300, I'm planning to shelf another wall, saves on wall paper.
Quote from: meekon5 on September 29, 2011, 06:18:36 PM
Quote from: DigitalBuddha on September 29, 2011, 03:03:54 PM
I have about 500 DVD and/or Blu-ray discs at home; my wife has strongly advised me to sell some on eBay, thus far I have, in a dude like manner, resisted the idea invoking the wisdom of the dude informing her that "well, that's just like your opinion, man."
It's seemed to work. ;D
Advantages of being a bachelor my collection is just topping 1300, I'm planning to shelf another wall, saves on wall paper.
Right on, way to go, M5!! Very dude like, mang; here's a high five!! Sometimes a man has to make a choice between his DVD collection and a women! ;D
There are times when his trusty DVD collection takes priority.
Quote from: thinkingdude on September 29, 2011, 10:26:39 PM
@ D.B. @ M5 holy crap!! I am in envy of the collection. Any doubles send my way ;)
~thinkingdude
;D Something like this...
(http://thebackporchstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dvd-sale.jpg)
Quote from: thinkingdude on September 29, 2011, 11:23:54 PM
Quote from: DigitalBuddha on September 28, 2011, 03:11:57 PM
Quote from: SouthernDude on January 18, 2010, 01:33:25 PM
It is my conclusion that Jeff Bridges is the greatest of all underrated actors in the parlance of our times. Is their anymore out there?
I would say that Jeff is definitely an underrated actor, but in the past few years he has begun to receive the credit he merits. I.e., his Oscar, which was well deserved. IMHO True Grit really gave Jeff a chance to show a lot of what he could do. He played a great role and I think a little bit of the dude came out of him in True Grit. Fabulous stuff, man!
He did better then John Wayne did imho.
~thinkingdude
This is true. But in all fairness to the Duke; Jeff had a role model to build off of, but the Duke had to create the character from scratch.
Quote from: thinkingdude on September 29, 2011, 10:26:39 PM
@ D.B. @ M5 holy crap!! I am in envy of the collection. Any doubles send my way ;)
~thinkingdude
Due to being a DBA I have a database of all of them so I only have nine that are doubles (because I may buy a boxed set after buying the individual film). Not bad nine out of 1348.
I use invelos as my database because it has an internet interface so when I'm tempted to buy Max Payne for a fourth time (luckily Tesco's let me bring it back if I don't open it) I can check the web page to ensure I haven't got the DVD already.
I have to admit that my "want list" is still about 300+
Quote from: DigitalBuddha on September 29, 2011, 11:01:36 PM
;D Something like this...
(http://thebackporchstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dvd-sale.jpg)
One of my walls:
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6006/6196727451_40296d2b5a.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/meekon5/6196727451/)
14DVD (http://www.flickr.com/photos/meekon5/6196727451/) by meekon5 (http://www.flickr.com/people/meekon5/), on Flickr
I'm afraid it's a big hobby (obsession) of mine. But then I will rather sit and watch a film than watch TV most nights.
Nice collection you got there, M5, completely unspoiled. ;D(http://dudeism.com/smf/Themes/classic/images/post/thumbup.gif)
Personally I'm waiting for these, 5-D Discs to Store 2000 Times More Than DVD (http://thefutureofthings.com/news/7383/5-d-discs-to-store-2000-times-more-than-dvd.html), to become commercially available. that would solve the problem in one disk.
Quote from: meekon5 on September 30, 2011, 01:01:15 PM
Personally I'm waiting for these, 5-D Discs to Store 2000 Times More Than DVD (http://thefutureofthings.com/news/7383/5-d-discs-to-store-2000-times-more-than-dvd.html), to become commercially available. that would solve the problem in one disk.
Whoa, and I thought 8 gig jump drives and 2 terabyte hard drives were badass!
Let's see - that's 4GB (one sided) X 2,000 = 8 TB. That'll cover my DVD/BR collection! Imaging misplacing it... "Honey, seen my movie collection anywhere? It's worth - like - 50 grand!" :-[
Quote from: DigitalBuddha on September 30, 2011, 01:09:18 PM
Quote from: meekon5 on September 30, 2011, 01:01:15 PM
Personally I'm waiting for these, 5-D Discs to Store 2000 Times More Than DVD (http://thefutureofthings.com/news/7383/5-d-discs-to-store-2000-times-more-than-dvd.html), to become commercially available. that would solve the problem in one disk.
Whoa, and I thought 8 gig jump drives and 2 terabyte hard drives were badass!
Personally I carry a half TB 2.5 inch protable usb disk for my incidental stuff.
Quote from: Hominid on September 30, 2011, 02:06:10 PM
Let's see - that's 4GB (one sided) X 2,000 = 8 TB. That'll cover my DVD/BR collection! Imaging misplacing it... "Honey, seen my movie collection anywhere? It's worth - like - 50 grand!" :-[
By then it will all be on your private cloud available 24-7-365
QuotePersonally I carry a half TB 2.5 inch protable usb disk for my incidental stuff.
Personally I used to carry a 9 mil Browning and an SA80 at all times just in case something needed rebooted...I do so wish I could carry those items at work now! ;)
Peace? dudes. ;D
Quote from: meekon5 on October 02, 2011, 09:37:32 AM
Quote from: DigitalBuddha on September 30, 2011, 01:09:18 PM
Quote from: meekon5 on September 30, 2011, 01:01:15 PM
Personally I'm waiting for these, 5-D Discs to Store 2000 Times More Than DVD (http://thefutureofthings.com/news/7383/5-d-discs-to-store-2000-times-more-than-dvd.html), to become commercially available. that would solve the problem in one disk.
Whoa, and I thought 8 gig jump drives and 2 terabyte hard drives were badass!
Personally I carry a half TB 2.5 inch protable usb disk for my incidental stuff.
Quote from: Hominid on September 30, 2011, 02:06:10 PM
Let's see - that's 4GB (one sided) X 2,000 = 8 TB. That'll cover my DVD/BR collection! Imaging misplacing it... "Honey, seen my movie collection anywhere? It's worth - like - 50 grand!" :-[
By then it will all be on your private cloud available 24-7-365
Damn, drives are getting massive. Just saw 2 TB drive on sale for $119.00US, think I am going to have to grab one. I have a 1 TB drive for this laptop, but I have already use 2/3 of it.
Quote from: meekon5 on October 02, 2011, 09:37:32 AM
Quote from: DigitalBuddha on September 30, 2011, 01:09:18 PM
Quote from: meekon5 on September 30, 2011, 01:01:15 PM
Personally I'm waiting for these, 5-D Discs to Store 2000 Times More Than DVD (http://thefutureofthings.com/news/7383/5-d-discs-to-store-2000-times-more-than-dvd.html), to become commercially available. that would solve the problem in one disk.
Whoa, and I thought 8 gig jump drives and 2 terabyte hard drives were badass!
Personally I carry a half TB 2.5 inch protable usb disk for my incidental stuff.
Quote from: Hominid on September 30, 2011, 02:06:10 PM
Let's see - that's 4GB (one sided) X 2,000 = 8 TB. That'll cover my DVD/BR collection! Imaging misplacing it... "Honey, seen my movie collection anywhere? It's worth - like - 50 grand!" :-[
By then it will all be on your private cloud available 24-7-365
And how does it get there? Gotta have the disk in the first place, right? Unless society moves to the whole Netflix paradigm. Then no-one will own anything digital, thanks to upcoming DRM legislation...
Quote from: Hominid on October 03, 2011, 01:40:40 AM
And how does it get there? Gotta have the disk in the first place, right? Unless society moves to the whole Netflix paradigm. Then no-one will own anything digital, thanks to upcoming DRM legislation...
You wont have to own the disk, the cloud suppliers will own the hardware you will subscribe to resources, like you do with broadband, except the "machine" (your PC) will be a virtual machine, on their hardware.
We're doing this already at the museum, you get a box that sits on your desk that plugs into the network (monitor, mouse, and keyboard, plug into it), the "PC" is a virtual image on a vast server in another place.
The films/music/book/game will be created on the cloud by someone else, and you rent time in the cloud to use it.
Fewer people will own hardware (except obsessive collectors like myself), your cerebrally implanted interface will deal with the transactions.
Another collection of mine:
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/6208549089_bf432eb78d.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/meekon5/6208549089/)
2011-02-08 22.57.30 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/meekon5/6208549089/) by meekon5 (http://www.flickr.com/people/meekon5/), on Flickr
And yes that is a Mac in there second from left.
I understand the technology, I just don't like the paradigm, and I don't think others will either for their home PCs. Brings up privacy issues for me personally... When you're at the office, company policy dictates what you use and how to use it, but I still think people in general like to have something tangible they can hold in their hands.
The thin-client model was tried in the past and it failed.
I agree on the privacy issues.
But look how easily people accepted things like Tivo. You no longer have tapes and so on. Or even "Love Film", where you rent the film but can download it.
I know old paranoids like us will always have our own private stashes of hardware, a bit like the "lowtechs" from Gibsons novels. Unfortunately I see it going in that direction (everything on the cloud).
What do you do when the big companies have all the tech and the only way to use it is to buy into their control?
I didn't have a mobile phone until a few years ago an agency as much as refused to sign me onto it's books if i didn't have one.
Quote from: Hominid on October 03, 2011, 05:44:02 PM
The thin-client model was tried in the past and it failed.
When was that?
I know we moved away from the dumb terminal and mainframe model.
The thin client model just depends on the bandwidth.
We have a 100gb network and are already rolling out thin client pc's around the museum now. But we have huge amounts of resources on the vm clusters.
Quote
When was that?
Late nineties, by Sun and some others. The PC booted locally, but everything else came off the network. I think it failed due to lack of standards, though I'm just guessing.
Ya, I see it going that way as well... although hardware is pretty darn cheap these days. My wife just got a new laptop for 500 clams, and a nifty little netbook for 150. (CND dollars). And, she got rid of eight inches of reference paperwork with a Kindle, cheap as well.
Another thought on cloud computing: when a lightning bolt takes out my Internet feed, how do I access anything? I'll have to go to the drug store and actually buy the latest Playboy ;-)
Quote from: Hominid on October 03, 2011, 06:25:43 PM
Late nineties, by Sun and some others. The PC booted locally, but everything else came off the network. I think it failed due to lack of standards, though I'm just guessing.
Yes I think I remember that now.
Quote from: Hominid on October 03, 2011, 06:25:43 PM
Ya, I see it going that way as well... although hardware is pretty darn cheap these days. My wife just got a new laptop for 500 clams, and a nifty little netbook for 150. (CND dollars). And, she got rid of eight inches of reference paperwork with a Kindle, cheap as well.
That's the basis we work on at the museum. Hardware is pretty cheap so we just build huge servers.
Quote from: Hominid on October 03, 2011, 06:25:43 PM
Another thought on cloud computing: when a lightning bolt takes out my Internet feed, how do I access anything?
Yeh it worries me how much hold Micro$oft, and Google or Apple would have on our lives if we follow them into this line of marketing. The museum doesn't use the cloud because of this.
Quote from: Hominid on October 03, 2011, 06:25:43 PM
I'll have to go to the drug store and actually buy the latest Playboy ;-)
It's a long time since I bought one myself. Ah the internet.
"Cloud" has it's advantages in specific cases. I use Google contacts, which I sync to my iPhone. Edits/deletions/additions done on one updates the other. Great for when I get a new phone. Yes, I'm tied to Apple and Google, but they've provided a free, elegant, and convenient solution with no hidden agendas, other than keeping me as a customer.
The only reason I keep with Microsoft is Photoshop (being a photographer). Other than that, all my machines (4 at last count, including the laptop I'm on right now) are dual-boot with Ubuntu as the OS of choice. I like open source, being a Unix guy... Ubuntu has some SERIOUS cloud technology, so if I was responsible for an IT department, I'd be all over it wherever it made sense. But again, that's business, not my own personal stuff...
Only reason I keep with M$ is gaming.
Problem with open source is the speed it keeps up with technology (slower due to the peer review nature of it's development cycles).
I like Linux and my toys pictured above have various flavours of Linux on them. I have modded my old x-box to that flavour of Linux. I wear a circuit board from the old memory stick (as a badge) I modded to be a USB converter, which led to a slightly embarrassing conversation with one of the M$ European directors a few months ago when I was at their office for a presentation. Whoops. ;D
My job as a DBA mostly holds me to M$ SQL server, MySQL is too primitive compared to what I can do with M$ SQL 2k8. If the open source was comparable we would be using it (the cost savings alone make it more interesting), but MySQL needs so much other coding outside the product to make it even half comparable.
Quote from: meekon5 on October 03, 2011, 05:19:18 PM
Quote from: Hominid on October 03, 2011, 01:40:40 AM
And how does it get there? Gotta have the disk in the first place, right? Unless society moves to the whole Netflix paradigm. Then no-one will own anything digital, thanks to upcoming DRM legislation...
You wont have to own the disk, the cloud suppliers will own the hardware you will subscribe to resources, like you do with broadband, except the "machine" (your PC) will be a virtual machine, on their hardware.
We're doing this already at the museum, you get a box that sits on your desk that plugs into the network (monitor, mouse, and keyboard, plug into it), the "PC" is a virtual image on a vast server in another place.
The films/music/book/game will be created on the cloud by someone else, and you rent time in the cloud to use it.
Fewer people will own hardware (except obsessive collectors like myself), your cerebrally implanted interface will deal with the transactions.
Another collection of mine:
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/6208549089_bf432eb78d.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/meekon5/6208549089/)
2011-02-08 22.57.30 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/meekon5/6208549089/) by meekon5 (http://www.flickr.com/people/meekon5/), on Flickr
And yes that is a Mac in there second from left.
;D Dude, you have the makings of your own "Google" there. That's about how they started; Google's first setup...........
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3565/3322767346_c97552f7b9_o.jpg)
My problem is I'm an uber Geek.
I was seriously considering putting together a NAS (network area storage) on the basis of my 0.5 TB USB drive only cost me thirty nine quid. So I thought I could purchase a few and stick an adruino (http://www.13cm.co.uk/shop/arduino/arduino-uno/prod_61.html) in as a controller.
See ICT is my obsession, my profession, and my hobby.
I used to use an RS232 breakout box to diagnose communication issues, but USB changed all that - it's a standard that has saved me a lot of troubleshooting time. I don't get what the adruino does... a programmable hub?
Quote from: Hominid on October 04, 2011, 10:03:03 AM
I used to use an RS232 breakout box to diagnose communication issues, but USB changed all that - it's a standard that has saved me a lot of troubleshooting time. I don't get what the adruino does... a programmable hub?
Ah rs232 those were the days. BNC daisy chained network cards.
I was going to use the aduino to make the network connection and manage the usb connections.
It's not a real NAS but a fudge using USB hubs.
What Meekon said......
QuoteAh rs232 those were the days. BNC daisy chained network cards.
I was going to use the aduino to make the network connection and manage the usb connections.
It's not a real NAS but a fudge using USB hubs.
What I read.... "blah blah blah" 8)
Quote from: Caesar dude on October 04, 2011, 11:51:03 AM
What Meekon said......
QuoteAh rs232 those were the days. BNC daisy chained network cards.
I was going to use the aduino to make the network connection and manage the usb connections.
It's not a real NAS but a fudge using USB hubs.
What I read.... "blah blah blah" 8)
I did see "Fudge"...I like fudge...chocolate peanut butter is one of my favorites, but pretty much any fudge will do as long as it's Good creamy fudge and not gritty...oh hell who am I kidding...I'll eat the gritty fudge too! 8)
I'm a fellow fudge lover...I like fudge...I used to go to lot's of English fairs and things for my work and I met lots of fudge people....they make fudge with Devon clotted cream and it's soooooooooooo fudgey...
Nice one cck I will get some of that there fudge and send it to you...may have to wait till next summer though...
Peace fudgey dude.
Quote from: Caesar dude on October 04, 2011, 11:51:03 AM
What Meekon said......
QuoteAh rs232 those were the days. BNC daisy chained network cards.
I was going to use the aduino to make the network connection and manage the usb connections.
It's not a real NAS but a fudge using USB hubs.
What I read.... "blah blah blah" 8)
Sorry Hominid it seems we're confusing the muggles.
Quote from: Caesar dude on October 04, 2011, 04:09:00 PM
I'm a fellow fudge lover...I like fudge...I used to go to lot's of English fairs and things for my work and I met lots of fudge people....they make fudge with Devon clotted cream and it's soooooooooooo fudgey...
Nice one cck I will get some of that there fudge and send it to you...may have to wait till next summer though...
Peace fudgey dude.
Oh yes Devon clotted cream fudge. Manna from heaven.
Just keep a defibrillator close by...
Wow... This thread kinda took a hard left somewhere along the line. To get back on topic for just a moment, anyone seen "Stick it"?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430634/
It's pretty great. JB is very Dudeist in it. Oh and he's surrounded by some very um... fit young women.
All-in-all, very easy on the eye. A feel-good story with something for everyone.