[TriLUG] Music Files (and a small rant)

[Ian Meyer]

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how about a software raid across several gmailfs "drives"?

~ian

On May 27, 2005, at 11:44 AM, Shane O'Donnell wrote:

> I think you're missing the obvious solution, which has two key  
> components:
>
>  - tar with gzip
>  - 250 Gmail accounts
>
> I have 50 Gmail invites, if you're interested.
>
> Shane "hoping to start another flurry of gmail invite requests" O.
>
> On 5/27/05, Mark Freeze <mfreeze at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks to everyone for the advice on RAID.  I have discussed this
>> several times with people off list and they offered some great ideas
>> and really gave me a lot of info on RAID and how to set it up. I  
>> would
>> not have had to continue offline had it not been for this thread
>> devolving into an idiotic copyright discussion. We even had to throw
>> in a little dose of good ol' southern religion on a couple of posts.
>> (If'n ye download them songs, you goin' strait to hell.)
>>
>> The method I decided to use with my budget and available hardware and
>> how important the files are to me, etc...  is this: Two computers,
>> both with 2 250GB drives, (The data ended up being only 360GB.)
>> configured with RAID 0 (striping) , one with windows (Because my
>> Napster-to-go wont work with Linux.), and the other running SAMBA  
>> that
>> mirrors the music and 'my documents' directories from the windows box
>> nightly.   I will probably add the DVD backup option now that Pat has
>> informed me of the cost.  I really had no idea that it was that  
>> cheap.
>>
>> On 5/27/05, Pat Regan <thehead at patshead.com> wrote:
>>
>>> You should expect to be ridiculed when you claim to be doing  
>>> something
>>> that is currently illegal :p.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Pat, what a great post up until this little barb you had to throw in
>> at the end.  Read my earlier posts.  I stated that I was downloading
>> files from Napster until all of the yelling about the legalities over
>> the service started, and then I quit downloading.  When Napster first
>> came out no one knew it was illegal. It ran for many months until  
>> some
>> artists and the RIAA started to speak out, and then litigate against
>> it.  Once I knew you could get in trouble for downloading, I stopped.
>> But, to this very day, I have not seen one piece of litigation, nor
>> received any notice, nor read in the press (or online) anything that
>> told anyone, "Delete all previously downloaded music from your hard
>> drive immediately."   I have heard of people that are still
>> downloading being sued for around $5000.  One case of someone in
>> Raleigh being sued by the RIAA was just on WRAL News a couple of  
>> weeks
>> ago. I still do agree with most of you:  If I was still downloading I
>> might deserve anything I had coming. But delete all of the stuff I
>> downloaded in 1999 when Napster first came out BEFORE any one even
>> thought it was illegal?   You have to be kidding me.
>>
>> To close I have two quotes for the prosecution: (and you know who  
>> you are...)
>>
>> "Napster: It is the future, in my opinion. That's the way music is
>> going to be communicated around the world. The most important thing
>> now is to embrace it..."
>> -- Dave Matthews (Dave Matthews Band)
>>
>> "Judge not, lest ye shall be judged."
>> --Jesus
>>
>> (That last one was for you William ;) )
>>
>> Peace to all of you and your kind,
>> Mark.
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