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  • S S Brozius

    I do believe that those are not hot pixels, but reflections from the flash. All these squares are on folds of the plastic or roundings of glass...

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    Maximilien
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    Yep, there are a few of them.

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    • L Lost User

      What type of camera do you have? I counted at least 7 hot pixels generated by the CCD sensor in your camera. (The little white squares) Best Wishes, -David Delaune

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      Roger Wright
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      It's an Olympus E-500, and those hot spots are reflections from the flash off the plastic. It's an excellent camera, but my one complaint is that it has trouble focusing in low light. I had to shoot 4 pics just to get one that was nearly in focus. But of the three digis I've had, it's by far the best.

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      • N Nagy Vilmos

        Nice wallpaper! #snigger#


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        Zhat
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        Dang, beat me to it...lol

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        • C Christian Graus

          I think the issue is that they need to seduce people who are at Frys to not buy an Iomega ( which is itself a worthwhile cause )

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          Roger Wright
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          Is Iomega still in business? Actually, I had a hard moment there when I saw a 1.5 TB Seagate for about the same price. But I've had good luck with WD and bad experiences with Seagate, so I stuck with my first choice.

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          • M Mark_Wallace

            So, if you run a packing plant, you can order a couple of hundred of them for the bubble-wrap, and get the memory for free!

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            Roger Wright
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            Good idea! Bubble wrap is expensive!

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            • P peterchen

              If you've seen UPS/DHL/FedEx guys handle those boxes, you'd say otherwise. And what you see is nothing compared to what happens at the hubs. We have first hand accounts of a student who once worked there, and we've seen pics from customers how some packages arrived... now everything we ship must survive a 2m free fall (packaged).

              Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
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              Roger Wright
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              I know well what happens; I worked with a guy who worked at the Fedex Chicago hub through school. He had some interesting stories to tell. :laugh: But it's still extreme overkill, and further, this package fits inside a larger package that serves as a display rack. It's delivered on a pallet, shrink-wrapped and strapped. I've seen missiles shipped with less protection...

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              • R Roger Wright

                I just bought another WD MyBook 1 TB drive; I love the product, but have to laugh at the packaging. I know they mean well, with all materials made of recycled products, but the sheer volume of packaging[^] is appalling. A simple box ( of recycled paper paper, of course ) would have done nicely, with maybe a layer of bubble wrap inside to protect against shipping shock. :laugh: I commend them for the effort, but I think it's time for a reality check.

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                Dan Neely
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                Actually that level of packaging is needed to survive rough handling. A layer (or three) of bubblewrap won't protect against an HD getting slammed around in the warehouse/shipping facility, delivery truck. Heavier duty packaging is one of the reasons that namebrand drives have lower DOA levels.

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                • R Roger Wright

                  I know well what happens; I worked with a guy who worked at the Fedex Chicago hub through school. He had some interesting stories to tell. :laugh: But it's still extreme overkill, and further, this package fits inside a larger package that serves as a display rack. It's delivered on a pallet, shrink-wrapped and strapped. I've seen missiles shipped with less protection...

                  "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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                  Dan Neely
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                  Mechanical HDs aren't designed to operate in an environment with multiple g accelerations. Missles have more of their shock absorbing ability built internally.

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                    I just bought another WD MyBook 1 TB drive; I love the product, but have to laugh at the packaging. I know they mean well, with all materials made of recycled products, but the sheer volume of packaging[^] is appalling. A simple box ( of recycled paper paper, of course ) would have done nicely, with maybe a layer of bubble wrap inside to protect against shipping shock. :laugh: I commend them for the effort, but I think it's time for a reality check.

                    "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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                    Miszou
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                    WD is to packaging as Roger is to pixels. That picture is wider than *both* my screens put together!

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                    • D Dan Neely

                      Mechanical HDs aren't designed to operate in an environment with multiple g accelerations. Missles have more of their shock absorbing ability built internally.

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                      peterchen
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                      HD's with heads in rest position are amazingly resistant. However, missiles are better equipped to defend themselves - even the worst UPS manhandler (boxhandler?) will carefully place a missile :cool:

                      Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
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                      • P peterchen

                        HD's with heads in rest position are amazingly resistant. However, missiles are better equipped to defend themselves - even the worst UPS manhandler (boxhandler?) will carefully place a missile :cool:

                        Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
                        | FoldWithUs! | sighist | µLaunch - program launcher for server core and hyper-v server

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                        Dan Neely
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                        ... unless he's working for DHL...

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