Recent content by e-drood

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    LSI Acquires Sandforce...

    LSI will impose validation on Sandforce and everyone will benefit with easier installs I believe there is a genuine reason samsung has introduced three-core arms - the SF 2xxx may need the third core under peak conditions
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    LSI Acquires Sandforce...

    amazing anger there are times when I need to distract myself because I have long existed in societies where personal opinion is not expressed think objectively, I am mid fifties or likely older and I care greatly that the world is tearing itself apart what I have written has been...
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    LSI Acquires Sandforce...

    you really do not want to do this - I am a good deal older then you imagine - I learned to network in my twenties to my great advantage & benefit during these intervening decades and my wife really cuts for a living an rs5 is chump change and I was reminding myself not to forget I am shocked...
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    LSI Acquires Sandforce...

    one name - one account - one author anandtech principle moderator confirmed this approx (4) months ago and frankly I have not had time to post to other unrelated forums (not anand, clear) or to even think about multiname nonsense, clear
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    Seagate & WD woes because of Thailand flooding.

    reasonable question in Thailand you would seek to partner with a principle Thai family (historic supporter of the monarchy, say 150-200yrs) or a first tier merchant family (usually at least 3rd gen, prewar beginnings) in PRC you would seek to align (partnership implies having equal status...
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    Seagate & WD woes because of Thailand flooding.

    as King Bumibol has grown older, the size of the Crown lands has declined the King used his descretionary powers to allocate Crown land to desireable and/or significant foreign companies ("farang" companies) and virtually ALL red tape cut by King's sword... but two decades have now passed and...
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    Seagate & WD woes because of Thailand flooding.

    that's the rational western view of the world --- however the reality in Thailand is that the alternative land sites must be reviewed by various gov't & religious organizations to vet use of land by farang, only then negotiate use fees, licenses & workforce salaries (any physical relocation of...
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    LSI Acquires Sandforce...

    significant volume purchase of atropine kits delivered tuesday - as in, for distribution to civilian population - avoidance being far less costly for all - once again hubris a LSI nand controller in an Intel ssd is a far more palatable solution than say SF, shorterm quarterlies driving...
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    LSI Acquires Sandforce...

    i would watch nearterm gulf crude prices as net & friends seem determined to engage iran, and this will serve no one's longterm interest... and this can be made to happen by just two men not answerable to us of a... and why is knowing "today is friday" important, because this will not begin on...
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    LSI Acquires Sandforce...

    outstanding - i had just used new samsung for first time & timezone/calendar not correctly set - now fixed and today (read now @ 7:32am Hong Kong time) is friday and i will do my income related things & likely order an s5 for my wife (while continuing to encourage her to choose rs5 quattro...
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    LSI Acquires Sandforce...

    it's lunchtime thursday here in hk and the middleast political analysis is sombre and disheartening to read, but your posts always bring joy to my heart; by the by, you do understand that lsi is aggressively moving on the enterprise niche ocz had reserved for it's next reincarnation as the...
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    LSI Acquires Sandforce...

    You have made unfounded statements about my posts in this thread. I have posted Anand's take on LSI "Take-over" of Sandforce as part of my balanced perspective on SF Controller issues - continuing & ongoing issues. I appreciate that you & other corporate shills will continue to disrupt...
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    LSI Acquires Sandforce...

    anand has now posted & recognized existing sf problems & future expectations of lsi take-over: http://www.anandtech.com/show/5039/the-lsi-sandforce-acquisition-anands-thoughts the marketplace will actually determine whether this marriage proves successful - different sets of needs & less...
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    LSI Acquires Sandforce...

    actually it's the dot dot dot, not the space dot dot dot... so much expended effort to conceal the joke of sf... friendship and fond memories are a lasting treasure dot
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    LSI Acquires Sandforce...

    enduring friendships and spirited debate are the strengths of our nation... for all the "beta" users, pls see http://gigaom.com/2011/10/26/lsi-sandforce-chip-m-a/ SF Dec 2006 - Oct 2011, venture capital raised equalled $60mil, from "7" vc firms/partnerships - that's a lot of vc firms for...