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30 Mar 2009, 11:30 pm

so we can watch little blue squares lining up


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30 Mar 2009, 11:40 pm

*agrees* :twisted:



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30 Mar 2009, 11:51 pm

I'd run defrag in wine just to watch it.

We need a club.

Since I am third poster I guess I am member number three. ForsakenEagle is number 2 and computerlove is fan number 1 and president for life.


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31 Mar 2009, 12:04 am

Fuzzy, you're the man to bring it back!
defrag on wine? interesting.
Anything to enjoy seeing that tiny blue thingies move up and down


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31 Mar 2009, 12:09 am

I'd like to also fund a Markestrat club :chin:

...And the Amy club... :chin:


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31 Mar 2009, 12:20 am

I dont think that defrag would act very nice to a ext3 file system!

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I'd like to also fund a Markestrat club :chin:

...And the Amy club... :chin:


I have no idea what Markestrat is (I'll look it up), but I have a club for Amy....wack!


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31 Mar 2009, 12:52 am

markestrat is a program that I used at my previous career, a simulator, very simple but I loved it


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31 Mar 2009, 12:57 am

I'm the next member of the Defrag lovers club!


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31 Mar 2009, 1:55 am

welcome (:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKQsarIYO2U[/youtube]


and the best one:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itp9TC5779Y[/youtube]


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31 Mar 2009, 5:24 am

Holy crap! Anybody who has that much red on their defrag screen needs a jackslap!


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31 Mar 2009, 6:44 am

hm. The windows 98 machine I had didnt last long enough to need defragging.


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31 Mar 2009, 10:27 am

its funner then watching your laundry dry



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31 Mar 2009, 3:00 pm

I do not like defragging my disk, I once had a disk failure hours after defragging a disk which had been allowed to fragment for about a year or so. Just be careful sometimes the intense disk operation and movement of the heads can wreck the drive.


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31 Mar 2009, 3:39 pm

I used to do regular defrags every 2.5 years back on Win98. I now use Linux, and no longer need to bother. 8)



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31 Mar 2009, 4:55 pm

Yes, I do miss watching the defrag. Almost as much fun as watching a front loading washer in action. :heart:


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01 Apr 2009, 5:59 am

This is really going to piss you guys off. The new gen of HD (solid state) not only do not need defragging but this shortens their lifespan :lol: :twisted:


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