[mythtv-users] USB Hard Drive Lifespans and power usage question

David Schmidt david.schmidt.in.dallas at gmail.com
Tue Aug 5 17:35:16 UTC 2008


On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> David Schmidt wrote:
>
>>
>> Are people actually air-conditioning their garages to do this (and
>> even heard of people trying to do this in their attics (!))??
>>
>> Otherwise, wouldn't work here were it got up to 107 yesterday!!
>
> Ouch!!! We actually got into the 90s lately, extremely rare for here
> (Cheyenne, Wyoming). We're the same latitude as NYC, but the 6,200 foot
> altitude usually cools things off. The "Mile High" city of Denver is
> 1,000 feet below us.
>
> People always say "but it's a dry heat". My response is that my oven is
> also a dry heat, that doesn't mean I plan to climb into it.
>
> beww
>

Yeah, we're having an unusual heat wave here in Dallas right now.
Still don't think a backend would last long in my garage or attic
during a NORMAL summer....

I'll shudup on this now, since it's going way OT....


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