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Re:Ask HN: What to do with many old pata hard disks? on Saturday May 29, 2010 @08:04PM (#1389533)
Personally, I do not miss the ribbon cables that PATA drive use. It was a pain in the ass to route them, particularly in some MicroATX cases.

Couldn't you use an PCI card to add support for more PATA slots? Certainly someone like Promise probably makes something like that.

I personally enjoy the brevity of Twitter. When I want to say more, it is usually in response to something else, like this Ask HN question.
Re:Is Tolkien Actually Any Good? (2003) on Saturday May 29, 2010 @05:44PM (#1389327)
I probably should have specified that what I don't care for Tolkien's writing style, not the story itself. I really enjoyed the movies.
Fucking lawyers.
Re:Is Tolkien Actually Any Good? (2003) on Saturday May 29, 2010 @05:00PM (#1389260)
Personally, I find Tolkien unreadable. I much prefer Michael Moorcock or Robert E Howard.