123 minutes remaining....

[lostprophet]

So far its taken 2½ hours and I've still got to wait another 123 minutes

All this just to copy 7311 raw files 53.3gb from one hard drive to another
of which
1094 are of waterfowl
739 of otters
997 of birds of prey
499 of big cats
1893 of airshows (2 airshows)
and the rest of random wildlife and landscapes

 

[Alex_B]

sounds like backup? ... reminds me that I should do the same again soon

 

[lostprophet]

sounds like backup? ... reminds me that I should do the same again soon

its the half way part, after that they go onto DVDs

 

[Alex_B]

its the half way part, after that they go onto DVDs

burning it to DVDs must be even more painful... I just do harddrive backups ...

 

[lostprophet]

burning it to DVDs must be even more painful... I just do harddrive backups ...

yeah thats the part I'd gladly swap for having nails inserted in my eyes

each disc takes about 20-25 minutes and it'll be about 12 discs :er:

 

[EBphotography]

yeah thats the part I'd gladly swap for having nails inserted in my eyes

each disc takes about 20-25 minutes and it'll be about 12 discs :er:

Eww.

 

[Alex_B]

yeah thats the part I'd gladly swap for having nails inserted in my eyes

each disc takes about 20-25 minutes and it'll be about 12 discs :er:

come on, just buy two more huge external harddrives and use them for 2 backups.

no more DVDs

 

[lostprophet]

come on, just buy two more huge external harddrives and use them for 2 backups.

no more DVDs

just one problem, there'd be no bank account either!

 

[Alex_B]

just one problem, there'd be no bank account either!

hmm, ok, i see that problem... but if you do some sort of paid manual labour in the time you need for 2 backups, then you'd have earned enough to afford those external drives

300 gigs come for 70 GBP these days I'd guess
.

 

[lostprophet]

hmm, ok, i see that problem... but if you do some sort of paid manual labour in the time you need for 2 backups, then you'd have earned enough to afford those external drives

300 gigs come for 70 GBP these days I'd guess
.

true but........ I have a big white lens in my case that needs paying for

 

[lostprophet]

on the plus side its down to 88 minutes to go !!!

 

[Alex_B]

true but........ I have a big white lens in my case that needs paying for

Just send me that lens and I send you two of my backup drives in return

 

[lostprophet]

Just send me that lens and I send you two of my backup drives in return

Hmmmmm I'll need to think about that









































































no

 

[lostprophet]

well at this rate it MIGHT be finished today

 

[Alex_B]

no

Coward! you have to risk something in life ... and that lens is too heavy for you anyway

give ittt tooo meeeee!