Adam Easy Wishes Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 Anyone know of any landlords renting out their flats/houses who would accept cats? Our landlord is selling, and pretty much all the big lettings agents give an instant 'no' when asking about pets. Not a clue what to do! I think I know someone that would be able to help - the flat is in Rosemount. How long are you looking to take on a lease for? Pretty long-term? You can take this to PMs/Facebook if you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubbs Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 Going to Glasgow for a long weekend, so Friday will be the Of Monsters and Men gig, and I'm taking my chum to see Ludovico at Pivo Pivo on the Sunday - any good local bands playing on the Saturday? It's shite that every city doesn't have a website like this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 Going to Glasgow for a long weekend, so Friday will be the Of Monsters and Men gig, and I'm taking my chum to see Ludovico at Pivo Pivo on the Sunday - any good local bands playing on the Saturday? It's shite that every city doesn't have a website like this... have you tried the list? http://www.list.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 Lucky I've had my yearly sausage already for 2013.OK, thanks for letting me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 I want to buy an external hard drive that has veritable fuck-ton of room. I don't want to spend much money and I want to avoid getting one that requires software. Can anyone recommend one? Under £50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Anyone know of any landlords renting out their flats/houses who would accept cats? Our landlord is selling, and pretty much all the big lettings agents give an instant 'no' when asking about pets. Not a clue what to do!Just dont tell them, make sure you know when they are coming for visits so you can hide evidence of the cat being there. I got away with it for two years with my cat, when they came to inspect, the cat would go for a car ride with my flat mate and her stuff went into a cupboard, they were none the wiser and i got my full deposite back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 I want to buy an external hard drive that has veritable fuck-ton of room. I don't want to spend much money and I want to avoid getting one that requires software. Can anyone recommend one? Under £50. You probably already know this, but avoid WD like the plague. My hard-drive was one of theirs and it just fucked for no reason whilst I was backing up one day. Lost everything on it, including stuff I'd deleted off my laptop thinking that it'd be safe on the hard-drive. I've been recommended 'G-Drives', but they seem pretty expensive. I've heard quite good things about Samsung ones and it looks as though you can get a 1TB one for just over £50 from amazon... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Slimline-Portable-Hard-Drive/dp/B008PABFX8/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1361445092&sr=8-8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 (edited) I want to buy an external hard drive that has veritable fuck-ton of room. I don't want to spend much money and I want to avoid getting one that requires software. Can anyone recommend one? Under £50. Touch over your budget, but getting 1TB for under £50 will be a stretch. A 512GB will probably cost about £45-50 so you're as well pushing up to nearer £60 for twice the storage. EDIT: Link. Derp. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Samsung-1TB-M3-External-2-5-Portable-Hard-Drive-USB-3-0-Black-/121020040214?pt=UK_Computing_HardDrives_RL&hash=item1c2d5b4416 xx EDIT2 - Also note that this is USB 3.0, which is fast as fuck. Massive step up from USB 2.0. If you have a USB 3.0 compatible computer, it'd definitely worth getting. Edited February 21, 2013 by Stroopy121 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 You probably already know this, but avoid WD like the plague. My hard-drive was one of theirs and it just fucked for no reason whilst I was backing up one day. Lost everything on it, including stuff I'd deleted off my laptop thinking that it'd be safe on the hard-drive. I've been recommended 'G-Drives', but they seem pretty expensive. I've heard quite good things about Samsung ones and it looks as though you can get a 1TB one for just over £50 from amazon... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Slimline-Portable-Hard-Drive/dp/B008PABFX8/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1361445092&sr=8-8A hard drive is moving parts. Don't assume any data is safe if it's just held in one place. The hard drive could just fail one day or something could fall on it while the disc is spinning and fuck it over that way. Doesn't matter which brand the HD is, you should store really important stuff in more than one place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJimF Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 You can get some good 1TB drives from £50-£60 if your willing to spend a few more quid from ebuyer (delivery is free as well) - http://www.ebuyer.com/320102-hitachi-1tb-touro-mx3-portable-hard-drive-0s03457 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 If you are looking for an external hard drive just for backup purposes and you've got a decent Internet connection at home/work etc then you might want to consider backing up to the cloud instead (e.g. Dropbox, Box, Amazon S3 etc.) It's much cheaper, more secure and avoids the false feeling of security that using an external USB drive gives like Chris points out. The only inconvenience is that you need an Internet connection to backup/restore, but if it's for stuff you won't be accessing often then this usually isn't a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 A hard drive is moving parts. Don't assume any data is safe if it's just held in one place. The hard drive could just fail one day or something could fall on it while the disc is spinning and fuck it over that way. Doesn't matter which brand the HD is, you should store really important stuff in more than one place. I'm not a millionaire, Chris!No, I know, but it broke within three months and they were pretty useless when it came to helping so now I hate them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Just dont tell them, make sure you know when they are coming for visits so you can hide evidence of the cat being there. I got away with it for two years with my cat, when they came to inspect, the cat would go for a car ride with my flat mate and her stuff went into a cupboard, they were none the wiser and i got my full deposite back. This is not good. If I was the landlord and I really didn't want pets in the property I own and am renting out and this was happening I would overflow with rage. He's sorted now, anyway, I believe. Thanks to me being the best person ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 I basically need one to transfer all my custom made models. As an Economist I model a variety of situations, scenarios; many of which i have done in my current job. Basically I want to store all my models, each made for different purposes, so that when I go into a new job I don't to start at square one again. I have a dropbox. If you pay for it, can you get hunners of storage? Might be an idea. I probably will just pay the extra £10-£20 for a 1TB, if I get an actual hardrive. Would the hardrives of that capacity, at that price, not be quite shitty though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 I basically need one to transfer all my custom made models. As an Economist I model a variety of situations, scenarios; many of which i have done in my current job. Basically I want to store all my models, each made for different purposes, so that when I go into a new job I don't to start at square one again. I have a dropbox. If you pay for it, can you get hunners of storage? Might be an idea. I probably will just pay the extra £10-£20 for a 1TB, if I get an actual hardrive. Would the hardrives of that capacity, at that price, not be quite shitty though? Nope. As I said, USB 3.0 is nice and quick and as for physical build quality, these things are generally fairly similar across the board. The only way to make it more reliable is to get solid state memory, but that'd cost a fucktonne more for being slightly more robust, but still not as robust as cloud storage a la dropbox. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 I'm not a millionaire, Chris! As Neil said you can do a secondary backup to cloud storage (google drive, MS Skydrive, Dropbox, Flickr, Facebook even if it's photos) for low cost or free in some cases. Or even just leave the original files on your PC so at least then they're in two places but you might need to free up the space. There's always the old burn to DVD option too. Incidentally we say all this but most of us in IT are just as useless at following this advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 This is not good. If I was the landlord and I really didn't want pets in the property I own and am renting out and this was happening I would overflow with rage. He's sorted now, anyway, I believe. Thanks to me being the best person ever. If you never knew they were there you'd be none the wiser The thing is as well, the majority dont want purely because it increases the chances of them maybe having to do the place up, not because they hate animals. Also allergies can come into it obviously. Anyway, as you say he is sorted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 (edited) Still, it's the landlord's decision to make... Edited February 21, 2013 by Adam Easy Wishes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubbs Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 (edited) I'm not a millionaire, Chris!No, I know, but it broke within three months and they were pretty useless when it came to helping so now I hate them.I dropped my 1T WD hard drive, DIT were able to recover almost all the files (expect from my The Ultimate Fighter series) - I gave them a BIG tin of choccies, and I sent it back to WD - got a replacement a week or so later. I have a WD passport too, that I prefer. My replacement 1T hard drive started smoking for no reason (no "aw did it need a nicotine fix" gags, please) and again WD were happy to replace it - I was even a week outwith the warranty, but they happily replace it. The passport hasn't fucked up yet, and the big hard drive is fine. I will be looking to get another one to make sure everything is backed up, I have a LOT of music I wouldn't want to lose... Edited February 21, 2013 by Slutbags McGee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 (edited) As an industry insider, generally speaking WD and Seagate have the lowest returns/faults rates of all HDD manufacturers. Edited February 21, 2013 by Alkaline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 As an industry insider, generally speaking WD and Seagate have the lowest returns/faults rates of all HDD manufacturers. +1 for Seagate being good. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 There is this: http://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/national-deal/ASK-Direct/17893893?CID=UK_AFF_1047_10_1_1&CID=UK_AFF_1047_10_1_1&utm_source=aff_1047&utm_medium=aff_10&utm_campaign=aff_1&utm_content=aff_1&nlp ...on offer on Groupon today. I do not know anything more about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabbage Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 +2 for the Seagate drives though I've heard from the IT folks at work that excessive load and download to the passport drives kills them pretty quick (like loading and unloading large GB's of data almost daily for 6months). I've used mine for large file transfer but mainly just music storage so the upload/downloading isn't too excessive, I've had no issues in the +2years I've had it and its been happy getting dropped and chucked in my bag at the end of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cool Thinker Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Why did Megabowl close down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 I've had no problems at all with my WD. I got a 1tb for about 50 or 60 I think but it might have been a slightly reduced price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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