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  • Those 2008 disks weren’t great, but airflow advice at that time wasn’t great either.

    I can understand how you got where you are, but my concern is that your raidz pools will get more slow as the shared bus fills. You might be able to mitigate this by distributing your pools across different root hubs.

    I get the point that external devices will have less heat entrapment, but laying your components in your case to optimize air flow will keep your drives cooler and extend their life. Also, I personally have a lot of risk in my house due to children and pets and can’t imagine leaving my devices out like that.

    What size drives and what quantity are you considering?







  • This device is totally capable of running Minecraft, assuming it’s an older version.

    It contains one of two computers.

    The older computer was manufactured around '07, has a dual core processor, and may have up to 2g of ddr2.

    The newer version I believe was manufactured around 2012 and has a 4 core processor with up to 8 gigs of ddr3.

    Both are capable of running Windows, but I wouldn’t put 10 on the older one.




    • 1 - …I respect the historical importance of this game.

    I had a coworker who swore by this game in the nineties. When I finally got to it, I played most of the way through, but lost the save and haven’t been able to pay through again.

    • 4 - First game that actually holds up.

    Played through in college over a weekend. Got pretty far in. Loved it.

    • 6 - I liked this game up until I found out that I was supposed to be grinding three distinct parties the whole time.

    Borrowed from a friend in high school and beat sneaking to play overnight. Fell in love with the series here. My friend from work said this was the weakest of the three, but I appreciated the story.Three distinct parties don’t matter if you constantly rotate them and then use the yellow dinos to power level.

    • 7 - I went into this expecting the first 3D installment to be another example of historically important but poorly aged. Was pleasantly surprised by how well it holds up.

    High school friends were all into it. I couldn’t play until I could get it to play on Bleem! Currently on my 15th play through.

    • 8 - I went into this knowing it’s the weird one. I was the sicko that liked 2, but I still couldn’t get through it.

    Friend of mine and I played all the way through on this. The draw system is unusual, but looking back it was a great story. It was weaker without the cyberpunk dystopia of Midgar, and felt like I was now playing as the enemy. I also remember the trigger system infuriatingly.

    • 9 - Bought it alongside 8, when I dropped 8 I never got around to this. I will eventually… maybe…

    This got so much criticism when it came out. It’s actually a beautiful game that sticks close to the original premise.

    • 10 - Perfects the classic formula while still feeling sufficiently modernized. Uh, for some definition of modern…

    The grid on this is different, and the game is linear compared to some of the others. In contrast the characters are each so distinct. Also, the voice acting was a huge change.

    15 was also automated. My problem with an open world is that it feels like you should scrape the world clean. Also, I was never sure when to move forward and got stuck forever in the first area.



  • Not sure exactly what I would do with it either. It’s not meant for illegal activity, but I can see it being used they way. Properly secured it could be another dark web.

    I thought about it needing some kind of border protocol to manage locations and routes. One would need to come up with an address and probably a certificate.

    Regarding physical connections, I would say it’s easiest to use wireless. I personally wouldn’t want to advertise that my location is my network, so like the onion network I would like it to route away and double back.