Ben Myers...

Can't Gibson Research spell...or is this a different Ben M. ?

http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm

p_z

Gibson Research can't spell my name. A lot of people can't. Their web site
cites a quote from an article I wrote in the last century, mid-90's or even
before. I guess I could pull Steve's chain and ask him to fix the spelling.

.... Ben Myers

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:40:34 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

>Can't Gibson Research spell...or is this a different Ben M. ?
>
>http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm
>
>p_z

spinrite is not all that its cracked up to be.
i'm disappointed in it for data recovery.


Ben Myers wrote:
> Gibson Research can't spell my name. A lot of people can't. Their web site
> cites a quote from an article I wrote in the last century, mid-90's or even
> before. I guess I could pull Steve's chain and ask him to fix the spelling.
>
> ... Ben Myers
>
> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:40:34 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
>> Can't Gibson Research spell...or is this a different Ben M. ?
>>
>> http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm
>>
>> p_z

Data recovery is always a crapshoot, even with the most sophisticated and
expensive tools. Back when I reviewed SpinRite, it did not have any data
recovery. Back when I reviewed SpinRite, the prevailing drives were MFM and
RLL, with ESDI and SCSI on servers. IDE was still a wet dream... Ben Myers

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:15:53 -0400, JayB <> wrote:

>spinrite is not all that its cracked up to be.
>i'm disappointed in it for data recovery.
>
>
>Ben Myers wrote:
>> Gibson Research can't spell my name. A lot of people can't. Their web site
>> cites a quote from an article I wrote in the last century, mid-90's or even
>> before. I guess I could pull Steve's chain and ask him to fix the spelling.
>>
>> ... Ben Myers
>>
>> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:40:34 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>>
>>> Can't Gibson Research spell...or is this a different Ben M. ?
>>>
>>> http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm
>>>
>>> p_z

On Jul 18, 4:26*pm, Ben Myers <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net>
wrote:
> Data recovery is always a crapshoot, even with the most sophisticated and
> expensive tools. * Back when I reviewed SpinRite, it did not have any data
> recovery. *Back when I reviewed SpinRite, the prevailing drives were MFM and
> RLL, with ESDI and SCSI on servers. *IDE was still a wet dream... Ben Myers
>

>
> >> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:40:34 -0700 (PDT), pheeh.z...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >>> Can't Gibson Research spell...or is this a different Ben M. ?
>
> >>>http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm
>
> >>> p_z

I think someone should tell Steve G...you are a FORT not a WIENER! 8^)

Got an email back from Steve Gibson. He said that his SpinRite page now has a
correct spelling for my name. It does... Ben

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:40:34 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

>Can't Gibson Research spell...or is this a different Ben M. ?
>
>http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm
>
>p_z

On Jul 19, 3:46*pm, Ben Myers <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net>
wrote:
> Got an email back from Steve Gibson. *He said that his SpinRite page now has a
> correct spelling for my name. *It does... Ben
>
> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:40:34 -0700 (PDT), pheeh.z...@gmail.com wrote:
> >Can't Gibson Research spell...or is this a different Ben M. ?
>
> >http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm
>
> >p_z

He must read here...Steve, your products are bloated and expensive.

I use Avast and Kerio's free firewall. I wouldn't consider buying from
anyone as money oriented as you.

On Jul 20, 11:11*am, "Tom Scales" <tjsca...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pheeh.z...@gmail.com [mailtoheeh.z...@gmail.com]
> > Posted At: Sunday, July 20, 2008 7:38 AM
> > Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
> > Conversation: Ben Myers...
> > Subject: Re: Ben Myers...
>
> > On Jul 19, 3:46*pm, Ben Myers <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net>
> > wrote:
> > > Got an email back from Steve Gibson. *He said that his SpinRite page
> > now has a
> > > correct spelling for my name. *It does... Ben
>
> > > On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:40:34 -0700 (PDT), pheeh.z...@gmail.com
> wrote:
> > > >Can't Gibson Research spell...or is this a different Ben M. ?
>
> > > >http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm
>
> > > >p_z
>
> > He must read here...Steve, your products are bloated and expensive.
>
> > I use Avast and Kerio's free firewall. I wouldn't consider buying from
> > anyone as money oriented as you.
>
> Money oriented? *Selling a product for a fair price?
>
> What do you do for a living that is so altruistic?

You are entitled to your opinion...as I am.

I work at a nursing home, but I get paid for most of my time.

On Jul 20, 2:09*pm, RnR <rnrte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:37:36 -0700 (PDT), pheeh.z...@gmail.com wrote:
> >On Jul 19, 3:46*pm, Ben Myers <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net>
> >wrote:
> >> Got an email back from Steve Gibson. *He said that his SpinRite pagenow has a
> >> correct spelling for my name. *It does... Ben
>
> >> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:40:34 -0700 (PDT), pheeh.z...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> >Can't Gibson Research spell...or is this a different Ben M. ?
>
> >> >http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm
>
> >> >p_z
>
> >He must read here...Steve, your products are bloated and expensive.
>
> >I use Avast and Kerio's free firewall. I wouldn't consider buying from
> >anyone as money oriented as you.
>
> Spinrite isn't a firewall or virus checker. *Its a hard drive
> diagnostic and it's been around for ages so I know it's tried and
> tested. *I agree on the surface it's expensive but considering what it
> does and how long it's been around, it might be worth every penny.
> I believe those in the business use this software as one of their
> tools.

My point was...I don't use (and avoid) Gibson's products and gave
examples of such.

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:42:43 -0500, RnR <> wrote:

>On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:10:49 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
<SNIP>
>>My point was...I don't use (and avoid) Gibson's products and gave
>>examples of such.
>
>
>Ok very bad example. You picked on the wrong title which weakened
>your arguement considerably. The reason for this is Spinrite has been
>around for ages (not many other software can claim this) and it is
>specialty type software. What I mean is most people won't know how to
>use it nor need it very often but if you consider what it can do and
>what is your data worth to you, you might understand. I won't argue
>about other Gibson products due to my lack of knowledge on them but
>next time you should be more careful for software examples. Of all
>software, you picked on the wrong one <g> but your point is noted.
>Personally I'd like to see a demo version but he addresses this on his
>site and his counter is a 30 day money back guarantee so I guess you
>could buy it and try it and if it doesn't work, in theory get your
>money back.

Sheesh! Steve Gibson is not more of a money grubber than the rest of us. And
certainly a small enough operation so as not to be placed in the same category
as McAfee or Symantec, who happily take your money when you order, pay and
download their product and who do not respond to your requests for help when the
installation of the product you just bought fails and falls on its head. For
this reason, I absolutely cannot recommend buying anything but the store-bought
versions of their products. Whether to even use their products or not is a
whole 'nother thread, the likes of which I have seen many times before.

SpinRite sure has been around for ages. Not quite as long as me, but mid-90s
says that it has legs... Ben Myers