Big battleships also provoke the 'Death Star Syndrome', though this isn't applicable to this analogy :) Well, except for the logic that it costs a LOT less to build several smaller ships that combined together can do the same as, if not more, damage than one big battleship (also check the hard drive prices above - the largest drive is more expensive). So for the cost of your Yamato, you can have ten cruisers that can be just as if not more effective (the only downside is you can't promote your politico-military power around ten small ships!). In addition, battleships use smaller vessels like cruisers and destroyers as a protection screen (same with carriers, btw). These smaller ships provide support for what would otherwise be holes in the defense system - one big battleship cannot do it all :) (and let's not forget how important having a good crew is!)<br>
<br>Regarding OSX... Actually, I'm running NTSF drives on my computer and I'm reading and writing to them. I installed a piece of software that recognizes them as network drives (either that, or the latest updates now support it).<br>
<br>In terms of compatibility though, NTSF is quite high, though it's proprietary. As a result, it might be best to go with a more sustainable open-source model (it would be cheaper for one thing!), but there's no telling how the situation is going to be ten years from now, though I bet there will still be Linux support.<br>
<br>This also brings up a question regarding the black vault archives... Are you aloud to test the software to make sure it's actually working? I mean, it sure would suck if, 80 years down the road, they pen up the vaults and none of the games actually work!<br>
<br>-- <br>The sleep of Reason produces monsters.<br><br>"Until next time..."<br>Captain Commando