I hope this guy is wrong...I really hate headcrabs.

Seriously, I can see how the LHC might generate enough energy to cause some local damage if something goes wrong. But to say it's going to rip a hole in the universe and shove the Earth through it seems a little bit of a stretch.

I hope...

And it's soooo attractive too.

I was going to say that this is another sign of the apocalypse, but that's what these people are clearly looking for.

I hope they didn't make it rapture-proof.

Here's another mirror...
http://www.globalspynetwork.com/?p=53

I remember when only the evil commies did this.

Cory, I've got the ReadyNas (1TB - 4X250GB) for now, and I'm using it a lot like what you do. I'm not completely off the MS bandwagon yet, since I get really good deals on their stuff, but the device should work really well for what you're proposing.

I have all of my movies stored in Divx format, and those are accessible from anywhere in the house, as are the MP3's. I use a chipped Xbox running Xbox Media Center for my living room entertainment center, and the laptops/PCs in other rooms can access all of the same content.

This weekend, I'm planning on setting up the SlimServer on the ReadyNAS for streaming to my Chumby. It also has an ITunes server (useless to you, I know) which makes it easy to access playlists etc from ITunes without having to map a drive and risk screwing up the folder structure with some self-organizing routine.

The box itself is small, solid, and overall a very nice piece of equipment. The administration is intuitive, and there are plenty of provisions for security and features. It has a fan that's about as loud as a normal PC's fan, so if you're into absolute silence this might be a problem. For me, it's not. It's sitting right here next to me and is just a little white noise in the background.

One thing I really like is the X-RAID option. Basically, it's RAID5 with automatic expansion. If you want to grow the NAS, just buy 4 larger drives and swap them out one at a time (wait for the data to rebuild between swaps). Once all 4 drives have been exchanged, the new space is automatically available without having to wipe and recreate the RAID. This is huge, since the average guy/gal isn't going to have the ability to back up th entire contents of their NAS before upgrading it. If you've got 2 of them and can sync them periodically, you're going to be in great shape.

BTW, unless you can get a great deal on a full one you're going to be better-off buying an empty ReadyNAS and supplying your own drives. AFAIK, there's no difference between the "old" Infrant boxes and the new Netgrears...I don't think Netgear has an empty one available anymore, so you're probably going to have to hunt for the Infrant. No biggie - they're the same and you can easily upgrade the firmware.