My encounter with the SBI

Vinney and I went out to get some groceries to make lunch with, and as we pulled into my driveway I noticed a Ford Explorer pull into my driveway behind me; two people were in the car.

A lady gets out of the Explorer and tells me that she is with the N.C. SBI, the State Bureau of Investigation. She and her partner immediately apologize for interrupting and said something along the lines of the following:

"We know this isn't you and it's really embarrassing that we have to do this, but we have to follow up on all calls we receive so here..."

At which point the lady shows me a piece of paper with a picture of Amer El-Maati on it. The lady and her partner both say that it's clearly not me, which I affirm, and go on to explain how they received a call that this man was spotted in the area. They were very embarrassed about the whole thing and were very nice about it, so I responded in kind. We all laughed about the situation, and I did my best to cooperate and make them feel like I wasn't offended (I wasn't). I will say that it's something that's never happened to me, but it was funny enough to share.

I understand that they were just doing their job and I appreciate their demeanor about the whole thing. There were a million different ways they could've handled the situation, and I think they picked the best one. Just thought I'd share :)

Now let's get to business. The storage suite is very close to being done and I'm quite impressed with it. It's the first real-world suite I've seen and the results speak volumes. I've got one more test that I'm going to try to devise tomorrow, and then figure out how I want to measure noise levels before heading off to Taiwan. I plan on having all of the testing done for this introductory article done by tomorrow, and I'll probably write the piece on the flights over to Taiwan.

There's a bunch of stuff happening during Computex, so expect to see lots of show coverage as well as new reviews, especially at the beginning of next week.

I've finally got Dothan up and running here, but the review will have to wait until I get back from Computex as I'm only about halfway done with the testing. I'm slowly but surely getting back into the mood of testing on a regular basis; I've just gotta get more systems up and running concurrently.

I've gotta get back to testing, after I post this first storage review (sometime next week most likely) I will ask for what drives you'd like to see reviewed next so start coming up with a list.

Take care.