Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 17:35:01 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: michaelv@MindBender.serv.net (Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com) Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.5r -> current upgrade Message-ID: <199611010705.RAA04370@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199611010602.WAA21132@MindBender.serv.net> from "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" at Oct 31, 96 10:02:28 pm
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Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com stands accused of saying: > > >This only works north of the equator, I'm afraid. In the southern > >hemisphere you'll actually lose a minute by doing this. > > Oh well, yeah, if you get American disks. > > But if you get drives designed for markets in the southern hemisphere, > which spin the other direction, then it will work. Harddisks are made in Taiwan; the 'upside-down-disk' is a mistranslation of the Thai phrase that corresponds to "dead with its legs in the air" by over-hopeful marketing people. > Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@MindBender.serv.net -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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