Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 23:29:04 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Jay Nelson <noslenj@swbell.net> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Nick Hibma <hibma@skylink.it> Subject: Re: Support for USB floppies like Y-E Data FlashBuster-u ? Message-ID: <38324B30.F0BF613D@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911162141010.1443-100000@acp.swbell.net>
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Jay Nelson wrote:
>
> On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Wes Peters wrote:
>
> >Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, 15 Nov 1999 15:56:21 +0100, Nick Hibma wrote:
> >>
> >> > If you ask the 3 IDE disks and ethernet hub that have gone pop this
> >> > weekend, they would say no, but myself I was pretty firm that I was
> >> > going to do something about it this weekend. Bastard things, they should
> >> > be shot and they will be.
> >>
> >> Be careful about shooting hard drives. Specifically, get your angle
> >> right such that you _do_ actually fracture the casing. The alternatives
> >> are all unfortunate and mostly painful.
> >>
> >> We wouldn't want you hurting yourself, no matter how funny the story
> >> might be. :-)
> >
> >Most hard drives are made of aluminum, aren't they? Aluminum doesn't
> >deflect bullets, at least not the kind I shoot. ;^)
>
> Wad cutters or .22s might be a problem;)
Neither of them seem to fit in my .308 rifle. Even the spindle that Phil
Regnauld mentioned isn't going to do much of anything to a 180-grain
full metal jacket bullet travelling at 2,400 fps; these rounds go straight
through hardened steel padlocks.
You should see what they do to 14" Fujitsu Eagle drives. Or old VT100s.
Or jackrabbits.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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