From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Nov 17 5:15:25 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from tankgrrl.bridget.mindriot.net (ith1-379.twcny.rr.com [24.24.11.121]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 361A414FC3 for ; Wed, 17 Nov 1999 05:15:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc26@tankgrrl.bridget.mindriot.net) Received: (from cjc26@localhost) by tankgrrl.bridget.mindriot.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA24630; Wed, 17 Nov 1999 08:14:43 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from cjc26) Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 08:14:42 -0500 From: Cliff Crawford To: Wes Peters Cc: Jay Nelson , chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Nick Hibma Subject: Re: Support for USB floppies like Y-E Data FlashBuster-u ? Message-ID: <19991117081442.B24471@cornell.edu> Reply-To: cjc26@cornell.edu References: <38324B30.F0BF613D@softweyr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <38324B30.F0BF613D@softweyr.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * Wes Peters menulis: > 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. Or co-workers. -- cliff crawford http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/cjc26/ -><- "No! It's Java!!" -- Nikita To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message